What does it look like to plant a church inside a famous honky-tonk bar on the Gulf Coast? Ben & Julie Ragsdale are doing it every Sunday.

Dan Ehrman sits down with Ben and Julie Ragsdale, lead pastors of Worship on the Water — a thriving congregation that meets under an open-air tent at the world-famous Flora-Bama, right on the Alabama-Florida line. With 8 million tourists passing through their community each year, this couple has built a church in the wild where the gospel goes out every week — and baptisms happen right in the Gulf.

In this episode of the Church Around the World podcast, Ben and Julie share:

• How they balance local church discipleship with a constant stream of first-time visitors from across the country
• What it means to co-lead in ministry as a married couple — including the real challenges of family life and church planting
• Why they believe the next great revival will happen in the marketplace, not the four walls of a church

"And each day the Lord added to their fellowship those who were being saved." — Acts 2:47 (NLT)

If you're a pastor or ministry leader thinking about gospel-centered leadership in unconventional spaces, this episode is for you. Visit them at worshiponthewater.com.

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