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Following Jesus in an Urban Community with Jovan Payes
Apr 23, 2025 Radically Christian Podcast = In this episode of the Radically Christian Bible Study Podcast, Wes McAdams talks with Jovan Payes about what it means to be a follower of Jesus in an urban context. The conversation explores how urban and rural Christians often misunderstand one another, and how Christians in cities navigate cultural complexity, injustice, and the call to be peacemakers in a densely populated and diverse environment. Jovan shares insights from his own experience growing up in San Francisco and working in ministry.
Wes and Jovan discuss biblical concepts like cultural humility, justice, and love, emphasizing that sin is everywhere—urban or rural—but cities offer unique challenges and opportunities. Jovan challenges the assumption that cities are less spiritual than rural areas, reminding listeners that Christianity was born in urban settings. They dig into passages like Romans 12, 1 Corinthians 9, and Ephesians 2 to highlight how the gospel calls people to empathy, adaptability, and sacrificial living.
Jovan Payes is a longtime minister with roots in gang life who came to Christ at 16. He has spent over a decade in ministry in Bakersfield, California, and is now preparing to serve as Dean of Students at Faulkner University. He brings a perspective shaped by cultural diversity, street-level ministry, and a deep love for God's mission in the city.
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The Urban Christian by Wayne Meeks
The Universe Next Door by James W. Sire
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Unplugging In A Digital World
Feasting In A Fast Food World
Playing In A Planned Out World
Unplugging In A Digital World
Feasting In A Fast Food World
Playing In A Planned Out World
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Acts 18:24 Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent and cultured man, and well-versed in the [Hebrew] Scriptures.
Romans 1:14 I have a duty to perform and a debt to pay both to Greeks and to barbarians [the cultured and the uncultured], both to the wise and to the foolish.
Romans 12:2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
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