{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Transforming Culture","title":"The Church as Embassy","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4653,"description":"It's our final week of Transforming Culture, season four! Thank you for being on this journey with us, and know that we appreciate you! If you want more MBC content throughout the year, consider listening in to our Teaching Archive podcast - where we post sessions from our MBC summer and retreat seasons for you.\nThis week on the Transforming Culture podcast, we're closing our season with one of our favourite sessions of last summer - not only because our Bible teacher, Sean Sheeran, is a gifted and generous speaker, but also because the topic really hits home when it comes to MBC's mission and vision: we want to create biblically rooted, resilient families, and we believe that is best accomplished through the local church! So, when Sean said he wanted to talk about the church as a type of outpost or embassy, we were thrilled. Enjoy! \n----- ----- -----\nSpeaker Bio:\nSean first attended Hespeler Baptist Church as a non-Christian at age 17. Through the preaching of the gospel and the friendship of Christians, God showed him of his need to repent of his sin, believe in Jesus Christ and be saved. From there Sean attended Heritage Bible College, graduating with a Bachelor of Religious Education. In 2011 Sean was ordained with the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches of Canada. Sean has been serving as lead pastor since September 2013. In 2023 he received his Master of Divinity from Heritage Seminary. He is married to Meredith and they have four children.\n----- ----- -----\nResources:\nChurches: The Embassies and Geography of Heaven (Jonathan Leeman)\nStorm in the Desert (podcast mentioned during this episode)\nThe Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self (Carl Trueman)\nWhat is the Mission of the Church (Kevin DeYoung)\nMissions is Church Planting - Or It’s Not Really Missions (Mike McKinley)\nEvangelism: How The Whole Church Tells About Jesus (Mack Stiles)\n----- ----- -----\nShow Credits:\nTransforming Culture is a production of Muskoka Bible Centre.\nProducer: Luke LaRocque...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/-4Hat5ZR4NneqnwfNln02vbcMccI3WPvBNhrW8s16WE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMzODk1LzE2NjI1/NjAxNTktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}