Love Your City Podcast

James Kelly, the Founder and Director of FaithTech, is an entrepreneur turned pastor turned story-teller. With a unique background in business (co-founded a faith-based media company at 19 years of age, BComm and 7 years experience in professional recruitment) and church (MDiv and helped plant a church in 2012), he’s positioned to creatively bridge the gap between faith and tech. FaithTech, a growing movement pioneering new ways to advance the gospel in a new era driven by technology, started with an idea in late 2015 and has turned into a global ministry, with operations across North America in Silicon Valley, Chicago, Toronto, Vancouver, and Waterloo.

Mac Pier is the founder and CEO of Movement.Org and was instrumental in founding the inaugural Movement Day conference. A visionary, strategic thinker and social networker, Mac loves to bring leaders together to transform their cities. He was on staff with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship before founding Concerts of Prayer, Greater New York, a collaborative prayer initiative connecting pastors and churches throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

Rob Kelly serves as the founding President and CEO of the For Charlotte Mission Network. In this role, Rob is the primary directional leader of Movement Day Charlotte, the lead author of the Charlotte State of the City Report and architect of the For Charlotte network platform. Prior to this, Rob served 13 years as a pastor, along with numerous other leadership positions, including co-founding CHARLOTTE/ONE.

As a Global Cities Catalyst, RJ Holt designs, coaches, and facilitates leaders gathering in the urban centres of the world. In this episode, RJ shares his passion for his home city of Dallas, Texas, and in particular, the collaborative work being down to shut down drug houses in the city.

Rev. Adam Durso is Executive Director of LEAD.NYC, a division of Movement.Org. For more than 20 years he has been a church pastor in his beloved New York City, while also finding time to speak in churches and conferences around the globe. A powerful thread runs through all of Adam’s work – a calling to connect with and have a powerful impact on people at all levels of society, especially youth, through various ministries and platforms, including social media. He serves on both the New York Mayor’s Clergy Advisory Council and on the ministerial team at The Christian Cultural Center under the pastoral leadership of Dr. A.R. Bernard.

If we are to see a gospel movement in our city, the whole church needs to be equipped, released, and sent to serve in their sphere of influence. For that to happen, churches need to consider how their gatherings prepare their people for the scattering. In this episode, Sam & Letitia discuss the importance of this, as well as sharing some practical tips from their experiences in church leadership.

Where should we draw the line in working with people with other beliefs when it comes to city transformation and social causes? Should there be a line? In this episode, Sam & Letitia discuss these questions and the opportunities that come from working with others.

Perth will be the first Australian city to run their own Movement Day. Sam & Letitia enjoyed interviewing two members of their team, Nick & Adam, at the Movement Day Roundtable held in Sydney in October 2018.

Sam & Letitia interview millennial leader, Millie Voigtlander. Millie lives in Montana, USA and has spent her recent years working internationally with YWAM. She has something important to say to both millennial Christians, and to those who lead churches.

Sam & Letitia interview Adventist Pastor Casey Wolverton. From a rather exclusive denomination, Casey has become an integral leader in the unity and strategic collaboration of churches across his city. Listen in as Casey shares some of his story.

Sam & Letitia discuss some simple tips for starting a gospel movement in your place. You may not consider yourself to be a leader, but you do have influence. These tips will help shape your posture towards being a blessing in your place, in your city.

Sam & Letitia interview church unity and city transformation pioneer, Ian Shelton. Ian also leads One Heart, the organisation behind bringing Movement Day to Australia.

Sam & Letitia discuss the current scorecard by which churches measure success and how it might need to change when it comes to loving and impacting your city.

In this episode, Sam interviews Letitia about the pornography education and awareness campaign she is spearheading in her home city of Toowoomba.

Sam & Letitia discuss why they started this podcast and why it’s important that followers of Jesus and their church communities love the city in which they live.