Religion & Spirituality
In this episode we talk with Elaine Heath, a United Methodist Minister and Author, serving as the Abbess of Spring Forest, an intentional Christian Community and farm in rural North Carolina. We talk about her book God Unbound, missional ecclesiology, the importance of lay leadership, and how she developed a passion for church history that inspires her innovative work today. Books mentioned: Elaine’s Book on Post-Christendom : God Unbound Elaine’s book on the Mystics – The Mystic Way of Evangelism Books She’s Reading: Who Do We Choose to Be By Margaret Wheatley Universal Christ by Richard Rohr Today's episode brought to you by the Church Development Office at the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church. Music from https://filmmusic.io "Macarray Bay" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) If you have a question about the future of the church that you would like for me to research or have a suggestion for a future guest you can email me at luke@churchischanging.com or leave me a voicemail at (980) 320-0568 and you might end up on the podcast. Today’s episode and many other resources for the next church can be found at www.churchischanging.com