In this episode, we are joined by Phillip Lee, pastor of Hope Community Church in Fremont and serves as the Executive Director for CityServe in the Fremont Tri-Cities. 

Philip shares a bit of his story -- how he came to know and love Christ, how he pursued a call to ministry and was given opportunities to serve and lead at a very young age, yet he saw God bless his ministry. 

As we talked about the Bay Area, we discussed the effects and results of sin as well as the power of the Gospel power to change lives. We discuss challenges and stresses that pastors experience in ministry and the necessity of keeping a clear and Christ-focused mindset. We also dabble a little bit into the differences between Presbyterians and Baptist and how various traditions may address things differently given the situation and timing. 

There are some parts of this conversation you will want to take with you. You can listen here or on Youtube. 

More information about CityServe can be found here. And more about Compassion Network can be found here. 

To learn more about this podcast and more that we are doing, you can go to bayareatheology.org. 

This is a podcast of Bayseed Collective. Learn more at bayseed.org. 

This is Theology from the Bay, for the Bay. 

In this episode, James Westbrook, church planter and Send City missionary to the Bay Area, shares some of his story. From growing up in the home of a Muslim father, to fighting on the streets of St. Louis, James tells the story of his conversion and call to ministry. 

James is doing doctoral work on understanding the work of church planting and missions in the most powerful and influential cities and regions of the world. And since the Bay Area is at the top of the list, James shares some of his ideas with us about what God is doing for kingdom advancement here in the Bay Area and beyond. 

To learn more about this podcast and more that we are doing, you can go to bayareatheology.org. 

This is a podcast of Bayseed Collective. Learn more at bayseed.org. 

This is Theology from the Bay, for the Bay. 

In this episode, Dr. Ryan Rippee, pastor of Trinity Church in Benicia, shares his story of faith and call to ministry. As a native of the Bay Area, Pastor Ryan Rippee has experienced the powerful presence of God through revival in his early years as well as the power of the God in the ministry of his life. 

Dr. Rippee did his PhD work on the doctrine of God the Father, so we explore the glory of God and the truth of the trinity as explored and experienced in his doctoral work in ministry. 

To learn more about this podcast and more that we are doing, you can go to bayareatheology.org. 

This is a podcast of Bayseed Collective. Learn more at bayseed.org. 

This is Theology from the Bay, for the Bay. 

The Bay Area Theology Podcast is a ministry of Bayseed Collective. This episode tells a little bit of the story of Bayseed and why a podcast about theology matters here in the Bay. 

This conversation includes pastors Royce Ruiz and Ricky Blaha of Redeemer Church in Union City, CA. Royce and Ricky are also directors of Bayseed Collective. 

To learn more about this podcast and more that we are doing, you can go to bayareatheology.org. 

This is a podcast of Bayseed Collective. Learn more at bayseed.org. 

This is Theology from the Bay, for the Bay. 

In this inaugural episode of the Bay Area Theology Podcast, we talk with Dr. Cameron Schweitzer with will serve as that host of the Bay Area Theology Podcast. Cameron is the director of the Bay Area Campus of Gateway Seminary in San Leandro. Cameron is also a professor of theology and church history. 

In this episode, Cameron shares a little of his story as well as his heart for why theology matters as we do mission and ministry in the Bay Area. 

To learn more about this podcast and more that we are doing, you can go to bayareatheology.org. 

This is a podcast of Bayseed Collective. Learn more at bayseed.org. 

This is Theology from the Bay, for the Bay.