How can someone navigate the "why" questions of personal trauma and rejection to find their true identity and purpose in Christ? Join guest Steventhen Holland as he discusses how to move from brokenness to wholeness by surrendering your story to God for restoration and victory.

Steventhen Holland is an author, recording artist, and national pro-life speaker who serves as the founder of Broken Not Dead Ministries, a non-profit organization dedicated to sharing hope and restoration. A former youth pastor and collegiate athlete, he now travels across the country as a motivational speaker and worship leader, chronicling his powerful journey of overcoming brokenness in his book, The Journey: Brokenness to Wholeness.

This podcast is sponsored by The Charis Collective Center for Thriving Leaders based in Winona Lake, Indiana at Grace Theological Seminary.

The Center for Thriving Leaders assists local churches to flourish by serving church planters and helping local churches renew and revitalize. The Charis Collective Center for Thriving Leaders is based in Winona Lake, Indiana at Grace Theological Seminary.

In this podcast episode, Dr. Trent Lambert chats with Nirup Alphonse, Lead Pastor of Lifegate Church in Denver, Colorado. The conversation highlights the importance of pastoral health, revealing how leaders can avoid burnout through rhythms of rest and having genuine relationships outside their congregation. Nirup details his own preaching style, exploring the transformative power of narrative preaching to help pastors thrive and effectively cast vision through the art of storytelling.

Nirup Alphonse is the Lead and Founding Pastor of Lifegate, a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural church in Denver, Colorado. Born in Singapore to missionary parents, Nirup was then raised in South India before moving to Chicago, Illinois to for High School. He graduated with an Accounting and Economics degree from Trinity International University and moved into full time ministry a few years later. He is married to his wife Hannah and together they have four sons.

This podcast is sponsored by The Charis Collective Center for Thriving Leaders based in Winona Lake, Indiana at Grace Theological Seminary.

The Center for Thriving Leaders assists local churches to flourish by serving church planters and helping local churches renew and revitalize. The Charis Collective Center for Thriving Leaders is based in Winona Lake, Indiana at Grace Theological Seminary.

This episode features Bob Fetterhoff, an experienced pastor and the Director of Ministry Partnerships for Grace Theological Seminary’s Deploy program. Fetterhoff shares his personal faith journey, highlighting how his family’s spiritual legacy and his lengthy marriage have shaped his four decades of ministry. The conversation then delves into eschatology and the biblical importance of supporting Israel, as Fetterhoff leads a nonprofit called Walk the Bible. He advocates for pastors to teach prophetic scripture and recounts his extensive history of leading educational tours to the Holy Land.

Bob Fetterhoff serves as the Director of Ministry Partnerships & Mentor Coordinator for the Deploy program. In this capacity, Bob assists with onboarding new ministry partners and provides touch-and-go support to Deploy’s ministry and formation mentors. Bob has over forty years of pastoral ministry experience–36 as senior pastor of Wooster Grace in Wooster, Ohio, and has hosted weekday radio broadcasts and led semi-annual trips to Israel. Bob served two terms as the Executive Director of the Charis Fellowship, and now serves as the Executive Director and Board Chair of an educational entity called Walk the Bible.

This podcast is sponsored by The Charis Collective Center for Thriving Leaders based in Winona Lake, Indiana at Grace Theological Seminary.

The Center for Thriving Leaders assists local churches to flourish by serving church planters and helping local churches renew and revitalize. The Charis Collective Center for Thriving Leaders is based in Winona Lake, Indiana at Grace Theological Seminary.