Living Faith Church with Pastor Michael Lindon

11/03/21 • 59 min

The mission of this podcast is to highlight the beauty and diversity of God’s Church – both in Chattanooga and the Church at large.

Even though he knew God had called him to one day be a senior pastor, Michael Lindon didn’t expect to step into that role at the age of twenty-five. Michael planted Living Faith Church in Hixson, Tennessee in 2006, and since then, he has been leading his congregation to “save lives, empower believers, and further the gospel of Jesus Christ.”

Through copious scripture quotations, Michael gets to the theological root of the Word of Faith movement and explains the connection between faith, grace, and the Word of God. Listen in to this episode as Michael tells Adam about planting a church, the diversity of Rhema churches, and the question he thinks ministry leaders should be asking.

Note: this podcast was recorded earlier in 2021.
About Adam Whitescarver

Adam is passionate about seeing God’s people possess vibrant prayer lives to help them make a difference in the sphere of influence God has given them. In ministry since 2001, Adam enjoys his family, teaching, singing, and reading a myriad of subjects. He and his wife, Stephanie, live in North GA with their four children.
Jump Through the Conversation:

[1:38] Church location, service times, connection information
[3:36] How Michael came to plant Living Faith Church
[11:30] Living Faith’s purpose
[13:22] Challenges in developing a team
[18:51] Excellence as a value at Living Faith
[24:23] On the need for a team
[26:02] Michael and Living Faith’s association with Rhema
[28:28] How Living Faith highlights listening to God in a faithful context
[31:35] On the Word of Faith movement
[43:58] Diversity in Rhema churches
[51:45] Michael’s encouragement to ministry leaders to simply ask God, “Show me your glory”

Links and Resources:

A Beautiful Church website
Chattanooga House of Prayer website
Give today
Living Faith Church website

Thanks for listening! Don’t forget to subscribe! If you like what you heard, please leave a review on iTunes and share what you liked about the show.

The mission of this podcast is to highlight the beauty and diversity of God’s Church – both in Chattanooga and the Church at large.

Note: this podcast was recorded earlier in 2021.
About Adam Whitescarver

[1:38] Church location, service times, connection information
[3:36] How Michael came to plant Living Faith Church
[11:30] Living Faith’s purpose
[13:22] Challenges in developing a team
[18:51] Excellence as a value at Living Faith
[24:23] On the need for a team
[26:02] Michael and Living Faith’s association with Rhema
[28:28] How Living Faith highlights listening to God in a faithful context
[31:35] On the Word of Faith movement
[43:58] Diversity in Rhema churches
[51:45] Michael’s encouragement to ministry leaders to simply ask God, “Show me your glory”

Links and Resources:

A Beautiful Church website
Chattanooga House of Prayer website
Give today
Living Faith Church website

Thanks for listening! Don’t forget to subscribe! If you like what you heard, please leave a review on iTunes and share what you liked about the show.

Previous Episode

Orchard Park Seventh-day Adventist Church with Pastor Troy Brand

The mission of this podcast is to highlight the beauty and diversity of God’s Church – both in Chattanooga and the Church at large.

From becoming a Christian in his early twenties to serving as a pastor focused on community and justice, Elder and Senior Pastor Troy Brand’s life story and ministry is packed with intensity and a devotion to the word of God. Challenged by an ultimatum from his girlfriend (now his wife), Troy joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church while in the Marines. Now, as the Senior Pastor of Orchard Park Seventh-day Adventist Church in Chattanooga, TN, Troy leads his family and his congregation in intentionally honoring the Sabbath and serving the community with compassion and justice.

Join Troy and Adam as they explore some of the beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and what Troy and Orchard Park do to lift burdens and fight for justice in Chattanooga.

Note: this podcast was recorded earlier in 2021.
About Adam Whitescarver

[0:52] Troy’s childhood and background
[8:17] How an ultimatum from Troy’s wife (then girlfriend) brought about his conversion
[15:08] Church location, service times, connection information
[16:58] Some basics on Seventh-day Adventists
[18:26] All about the Sabbath
- [18:46] What Seventh-day Adventists believe about the Sabbath
- [23:02] How the Sabbath is observed
- [25:17] Theological context of the Sabbath
- [34:44] What Friday nights look like for Troy’s family
[38:33] On being like Jesus
[41:11] Background information on Orchard Park Seventh-day Adventist Church and their place in their community
- Chattanooga Purpose Center
- Unburdening people to be able to worship
[52:40] Brief aside on Troy’s pursuit of knowledge and admonishment to not judge Seventh-day Adventists based on only a few distinctives
[54:47] The role of Troy and Orchard Park in justice and anti-racism initiatives
[58:09] The reputation for high-quality music in the black Seventh-day Adventist Church
[1:00:48] The prayer culture of Orchard Park
[1:05:34] How God has been blessing Orchard Park
[1:08:23] What Troy sees God doing in the city of Chattanooga
[1:12:45] Troy’s final exhortation to believers

Links and Resources:

A Beautiful Church website
Chattanooga House of Prayer website
Give today
Orchard Park Seventh-day Adventist Church website
Chattanooga Purpose Center website
LEAD Pledge website
The LEAD Anti-Racism Challenge book

Thanks for listening! Don’t forget to subscribe! If you like what you heard, please leave a review on iTunes and share what you liked about the show.

Next Episode

City Collective with Pastors Matt Moore & Brookes Jones

The mission of this podcast is to highlight the beauty and diversity of God’s Church – both in Chattanooga and the Church at large.

Right in the heart of downtown Chattanooga, you’ll find City Collective, a community that not only doesn’t shy away from sticky topics but asks the questions many Christians are afraid to ask. Lead by pastors Matt Moore and Brookes Jones, City Collective attracts the unchurched, de-churched, and disillusioned with the goal of building a true family that pursues not just faithful deconstruction but also reconstruction into a “humble orthodoxy.”

In this episode, Matt and Brookes explain what deconstruction means and how it leads to scriptural adherence. Listen in to hear them tell Adam about deconstruction within Scripture, issues with fundamentalism, and how confession and repentance are helping their church grow into a family.

Note: this podcast was recorded earlier in 2021.
About Adam Whitescarver
Adam is passionate about seeing God’s people possess vibrant prayer lives to help them make a difference in the sphere of influence God has given them. In ministry since 2001, Adam enjoys his family, teaching, singing, and reading a myriad of subjects. He and his wife, Stephanie, live in North GA with their four children.
Jump Through the Conversation:

[0:58] Introduction to pastors Matt Moore and Brookes Jones
[1:29] Church location, service times, connection information
[3:10] What does it mean to contextualize the gospel?
[5:53] The church culture of City Collective
- Matt: recognizing the place of City Collective within the Church as it exists in Chattanooga
- Brookes: City Collective is made up of people who are tired and who don’t think the Church is doing what it’s supposed to
[13:35] City Collective’s culture of embracing questions and struggles
- Matt: we should be having the conversations everyone else is having
- Brooks: why wouldn’t we engage issues of post-modernity and deconstruction?
[21:04] Deconstruction
- Definition and why it’s significant in the 21st century (Brookes)
- How Jesus deconstructed culture via Scripture
[25:03] Faithful deconstruction and the role of the prophetic voice (Matt)
[28:41] On discipleship/spiritual formation and expressions of fundamentalism (Brookes)
[32:23] How City Collective creates space for both grace and forward movement
- Adam: On how the reformed tradition handles correction within the body
- Matt: Jesus’s vision for the Church
- Brookes: Confession and repentance
[42:15] On healing and confession in the family context of the church
[48:40] Final exhortations to believers
- Brookes: “stay”
- Matt: practicing empathy like Jesus