Kingdom Bound Insider Podcast

The KB Insider Podcast presented by Elim Fellowship and Operation Christmas Child. PART 1:  The great Kelly Meade from Today’s Christian Entertainment joins us as a guest. We talk about the latest news in the industry, why more artists are putting out worship songs, finding God in all kinds of moments and places and we play a fun game where Mike and Kelly compete at guessing the lyrics of worship songs.  We’d love to hear from you at [email protected]. Let us know what you think of the show, or give us a worship song you’d like to hear again that you haven’t heard in a while. Chapters (00:00:02) - Appointments at Kingdom Bound Ministries(00:01:02) - Can You Tell Who's a Painter?(00:01:49) - Hanging Out With Kelly From Team TCE(00:03:19) - Today's Christian Entertainment Host Kay Thompson on Her 100th Interview(00:07:27) - Doves and the Christian Festival(00:07:55) - What's Your Favorite Part About the Festival?(00:09:29) - Bob Dylan(00:11:56) - Elam Fellowship Conference 2026(00:13:14) - Kingdom Bound: The Camping Experience(00:16:37) - Kingdom Bound(00:19:37) - Ron Canoli Back on Warped Tour(00:23:17) - Trip Lee's 'Through a Portal' Song(00:28:05) - Kingdom Bound: The Celebration and the Changeover(00:31:25) - What Advice Would You Have for Christmas Worship?(00:37:26) - Interview With Kelly

The KB Insider Podcast presented by Elim Fellowship and Samaritan’s purse.  Stories are powerful and in this episode we hear some amazing stories from some of our festival attenders. Hear stories from people who haven’t missed a year and first time attenders as they share how the festival has impacted their lives.  As usual, we want to hear from you, so email us a worship song you’d love to hear at your next worship service, or any other thoughts you have at [email protected]. Chapters (00:00:02) - Looking through a pair of glasses(00:00:41) - How To Hide an Easter Basket(00:01:55) - Elam Fellowship(00:05:36) - 2016 Kingdom Bound Teens Program(00:09:54) - KINGDOM BLOKES: Art Gallery(00:12:34) - Kingdom Bound: Day 2 interview(00:17:21) - Interpreters at Kingdom Bound Festival(00:19:27) - Operation Christmas Child(00:23:16) - A Christmas surprise for Kingdom Bound fans(00:27:05) - Annie Wilson at the Gospel Festival(00:28:06) - The First Year of Cedar Key Festival(00:30:05) - Volunteers at the Kingdom Bound Festival(00:34:25) - Next Week: A Taste of Christian Music(00:35:52) - Wedding Song For Your Leaders

Welcome to the KB Insider Podcast presented by Elim Fellowship and Samaritan’s Purse. Are you a “Sloppy wet kiss” or “Unforeseen kiss” kind of person? On this episode we talk about John Mark McMillan’s plans to stop touring, the effects of social media on live music, hang out with Sean Rodriguez and then Mike and Chris share about bands they’d bring back for one more live performance.  E-mail us a band you’d bring back, or a worship song you want brought back in rotation at ⁠[email protected] Chapters (00:00:01) - An Insider's Life(00:01:33) - Top 3 bands that you would want to see again if you could(00:03:32) - KING COUNTRY Festival(00:05:40) - John Mark McMillan Is Not Touring(00:08:15) - John Mark McMillan on His Unforeseen Kiss(00:10:39) - Chris: Is Social Media Replace Touring?(00:13:52) - Samaritan's Purse: Operation Christmas Child(00:15:36) - Sean Rodriguez(00:19:04) - Sean on Kevin Melton's 'What A Beautiful Name'(00:22:42) - John Mark McMillan vs. Braden Kirk(00:22:59) - Mark 10: Defiant Joy(00:25:07) - Is A Hot Dog A Sandwich?(00:26:33) - 3 Christian Music Bands That I Miss(00:29:40) - Jars of Clay on His Music(00:32:31) - Sixpence On The Richter(00:34:56) - A Good Old Time: Bringing The Songs Back to Worship

The KB Insider Podcast presented by Elim Fellowship and Samaritan’s Purse.   Thanks for joining us for episode 2 of the KB Insider Podcast. Today we get to hear from some great stories and memories of members of our longtime KB Family, people who have attended and served at the festival for many years.  In our next episode, Mike and Chris will talk about bands they’d bring back for one more performance and we’d love to hear from you about bands you’d bring back. Email us at [email protected] Chapters (00:00:01) - Revelation in the Lord(00:00:12) - TALKING ABOUT STORMS(00:00:47) - A Taste of Kingdom Bound's 40th Anniversary(00:01:42) - Resurrection Band vs Striper(00:02:41) - Kingdom Bound: Torren Wells & More(00:05:37) - Keenan Clark, Marcus McFoling and Reggie Dabs(00:09:14) - 30 Years of Kingdom Bound(00:09:40) - Kingdom Bound Insider: Kent Arnath(00:12:59) - One of the Drummers' Stories(00:15:04) - Interviewing Kingdom Bound Veteran Steve Tyber(00:16:38) - 8 Days of Hope(00:20:50) - Kingdom Bound Final Prayer(00:24:39) - Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Giveaway(00:26:08) - Interviewing Liz Lennon(00:27:02) - The Store Manager at Kingdom Bound(00:31:03) - Canada's longest-time Kingdom Bound Guest(00:32:53) - Board Member of Kingdom Bound Camp(00:33:48) - Youth Dentistry(00:35:54) - Entertainment: If You Could Listen To One More Live Band...

KB Insider Podcast Presented by Elim Fellowship and Samaritan's Purse.  On this episode we'll talk about AI in Christian Music, the latest in KB news, have a great conversation with Mike Gordon and Mike rates his top 5 favorite Michael W. Smith hairstyles.  Email us what your favorite hairstyle is at [email protected] ​ Chapters (00:00:04) - Meet Chris Parker(00:01:09) - Inside the Business with Chris and Mike(00:02:01) - Christian Music History: John Cooper & Corey Pinkertour Got Married(00:03:22) - A Word from Elam Fellowship(00:04:30) - Oren Wells Coming to Kingdom Bell(00:06:05) - Daylight Savings: What is it?(00:07:31) - AI Solomon Ray(00:10:02) - AI Music: Do We Need to Ban It?(00:14:14) - The Minimal Threshold(00:16:38) - Meet Mike Gordon(00:18:20) - What Keeps You Motivated to Minist?(00:21:24) - Tony Robbins on Writing a Book(00:26:10) - Is a Hot Dog a Sandwich?(00:27:28) - Operation Christmas Child Shoebox and Gift Box(00:29:19) - I Lost My Hair When I Was 18(00:29:47) - Michael W. Smith's Best Hairstyles(00:30:44) - Michael W. Smith On His Hair In 2010(00:32:20) - Michael W. Smith's "Worship Wave"(00:34:22) - Michael W. Smith Has The Greatest Hair(00:37:28) - Michael W. Smith On His Hairstyle(00:39:39) - Kingdom Bounce Family Reunion Story

Join your host Kevin Neville (Elim Fellowship) as he interviews the Kingdom Bound Festival Director, Donna Russo, and Mike Wing, the Director of Experience as they prepare for the 2025 Kingdom Bound Festival. Check out www.kingdombound.org for dates and tickets. Chapters (00:00:00) - Episode 38(00:01:32) - Interview(00:03:36) - KINGDOM BOUND(00:07:17) - Crazy Things We Did At the Festival(00:09:25) - New this year, arts camp(00:11:46) - Community Groups(00:16:58) - WDCX & Kingdom Bound(00:18:04) - More new events and how we're expanding(00:22:16) - Kingdom Bound: More Than A Music Festival(00:26:27) - The Festival of Art(00:27:07) - Art Classes at the Festival(00:29:22) - A Story of the Festival(00:35:46) - Worship Tent and Marketplace(00:37:17) - Wonders of the Kingdom Festival(00:40:50) - KINGDOM BOUND Camping(00:46:45) - Skillet: Kingdom Bound Camping(00:49:23) - Kingdom Bound