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In this week’s episode of the Faithly Podcast, Alicia Lee and special co-host Rev. Elliott Johnson welcome Bishop Claude Richard Alexander, Jr., Senior Pastor of The Park Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, for a rich conversation about longevity, leadership, and what more than three decades of pastoral ministry have taught him about serving faithfully. Bishop Alexander reflects on becoming a senior pastor at just 26 years old and the pressure he initially felt to prove himself. Over time, he ...

Join Alicia Lee in this episode of the Faithly Podcast as she sits down with Jef Fite, Founder of CoreC Leadership, to discuss healthy leadership and why spiritual formation alone does not automatically prepare someone to lead an organization well. Drawing from nearly four decades of leadership experience across various companies, Jef explains why leadership should be treated as a craft that requires intentional formation and practice. He introduces the CoreC Leadership Framework, beginning wit...

In this episode of the Faithly Podcast, Alicia Lee is joined by Pastor Justin Buzzard, Lead Pastor of Garden City Church in Silicon Valley and author of Date Your Wife and The Big Story, for an energizing discussion about what it means to stop playing small with your life. Justin reflects on planting Garden City Church with just a few people and limited resources, noting the importance of staying faithful through both growth and difficult seasons, and why pastors and men especially need strong,...

Today on the Faithly Podcast, Alicia Lee welcomes Melissa Paredes, Senior Director of Content Marketing at Wycliffe Bible Translators USA, for a meaningful conversation about Bible translation, motherhood, and the life-changing power of Scripture. Melissa shares how growing up as a Wycliffe missionary kid in the Philippines eventually led her into work telling the stories of what God is doing through Bible translation around the world. She explains why translation is ultimately about helping pe...

In this week’s episode of the Faithly Podcast, Alicia Lee welcomes Greg Stier, Founder and Visionary of Dare 2 Share Ministries, for an inspiring conversation about evangelism and discipleship, uncovering why teenagers should be viewed not simply as the next generation of the Church, but as an essential part of the Church today. Greg shares how the Gospel radically transformed his violent inner-city family and ultimately shaped his own calling to preach and equip others to share their faith. Af...

Today on the podcast, Alicia Lee and special co-host Rev. Elliot Johnson welcome Pastor Keith Odom, Director of Technology for the Church of God in Christ, Lead Pastor of The Place of Grace Church, and Founder and CEO of Axtegrity Consulting, for a pertinent conversation about AI and the future of technology in the Church. Keith shares how his lifelong interests in both ministry and technology eventually converged through a career that included work at the renowned MIT Media Lab and now allows ...

Today on the Faithly Podcast, Alicia Lee and special co-host Rev. Elliot Johnson welcome Dr. Kimberly Nash Alexander, Founder of Deeper Roots SoulCare, spiritual director, ministry leader, and longtime pastor’s wife, for a thoughtful conversation about spiritual formation and learning to trust God through every season of life. Dr. Alexander reflects on the experiences that shaped her faith, from her early years in Catholic school to a career in speech-language pathology, where she first began d...

This week, Alicia Lee and special co-host Rev. Elliot Johnson welcome Rev. John Edward Cager, Presiding Elder of the Midwest North District of the AME Church, for a candid conversation about pastoral leadership, church growth, and what becomes possible when churches move from a mindset of “I” to “we”. Rev. Cager reflects on initially resisting God’s call to ministry and the journey that eventually led him into more than three decades of service. Drawing from 25 years as a pastor and his current...

This week on the Faithly Podcast, meet Dr. Wanda Walborn, Founder and Executive Director of Empower, as she sits down with Alicia Lee to discuss equipping women to understand their identity in Christ, recognise their spiritual gifts, and step confidently into God’s calling for their lives. At just 10 years old, Wanda sensed a call to ministry. She shares the many seasons of obedience that eventually led her to create Empower, a global certificate program offering women training in the Bible, th...

In this week’s episode, Alicia Lee is joined by Jeremy Fulda, Director of Strategy and Operations for the Beeson Center and Director of Career and Calling at Asbury Theological Seminary, to discuss discerning God’s call and helping Christian leaders build sustainable lives of service. Jeremy reflects on the mentors who shaped his faith, the five years he spent serving as a missionary in Taiwan, and the lessons he learned about the difference between being qualified for ministry and being truly ...

Today on the Faithly Podcast, Alicia Lee sits down with Janice Rosser Allen, President and CEO of International Cooperating Ministries (ICM), to explore her journey into global ministry and ICM’s mission to place a healthy church within walking distance of everyone in the world. Janice shares how a childhood desire to serve through medical missions led her into oncology nursing before God brought her calling full circle through the ministry founded by her father, Dois Rosser. Following the loss...

This week, Alicia Lee is joined by Pastor Corey Hise, founding pastor of Hope Collective Church (HopeCo) in Manhattan’s West Village, for an honest and encouraging conversation about what it means to follow God one faithful step at a time. Corey reflects on the defining moments that shaped his journey—from growing up as a pastor’s son in Kentucky to sensing God’s call to ministry as a young teenager. He shares the remarkable story of how both he and his wife, Ashley, were independently led towa...

Today on the Faithly Podcast, join Alicia Lee and Pennie Morgan, Executive Director of Hephzibah House, as they engage in a warm and inspiring conversation on Christian hospitality and the importance of creating spaces where ministry leaders can truly rest and be refreshed. Pennie shares the remarkable story of Hephzibah House, a ministry that has served New York City for more than 130 years. Originally founded in 1893 as a missionary training school for young women, Hephzibah House today offer...