Joy City Stuart Welch

Brian Warth is the founding pastor of Chapel of Change in Los Angeles (Chapel of Change - Home) which has four campuses: Whittier, Paramount, Carson and Long Beach. Brian is the author of the book, "Young Man Arise" Young Man Arise! Warth, Brian V: 9781629526072: Amazon.com: Books, which details his life growing up in gang infested area of Los Angeles in which his family suffered the impact of gang violence. Brian's older brother was shot and killed, and Brian would later find himself arreste...

MMI Director Terry Beasley joins Joy City as we talk to men, about men and by men. Terry and I discuss some of the common concerns facing many men around the world today. MMI reaches men both domestically and internationally. Terry's weekly prayer zoom regularly has men from Pakistan, Australia, the U.K. and cities across America. His prayer zoom is accessible to all and you can reach him on his Facebook page by searching Terry Beasley. Just a few of the issues we discussed; our inabilit...

Founder and senior attorney at Church Law Center joins Joy City. Mr. Steeves has served twice as Dean of Trinity Law School and also serves on the Board of Directors of Nasthotah House Seminary in Wisconsin. Mr. Steeves shares four pillars or attitudes of joy that he shares with us. One, is when good things are happening, and it lets us know what joy feels like. Two, realigning your thought patterns, or disciplining your thinking. This is a spiritual habit believers should consider developing...

This is a continuation of our group conversation talking addressing change in our lives. DK & Deborah faced a life and death decision in planning their family and Josh & Jaimie were wrestling with uprooting their family and moving to Montana. We all face daunting decisions in our lives and how we go about making those decisions can be critical to us moving forward. We talk the importance of building community and having people around you who are safe places to share, learn and be enco...

This 2-part series deals with the major changes that impact all of our lives. Choong Man (aka DK) talks about preparing to have a child after doctors advised that his wife could die during child birth and Josh shares about moving his family from his hometown to Montana and the anxiety, worry, fear and anger during the process. "If it doesn't challenge you, it can't change you." If you are facing challenges in your life, be encouraged and build yourself a supportive community of people wh...

1 Corinthians 7:7, "For I wish that all men were even as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this manner and another in that." Wow! Welcome to Joy City with my guest, Ashley Stovall. Ashley works at Modesto Junior College and is in charge of recruiting new students, student support services and the testing center. She has a Master's Degree in Public Administration and many social interests. As a single Black woman, I sat with Ashley to talk about the Gift of Singlene...