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DoorWays® Ministry NetworkMarried on MissionChresten and Bridgette Tomlin, married and in itinerant ministry for 27 years, share the joys and challenges of life on the road. They discuss how parenting, finances, and intentional connection have shaped their marriage, and offer practical insight for couples learning to balance ministry, family, and faith.2025-07-2923 min
Let's Talk with SanctuaryLet's Talk Episode 100 | Hosting God's Presence--Personally + CorporatelySend us a textToday we celebrate Let's Talk with Sanctuary's 100th EPISODE!!! As we launch into a brand-new year, we see that there are some challenges before the Church, and understandably so. Scripturally, we know it’s slated to get a little tougher, the closer we get to the coming of our Lord and Savior. Spiritual leaders must prepare themselves, and rally others, to be ready for Christ's return. So, what does it take to sustain until the end? And how does the minister of the Gospel prepare the way, cultivate an environment where the Spirit of...2025-01-2444 minLet's Talk with SanctuaryLet's Talk Episode 78 | Lessons for the Ministry MarriageSend us a textBridgette Tomlin, your host, welcomed her husband Chresten Tomlin to the podcast for Episode 78! In our most recent episode, Episode 77, we featured the incomparable Pam King and dug into her insights about the combo of marriage and ministry. This week we want to come at the same topic but from a slightly different angle. Chresten and Bridgette recently celebrated their 26th anniversary of marriage and ministry. In this episode they share a little bit of their own love story and journey, as well as some of the lessons they either learned early on...2024-02-2355 min
She ConnectsCreated for Community with Bridgette TomlinLet's be honest, sometimes relationships are hard. Sometimes it's our own expectations, insecurities, or misconceptions that make having friends difficult.
In this week's episode, we're joined by my friend, Bridgette Tomlin and together we are having an honest conversation about not only being a part of a community but creating a community around us. We're thrilled you're here and can't wait to connect with you this week!
Bridgette and her husband, Chresten, have been married for 25 years and have been in the ministry together for every single one of those years! (wh...2023-01-2449 minLet's Talk with SanctuaryLet's Talk Episode 55 | Marriage + MinistrySend us a textMarriage itself can be beautifully complicated but add in that element that comes with vocational ministry and leadership and things get even more complicated! The truth is: ministry can often become the third spouse in a marriage if we aren’t careful. Host Bridgette Tomlin welcomes her husband of 25 years, Chresten, and their pastor friends Greg and Deena Thurstonson to layer the experiences, lessons learned, beautiful bonuses, and wisdom from the multiple decades of marriage and ministry together. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Greg and Deena Thurstonson pioneered Dominion Church in the spring of 1996 with a...2022-12-1650 minLet's Talk with SanctuaryLet's Talk Episode 42 | Grace for Each SeasonSend us a textWe know that just because something is hard, it doesn’t mean you aren’t assigned by God to do it. But how do you know if something is harder because the grace God provided for that season has been removed? Today's guest is husband to Let's Talk's host Bridgette Tomlin, Chresten Tomlin. Through this episode, Chresten and Bridgette endeavor to share a conversation they've been having throughout 24 years of marriage and ministry during various seasons. They share behind-the-scenes details of highs and lows in their own...2022-05-2045 min