One of the team members at Clearview Church describes pastor Dr. Abidan Shah as a scholar with a pastor’s heart. That’s a winning combination, to be sure. And the Henderson church has launched a new show called Clearview Today to share his insights and message to others.
John Galantis and Ryan Hill are two members of the Clearview team who help produce the programs that emanate from Clearview, and they spoke with John C. Rose on Thursday’s TownTalk to shed a little light on the origins of the new show, which can be found Monday through Friday at 10 a.m. right here on WIZS.
Both said they were excited about the new platform, which also gives listeners a chance to interact with Shah each week.
There’s a dedicated phone line – 252.582.5028 – for listeners to make comments or to ask questions. The Friday show answers those questions from listeners, Hill said. “We (will) read and respond as best we can,” he added.
One of the biggest things that drives the Gospel, Galantis said, is God’s call to his people to take the Gospel into the world. “It’s very important that the conversation doesn’t die,” he said.
Hill said the show is another way to take the Gospel into the world. “We build a partnership with the people who are listening,” he said.
Shah and the half dozen or so team members at the church regularly sit down over lunch to discuss important topics, but the team routinely left with valuable life lessons. The podcasts arose from such meetings, and then, Galantis explained, they took it a step further:
What would happen if, instead of five or six people benefitting from Shah’s talks, “it were radically elevated to hundreds of people?”
From there the group created a daily show, related to the Bible, but also relevant to current situations and today’s issues.
The Clearview Today show’s signature line is “engages the mind and heart for the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”
There are deep truths to be found in the Bible, and Galantis said Shah’s insights are powerful.
“But you don’t need a PhD. to grasp some of these truths,” he said. Shah translates those deep truths that a layperson can understand, all the while enjoying the learning that is taking place.
Both men attribute having a strong collaborative team that engages and strategizes to achieve the common goal of bringing the Word to others.
“We trace God’s hand through all of that,” Hill said.
Galantis agreed. “Sometimes it’s difficult to see God’s hand when it’s happening,” he said. Most of life is looking back and coming to God. When he looks back at where the church was one year, five years, 10 years ago – “that’s how I’ve seen how God has worked.”