Just Take Them With You - A Casual Approach To Discipleship with Christina Lowery

enOctober 31, 2022

The Ferment Podcast - Conversations About Worship And Transformation

About this Episode

In this episode of The Ferment, Adam talks with Christina Lowery in a continuation of our short series on raising up leaders. Christina shares about her inclination towards ministry from an early age, and when that calling was named and fostered by her pastor. She talks about how being a life-long church attendee and student of church health eventually led to her role as the Associate National Director of Church Health and Development for Vineyard USA, the effects of COVID on the church she pastors, and what that time of disruption revealed about the discipleship in our congregations. Christina gives an encouragement to tell people what you see God doing in them, and talks about the gift of entrusting youth with Sunday service responsibilities, as well as the value in broadening our expectations of what it looks like to disciple people.

Christina Lowery is the Associate National Director for Church Health and Development. Early in her ministry career, Christina served as the Events Director for a large student internship at Teen Mania Ministries (Acquire the Fire) in Tyler, TX. In 2001, she and her husband Joel joined a local Vineyard Church there, and served on the pastoral team for several years until they were called to move back to Virginia and plant Crossroads Church.

Christina and Joel have co-pastored Crossroads Church in Fredericksburg, VA since 2008. As a Lead Pastor, Christina has been a big-picture thinker and creative visionary, responsible for communicating and driving the vision and mission of the church forward. She finds great joy in preaching and teaching, leadership development, and building systems that foster church health and growth.

In addition to her local leadership at Crossroads Church, she has served in other leadership roles with the Vineyard, such as an Area Leader in Northern and Central Virginia for ten years (2009-2019) and on the Vineyard Women in Leadership Team for the past three years (2018-2021).

Joel and Christina have been married for 23 years and have 3 amazing kids – Hannah (17), Caleb (15) and Zoe (8). The Lowery family loves to travel and so far, their favorite destination is Maui, with its warm sun and beautiful island beaches.

Show notes:

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Show Notes:

Behold: https://slinky.to/HeavenAndEarthBeholdVW

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Vineyard Worship: https://www.vineyardworship.com/

Vineyard USA Associations: https://vineyardusa.org/associations/

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Show Notes:

This Joy: https://slinky.to/ThisJoyVW

Vineyard Worship: https://www.vineyardworship.com/

Vineyard USA Associations: https://vineyardusa.org/associations/

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Vineyard Worship: https://www.vineyardworship.com/

Vineyard USA Associations: https://vineyardusa.org/associations/

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Show notes:
Contact Bobby: soundguybob@gmail.com
Sound Lab Houston: https://www.vineyardworship.com/soundlab
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