Go Rebuild My Church

God Gives Divine Guidance to St. Paul and His Team-He Will Do the Same for Us

This week, Peter and Leslie discuss St. Paul's second missionary journey. He and his new disciples, Timothy and Silas, venture out but have a surprise from the Lord! He does not allow them to go where they had determined was God's guidance. The Holy Spirit refuses to let them proceed with their initial plan. So, too, with us, the Lord sometimes guides us in a different direction than we had planned. In the Acts of the Apostles, we discover seven ways the Holy Spirit gives us divine guidance!

Going on Mission Can Create Conflicts

This week, Peter and Leslie discussed the intense dispute between St. Paul and Barnabas concerning John Mark. John Mark had abandoned the team on the first missionary journey, and Paul did not want him to join them as they ventured out again. Barnabas resisted, and a sharp disagreement took place. When we make going out on mission a priority, we face new challenges in our personal lives, families, and parishes.

How the Early Christians Continued on in the Faith

This week, Peter and Leslie discuss the conclusion of St. Paul's first missionary journey. Before he and Barnabas returned home to Antioch, Syria, they visited the new believers in the new churches they planted and exhorted them to continue in the Faith. What does this mean for us today? How can we be sure our faith is growing and remaining steadfast? The Book of Acts continues to show us how to "rebuild and renew" our personal lives and parishes.

Satan's Most Dangerous Games-Part II

In the second part of a two-part series, Peter and Leslie discuss the encounters both St. Peter and St. Paul experienced in the Acts of the Apostles with practitioners of sorcery and the occult. Although these encounters took place 2,000 years ago, Satan still today tries to trap Catholics into engaging in the occult. This often manifests through games, entertainment, eastern meditation, and media. This broadcast will help you recognize these schemes of Satan and give steps to be set free.

Satan's Most Dangerous Games-Part I

 Peter and Leslie follow St. Paul on his first missionary journey in this week's broadcast. Immediately, he and Barnabas encounter the magician Elymas. St. Paul confronts him and his magic arts, which are hindering the spread of the Gospel. We, too, must be on our guard against the occult in all its forms. Often, occult oppression comes in games like the Ouija board, astrology, and yoga.

St. Paul's Strategies for Evangelization

 This week, Peter and Leslie discuss how, practically, a local parish moves from "maintenance to mission." Barnabas and Paul had a clear strategy as they traveled on their first missionary journey. They were not random or "hit and miss" in their plans. So, too, the Church has given us a strategy for the new evangelization, directing us with a plan that leads us in our evangelistic mission

Alpha in a Catholic Context-Interview with Mark Wilcox Part II

 Peter and Leslie interview Mark Wilcox in part two of presenting the Alpha in a Catholic Context course this week. Alpha is having a worldwide impact by helping Catholic parishes move from maintenance to mission. Mark shares some personal experiences of seeing lives transformed through encountering Jesus and experiencing renewal while attending the Alpha course.

Alpha in a Catholic Context-Interview with Mark Wilcox Part I

 In today's broadcast, Peter and Leslie discuss helping parishes move from maintenance to mission. Mark Wilcox, a layman serving in the Alpha in a Catholic Context movement, shares how Alpha helps evangelize those outside the parish and re-evangelize those inside the parish. The "power of invitation" becomes a key component of reaching out to others

Moving the Parish from Maintenance to Mission

In today's broadcast, Peter and Leslie continue their series, " The Call to Return to Biblical Christianity." In Acts 13, Barnabas and Saul are sent out from the Antioch Church as a new era breaks forth in the Church. Antioch becomes a model for Catholic parishes to be "mission-focused." In the call to "Rebuild, " we look at eight places in the local parish that need to change from maintenance to mission.

Catechesis in the Apostolic Church

This week, Peter and Leslie highlight the beginnings of the great church in the Acts of the Apostles, the church at Antioch. Here, Barnabas, along with Saul of Tarsus, settles in Antioch and teaches a great number of people for one year. We see that catechesis was critical for the building of this parish. For our parishes to become strong in the Faith, like Antioch, we must rebuild by bringing the family into the center of our approach to catechesis.