Does Media Break the Church?

Does Media Break the Church?

June 13, 2026

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of Christian media on church life with the CEO of Ancient Faith Ministries.

The Areopagites welcome the CEO of Ancient Faith Ministries to talk about the creation and consumption of Christian media – its strengths, weaknesses, weirdnesses, and what its relationship is to church life. Bonus Feature: Swedenborgian chickens. 0:00 - Cold Open 0:27 - Introduction 3:03 - Three Martyrs Studio 4:20 - Evangelical media & VBS 14:32 - Ancient Faith's approach to Christian media 28:33 - Evangelicalism & Swedenborgianism 48:38 - The Sanctification of the Internet 58:07 - The Possessors vs. the non-Possessors 1:06:42 - Using media to win brothers 1:20:48 - Being effective without being manipulative 1:27:05 - Internet Orthodoxy supplementing Parish life 1:33:27 - Creating good children's media 1:41:54 - Outro

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