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The State of the Church (Guest: Tom Ascol) - Grounded Ep. 20

June 14th, 2023

Pastor Tom Ascol sits down to talk with Steve about the affairs of the church of today. They also spend some time on the ministry that Tom was one of the people involved in its beginnings, Founders Ministries.

Begin Show Notes:

Guest - Tom Ascol, M.Div and Ph.D degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Senior Pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Cape Coral, Florida, where he has served for 36 years as of June 2022.
Also president of Founders Ministries.

1) Tell us about Grace Baptist Church, Cape Coral

  • Did you found it?
  • How long have you been pastor there?
  • How is Grace Baptist distinct from generic, run of the mill, XYZ evangelical church in our day?
  • What do you want to be, not to be? What do you really want for your church?

2) Tell us about founders.

  • What is it? What’s the purpose?
  • What is the relationship of Founders to the SBC?
  • What led you to start Founders back then?
  • How many churches are affiliated with?
  • What is Founder’s theology like (and other) distinctives; what differentiates it?
  • What are some of the battle fronts on w/ Founders is fighting?
  • What’s going on at Founders that’s really good?
  • What do you see as the future of Founders?

3) State of the church

  • If you could change something in xyz church, what?
  • What are some problems in churches?

4) If you could change something(s) about preaching in the US, what?

5) Voddie Baucham - How did you become connected to Voddie?

6) What do you want to say to Cornerstone Church, and all others listening?

End of Show Notes

Thanks for listening, we hope and pray that today's episode has been helpful in your walk with Christ!

  • The Grounded Team