Persevering in Ministry and Publishing Preview

Welcome to Church Chat, the show that has the conversations about ministry you wish you were having. Today, we're talking to Benjamin Vrbicek, Lead Pastor of Community EFC in Harrisburg, PA. We chat about questioning your calling, creative solutions when your church doesn't have the resources it needs, cultivating healthy relationships with your elder board, an amillenial ordination, persevering through rejection, how writing and reading influences preaching, books, and more!

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Benjamin Vrbicek, is the Lead Pastor of Community EFC in Harrisburg, PA. He and his wife, Brooke, have six children. Benjamin enjoys reading, wrestling with his children, dating his wife, eating at Chipotle, and riding his bicycle in the early hours of the morning. He earned a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Missouri and a masters in divinity from Covenant Theological Seminary. He has written for Desiring God, The Gospel Coalition, and For The Church. He is a content creator for Gospel-Centered Discipleship and a member of the Gospel-Centered Discipleship Writers’ Guild.

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• Blog
• Instagram
• Facebook

Mentioned In This Episode:

• Steve Anderson on Church Chat
• Jason Abbott on EFCA East blog
• Amillennial Ordination
• All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
• Four Seasons In Rome by Anthony Doerr
• Jared Wilson
• The Imperfect Pastor by Zack Eswine
• The Storm-Tossed Family by Russell Moore
• Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

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Thanks to our episode sponsor:

• Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
• Henry Center Lectures
• TEDS Bulletin