About this episode

Rich Villodas discusses the balance between missional life and inner spiritual life, offering insights on evangelism and living faithfully in a divisive culture.

The Redeeming Missions podcast is thrilled to host a conversation with Rich Villodas! Rich is a pastor, author, and speaker who carries deep wisdom on translating spiritual formation for our world today. Tanner and Rich talk about the false dichotomy between missional life and inner spiritual life, family systems theory, living faithfully in a divisive culture, stigmas around evangelism, what it means to carry Christ, and much more. You’ll be inspired by Rich’s honesty and encouraged by the practicality of his vision for evangelism in everyday life. Rich Villodas is the Brooklyn-born lead pastor of New LifeFellowship, a large, multicultural church in Queens, New York City. Hisaward-winning books include The Deeply Formed Life (2020), Good andBeautiful and Kind (2022), and The Narrow Path (2024). He and hiswife, Rosie, have two children and reside in Long Island, New York. Show Notes Learn more about Rich Villodas: https://www.richvillodas.com Follow Rich Villodas on Instagram: @richvillodas (https://www.instagram.com/richvillodas/) Follow Rich Villodas on Substack: https://richvillodas.substack.com Books mentioned in this episode: A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the…

People in this episode

Host: Tanner

Guest: Rich Villodas

Topics covered

• spiritual formation
• missional life

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Every Home for Christ, New Life Fellowship

Books & works: The Deeply Formed Life, Good and Beautiful and Kind, The Narrow Path, A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix, Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships

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