Bubble Bath Stories w/ Guest Pastor Frank Gil

This week Nicky and Manny call upon a former high school classmate Youth Pastor Frank Gil to talk about today’s climate, being a youth, and having faith and being religious. Pastor Frank talks with the hosts about his “aha” moment after a mission trip to the Bahamas. It was after that trip when he realized his decision to become baptized as a Christian.

At the age of 17, Gil approached his senior year as a football player and a Christian but kept those 2 worlds separate. He talks about how hard it was for him to be open about his faith while in high school, due to the need to fit in and the peer pressure he faced. As time went on he soon realized he needs to fit in, didn't hold weight to his need to live in his truth and his faith. Nicky goes on to ask Pastor Frank - “How do you relate the real world to what the bible says?” he goes on to describe that the best way to relate to the youth is to genuinely care about them. He continued to emphasize that knowing someone truly cares about you, and building a solid relationship. He strategy is to get to know the youth pof his congregation, because although he may not necessarily know what’s hip, he cares enough about the kids to want to know what they are into. Gil knows that there are scriptures that are out of date or counter to our culture as he puts it, but there are parts of the bible that we can connect with. He uses the an example of a follower who is on the path on transition from female to male, Gil made sure that the student understood that they were welcomed and loved at the church. Gil stressed to them that there will be scriptures that they may not agree with and that would be ok.

Pastor Frank Gil currently lives in Milwaukee WI, the 2nd largest segregated place currently. Although he is a Pastor who has worked and been around white people, found himself having to answer to a neighbor who questioned him during a walk in his community. Gil continues to tell the story and the emotion he felt through the experience. YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS!

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PASTOR FRANK GIL:

FrankGil.com

Twitter - Pastor_tank

Instagram - @Pastor_tank

Facebook - Frank Gil

15 minutes with Frank Podcast - (Where you find all your favorite podcast)

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