Episode 276: On the Importance of Ecclesiology for a Church Plant, with Matt Smethurst

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 698 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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In this episode of Pastors Talk, Mark Dever and Jonathan Leeman interview Matt Smethurst, a pastor of River City Baptist Church, on the importance of ecclesiology for a church plant.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Jonathan Lehman.
0:06.1	This is Mark Devere.
0:07.0	Welcome to this episode of Nine Marks, Pastors Talk.
0:09.1	Nine Marks Exists to help pastors build healthy churches.
0:11.8	And to learn to speak softly, I guess.
0:13.8	Am I speaking softly?
0:14.8	You are.
0:16.0	Today with us, we have Matt Smithurst,
0:19.8	pastor of Trinity River Baptist Church in Richmond, VA.
0:22.6	Have you told Ben Lacey that?
0:25.1	Oh, did I say Trinity River?
0:26.6	That's Ben's Church.
0:28.4	You're River City.
0:29.6	You got three of the four words right.
0:32.1	I'm thinking Ben Lacey is getting a shock right now.
0:34.3	I know, right.
0:36.0	Pastor of River City, both of you guys with rivers in your names.
0:38.8	That's like the cool kids new thing to do.
0:40.9	I guess so.
0:42.1	Each is a natural feature, you know.
0:44.5	You should change your church to Potomac.
0:46.9	Well, but Capitol Hill Baptist Church.
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