In this podcast, Dr Clark sits down to talk with Chad Vegas, pastor of Sovereign Grace Bakersfield and Chris Gordon, pastor of the Escondido United Reformed Church to talk about the nuts and bolts (we’re talking about practice!) of Reforming a congregation, how it happened at Sovereign Grace Bakersfield, and some of the challenges of making the journey to Geneva.

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• Chad Vegas

  

  Chad is the founding pastor of Sovereign Grace Church (Bakersfield, CA). After completing his M.A. in Theology at Talbot, and being the high school pastor at RiverLakes Community Church, Chad was called to plant a church in Bakersfield. He is also the founding board chairman of Radius International, an organization that trains people to plant churches among unreached language groups. His passion is to know Christ and to make him known. He has been married to Teresa since 1994, and they have 2 children.

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• Chris Gordon

  

  Chris Gordon was ordained to the Ministry of the Word in October 2004. He is a native of Central California, and prior to answering God’s call into the ministry, he was a high school Bible teacher in the central Californian valley. He earned his Master of Divinity degree from Westminster Seminary California. He previously served the Lynden United Reformed Church from 2004 to July 2012, and is presently Preaching Pastor at the Escondido United Reformed Church and is the radio host and teacher on Abounding Grace Radio.

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• R. Scott Clark

  

  R.Scott Clark is the President of the Heidelberg Reformation Association, the author and editor of, and contributor to several books and the author of many articles. He has taught church history and historical theology since 1997 at Westminster Seminary California. He has also taught at Wheaton College, Reformed Theological Seminary, and Concordia University. He has hosted the Heidelblog since 2007.

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