The Ferment Podcast - Conversations About Worship And Transformation

Audrey Assad is a recording artist, songwriter, and record producer from Nashville, TN. Her debut album, The House You’re Building, became the 2010 Christian Album of the Year on Amazon and the Christian Breakthrough Album of the Year on iTunes. Audrey recounts her journey through multiple Christian denominations before landing in the Catholic Church. The conversation continues by diving deep into Audrey's creative process. She and Adam also discuss the experience of women in the Christian music industry

This is part two of a special two-part Easter series. Host Adam Russell offers both hope and comfort as he wrestles with the tension between the promise of Easter and the reality of our day-to-day lives.

This is part one of a special two-part Easter series. Host Adam Russell brings us five thoughts on resurrection as we move through the Easter season.

Crispin Schroeder is a pastor, musician, and the host of the "Extra Crispy" podcast. Though faith is central to Crispin he is just as at home singing in a club on Saturday night as he is singing in church on Sunday morning. In this episode, Adam and Crispin discuss Crispin's spiritual and musical journey — through the deconstruction of his faith, to profound encounters with God, to the reconstruction process where he discovered his need to not only be reconciled to God but also to be reconciled to himsel

Joshua Miller is an African-American pastor and worship leader in Lancaster, CA. Joshua's powerful voice was featured on Vineyard Worship's first two singles of 2019, ALL THE SAME & YOU'RE CARRYING ME. In this episode Joshua recounts his story of abandoning faith at a young age to pursue a life of violence, and eventually finding his way back through dramatic encounters with the Living God. Joshua also shares great insight into the local church's journey into a broader multi-cultural worship expression.

On this episode of the Ferment Podcast we take a break from our usual format. Adam and our first return guest Ted Kim discuss five of their favorite books that every worship leader should read in 2019. Don’t miss this episode!! 

Noelle Shearer is a church planter, pastor, and songwriter in Denver, CO. Noelle’s formative years as a follower of Jesus were spent at the Vineyard Church in Columbus, Ohio under the leadership of Rich Nathan. In this podcast Noelle tells her story — from feeling like an outsider in worship leadership to leading worship at the largest Vineyard church in the world — and shares about her current venture where she, her husband Will, and their family are planting a neighborhood church in the Denver a

Gabriel Wilson is a record producer, songwriter, and recording artist based in the greater Portland, Oregon area. His album productions include multiple chart-topping #1 BillBoard Albums such as Mercury & Lightning (John Mark McMillan), Every Nation (Lindy Conant & the Circuit Riders) and Bethel Music’s Tides & You Make Me Brave. On this episode Adam and Gabriel delve into Gabriel's unique story and what it means to develop as a creative person in the Kingdom of God.

Anabeth Morgan is a worship pastor, songwriter, and teacher at the Mile High Vineyard in Denver, CO. In this episode, Anabeth and Adam go deep into Anabeth's unlikely journey into worship leading to the present day where she plays an active role in coaching other worship leaders to lead with a pastoral heart and prophetic edge. Her heart is to see God's Kingdom come to earth so that people would be healed, set free, changed and moved to say "Yes!" to Jesus.

Grimaldi Martinez-Melendez is a bi-lingual worship leader and pastor at the North Jersey Vineyard in the greater New York City area. In this episode, Grimaldi and Adam cover multiple topics ranging from walking out the daily realities of multi-cultural ministry to raising kids who love God and can discover their musical gifting.

Carl Tuttle is a pastor, pioneering worship leader, and songwriter. He has composed dozens of songs and is most known for "Hosanna," which is certified as a gold record and sung by Christians worldwide. On this episode, Carl recounts his time in the early days of the Vineyard Movement where a group of hungry and desperate people discovered the very real and living God. An integral part of the birth of the Vineyard Movement, he has been in ministry for over forty years.

Ted Kim is a worship leader, songwriter, and pastor based in Evanston, Illinois. The son of Korean immigrants, Ted shares insights into the complex nature of multi-cultural and multi-ethnic ministry from his personal experience. He is currently the Senior Associate Pastor at The Evanston Vineyard after serving over 7 years as Worship Pastor at the Vineyard Church in Syracuse, NY. Ted is best known for his song Kyrie Eleíson (co-written with Cindy Rethmeier).

Cindy Rethmeier is one of the pioneering women worship leaders and songwriters of the modern worship era. She wrote some of Vineyard’s most well-known anthems (Exalt the Lord, I Bow Down). On this episode Cindy shares wisdom learned from her journey — from the early days of the Vineyard movement to present day — learning to own her own voice and see herself as God has shaped her to be.

James Duke is a Nashville-based guitar player, best known for his work with John Mark McMillan, Jesus Culture, Kim Walker, and JOHNNYSWIM. On this deeply personal episode James opens up to Adam about his struggle with depression, even while on tour with some of the most-compelling names in the modern worship world.

Andy Squyres is a singer-songwriter from North Carolina. His songs are both heartbreaking and utterly hopeful. Andy's new song "You Bring The Morning" epitomizes this tension — and is more than worth a listen. In this wide-ranging conversation, Adam and Andy dig deep into what it means to evolve both as people and in our personal theology as we walk out our lives in relationship with God. Andy is currently the worship pastor of Queen City Church located in Charlotte, NC.