Theology from the Bay, for the Bay.
The Bay Area Theology Podcast features conversations that seek to discern and discover the presence and purpose of the Christian God at work in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Episode 10 - When God Allows His Servants to Suffer: A Farewell Conversation w/ Keith Crosby
Send us Fan Mail Pastor Keith Crosby has served for almost a decade as pastor of Hillside Church in San Jose. Not long after he became the pastor of Hillside, God allowed him and his family do suffer a tragedy that caused a long period of trial and difficulty. And then after a year or so after COVID, God allowed Pastor Crosby to suffer from a major life-altering physical reaction to treatment that has led to his early retirement from pastoral ministry here in the Bay Area. In all that h...
4 Sept 2026
Episode 9 - Immigration and Human Dignity: Reflections on the Sojourner and the Church with Alan Cross
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Alan Cross joins us in this episode for a conversation focused on immigration, human dignity, and the church. People share a variety of opinions when it comes to the place that immigrants and sojourners and the misplaced have in our American communities today. But what is the role of church as it relates to these people and these communities? And how ought Christians respond to those who may have migrated into our church communities from other places, particularly other c...
21 Aug 2026
Bonus Episode: The Value of Human Life and the Danger of the "Elegant Solution for Suffering"
Send us Fan Mail Cameron and Ricky discuss the danger and the unbelievable reality of the new law that has been passed in the state of the New York that allows for Euthanasia. Tucker Carlson calls this the least talked and least publicized issue in American politics today. Kathy Hochul called this termination of human life an "elegant solution to suffering". Christians believe that God is the author of life. He alone gives and takes away, but what happens when humans, healthcare and po...
28 Jul 2026
Episode 8 - The Story and Philosophy Behind Echo Church with Filipe Santos
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Filipe Santos, lead pastor of Echo Church based in San Jose. Filipe shares his story with us about how God brought him from Brazil as a teenager, held him through some rough season as he sought for God, and then called him into pastoral work by the time he graduated high school. Filipe tell the amazing story of starting Echo church with Andy Woods and how God saved many people and made them apart of Echo Church. Finally, Filipe explains the philos...
16 Jul 2026
Episode 7 - Following God's Plan for Making Disciples and Building His Church with Josh Smith
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Bay Area native, Josh Smith, and hear his story of how God took a Bay Area kid and turned him into a pastor of a thriving church in the East Bay. God got ahold of his life and heart and gave him a desire to reach the Bay for Christ through the church. We discuss the theology of making disciples as well as church revitalization. Josh Smith is the Pastor of Arroyo Church in Livermore, CA. To learn more about this podcast and more that we are doing...
2 Jul 2026
Bonus Episode: Reactions to Tucker Carlson, Dispensationalism, Christian Zionism and Israel
Send us Fan Mail In this bonus episode, Cameron and Ricky react to conversations that have come from Tucker Carlson Show where he interviews various leaders who have religious and even Christian ideas regarding the nation of Israel, the Bible and political agendas. Many ideas influencing leaders today who support the current country of Israel seem to draw from the places in the Bible where they might assume that support for Israel in any situation is good and will result in a blessing....
16 Jun 2026
Episode 6 - Worshipping God Covered in Cinnamon Dust with David Busch
Send us Fan Mail The most influential theologians in the church today are not the preachers; rather, it's the worship pastors and leaders. In this conversation with David Busch, Minister of Music & Worship Arts at First Baptist Church of San Francisco, joins us as we discuss the significance of worship and music in the theological formation of the church. Our conversation covers biblical, theological, philosophical and practical elements of worship and how music functions in such a powe...
2 Jun 2026
Episode 5 - Pursuing Much Joy in Our Cities and Throughout the Bay Area with Phillip Lee
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we are joined by Phillip Lee, pastor of Hope Community Church in Fremont and serves as the Executive Director for CityServe in the Fremont Tri-Cities. Philip shares a bit of his story -- how he came to know and love Christ, how he pursued a call to ministry and was given opportunities to serve and lead at a very young age, yet he saw God bless his ministry. As we talked about the Bay Area, we discussed the effects and results of sin as well as the...
20 May 2026
Episode 4 - Ministering to the Bay Area as a Global Alpha Region of the World with James Westbrook
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, James Westbrook, church planter and Send City missionary to the Bay Area, shares some of his story. From growing up in the home of a Muslim father, to fighting on the streets of St. Louis, James tells the story of his conversion and call to ministry. James is doing doctoral work on understanding the work of church planting and missions in the most powerful and influential cities and regions of the world. And since the Bay Area is at the top of the list...
13 May 2026
Episode 3 - Our Father Who Art in Heaven with Dr. Ryan Rippee
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dr. Ryan Rippee, pastor of Trinity Church in Benicia, shares his story of faith and call to ministry. As a native of the Bay Area, Pastor Ryan Rippee has experienced the powerful presence of God through revival in his early years as well as the power of the God in the ministry of his life. Dr. Rippee did his PhD work on the doctrine of God the Father, so we explore the glory of God and the truth of the trinity as explored and experienced in his doctoral...
22 Apr 2026
Episode 2 - Getting to Know Bayseed Collective and Why This Podcast on Theology Matters with Royce Ruiz and Ricky Blaha
Send us Fan Mail The Bay Area Theology Podcast is a ministry of Bayseed Collective. This episode tells a little bit of the story of Bayseed and why a podcast about theology matters here in the Bay. This conversation includes pastors Royce Ruiz and Ricky Blaha of Redeemer Church in Union City, CA. Royce and Ricky are also directors of Bayseed Collective. To learn more about this podcast and more that we are doing, you can go to bayareatheology.org. This is a podcast of Baysee...
15 Apr 2026
Episode 1 - Curating Theological Conversations on the Shores of Babylon with Dr. Cameron Schweitzer
Send us Fan Mail In this inaugural episode of the Bay Area Theology Podcast, we talk with Dr. Cameron Schweitzer with will serve as that host of the Bay Area Theology Podcast. Cameron is the director of the Bay Area Campus of Gateway Seminary in San Leandro. Cameron is also a professor of theology and church history. In this episode, Cameron shares a little of his story as well as his heart for why theology matters as we do mission and ministry in the Bay Area. To learn more about...
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