Ep. 14: Special Guest: Trae Durden

For more info on the Next Step Initiative, contact Trae or Beltline CoCTrae: (205) 723-7524 (Text is best)https://beltlinechurchofchrist.org/Beltline Coc: (256) 353-1876In Episode 15, we sit down with Trae Durden, IConnections Minister at the Beltline Church of Christ, for a conversation about faith, resilience, and what it looks like to make disciples through service.Trae shares his personal faith journey and reflects on a defining season in the life of the church: the devastating April 2011 tornado in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, that destroyed our church building. We talk about how the congregation stayed focused on its mission in the middle of catastrophe, choosing to see the loss of a building not as the loss of the church, but as an opportunity to serve their community in a deeper way.We also dive into Beltline Church of Christ's Next Step Initiative, a discipleship approach that begins with benevolence but doesn’t end there. The goal is to build relationships, help people take meaningful steps toward following Jesus, and then equip those new disciples to turn around and do the same for others.This episode is a powerful reminder that discipleship is more than a program—it’s a way of life that multiplies when ordinary Christians intentionally serve, teach, and invest in others.