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On this episode, pastor and author Eric Schumacher joins host Marty Duren in a coversation about the challenges men have grieving miscarriages. Transcript Marty Duren: Welcome to Launch-The GCC Podcast. I'm your host, Marty Duren, director of communications for the Great Commission Collective. We're a global network of churches partnering together to plant churches and strengthen leaders. My guest today on Launch is Eric Schumacher. He's a pastor and author. We're going to be talking about his book, Ours: Biblical Comfort for Men Grieving Miscarriage. This is a timely subject. It's always applicable, whether you're dealing with miscarriage in your own family, or whether you're a pastor and you're dealing with people who are struggling through the aftermath of having had a miscarriage. This is a timely and helpful book. Paul David Tripp says "This book is full of helpful insights and answers, but the best thing it gives you is Jesus." I hope both this book and this conversation are helpful to you. Marty Duren: Welcome back to Launch. As previously mentioned in the intro section, my guest is Eric Schumacher, and he has written a really, really helpful book. If you're a pastor, you possibly have been through this yourself. If not, you definitely have counseled someone who has been through, a couple who's been through miscarriage. The unique thing about Eric's book is its biblical comfort for men grieving miscarriage. This is just recently out, right? Eric Schumacher: Yeah. It releases July 1. Marty Duren: Oh, so it's recently not out. Eric Schumacher: We're recently not out. Marty Duren: We're recording just before it releases. Eric Schumacher: For a limited time only, it's not out. Marty Duren: That's right. So prayerfully by the time you get this, you can pre-order it on your favorite online website. So welcome to Launch, man. It's really great to have you here. Eric Schumacher: Yeah. Thanks, Marty, for having me. I've enjoyed knowing you over Twitter for quite some time. So it's good to put a face and a voice with the account. Marty Duren: Oh, okay. So putting a voice with it means you've never listened to my other podcast, right? Eric Schumacher: Well, whoa, whoa. Yeah. Let's talk about my book, shall we? Marty Duren: Okay. Truth comes out. We're not editing this part either, dude. Hey, for folks who don't know who Eric Schumacher is, take a couple minutes to...you're a pastor, but what else? Eric Schumacher: I'm a husband of Jenny for almost 24 years. So next month we'll celebrate 24 years. Marty Duren: Congrats on that. Eric Schumacher: We have five kids in our home, four teenagers right now. Oldest will be 20 next month. The youngest is 10; four boys and a girl. That keeps life very busy. And my wife, Jenny, is a... She's my better 9/10. She's tremendous. Marty Duren: That's awesome. I can believe that. I can believe that she's 9/10 of the better. Eric Schumacher: Yeah. Although, don't multiply me by nine and think that's all she is. I'm being very generous with myself. Marty Duren: So, you got all these kids. You got a 10-year age range with five kids. Are they at least involved and interested, that like all play soccer one game after another? Or is like one in dance, one in piano, one in soccer, one in archery, that kind of thing? Eric Schumacher: The oldest one's in college, so he's pretty self-sufficient. And the 17-year-old has a really nice girlfriend, and that keeps him busy. And he has a summer job, so I'm thankful for that. The 15-year-old, he is involved in soccer and just started in a robotics competition team, that they went to the world championships in Houston. He was the robot driver for the whole team. Marty Duren: That's cool. Eric Schumacher: He's our outdoorsman. He's always outside doing something. He took over the shop in our garage when we moved to this new-to-us house. And he, unknown to any of us, discovered he had some kind of saw that would cut metal. So...

This episode of Launch is the audio track of a conversation between GCC's Director of International Ministries Corey Schmatjen and GCC pastor and regional network leader, Kenyatta Lewis. Watch this conversation on Vimeo. Episode Transcript: Marty Duren: Welcome to Launch, the GCC Podcast. I'm your host, Marty Duren, Director of Communications for the Great Commission Collective. We're a global network of churches partnering together to plant churches and strengthen leaders. Marty...

John Samvura, Regional Director of GCC East Africa, joins a conversation with GCC's Director of International Ministries Corey Schmatjen. This episode of Launch is another audio track from an interview done in February 2022. Link to John Samvura interiew in Vimeo. Episode Transcript Marty Duren: Welcome to Launch, The GCC Podcast. I'm your host, Marty Duren, director of communications for the Great Commission Collective. We're a global network of churches partnering together to plant...

This episode of Launch is the audio track of a conversation between GCC's Director of International Ministries Corey Schmatjen and international church planter, Baron Mbala, who's looking to return to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Watch this conversation on Vimeo. Episode Transcript Marty Duren: Welcome to Launch, the GCC podcast. I'm your host, Marty Duren, director of communications for the Great Commission Collective. We're a global network of churches partnering together to plant...

Church planter Baron Mbala and GCC's Director of International Ministries Corey Schmatjen have a conversation about church planting in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This episode is the audio track from from a video conversation recorded in February 2022.

Great Commisison Collective President Dave Harvey joins co-host Marty Duren for a conversation about what distinguishes GCC as a church-planting network to help potential church planters see the upside of partnering with GCC to plant a church. You can download a PDF of Is The GCC Right for You? here. For information about assessments and training, email: laura@gccollective.org.

GCC's Director of Training, John, Crabtree, joins host Marty Duren to discuss how our Learning Center can benefit the pastors, elders, and leaders in Great Commission Collective Churches.

Pastor and longtime blogger Tim Challies, author and Gospel Coalition editor-in-chief Collin Hansen, and GCC President Dave Harvey come together for a conversation about the Young, Restless, Reformed movement, its impact, its wins, and its warnings.

Three pastors new to GCC join host Marty Duren for a conversation to help you get to know them. Meet Joe Cotroneo, Bob Lepine, and Ken Thompson.

New to the GCC, pastors Kent Dresdow and Steve Kroeker join host Marty Duren in a get-to-know-you, roundtable style.

Adam Ramsey leads Liberti Church on the Gold Coast of Australia. He's the author of Truth on Fire: Gazing at God Until Your Heart Sings. Adam is also the Network Director for Acts 29 Australia, New Zealand, and Japan.

New to the GCC, pastors Ryan Burgess, Julian Freeman, and Jorge Rodriguez join host Marty Duren in a get-to-know-you, roundtable style.

Today's guest, Clint Clifton, founded Pillar Church in Dumfries Virginia on March 28, 2005 at Marne Corps Base Quantico. He is co-founder of the Iceland Project (2006) and the Praetorian Project (2011) and founder of New City Network with McLean Bible Church. He serves the North American Mission Board as the director of Send DC, and served for two years with Send Baltimore. He’s the author of Church Planting Thresholds: A Gospel Centered Church Planting Guide and the host of the Church Planting Podcast.

Biblical counselor Nathan Scroggins joins host Marty Duren in a conversation about how culture affects the need for relational health in churches, as well as the steps his church is taking to ensure relational health among the staff and in the body.

Lee Lewis from Radiant Church in Austin, TX joins host Marty Duren in a conversation about pastors and their emotional health.

GCC's Leader Care Specialist, Dr. Garrett Higbee, returns to launch in a conversation with Marty Duren on what pastors should know in the continuing pandemic upheaval.

In this episode of Launch, hosts Dave Harvey and Marty Duren are joined by pastor and author Dane Ortlund. Ortlund is the pastor of Naperville Presbyterian Church, and author of Gentle and Lowly: The Heart of Christ for Sinners and Sufferers (2020), Edwards on the Christian Life: Alive to the Beauty of God (2014), and Defiant Grace: The Surprising Message and Mission of Jesus (2011). He's married to Stacey and they have five kids.

Launch hosts Dave Harvey and Marty Duren are joined by François Turcotte in an enlightening conversation about the future of seminaries and biblical studies. François Turcotte is president and dean of SEMBEQ in Montreal, Canada, a ministry to serve French-speaking churches in Quebec. He is married to Nathalie and has 2 children: Andrea and Samuel. Here's a preview of SEMBEQ from the 2021 Missions Conference held at Hope Oakville.

Pastor/author Alistair Begg joins Launch host Dave Harvey and guest co-host Bob Lepine in a discussion about living bravely through faith in God, based on Begg's new book, Brave by Faith: God-Sized Confidence in a Post-Christian World.

Dave Harvey, president of Great Commission Collective, joins Marty Duren in a conversation about elder-team ministry based on Dave's new book, The Plurality Principle.