faith transitions

101| Fair Trade | Alison Baines

Join Carla in this interview with Alison Baines. Alison is a member of Community of Christ at the Enfield Congregation in London. Alison describes her faith transition into Community of Christ.

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98 | Steve Shields Interview | Part 2

In this episode Josh talks to Steve about his service in Community of Christ, his duties being involved in correlation for the church, and how daunting of a task that is with diversity of cultures and beliefs. All this ties in to Steve’s book and ongoing interest since high school about the divergent paths of…

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97 | Steve Shields Interview | Part 1

In this episode Josh talks to Steve Shields about his upbringing in the LDS church and what led him to the RLDS church in the early eighties.

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96 | Fowler’s Stages of Faith | Nancy Ross

Join Brittany as she speaks with Nancy Ross about Fowler’s stages of faith theory and how the stages play out in with the people within progressive Mormonism and Community of Christ.

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75 | Fair Trade | Amy Cartwright

Join Brittany as she talks with Amy Cartwright and her journey from the LDS church to Community of Christ.

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72 | Percolating on Faith | The Three Eras

Join Carla as she speaks with Tony and Charmaine Chvala-Smith, discussing the different “eras” of the church, namely Joseph-centered, Church-centered, and then Christ-centered. Host: Carla LongGuests: Tony and Charmaine Chvala-Smith Download Transcript

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Episode 54 | Fair Trade | Nancy Ross

Join Brittany as she talks to Nancy Ross about her feminist awakening within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that led her to study the history of the church and to become one of the original members of the Ordain Women movement with its launch to further seek dialogue with church leaders about…

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36 | Emeritus Church Historian | Richard Howard

Listen in when Josh had the chance before World Conference to sit down with Richard (Dick) Howard to discuss his growing up years in the RLDS church and what eventually led him into the history department and to become the first professionally trained historian of the then RLDS church. Listen to what it was like…

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31 | Catching up with Josh and Brittany’s Story Joining Community of Christ

Join hosts Josh and Brittany Mangelson to further discuss their faith transition into Community of Christ to catch up after their individual faith transition episodes.

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26 | God Loves Me Unconditionally | Gayle Humphrey

Katie Langston interviews Gayle Humphrey, a transgender member of Community of Christ, about growing up in the RLDS Church, leaving the church for fundamentalism, coming out as transgender, and finding solace again in Community of Christ. Gayle shares a beautiful story of grace, acceptance, family, and love–one that you will not want to miss. A…

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