Restore Podcast

Welcome to the Restore Podcast where it is our goal to help Restore the vision, Restore the mission, Restore the church. I am Javier, your host for episode 25, and I am joined by my friend and colleague Rudy Alvir as co-host My guest on todays episode is Ty Gibson. He's co-director of Light Bearers ministry and lead pastor of Storyline Adventist Church, both located in Eugene, Oregon. Ty is a highly sought-after speaker and has written several books. In this conversation, we talk about how Light Bearers started, we talk about Storyline Church, and much more. You will definitely want to listen to that "much more" part as well. Show Notes/Links/Resources Ty Gibson on Twitter: @tyfgibson Storyline Adventist Mission Group: storyline.church Light Bearers Ministry: lightbearers.org

Welcome to the Restore Podcast episode 24. My name is Javier and I'm your host, along with my friend and colleague Rudy Alvir joining this episode as co-host. I hope that wherever or whatever you may be doing as you are listen that this podcast will be a catalyst to help you Restore the vision, Restore the mission, Restore the church. I always like to start by thanking everyone who is listening, has subscribed to this podcast, and and has shared it. I hope you continue to do so. I’ve been so excited to release this episode and, to be honest, the next ones we have coming are episodes you will definitely want to hear. But let me tell you a little bit about how I encountered my guest today on this episode. I had come across Justin Khoe's videos online and, as I did some checking and watched his YouTube videos, I felt impressed to try and get him on the podcast. Recently, I was in Michigan on the campus of Andrews University and, as I was walking and talking with a good friend, I ended up being introd

Welcome to the Restore Podcast episode 23. My name is Javier and I'm your host. It is our goal to help Restore the vision, Restore the mission, Restore the church. Regardless of when or how you listen, thank you for listening, and please continue to share the podcast far and wide. Though a majority of our listeners are from the U.S., of whom we are thankful, I want to say a special HELLO to all those listening from outside of the U.S. such as Australia, Canada, U.K. South Africa, Brazil, New Zealand, Japan, Barbados, Sweden, and I’m sure there are others as well. I know that you will be blessed by the conversation I had with Pastor Jennifer Deans of Living Faith Seventh-day Adventist Church. In this episode, we talk about her journey to becoming pastor of Living Faith. We also dig into her journey toward making disciples along with creating a culture of discipleship at Living Faith. I encourage you to listen carefully as she fleshes out her discipleship process, and I’m sure you’ll find it interesting

Welcome to the Restore Podcast episode 22. My name is Javier and I'm your host. I hope that wherever and whatever you may be doing as you listen that this podcast will help you in your journey to help Restore the vision, Restore the mission, Restore the church. With the release of this month's episode, we celebrate our two-year anniversary of the Restore Podcast! It's hard to believe how quickly time flies. For those who may be wondering why we are on episode 22 instead of 24, we take off a couple of months in the summer to regroup and assess the podcast. Just as we will do this summer. With that said, I again thank all of you who listen, share, and have let me know how you've been blessed by the podcast and have encouraged me to continue. Thank you so much! Since it is our two-year anniversary, I thought it would be good to interview one of the two guests who was on the very first episode. That first episode's topic was essentially what the podcast would be about. This month, I i

Welcome to the Restore Podcast episode 21. My name is Javier and I'm your host. Our desire is that this podcast can be a tool for you to be inspired, challenged, and informed in ways to help Restore the vision, Restore the mission, Restore the church. By the time this episode is released, the first month of 2018 will almost be in the rearview mirror of history. I hope and pray that you are off to a good start, especially when it comes to moving forward with the mission that God has given His church. Last month, we released my conversation with Pastor David Asscherick, and I want to thank you all of you for the great responses from that interview and the many lessons and thoughts that came from it. Of course I again thank David for his time and openness. If you haven't had the chance to listen to it I highly advise that you do. I'm very excited to bring to you my interview with Matt Stockdale. Last month in early December, I had the opportunity to speak at the Triad Adventist Fellowship, the

Welcome to the Restore Podcast episode 20. My name is Javier and I'm your host. It’s hard to believe 2017 is almost over! I want to thank you all for listening throughout the year. I hope and pray the stories and themes we have shared have been a catalyst and an inspiration that will help you Restore the vision, Restore the mission, Restore the church. Please continue to share and subscribe if you haven’t already, and if you have a moment please leave a comment. This episode is an interview with Pastor David Assherick. He is currently pastor of Kingscliff Church in Australia. For some time, David has been one of the most well-known names within the Seventh-day Adventist community of faith. In this interview, we cover how he got started, his time as a public evangelist, his first pastoral stint, and then how things are going for him at his current church. I want to thank David for his time and transparency throughout this interview. Though it is a long interview, I encourage you listen ALL the way thr

Welcome to the Restore Podcast episode 19. My name is Javier and I'm your host. Friends, I hope you’re all doing well and ready to finish of the year strong. As we recorded this episode, Thanksgiving was upon us. Like you, I have so much for which to be thankful. First and foremost, I’m so thankful for God’s mercy, grace, and love toward me and you. Truly, the more I think upon it, the more I have to say, "Thank you, Jesus!" I’m also thankful for all of you that take the time to listen to the Restore podcast and share it with others. Thank you, again, and please keep it going. Subscribe, leave a comment, and let others know. Our goal is to tell stories and cover topics that will help Restore the vision, Restore the mission, Restore the church to what God intended it to be. My guest today is Pastor Shawn Brace. He pastors two churches in the great state of Maine. We had a wonderful conversation as we reminisced a bit and laughed together, but more importantly spoke on mission, discipleship, a

Welcome to the Restore Podcast episode 18. My name is Javier and I'm your host. Wherever and whatever you are doing as you are listening, our hope is that this podcast will help you in your quest to restore the vision, restore the mission, restore the church, because we who call ourselves followers of Jesus are the church. As always, I thank you for taking the time to listen and share this podcast. Please feel free to let me know what you think. If you have any ideas, topics, or stories you feel we should have on the podcast, let me know. You can contact me via Twitter, @javid21, or via e-mail: javier.diaz@floridaconference.com. In this episode, my guest is Pastor Bernie Anderson, and we are talking about overcoming pornography. This is a topic as relevant as ever, and perhaps you know someone, or you are someone struggling with pornography. I truly encourage you to listen to this conversation as we touch on some really deep and personal points. Please do share this episode with anyone you think would

Welcome to the Restore Podcast episode 17. My name is Javier and I'm your host. I want to thank everyone once again for listening and sharing this podcast. Our desire remains the same, to share stories and speak on relevant topics that will help restore the mission, restore the vision, restore the church. In this episode episode, I am truly excited for you to listen to my conversation with Mike Tucker. Mike is Speaker/Director for Faith For Today. It is the oldest religious television broadcast in the world. In our conversation, Mike speaks a bit about his journey in ministry leading to joining Faith For Today. Yet, we spend a good amount of time talking about grief, as Mike's wife, Gayle, passed away last year in April. This is something we all at some point have or will experience. I really appreciate his willingness to be open and transparent in how he dealt with losing his long-time companion Gayle, and where he's at now. We end by touching a bit on the current climate of the church. The

Welcome to Restore Podcast episode 16. My name is Javier Diaz, and I am your host. We are glad to be back after short break during the summer. I appreciate that, during our time away, the podcast has continued to grow. Thank you for listening and sharing the episodes. In this episode, we speak with Pastor Kymone Hinds from Journey Fellowship Church. He is a church planter, has just written a book titled This Is chURch: Where You Fit In, and also hosts his own podcast. I’ve been wanting to him on the Restore Podcast for some time, and I was glad that he agreed to participate. I think you will find this conversation helpful and useful to your ministry. I so appreciate his openness, willingness along with his transparency. Show Notes/Links/Resources Kymone Hinds' web site: kymonehinds.com Facebook: facebook.com/pastorhinds Twitter: @kymonehinds Podcast: Ideas to Life Book: This Is chURch: Where You Fit In Remember, the first person to e-mail Javier asking about the book will receive a free copy.

Hi everyone, and welcome to Restore Podcast episode 15. I am your host, Javier Diaz, and I'm delighted that you've decided to listen as we endeavor to help restore the vision, restore the mission, restore the church. I'm amazed how this little podcast has been steadily growing and, of course, I thank you for that. Our sole purpose is to create a resource that can help in some way restore the mission and vision of the local church. I want to give a special shout out to all our listeners outside of the US. Specifically, I want to say hello to those listening in Japan. Yes Japan! So…Konnichiwa! Which, of course, is Hello in Japanese. And Arigatou gozaimashita! Which is Thank You! Hopefully soon we can perhaps interview someone from Japan on our podcast! For this episode, I believe you will be highly blessed with my conversation with Pastor Randy Roberts. He is the Senor Pastor of Loma Linda University Church in California. It is one of the largest Adventist churches in North America. We talk ab

Hello everyone and welcome to the Restore Podcast episode 14. I am your host, Javier Diaz, and I am so thankful that you've chosen to listen. The Restore podcast exists to help restore the vision, restore the mission, restore the church. We do this through telling stories of different churches and how they are on the journey of transformation, and also by having conversations about different relevant topics facing the church today. The Restore podcast slowly but surely continues to grow. We thank you for listening and hope that you will share it with others. Please do subscribe to the podcast so you won't miss when we release our monthly episodes. On this episode, our guest is Pastor Jose St. Phard from Bolingbrook Seventh-day Adventist Church in Illinois, less than two hours from Chicago. We invited him to our Restore Conference in January, but in this episode we dive a bit deeper into the transformational journey of Bolingbrook Church. You will want to listen all the way through as it is an am

Hello everyone and welcome to the Restore Podcast episode 13. I am your host, Javier Diaz, and I hope this podcast helps to restore the vision, restore the mission, restore the church. I want to thank you for taking time and listening to the Restore podcast, and I pray that whatever you might be doing—driving, running, cooking, whatever it might be—that perhaps you will be challenged, encouraged, and blessed by today's topic. As I was preparing for this episode which I've titled, Is Public Evangelism Dead?, I came across an article in Ministry Magazine—an international journal for pastors published by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, which many of you know about. The article was entitled, Is Public Evangelism Obsolete? I found it incredible interesting that I would find such a headline published more than 30 years ago when some are asking the same question today. In this episode, I speak to Roger Hernandez, ministerial and evangelism director for Southern Union Conference, and Richie Halversen,

Hi everyone, welcome to the Restore Podcast episode 12. I am your host, Javier Diaz. It's good to be back after not posting an episode last month. Of course last month we held our Restore Conference and it was truly a lot of work to put on but an incredible blessing—especially hearing from several pastors/leaders telling us how they were inspired and challenged by the conference. If you weren't able to make it, we are updating our web site to add pictures from the conference, including many of the main stage speakers. So, as soon as the site is ready I will let you know. Before telling you about this episode. I again want to thank all of you for listening and sharing with others this podcast. I also want to thank several of you that have encouraged me to keep doing them. With this 12th episode, I have now been doing this for a year. Over the course of this year, we've had more than 1,000 total plays to the Restore Podcast. So again, I say thank you and please continue to share and subscribe

Welcome to the Restore Podcast episode 11 where it is our hearts' desire to help restore the vision, restore the mission, and restore the church through God's strength and power. I'm your host, Javier Diaz, and it is hard for me to believe that, at the release of this episode, we are less than two weeks away from the end of 2016 and the start of 2017. Ever since we began this podcast in February, it's been a learning experience for me getting into the podcasting world. Though I listen to many podcasts, it's a bit different to start working on one. Yet, it's been a blessing to talk with and learn from so many people. I thank all of you who take the time to listen and even give some feedback. Thank you, thank you, thank you for listening, subscribing, and sharing this podcast. Before I introduce this month's guest, I want to remind you of the upcoming Restore Conference happening January 30-31, 2017. The discounted early registration priced at $99 ends December 31 and increa

Hello and welcome to the Restore Podcast episode 10. I'm your host, Javier Diaz, and I'm joined by my two friends and colleagues Tim Goff who is the Ministerial field associate for Central Florida and Rudy Alvir who is the Ministerial field associate for South Florida. I'm excited to share with you this podcast in which we have a conversation regarding the question, "What does it mean to be part of the church?" This question in one shape or form has been on my heart for some time. I hope this particular podcast can be a platform to help further engage this utmost important question. I also want to remind you of our Restore Conference just about two months away. Make sure you go over to RestoreTheMission.com for all the info we'd love to see you all at the conference. Show Notes/Links/Resources The Church: The Gospel Made Visible by Mark Devers Why Bother with Church? by Sam Allberry Surprise the World: the Five Habits of Highly Missional People by Michael Frost

Hello and welcome to the Restore Podcast episode 9. I am your host, Javier Diaz. The Restore Podcast continues to expand its reach, and that is due thanks to all of you that are listening and also telling others about this podcast. We truly hope the content that we are delivering will be helpful to you in someway on your journey of restoring the mission we have as the church. I want to encourage you to consider attending our Restore Conference January 30-31, 2017, here in Orlando, Florida. It's looking to be an incredible two days of worship, praise, learning, and connecting. You can get more information and register at RestoreTheMission.com. I'm excited to share my conversation with Pastor Dustin Hall, senior pastor of Southview Seventh-day Adventist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. You might remember Dustin who was part of our panel discussion for episode 6. Southview Church has experienced incredible growth in the last couple of years and is on a journey to have the church be a center of inf

Hello and welcome to the Restore Podcast episode 8. I am your host, Javier Diaz, and I want to thank everyone who is listening and sharing this podcast. In this episode, I talk with four pastors in different areas who are actively engaged in reaching millennials: Dr. Allan Martin is the pastor of Younger Generation Church which is the vibrant young adult ministry of Arlington Seventh-day Adventist Church. Pastor Ben Lundquist is the Young Adult Director at Oregon Conference and Young Adult Coordinator for the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists. Pastor Alex Voigt is Associate Pastor at Port Charlotte Seventh-day Adventist Church. He has been doing a great job and reaching and empowering young adults. Pastor Morris Thompson is Associate Pastor at Miami Temple Seventh-day Adventist Church. Those who listen regularly to this podcast will recall Pastor Thompson was part of our previous episode as we featured his church. Because I personally know of what he's being doing with young adults

In this episode, we are talking with the pastoral staff and first elder of Miami Temple Seventh-day Adventist Church. This is the largest English-speaking Adventist church in Miami and also one of the oldest. Miami Temple is one of those churches that many in the Miami area gravitate toward on a week when, for whatever reason, they don't want to go to their home church. Yet, Miami Temple has been, and still is, on a thorough transformational process that has empowered them to be on a journey to be the missional church God has called them to be. We also have some exciting news to share. As most of you know, this podcast was born out of the inaugural Restore Conference held in January of 2016. The next conference will be January 30-31, 2017, at Forest City Spanish Seventh-day Adventist Church. We are finalizing our lineup of speakers and breakout sessions, but the speakers will include Ed Stetzer Ph.D.—a prolific author and well-known conference and seminar leader. You can register today at restorethemissi

This month's episode is a candid panel discussion about some of the social issues that have dominated the news. Part of the goal of this particular episode, along with creating a space to have this conversation, is also to dialogue about how the Church should respond to what has been happening. As you listen, it will most likely evoke differentiating opinions. This is, in part, what this episode is about. We need to have these conversations and listen to each other as well. The diverse panel consisted of the following pastors: Ivan Williams, Ministerial Secretary for the Adventist Church in North America; Tim Nichols, Florida Conference Vice President for Pastoral Ministries; Myron Edmonds, Pastor of Glenview Church in Cleveland, Ohio; Dustin Hall, Pastor of Southview Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Nelson Fernandez, Pastor of two churches in the Greenville/Clemson region of South Carolina. NOTES: We experienced technically difficulty approximately 10 minutes into the main discussion which lasted s