In this episode, Dave is joined by Jason Esposito, Lead Pastor at CrossWay Church in the Milwaukee area.
1:20- Dave asks Jason about his upbringing and Jason shares about his Italian immigrant family and growing up in New Jersey.
5:00- Jason talks about his struggles in school early on and his journey to Anderson University in Indiana where a Bible study changed his trajectory.
18:00- Jason explains how he came to CrossWay, the context of the Germantown area, and the intentionality of their ministries in the city.
23:00- Jason shares about his research in linguistic anthropology and how preaching shapes the given culture of a church.
“One of the ways the culture has changed at CrossWay has been through intentional preaching for cultural transformation and moving the church in a way that we thought God was directing it.”
27:00- Dave asks Jason what he is hopeful for coming out of the pandemic and Jason talks about not wasting the pain of this season.
33:00- Jim Sheppard of Generis joins Dave for some closing thoughts.
To learn more about Jason and CrossWay Church visit their website here and be sure to keep an eye out for Jason’s book on preaching for cultural change out in 2021.
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