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What I Wish They'd Told Me

New Geneva Academy
Pastoral Ministry
Calvinism
New Geneva Academy
Church Planting
Ambition
Pastoral Care
Sin
Church Leadership
Bible College
Evansville, United States
Bloomington, United States
Campus Ministry
Justification
20 Schemes

What if the most important things about pastoral ministry are the things nobody tells you? What I Wish They'd Told Me is a podcast from New Geneva Academy hosted by Stephen Baker and Aaron Prelock, with conversations from pastors, church planters, theologians, and Christian leaders tackling the unfiltered questions every man in the pew has wondered about — and every pastor wishes he'd heard sooner... more

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In our sixth episode, Stephen Baker and Aaron Prelock sit down with Andy Constable, pastor of Niddrie Community Church in Edinburgh and a Frontier Shepherds speaker, to talk about the schemes, Scotland's poorest communities. Scotland has healthy chur... more

In our fifth episode, Stephen Baker and Aaron Prelock sit down with Jake Menzel of Church of the King in Evansville to talk about the word Reformed men are afraid of: ambition. 

Ambition they've been trained to distrust. Ambition that draws on the F... more

In our fourth episode, Stephen Baker and Aaron Prelock take turns naming the five books each of them would call life-changing. 

Books worn through. Books read more than once. Books given away, replaced, and underlined cover to cover. Aaron and Steph... more

In our third episode, Stephen Baker and Aaron Prelock sit down to talk about the part of ministry that many traditional seminary programs simply cannot simulate: the mess.

Theological mess. Historical mess. The mess of sinners and the mess we oursel... more

In our second episode, Aaron Prelock turns the tables on Stephen Baker, Dean of New Geneva Academy and associate pastor at Trinity Reformed Church in Bloomington, Indiana.

Stephen shares how he went from a small-town Indiana home to a dramatic high ... more

In our first episode, Stephen Baker sits down with Aaron Prelock, pastor of Bloomington Bible Church and the new president of New Geneva Academy. 

Aaron shares how he went from a big dispensational Baptist church to studying John Owen under a Norweg... more

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Andy Constable
Pastor at Niddrie Community Church
Niddrie Community Church
Episode: Andy Constable - Ministry In The Schemes
Jake Menzel
Pastor, church planter and speaker
Church of the King (Evansville, IN)
Episode: Jake Mentzel - Church Planting & Godly Ambition
Aaron Prelock
President of New Geneva Academy; pastor
New Geneva Academy
Episode: Meet Aaron Prelock

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Stephen Baker
Host of the show and senior figure at New Geneva Academy; central voice guiding conversations on pastoral ministry, theology, and leadership training.
Aaron Prelock
Co-host and president of New Geneva Academy; contributes practical pastoral insights, theological framing, and leadership perspectives.

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This long-running ministry-focused interview show centers on practical theology, pastoral ministry, and the real-life challenges of leading churches. Across episodes, conversations cover church planting, discipleship, leadership development, and the balance between doctrinal clarity and compassionate, relational ministry. Guests range from pastors and church planters to theologians, with frequent emphasis on long-term faithfulness, character formation, and training pastors within local congregations. A notable throughline is the emphasis on lived ministry—how to shepherd people, manage conflict, and train leaders over years rather than chasing quick growth. The format tends toward candid, autobiographical storytelling and actionable takeawa... more

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