Fitting in With Other Christian Churches | A Discussion with Jeff McCullough

Jeff McCullough is a Protestant, Evangelical Pastor with the
Christian and Missionary Alliance. He is the creator of a YouTube
channel called Hello Saints where he chronicles his journey
learning about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from
a Protestant, Evangelical perspective. He’s married with four
children and recently relocated to Utah from St. Louis He completed
his undergraduate degree in Digital Media from a Free-Methodist
school called Greenville University and received a masters in
Biblical Studies from Moody Theological Seminary in Chicago. He has
worked in pastoral ministry for over 15 years. Links There is
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Highlights 3:10 Kurt introduces his discussion with Pastor Jeff
from Hello Saints Youtube channel and podcast. 5:15 Will The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the evangelical church
ever merge? What would it look like? 7:50 Kurt’s background and
starting Leading Saints 9:20 Kurt shares his insights on the
evangelical faith as he has interacted with Jeff and they have had
lots of discussions 11:15 Jeff’s wrestle with Latter-day Saint
doctrine and all the doctrine that has been added in latter-day
times. Evangelicals focus on the Bible. 14:30 How Jeff and Kurt
have come together to share their faith and learn to be open to
other faiths. 18:20 Are Mormons Christian? Why do people think we
are so different? How we look at Jesus differently. 23:30 Jeff
shares a perception that he had that Latter-day Saints are so
focused on works, ordinances, and covenants that there’s zero
concept of grace. 24:40 Kurt articulates what grace is to him and
how LDS members see grace and how ordinances and covenants play
into grace. 27:30 Will the LDS and evangelical faiths ever merge?
What things would we need to overcome? 34:00 Evangelicals can’t get
on board with things like modern-day prophets and the Book of
Mormon but what things can we come together on? Aligning
politically and culturally. 38:20 The difference between Latter-day
Saints and evangelicals when a member of the family leaves the
faith 41:20 Learn to be comfortable with the hard conversations and
topics that come when comparing and talking about different
religions and faith. There might be tension but we can sit in that
tension and still be friends. 42:30 You don’t have to be a gospel
scholar to be having these conversations on faith. At the end of
the day, Kurt and Jeff have a genuine, authentic friendship and
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