{"id":2499,"date":"2021-05-04T03:00:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T08:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/acugst\/?p=2499"},"modified":"2021-05-11T09:51:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T14:51:00","slug":"s1-e3-christian-ministry-in-a-secular-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/acugst\/s1-e3-christian-ministry-in-a-secular-age\/","title":{"rendered":"S1 E3: Christian Ministry in a Secular Age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2503 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/acugst\/files\/2021\/05\/Reed-Carson-2019-05-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"151\" \/>Dr. Carson Reed, Executive Director of the Siburt Institute for Church Ministry at ACU, has a lot of experience in congregational ministry and as a church consultant. 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