Something Worth Sharing: Part 3 // Pastor Sally Campbell-Evans // June 7, 2026

About this episode

Pastor Sally Campbell-Evans discusses the early church's outward generosity and its impact on community and church health.

This classic passage from Acts depicts the early church acting in outward generosity, to meet the needs of people in their community. This is the church at its healthiest and best, and it is part of our DNA. When we function in this way, not only is our church strong; so is our witness, and so, therefore, is the community that we serve. As Miroslav Wolf surmised in his book Flourishing, even though organized religion at its worst may be the cause of some of our world’s greatest problems, the ...

People in this episode

Host: Hyde Park United Methodist

Guest: Sally Campbell-Evans

Topics covered

• generosity
• community service
• early church
• Christianity
• spiritual health

Keywords

• generosity
• community
• early church
• spirituality
• Christian witness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hyde Park United Methodist

Books & works: Flourishing

Places: Acts

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