Faith in a Fresh Vibe Podcast
Season 11, a serial series called ‘Farewell Evangelicalism’ now streaming.
On decolonizing and deconstructing Christianity.
Hosted by Rohadi Nagassar. Author of “When We Belong”; “Thrive”; and “Soul Coats”; co-minister of A Beautiful Table, social entrepreneur, & non-profit developer. Recording on Treaty 7 territory in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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Rohadi Nagassar
Rohadi writes on the topics of decolonizing, liberation, and deconstructing Christianity. He holds a Business Certificate from Mount Royal College, a BA in Economics from the University of Calgary, and a Master of Divinity from Canadian Theological Seminary.
He has co-launched three churches including A Beautiful Table (online). Rohadi has written extensively in the areas of missions and church leadership, including his book, “Thrive. Ideas to lead the church in post-Christendom”. Find his latest publication, “When We Belong. Reclaiming Christianity on the Margins.”
His experience includes non-profit work in both governance and organizational development. Rohadi’s private sector experience includes twenty years running a marketing and communications consultancy firm.
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Recent Episodes
Ep. 5 – Farewell Evangelicalism | Smash the Patriarchy with Cait West, Liz Jenkins, and D.L. Mayfield
Following Episode 4 on Propaganda, we take aim at a crucial evangelical pillar: patriarchy. Patriarchy designed specifically around religious convictions to ultimately control the bodies of women and children. It's also a tool to support authoritarian leadership...
Ep. 4 – Farewell Evangelicalism | Propaganda and Focus on the Family feat. D.L. Mayfield and Scott Coley
This episode is about propaganda: the mechanisms by which evangelicals and conservative Christians are formed. Evangelicals are suckers for conspiracy (Ep. 3) and are easily swayed by propaganda. The propaganda machine has done masterful job inoculating conservatives...
Ep. 3 – Farewell Evangelicalism | Conspiracy Theory feat. Jared Stacy and Ed Ng
Episode 3 of the Faith in a Fresh Vibe podcast serial series called, Farewell Evangelicalism. There’s an enormous chasm between evangelical thought and praxis, and the actual teachings of Jesus found in the Gospels. We name how evangelical traditions are swayed,...
Ep. 2 – Farewell Evangelicalism | Setting the Scenes feat. Scott Okomoto and Marlena Graves
Episode 2 in this serial series called: Farewell Evangelicalism is here. In this episdoe we begin to peel back to layers of evangelicalism to make sense of how it's become the broken and malformed expression it is today. When did the wheels fall off? When did...
Ep. 1 – Farewell Evangelicalism | Setting the Table feat. Marla Taviano and Mason Mennenga
"Find the Stories to Leave For Good." Welcome to the Faith in a Fresh Vibe podcast! There’s space for you at the table. Receive this invitation to listen and learn, bemoan and curse, celebrate and liberate, around ideas towards deconstructing and decolonizing the...
Preview: Farewell Evangelicalism: Season 11 – A Serial Podcast
It’s been written that the “scandal of the evangelical mind is that there is no evangelical mind...” A suggestion that evangelicals as a whole don’t stand for anything in particular when it comes to the Christian faith. That’s not to say today’s evangelicals (and...
#79 – “Othered”, Navigating Toxic Church Environments to Reclaim Agency, Liberation, and Renewal
The FINAL episode of Season 10 arrives featuring Jenai Auman! Don't forget to rate the show and share it widely! In this episode.... This conversation revolves around themes explored in Jenai's book "Othered," focusing on her experiences navigating toxic church...
#78 – Beyond Ethnic Loneliness with Prasanta Verma
Prasanta Verma's debut book, Beyond Ethnic Loneliness, is the topic for our conversation. If you're not white then you have at some point or another, maybe even recently, have fielded the question, "so what are you?" or "where are you really from?" Trying to fit into...
#77 – How Ableism Fuels Racism with Lamar Hardwick
One of the top books for Christian non-fiction in 2024, Lamar Hardwick joins Rohadi on the show to talk about his latest book and the topic: How Ableism Fuels Racism. This eye opening connection between disability and racism will shift paradigms for listeners. This episode is released as full hour long conversation. We begin the conversation surrounding the historical formation of white supremacy in America, tied to the trans-Atlantic slave trade, and connect the dots to the root source of anti-Blackness: ableism. As soon as white supremacy becomes about bodies, something must be developed to build an understanding certain bodies (white) are more valuable than others (Black and Indigenous). What those factors are ranging from intellect to supposed inherent biological traits, are built on the ruse of “disability”. We interrogate not only historical formation but how the same factors remain at play in the present with the policing of Black bodies including other intersections like health and faith. This conversation ends with a cursory view on the theological underpinnings of ableist theology that not only look at contributing bodies of work from Black or brown traditions as inferior, but also how the disabled Christ is sanitized to accommodate white superiority and thought.
About Pastor Lamar Hardwick:
? Publishers Weekly starred review
“Marshaling fine-grained historical detail and scrupulous analysis, Hardwick persuades.”–Publishers Weekly
Lamar Hardwick lives in the Atlanta region and is a Black autistic pastor and disability scholar speaking and writing at the intersection of disability, race, and religion. How Ableism Fuels Racism engages Christian communities in critical conversations about race by addressing issues of ableism–the idea that certain bodies are better than others–and the disability discrimination fueled by this perspective are the root causes of racial bias and injustice in American culture and in the church. He calls the church into action to address the deep-seated issues of ableism that started it all and offering practical steps to help readers dismantle ableism and racism both in attitude and practice.
#76 – Rohadi with Trey Ferguson on his debut book, Theologizin’ Bigger
Theologizin' Bigger: Homilies on Living Freely and Loving Wholly. Title pique your interest? Pastor Trey returns to the Faith in a Fresh Vibe podcast for the second time. His first interview was so nice that we had to do it twice. We discuss expanding our imagination...
#75 – T.C. Moore on the Chosen Family and his Book “Forged”
Forged: Following Jesus into a new kind of family. That's TC Moore's book title. We talk about what it looks like to redeem the language around family given so many have bad experiences in their own families, and in churches that use that type of language. You may be...
#74 – On Family, Ethnicity & the Sacred Work of Belonging with Tasha Jun
Season 10 continues with a season of authors and their (mostly new) books. Rohadi invites author Tasha Jun to the show to chat about, Tell me the Dream Again. Reflections on Family, Ethnicity & the Sacred Work of Belonging. This episode discusses themes from her...