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OPC Ruling Elder Podcast

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About this Podcast:

A podcast to encourage ruling elders in their work in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and beyond. Each podcast drops the 15th of each month.

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30%

Guest openness

Selective

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What is OPC Ruling Elder Podcast about?

A podcast to encourage ruling elders in their work in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and beyond. Each podcast drops the 15th of each month.

What has OPC Ruling Elder Podcast covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Qualifications for Eldership 1" (15 August 2026, 44 minutes), "Serving at GA and Presbytery" (15 July 2026, 44 minutes), and "Elders and Term Limits" (15 June 2026, 30 minutes).

How often does OPC Ruling Elder Podcast publish?

OPC Ruling Elder Podcast publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 42 minutes across 45 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on OPC Ruling Elder Podcast?

Booking probability for OPC Ruling Elder Podcast is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. OPC Ruling Elder Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. OPC Ruling Elder Podcast's contact route on record: public web form.

Who should pitch OPC Ruling Elder Podcast?

The strongest fits for OPC Ruling Elder Podcast are Religion & Faith. OPC Ruling Elder Podcast has a religion audience.

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OPC Ruling Elder Podcast is a religion podcast with 45 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • Episode #8

    Qualifications for Eldership 1

    Aug 15, 202644 minS4

    Archibald Allison introduces the Biblical qualifications of ruling elders. Archibald is pastor of Emmaus OPC in Fort Collins, CO. His 1994 article in Ordained Servant (Vol 3, No.4. pages 80-96) is available here. That...

  • Episode #7

    Serving at GA and Presbytery

    Jul 15, 202644 minS4

    The Rev. Everett Henes, Moderator of this year's General Assembly, reflects on moderating the Assembly and the place and importance of ruling elders participating in the higher assemblies. GA Reports on various subjects...

  • Episode #6

    Elders and Term Limits

    Jun 15, 202630 minS4

    Ruling Elder Keith LeMahieu talks about term eldership. Keith is a ruling elder in Bethel OPC, Oostburg, WI. He serves on the GA Committee on Home Missions and Church Extension, and the Committee on Coordination. Many...

  • Episode #5

    The Elders of the People

    May 15, 202649 minS4

    The Ruling Elder Podcast speaks to Drew Gordon about his book 'The Elders of the People: Leadership in Christ’s Church' (Grassmarket Press, Pittsburgh, PA, 2025). Drew is a ruling elder in the Reformed Presbyterian...

  • Episode #4

    Ruling Elders and Sabbaticals

    Apr 15, 202650 minS4

    Rev. Brett McNeill and ruling elder Steve Ethridge of Reformation Presbyterian Church, Olympia, WA, talk about the work of ruling elders before, during, and after a pastor’s sabbatical. Information on the Committee on...

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  • Episode #3

    The Shorter Catechism

    Mar 14, 202649 minS4

    Dr. Stephen Fix talks about John Thomson’s An Explication of the Shorter Catechism . Thomson was an early American presbyterian who played an important part in American Presbyterian history. Dr. Fix is his seven-times...

  • Episode #2

    Blessed be the tie that binds...Seminaries and Ruling Elders

    Feb 15, 202648 minS4

    Dr. David Garner, Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, talks about the relationship between seminary and church, focusing on how ruling elders and seminary professors can help the church thrive in godly...

  • Episode #1

    Life in the Afternoon

    Jan 15, 202612 minS4

    In this episode of the Ruling Elder Podcast we review a new book by Christopher Ash, Not Old, Not Young, Not Done. Following Jesus in Your 50’s and 60’s. (The Good Book Company, 2025, 192 pages). Available in paperback...

  • Episode #11

    The Pastor's Pay (Or Don't Muzzle the Ox)

    Dec 15, 202538 minS3

    In this episode of the ruling elder podcast John Fikkert draws attention to the excellent Pastoral Compensation Tool made available by the OPC Committee on Ministerial Care. The Pastoral Compensation Tool is available...

  • Episode #10

    Considering Pastoral Ministry

    Nov 15, 202555 minS3

    Craig Troxel talks about how ruling elders can help men consider a call to pastoral ministry. A call to pastoral ministry has several parts, one is the internal sense of call, another is the recognition of the church...

  • Episode #9

    Spiritual Life and Mental Health

    Oct 15, 202530 minS3

    Pastor Shane Lems talks about his recent Ordained Servant review of John Swinton’s book Finding Jesus in the Storm: the Spiritual Lives of Christians with Mental Health Challenges . (Eerdmans, 2020). Shane is pastor of...

  • Episode #8

    Shepherding Military Families

    Sep 15, 202542 minS3

    Ruling Elder Mike Cloy talks about how ruling elders and churches can support and shepherd military families. Mike served in a career of 27 years that included combat commands at the battalion and brigade level, and...

  • Episode #7

    Foreign Missions

    Aug 15, 202533 minS3

    Ruling Elder Joe Jager talks to the Ruling Elder Podcast about Foreign Missions. He gives excellent suggestions on how to encourage missions and missionaries. Matthew 9:37-38 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest...

  • Episode #6

    Assurance of Faith

    Jul 15, 202537 minS3

    Rev. Andy Wilson and Rev. Russell Hamilton talk about Assurance and how The Marrow of Modern Divinity is helpful in untangling this perennial pastoral issue. They clarify of what, exactly, are we assured, what is the...

  • Episode #5

    Mental Health, Faith, and Caring Well (Part 2)

    Jun 15, 202544 minS3

    In this episode the Rev. Adrian Crum speaks about mental health and faith with the Rev. John Fikkert, a mental health counselor and Director of the OPC Committee on Ministerial Care, and his wife, Dr. Lindsay Fikkert, a...

  • Episode #4

    Mental Health, Faith, and Caring Well

    May 15, 202547 minS3

    In this episode the Rev. Adrian Crum speaks about mental health and faith with the Rev. John Fikkert, a mental health counselor and Director of the OPC Committee on Ministerial Care, and his wife, Dr. Lindsay Fikkert, a...

  • Episode #3

    Encouraging Covenant Youth

    Apr 15, 202553 minS3

    The Ruling Elder Podcast talks with Roger Wagner and David Winslow about ruling elders encouraging covenant youth. One of the tasks of ruling elders, as set out by BCO X:3, is that ruling elders should "nourish and...

  • Episode #2

    Elders and women's ministry

    Mar 15, 202543 minS3

    Anneke Fesko and Laurie Tricarico discuss how elders can encourage women in the church. Anneke currently serves the OPC as Care Coordinator for Ministers’ Wives and works for the OPC Committee on Ministerial Care...

  • Episode #1

    Christian Education and Ruling Elders

    Feb 11, 202544 minS3

    Danny Olinger, General Secretary of the CCE, talks about ruling elders and Christian Education. The OPC cherished the work of Christian Education and quickly developed specific principles of Christian education and...

  • Episode #12

    Christ Freely Offered

    Dec 14, 202457 minS2

    Rev. Andy Wilson and Rev. Russell Hamilton talk about The Marrow of Modern Divinity, an old book that wrestles with the free offer of Jesus Christ to sinners, and questions of law and assurance. This lively old book...

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