From Touring to Church Planter: Bringing Hope to the Margins with Josh White

About this episode

Josh White discusses his journey from being a recording artist to a church planter, focusing on bringing hope to marginalized communities.

Josh White is a recording artist and lead pastor of Door of Hope, a thriving church community in the heart of Portland Oregon. Josh is an avid reader, as you’ll see, and is the author of the book Stumbling Toward Eternity: Losing & Finding Ourselves in the Cross of Jesus. This interview was recorded in person in Portland Oregon, so if you’re listening to this podcast, you might want to pop over to the YouTube version so he can see us hanging out in person.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Theology in the Raw

Guest: Josh White

Topics covered

• church planting
• hope
• community
• Christianity
• marginalized groups

Keywords

• Josh White
• Door of Hope
• church planting
• Portland
• Christianity
• Stumbling Toward Eternity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Door of Hope

Books & works: Stumbling Toward Eternity: Losing & Finding Ourselves in the Cross of Jesus

Places: Portland Oregon

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