We extend our compassion to our sisters and brothers at Congregation Lion of Judah, whose beloved pastor of 40 years, Dr. Roberto S. Miranda, passed away suddenly into the Lord’s presence on May 21, 2022. While we grieve this tremendous loss to

PSD 15 | Dave Searles, Pastor of Central Assembly of God Church

May 25th, 2021 1h

Dave Searles serves at Central Assembly of God Church in East Boston where he lives with his family. The multi-cultural nature of the neighborhood is reflected in Central Assembly of God Church, and in this final episode for Season 1 of Park St

PSD 14 | Enoch Liao, Assistant Pastor at Boston Chinese Evangelical Church

May 18th, 2021 59m 59s

Enoch Liao has been on staff at the Boston Chinese Evangelical Church (BCEC) for 20 years, and he currently serves as an Assistant Pastor at their Chinatown campus, overseeing their English-speaking ministry. BCEC has campuses in both Chinatown

PSD 13 | Ruth Wong, Director of the Boston Education Collaborative at EGC

May 11th, 2021 1h 4m

Ruth Wong serves as the Director of the Boston Education Collaborative (BEC) at the Emmanuel Gospel Center. The BEC aims to encourage and support partnerships between churches and schools in greater Boston. In addition to sharing about how she

PSD 12 | Dave Hill, Pastor of Abundant Grace Church

May 4th, 2021 51m 43s

Dave Hill, pastor of Abundant Grace Church of Boston, talks with Mark about the history of gathering pastors and churches to pray in the city. Dave also shares the story of how he and his wife came to Boston in 1989, in response to God’s call,

PSD 11 | Hugh Halter, Founder of Post Commons and Lantern Network

Apr 27th, 2021 1h 14m

Hugh Halter lives in Alton, IL, where he and his family are doing what they can to help the town in Jesus’s name. Hugh has written several books about the missional church, and for the past fifteen years he has helped churches and church plante

PSD 10 | Ray Hammond, Founding Pastor of Bethel AME

Apr 20th, 2021 1h 14m

Ray Hammond is the Pastor of Bethel AME Church in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. Ray and his wife, Gloria, started Bethel AME in their dining room in 1988. They were both trained as medical doctors and served in that capacity prior t

PSD 09 | Roberto Miranda, Senior Pastor of Congregation Lion of Judah

Apr 13th, 2021 59m 34s

Roberto Miranda is the Senior Pastor of Congregation Lion of Judah, a Spanish/English speaking church in the South End which has had a tremendous impact in the city of Boston. Roberto shares the story of his own calling into pastoral ministry a

PSD 08 | Arva Byron, Social Worker and Roslindale Baptist Church Youth Minister

Apr 6th, 2021 59m 48s

Arva Byron works at the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families, where she supports adolescents, and as the Youth Minister at Roslindale Baptist Church. She and Mark discuss these vocations as well as her radio program, “Live with Arv

PSD 07 | Christian and Mary Grant of the Boston Project and Young Life Boston

Mar 30th, 2021 1h 13m

Christian and Mary Grant are seeking to bring the gospel of Jesus to teenagers in the TNT neighborhood of Dorchester in Boston. They’re doing this through a partnership between The Boston Project and Young Life. In this conversation with Mark,

PSD 06 | Dana Baker of the Boston Trauma Healing Collaborative

Mar 23rd, 2021 58m 10s

Dana Baker leads the Boston Trauma Healing Collaborative, an effort to bring together different entities in Boston that are working on trauma related issues. Dana spent 18 years on the staff at Grace Chapel working as a pastor in intercultural

PSD 05 | David Wright, Executive Director of BMA TenPoint

Mar 16th, 2021 1h 3m

David Wright is the Executive Director of BMA TenPoint, which is a merger of the Black Ministerial Alliance and the Boston Ten Point Coalition, as well as an adjunct Professor at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary's Boston Campus, Assistant to

PSD 04 | Betsy Cowan Neptune, Chief of Economic Development, Metropolitan Area Planning Council and Co-Leader of Thrive and Grow

Mar 9th, 2021 54m 43s

Betsy Cowan Neptune serves as the Chief of Economic Development for the Metropolitan Area Planning Council. In this role, she helps with the development and planning of communities and neighborhoods around greater Boston. In her conversation wi

PSD 03 | Jua Robinson, Executive Director of Boston Collaborative

Mar 2nd, 2021 1h 1m

Jua Robinson is the Executive Director of Boston Collaborative, an organization that connects networks of Christians to each other and to organizations that help Boston flourish. In this conversation with Mark, he shares his heart that Christia

PSD 02 | Bryan Wilkerson, Senior Pastor of Grace Chapel

Feb 23rd, 2021 58m 37s

Bryan Wilkerson, senior pastor at Grace Chapel in Lexington, joins Mark Booker for a conversation about Boston culture, challenges in the life of the church, and ways that Boston churches can learn from and work with each other. Bryan tells the

PSD 01 | Barry Kang, Lead Pastor of Symphony Church

Feb 16th, 2021 1h

Barry Kang, lead pastor and planter at Symphony Church in Boston, talks with Mark Booker about his call to pastoral ministry and his move to Boston in 2010 to plant a church that would reach college students. Barry and Mark also discuss how Sym