Episode 12: A Conversation with Trey Herweck
Trey and Allison Herweck (Photo Credit: Refuge Church, St Charles, MO.)
Episode 12 of the "View from the Pulpit” podcast, hosted by Ben Smith, examines the importance of preaching in church planting, in an interview with Trey Herweck, Lead Pastor of Refuge Church in St. Charles, MO.
Show Notes: “View from the Pulpit” Podcast, Episode 12, A Conversation with Trey Herweck
Episode Theme: Preaching and Church Planting
In this episode of “View from the Pulpit,” host Ben Smith talks with Trey Herweck, Lead Pastor of Refuge Church in St. Charles, MO, about the unique pressures he felt as a young church planter and how God has shaped his understanding of preaching.
Key Highlights:
Pressure to be a celebrity: Trey shares how the desire to pursue celebrity can be dangerous and how he has come to honor faithfulness over celebrity.
The struggle to be both comforting and confronting: Ben and Trey discuss the difficulties of being welcoming and comforting to those who are hurting while unashamedly preaching the hard-to-hear truths of scripture.
The gift of a spouse’s critique: As part of his sermon preparation process, Trey shares how his wife provides helpful critiques and insights to make him a more effective communicator.
Join Ben Smith and Trey Herweck for an insightful discussion on preaching, church planting, and the life of a pastor.
Host: Ben Smith
Guest: Trey Herweck
Ben Smith is the pastor of Central Baptist Church, Waycross, GA.
For more information and resources from Pastor Ben Smith, visit www.BenSmithSr.org
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For more information on Central Baptist Church, Waycross, GA, visit https://cbcwaycross.org/
Other podcasts by Ben Smith:
All For The Kingdom is a weekly podcast of pastor Ben’s preaching ministry. https://www.bensmithsr.org/bensmith-allforthekingdom
Sermon Shorts is a podcast of sermon clips that are 5 minutes or less. https://www.bensmithsr.org/shortspod
Trey Herweck is an elder, the Lead Pastor, and the founding pastor of Refuge Church, St. Charles, MO, where he has served since 2006. Before founding Refuge Church, Trey served at Ridgecrest Baptist Church in St. Charles, MO. He is a graduate of Southwestern Baptist University in Bolivar, MO, and holds a Master of Arts in Christian Education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TX.
For more information on Refuge Church, St Charles, MO, visit https://seekrefuge.net/
To subscribe to Refuge Church’s podcast, use the RSS Feed: https://seekrefuge.podbean.com/feed.xml or go to https://seekrefuge.net/sermons-page.
To watch Refuge Church sermon videos, visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGEzl8kRiHogXBBNSUE1B1Q.
Music by Jim Gibson. “Brethren, We Have Met to Worship.” Songs of the South III, @2003 Hickory Cove Music. https://www.hickorycovemusic.com/
