Wholly Holy and Healthy - A conversation with Katherine Pasour
Send us Fan Mail Author and teacher Katherine Pasour joins host Kerry Wood to discuss the ways in which God made our human bodies for holiness and healthiness. Her book, Honoring God with My Body: Journey to Wellness and a Healthy Lifestyle, is a nine-week Bible study that builds a theological foundation for how one can live more completely in Jesus in every dimension of health and life - physical, intellectual/mental, emotional and social, vocational, and spiritual. While nutrition and exerc...
29 Jun 2026
To Spread Scriptural Holiness - Live Podcast with Bishop Carolyn Moore
Send us Fan Mail This special live-recording with Global Methodist Bishop Carolyn Moore at the 2026 North Carolina Global Methodist Annual Conference Gathering in Winston-Salem brings incredible depth of conversation on ... Carolyn's spiritual journey and transformationprime topics our upcoming General Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, will be determined by the delegates a recent decision by another denomination to exclude women from ministry leadership (and emphasizing that wome...
15 Jun 2026
Kimberly Kiefer - Walking with First Responders
Send us Fan Mail Kimberly Kiefer is about to culminate a long journey with Jesus by being ordained in the North Carolina Global Methodist Conference on June 20, 2026. Listen to her story and the unique ways in which God is using her to help the Church better understand the particular needs of first responders and ways to minister to them. She is publishing her first book based on her doctoral thesis on this topic: Walking Life With First Responders: The Church's Vital Role in Ministering to t...
10 Jun 2026
Holy Leadership: Thanking David Banks for his Ministry
Send us Fan Mail A conference gets built with spreadsheets and meetings, sure, but it only becomes a living body when people listen for God’s voice and obey it. Host Kerry Wood sat down with David Banks, conference superintendent of the North Carolina Global Methodist Conference, as he prepares to move into senior status. He shares the surprising way he felt called into leadership, the moments that made him weep with gratitude, and the friendships that carried a young annual conference throug...
14 Apr 2026
Episode 9: Christ for ALL, Conversation with Ryan Barnett and Matt Reynolds on Evangelism
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Pursue Holiness, host Kerry Wood speaks with Ryan Barnett and Matt Reynolds about Christ for ALL: Every Methodist an Evangelist. This book is all about the responsibility, desirability and capability Jesus Christ has given to every one of his followers to share their faith with others. In short, evangelism doesn't need to be scary! And it can't be shunted to only clergy or "the church" as a generic, unaccountable task. Growing in grace and faith means...
23 Feb 2026
Episode #8: Clertified Lay Ministry with Steve Wellman
Send a text The Certified Lay Ministry (CLM) training in North Carolina is available for anyone who desires to grow deeper in understanding, applying and sharing the good news of Jesus Christ. The Rev. Steve Wellman heads up the program for North Carolina and today he joins host Kerry Wood in describing the ministry, offering details of the upcoming course offerings, the challenges and opportunities that come through the CLM program, and more! Find information about the NC GMC CLM program: ht...
9 Dec 2025
Episode 7: Earl Bradshaw - Christmas Light Show Leads to Jesus as the Light!
Send us a text Earl Bradshaw, pastor of the Mount Pleasant Methodist Methodist Church in Mount Pleasant, NC, puts on an award-winning light show at his home every year. In today's episode, we learn more about how he builds a light show with thousands of lights, animations, music and more! Take a break from the Christmas-prep craziness and focus on the real reason for the reason for the season! Find videos of the light show on Facebook. You can also follow Earl on Facebook to see more videos a...
7 Nov 2025
Episode 6: The North Carolina-Ugandan Ministry Partnership
Send us a text The North Carolina Conference has partnered with the Uganda-South Sudan Conference of the Global Methodist Church. In this episode, Kerry Wood interviews Ddamulira Christopher, Uganda-South Sudan Conference Superintendent, and Wilberforce Bwire, General Secretary. They share a brief history of Global Methodism in Uganda, and describe the works of God in their midst. They also give us in North Carolina encouragement for how we can pray for them and work together. As this episod...
26 Sept 2025
Episode 5: Let the Children Come - Interview with Teresa Auten
Send us a text Teresa Auten is passionately interested in bringing the good news of Jesus to children. She has spent decades working with children, introducing multiple generations into transformational discipleship relationships with Jesus Christ. Based in Newton, NC, Teresa has helped many congregations with their children's ministries strategic directions, programming specifics and more. In today's episode, Teresa and host, Kerry Wood, talk about the power of grace even in the painful expe...
13 Aug 2025
Episode 4 - Shane Bishop
Send us a text Host Kerry Wood has a conversation with Shane Bishop about the importance of falling in love with Jesus and the implications and applications of that. Evangelism should not be a "dirty" word or a fearful one. Instead, relying on the power of the Holy Spirit, we can proclaim Jesus Christ into our communities. Shane is pastor of Christ Church in Fairview Heights, Illinois. When he arrived there in 1997, they worshiped around 200 people. Today, the church has more than 3000 weekly...
18 Jul 2025
Episode 3 - 2025 Annual Conference Testimonies
Send us a text The Annual Conference session for North Carolina Global Methodists was recently held in Winston-Salem, NC. Those who have bad tastes in their mouths for other annual conference sessions in the past are in for a great surprise: Global Methodist Annual Conferences are movements of the Holy Spirit! In this episode, Kerry Wood talks with some of the people being ordained, some pastors with long ministries, some who've just arrived in North Carolina, and all of them have praise stor...
17 Jun 2025
Episode 2 - Conference Leaders David Banks and Kari Howard
Send us a text David Banks serves as the Conference Superintendent and Kari Howard is the Associate Conference Superintendent. Together, they provide effective administrative, connectional and spiritual leadership to the North Carolina Conference on a daily basis. Today, they share their stories of faith, the work of God in the formation of our NC Conference, and the power of the Holy Spirit as we come together for the Annual Conference session in Winston-Salem, June 25-28, 2025. Plea...
16 May 2025
Episode 1 - Welcoming Bishop Jeff Greenway
Host Kerry Wood interviews Bishop Jeff Greenway, who shares his experiences being elected bishop and his vision for the Global Methodist Church.
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