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April 03, 2025
Faith-Shaping Trends for 2025 with George Barna
We are well into 2025 and major societal shifts are already unfolding. For over 40 years, Dr. George Barna has been tracking religious and national trends, and now he’s bringing his latest research to Equipped. Join us as he unpacks a dozen key trends shaping America this year—and offers his insights for navigating them with Biblical wisdom and confidence in our God.
Today's resource: Faith & Culture Trends Likely to Emerge in 2025
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This month's featured resource: Apologetics for an Ever-Changing Culture
IN THIS EPISODE
George Barna
George Barna is a co-founder and Director of Research at the Cultural Research Center of Arizona Christian University. With over 40 years of professional research experience, he has been evaluating and analyzing trends in faith and culture in America. As a professor at ACU, Barna focuses on evaluating worldviews, promoting worldview development, and encouraging cultural transformation. He has also founded and led the Barna Group, a research company that has set the standard for understanding trends in American culture. Barna is the author of over 60 books, many of which have won awards and have been included on the New York Times bestsellers list.
Collin Lambert
Collin G. Lambert is the founder and president of Lambert Creative Media. With almost 42 years of engagement in media, Collin brings a world of experience to his work with organizations and businesses of every size. Previously, Collin served as Vice President of Moody Radio, the not-for-profit media arm of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Collin served with Moody for over 15 years, serving as Vice President for the last 7 1/2 years. In his role at Moody, he also planned, executed and instructed numerous international media training events in Africa and Eastern Europe.
In addition to his duties with Lambert Creative Media, Collin currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Religious Broadcasters, as the Director of Radio Products for Resource Global, Host and producer of Missions Today, Host of various video podcasts at Lambert Creative Media's YouTube Channel, and afternoon announcer on The Bridge Austin (AM1120/101.1FM). Collin and his wife, Patti, have three grown children and live in their hometown of Austin, Texas.
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Chris Brooks
Chris Brooks is the senior pastor of Woodside Bible Church, a multisite congregation across the Detroit metropolitan area. Chris served for 20 years as the senior pastor of Evangel Ministries, a thriving 1,600-member church in the heart of Detroit. He also served as the campus dean of Moody Theological Seminary in Plymouth, Michigan. A popular Detroit radio host since 2005, Chris is the author of Kingdom Dreaming and Urban Apologetics. He graduated from Michigan State University with a BA in Finance, completed his MA in Christian Apologetics at Biola University, and graduated from the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics. He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Ministry degree at Asbury Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Yodit, are the proud parents of six children: Christopher, Zewditu, Cameron, Judah, Sophia, and Christyana.
Equipped with Chris Brooks
Equipped with Chris Brooks encourages you to grow spiritually, think critically, and live compassionately in your community. Interact with Chris as he empowers you to live out the gospel in a rapidly changing culture. This live, one-hour program, airing weekdays at noon CT, features special guests and welcomes your participation by callling in and by plugging in through social media.