{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"What I Wish They'd Told Me","title":"Meet Aaron Prelock","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3225,"description":"In our first episode, Stephen Baker sits down with Aaron Prelock, pastor of Bloomington Bible Church and the new president of New Geneva Academy. \nAaron shares how he went from a big dispensational Baptist church to studying John Owen under a Norwegian Lutheran, from a Subaru factory floor to ten years of pastoral ministry in central London, and back to Bloomington, Indiana.  \nThis conversation covers how he got here, what shaped him, and what he wishes someone had told him before he ever stepped into a pastorate — especially about what it means for a pastor to be a shepherd and not just a counselor.\nhttps://www.newgenevaacademy.com/\n0:00 — Introduction\n2:30 — Growing up in Lafayette, early faith\n5:45 — The biblical counseling world: Adams, Powlison, Tripp\n10:00 — Bible college and the church in Cedar Rapids\n14:30 — Seminary and the shift toward Reformed theology\n18:00 — The factory year\n22:00 — Discovering John Owen\n25:00 — Westminster London, PhD in Norway\n30:00 — Ten years pastoring in London\n35:00 — Coming back to Indiana, his father's death\n38:00 — Becoming senior pastor at Bloomington Bible Church\n42:00 — What brings joy in pastoral ministry\n48:00 — What I wish they'd told me: shepherding vs. crisis counseling\n55:00 — Getting involved with New Geneva Academy","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/UT3DsPu6LejT92MYX775YrzzWQTeaXwzhAQ_iTp8bVE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hMGU3/ZDI0YTlmZWMzY2Nl/MWI2MjI1MjI2NTE2/NWY4Ny5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}