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Steve Smith</itunes:title><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ep. 1: "Why Plant a Church?" with Rev. Steve Smith]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>The Forward Podcast exists to provide church planting solutions to apostolic planters, senders and supporters all across America.</p><p></p><p>On this episode, we sit down with Pastor Steve Smith, Missions America Director for the Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ, and Senior Pastor of Faith Apostolic Church in Memphis, TN to discuss the importance of church planting.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">05b19c58-f68b-455d-a4a5-77598686e9dd</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[ALJC Missions America]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:45:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/92ddad5f32f1fd17d0a3effa2628d212144577ea2b20f648d66fea8142239838/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiIwNWIxOWM1OC1mNjhiLTQ1NWQtYTRhNS03NzU5ODY4NmU5ZGQiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJhYjg5MWQzMy1hOWQ4LTQ3YmItOWVkYy0yMWM5ZmNmN2Y3M2UiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2MWVlZjg4YmYxZjQ1NzAwMGE0NjI5YjYiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmEyODYzYzdmNmQ5ZDg2NWFiMzhjZjhhL3RoaW5rLW9uLXRoZXNlLXRoaW5ncy1jb21wb3Nlci0yMDI2LTYtOV9fMjEtNC0zOS5tcDMifQ==.mp3" length="55933953" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/ab891d33-a9d8-47bb-9edc-21c9fcf7f73e/episodes/05b19c58-f68b-455d-a4a5-77598686e9dd/transcripts.txt" type="text/plain"/><itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;The Forward Podcast exists to provide church planting solutions to apostolic planters, senders and supporters all across America.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;On this episode, we sit down with Pastor Steve Smith, Missions America Director for the Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ, and Senior Pastor of Faith Apostolic Church in Memphis, TN to discuss the importance of church planting.&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:duration>00:29:08</itunes:duration><itunes:image href="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/ab891d33-a9d8-47bb-9edc-21c9fcf7f73e/logos/087a2f31-109a-4146-8d2c-5f1c70f68c1b.png"/><itunes:title>Ep. 1: &quot;Why Plant a Church?&quot; with Rev. 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That's why we're here.</p><p></p><p>The Forward Podcast exists to dedicate church planting solutions and resourcing for planters, senders and supporters who are moving the mission forward across America.</p><p></p><p>The need is real. The call is clear. The time is now. Let's go forward.</p><p></p><p>Subscribe to the podcast on all major platforms.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">04ca7035-0fe9-4899-be0d-c9d2a7f65851</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[ALJC Missions America]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 02:36:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/ba0d2b9170e604bb8777c720311abbb0320b09b3da652efa47682c4aaebc8166/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiIwNGNhNzAzNS0wZmU5LTQ4OTktYmUwZC1jOWQyYTdmNjU4NTEiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJhYjg5MWQzMy1hOWQ4LTQ3YmItOWVkYy0yMWM5ZmNmN2Y3M2UiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2MWVlZjg4YmYxZjQ1NzAwMGE0NjI5YjYiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmEyODY2YWNiYTIxZTMwMzJkMDVmZTc2L3RoaW5rLW9uLXRoZXNlLXRoaW5ncy1jb21wb3Nlci0yMDI2LTYtOV9fMjEtMTctMC5tcDMifQ==.mp3" length="20275348" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/ab891d33-a9d8-47bb-9edc-21c9fcf7f73e/episodes/04ca7035-0fe9-4899-be0d-c9d2a7f65851/transcripts.txt" type="text/plain"/><itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;There are communities all across America - neighborhoods, towns, suburbs, and forgotten corners of cities - where people are living, working, raising families, and going to bed at night with no one telling them about Jesus. No gospel-preaching church. No apostolic church in every corner. No pastor who knows their name. No community of believers to walk through life with them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;At the same time, there are men and women who feel a fire in their bones - a calling they can&apos;t shake - to go, to plant, to build something from nothing for the glory of God and the good of people who don&apos;t yet know Him.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But calling alone doesn&apos;t build a church. It takes resources. It takes wisdom. It takes people who have before you, who can walk beside you, and who refuse to let you do it alone. That&apos;s why we&apos;re here.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Forward Podcast exists to dedicate church planting solutions and resourcing for planters, senders and supporters who are moving the mission forward across America.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The need is real. The call is clear. The time is now. Let&apos;s go forward.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Subscribe to the podcast on all major platforms.&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:duration>00:10:34</itunes:duration><itunes:image href="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/ab891d33-a9d8-47bb-9edc-21c9fcf7f73e/logos/087a2f31-109a-4146-8d2c-5f1c70f68c1b.png"/><itunes:title>Trailer: Forward Podcast</itunes:title><itunes:episodeType>trailer</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>