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Welcome to the One Priority Podcast, where our goal is Starting And Strengthening Congregations To Serve As Vital And Vibrant Missional Communities. The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 partner churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Hosts for the One Priority Podcast are George Bullard, Executive Director at the Columbia Metro Baptist Association, and Chris Reinolds, Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.

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Columbia, SC

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Welcome to the One Priority Podcast, where our goal is Starting And Strengthening Congregations To Serve As Vital And Vibrant Missional Communities. The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 partner churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Hosts for the One Priority Podcast are George Bullard, Executive Director at the Columbia Metro Baptist Association, and Chris Reinolds, Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.

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English


Episodes
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OPP 063: Impacting Collegiate Ministry

4/26/2022
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, Chris Reinolds and Julia Bell, CMBA Communications Director, have a conversation with Baptist Collegiate Ministry campus ministers Lesley and JJ Joseph, who began their work at Allen University and Benedict College Starting March first of this year as they seek to impact the next generation of disciple-makers.

Duration:00:23:04

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OPP 062: Kingdom-Minded Taxes

2/1/2022
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, Chris Reinolds, Impacting Communities Ministry Mobilizer with the CMBA, has a conversation with John Lakin, Associate Pastor at NorthStar Christian Center, to discuss their partnership with the Cooperative Ministry's VITAP program, which assists low-income families with tax preparation. Thank you for listening in, and we hope you'll consider stepping into this incredibly practical ministry opportunity.

Duration:00:20:10

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OPP 061: South Carolina Refugee Resettlement

11/16/2021
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, sits down with Bedjriha Jazic, Director of Lutheran Services, and Ryan Dupree, International Minister with First Baptist Church Columbia, to discuss ministry partnership opportunities among the Refugee Resettlement efforts in Columbia, South Carolina. Thank you for listening in, and we hope you'll consider stepping into this ministry opportunity.

Duration:00:29:13

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OPP 060: Be Bold. Start the Conversation

10/19/2021
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, I, Chris Reinolds, and George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, sat down with Sam Smithson, Alice Drive Baptist Church's Bishopville Campus Minister, and Travis Pruden, Discipleship Pastor, to discuss how the bold steps that they're taking to reach a new community with the love of Christ. We hope you'll walk away from our conversation with them with a similar boldness to start a conversation with someone that can change their life.

Duration:00:30:31

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OPP 059: Stewardship in the Local Church

9/21/2021
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, and Chris Reinolds sat down with Jacque Wenger and Nathan McCarthy to discuss how churches can better communicate biblical truths about financial stewardship. Take some time and consider how God may be leading you to speak with your congregation about these essential matters.

Duration:00:31:53

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One Priority Podcast - Episode 58 - Local Ministry International Impact

8/24/2021
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, and Chris Reinolds hear from Angela McNeal (Heart4Schools), Allison Caldwell (Shandon Baptist Church), and Jamie Rogers (Baptist Collegiate Ministry of South Carolina), three individuals who are incredibly passionate about ministries to international teachers and students. These ministries to internationals are happening right here in Columbia, SC, and they're having an impact across the globe because God is bringing the nations to our city. Take some time and listen in and learn how you, or your church, can make a global impact for Jesus just a few miles from your front door. Websites Mentioned: LoveCola.org Heart4Schools.org CarolinaBCM.org https://youtu.be/pjT3cL16ebQ

Duration:00:36:04

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OPP 057: Long Obedience

6/29/2021
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, I, Chris Reinolds, Lead Pastor at Discovery Church, and George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, sat down with Cathy Locklear to celebrate and hear about her many years of service with the Columbia Metro Baptist Association here in Columbia, South Carolina as she is preparing for a new and exciting stage in her life.

Duration:00:20:21

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OPP 056: Messianic Jewish Congregation

5/25/2021
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, I, Chris Reinolds and George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, sat down with Rabbi Andy Meyerson to discuss the formation of a Messianic Jewish Congregation here in Columbia, South Carolina, and his desire to see churches partnering together to reach Jewish peoples with the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Duration:00:35:23

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OPP 055: The Nones

4/28/2021
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, sat down with Ryan Burge, author of the newly released book The Nones to discuss the reality that the nones will be the largest religious group in the United States in the next decade and the implications this has for the church.

Duration:00:35:24

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OPP 054: The Past, Present, and Future Hope of Worship

3/30/2021
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, I, Chris Reinolds and George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, sat down with three Columbia South Carolina Church Musicians to talk about the past, the present, and the future of church worship through music.

Duration:00:33:09

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OPP 053: Making an Impact in the Midst of the Pandemic

3/9/2021
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, I, Chris Reinolds and George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, sat down with Craig Bailey, Pastor at First Baptist Church of Winnsboro, to hear how they are building bridges in their community despite the struggles of the pandemic.

Duration:00:18:10

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OPP 052: CMBA Congregational Grants

2/9/2021
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, I, Chris Reinolds and Julia Bell, CMBA Communications Director, are having a conversation with Columbia Metro Baptist Association Executive Director, George Bullard, to Discuss the Congregational Grants that the CMBA is offering for our family churches in their journey of missional ministry.

Duration:00:19:33

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OPP 051: Columbia Coronavirus Vaccine Panel

1/26/2021
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, Dr. George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, and Dr. Andre Rogers, Pastor at Concord Fellowship Baptist Church have a candid conversation with a panel of state & community leaders from the Columbia Metro to address the anxiety that exists in the African-American community surrounding the Coronavirus vaccine. Let’s listen in to this essential conversation.

Duration:00:46:08

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OPP 050: Special MLK Day Celebration Conversation

1/18/2021
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week we’re airing a Special Martin Luther King Day Celebration podcast. Joining us is Dr. David Goatley, Associate Dean for Vocational Formation and Christian Witness, Director of the Office of Black Church Studies, and Research Professor of Christian Theology at Duke University Divinity School. Along with Dr. Goatley, the CMBA’s Racial Reconciliation panel will contribute their voices to the ongoing work taking place here, in Columbia, and around the Midlands.

Duration:00:54:48

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OPP 049: Pandemic Progress

11/24/2020
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, George Bullard, Executive Director, Julia Bell, Communication Director, and Chris Reinolds, local CMBA pastor, consider the positives we’re seeing in churches as a result of the pandemic. https://youtu.be/AK40D2aCyXs

Duration:00:16:42

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OPP 048: From South Carolina to New York City

11/10/2020
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Our hosts for this week are George Bullard, Executive Director of the Columbia Metro Baptist Association, and Chris Reinolds lead Pastor at Killian Baptist Church. This week, we had the opportunity to talk with George Russ and Kevin Cabe from the Metropolitan New York Baptist Association. We were able to hear how God is using a $30,000 gift from the family of churches located in and around the Columbia Metro, in South Carolina, to transform lives for His glory through the ministry of brothers and sisters in Christ living in New York City.

Duration:00:25:44

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OPP 047: Associational Appreciation

10/20/2020
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Our hosts for this week are George Bullard, Executive Director of the Columbia Metro Baptist Association, and Chris Reinolds lead Pastor at Killian Baptist Church. This week, spending some time with J Thompson, Pastor at Cedar Creek Baptist Church, and Vice Moderator on the CMBA Visionary Leadership Community, and Bill Wright, Associate Pastor at Temple Baptist Church and Moderator on the Visionary Leadership Community. Today, we’re taking some time to appreciate the ongoing work of the supporting ministry of the CMBA.

Duration:00:22:00

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OPP 046: Spreading the Gospel Through Hunger Ministries

10/13/2020
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Our hosts for this week are Chris Reinolds, Lead Pastor at Killian Baptist Church, and Julia Bell, Communications Director with the CMBA This week, we’re speaking with CMBA’s own Ministry Mobilizer, Cathy Locklear, to explore the growth of hunger-related ministry that’s continued to flourish amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Duration:00:16:33

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OPP 045: The Journey Together

9/29/2020
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, we’re sitting down to explore the covenantal relationship that exists with churches and their association. In order to help us do that George Bullard, our Executive Director, and David Waganer, one of our One Priority Mobilizers, are sharing about the Covenant Congregational Pilgrimage of the Columbia Metro Baptist Association.

Duration:00:18:11

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OPP 044: ReGathering the Church Pt. 2

9/8/2020
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, we’re wrapping up our ReGathering the Church podcast series by speaking with two pastors who are ministering to their church and community in unique ways. Listen in as we spend time with Andre Melvin, Pastor at Temple Zion Baptist, and Cameron DeBrew, Pastor at Beulah Baptist Church.

Duration:00:27:12