Punching Holes in the Darkness

New Directions in Women’s Ministry

On this episode of Punching Holes in the Darkness, host Tim Patterson talks with Tricia Werry. Tricia is a Michigan pastor’s wife who shares about some new outreaches to pastor’s wives and other women in BSCM churches.

Church Revitalization

In this episode of Punching Holes in the Darkness BSCM Director of Evangelism, Mike Durbin discusses a tool for Michigan Pastors who are seeking a way to revitalize the mission of their church. Mike sits down with Dr. Rob Peters the founder of an organization called Corpus. Corpus works churches around the world in the area of church revitalization.

Navigating the Changing Culture

In this episode of Punching Holes in the Darkness, Host Tim Patterson talks with the Alliance Defending Freedom and Regional Director Harrison Smith. They discuss the issues facing churches in the changing culture, and how ADF comes along side to prepare against legal challenges.

How to Start and Finish Strong

Billy Downs has been the owner of a couple of well-known mainstays of the Michigan landscape. One is B-D’s Mongolian Beef and the more recent establishment of Ford’s Garage in Dearborn. In this episode of Punching Holes in the Darkness, Billy sits down with Dr. Tony L. Lynn to share his insights into starting something new and some ways that he believes it can apply to launching a new church.

Replanting in Clio, MI

In this episode of Punching Holes in the Darkness, BSCM State Director of Missions, Dr. Tony L Lynn sits down with pastor Rick Marcus in Clio, Michigan. Rick came back to Clio to replant his home church that had suffered a great decline over the years. Hear how the church now renamed Clio City Church is experiencing a great new growth.

Be the Church – The Cohorts

Pastor Joel Wayne of Chapel Pointe in Hudsonville returns to Punching Holes in the Darkness to share an update on “Be the Church.” “Be the Church” is a partnership between Chapel Pointe and the Baptist State Convention of Michigan. Joel shares with host Pastor Tim Patterson about the progress of “Be the Church” and its use of cohorts with pastors to strengthen existing churches.

Everything on the Table

Join BSCM Executive Director Tim Patterson as he talks with Ed Emmerling, pastor of Westside Baptist Church and co-leader of the Genessee Baptist Association. They discuss the unique changes made to the leadership and ministry of the association and how it has affected starting and strengthening churches in their area.

Send Your Pastor to Israel

On this episode of Punching Holes in the Darkness, join host Tim Patterson as he talks with Tim Steele, Discipleship Pastor at CrossWaves Church in Roseville. Tim Steele is leading a group of pastors and others to see the Holy Land in December. They discuss the opportunity for churches to send their pastor on the trip as part of Pastor Appreciation.

Share, Shape, Send

In this episode of Punching Holes in the Darkness, host Tim Patterson talks with Travis Whitaker, pastor of Mile City Church in Metro Detroit. Mile City is only six years old, and yet, they have already helped launch six other new churches. Travis shares with Tim their posture of being open to God’s prompting to start new churches.

A Network of Support

In this episode of Punching Holes in the Darkness, host Tim Patterson talks with church planter Antonio Wimberly. In addition to starting One Mission Church in Inkster, Pastor Wimberly is also President of the African American Fellowship in Michigan. He shares about the challenges and blessings he sees as he ministers in an urban setting.