Local church teaching for real-life faith.
Cheney Faith Center pairs Bible-centered Sunday messages with Midweek follow-ups on faith, culture, and church community. Its tone is practical and local, with teaching that moves from Acts, Easter, and resurrection hope into ordinary decisions and relationships.
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Cheney Faith Center is a podcast shaped by the weekly rhythm of a church community. It carries both Sunday messages and Midweek conversations, so the feed moves between gathered worship, follow-up reflection, practical announcements, and occasional guest discussion. Scripture is the center of gravity. Recent episodes open Acts as a picture of Christian life in motion, with miracles, persecution, the early church, and the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit set beside the messiness of ordinary faith. The Easter material leans into wonder. One message frames Jesus through the image of people staying close to shore because they cannot imagine what lies beyond the horizon. Another turns toward Lazarus and the human question of what happens after death. Resurrection is treated as more than a holiday theme. It becomes a pattern seen in creation, in spring, in Scripture, and in the hope that death does not get the final word. The tone is direct but not severe. Speakers use plain examples, repeated phrases, humor, and congregational warmth to keep theology close to daily life. The Midweek episodes feel especially local. Pastor Mark and Elsa Martin connect teaching to upcoming gatherings, men’s studies, CFC Connect, Good Friday, Easter services, and church-body participation. That gives the show a lived-in texture. It is not only about ideas; it is also about how a specific congregation practices them together. Recent conversations also take on sensitive subjects. Sexual integrity, parenting, pornography, masturbation, grace, judgment, and healing appear in a series that includes panel testimony and a conversation with Ashley Jamison. Those episodes are candid, pastoral, and explicitly Christian in their frame. Cheney Faith Center best serves listeners looking for accessible Bible teaching with a strong local-church feel. It is grounded in Sunday preaching, but the Midweek format adds context, continuity, and a more conversational lane for faith, culture, and family life.
Made for: This show is for Christians who want Scripture-centered teaching tied to everyday discipleship, family life, church participation, and practical faith. It especially suits listeners comfortable with a local-church setting and an explicitly Christian frame.
What sets it apart: Cheney Faith Center stands out by pairing Sunday sermons with Midweek conversations that keep the teaching connected to congregational life. The feed feels less like a detached teaching brand and more like a church working through Scripture, community, and hard pastoral topics in real time.
Our CFC podcast that contains episodes from our Sunday messages and our mid-week episodes called ”The Mid-Week,” where we talk further on the Sunday message and other cultural moments from a biblical perspective.Check http://cheneyfaithcenter.org/ for more info about who we are and what we do
Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A candid Christian conversation about sexual health, shame, growth, and what adults model for children.
Sexual health is treated here as part of formation, growth, and the everyday work of becoming healthier. Pastor Mark and Elsa Martin connect the way adults handle sexuality with what they model for children, whether they are parents or part of a wider community.
A relaxed Holy Week reflection centered on servant leadership in Jesus washing the disciples' feet.
Cheney Faith Center's Holy Week conversation follows the quieter middle days before Easter into the Last Supper, linking Judas's plan with Jesus' repeated movement toward Gethsemane. The strongest stretch comes as Mark and Elsa sit with Jesus washing the disciples' feet.
A grounded church conversation on Jesus' return, biblical confidence, and the comfort of reunion.
The Midweek frames Jesus' return as a promise Christians can trust, while leaving room for humility around the details. Craig works through 1 Thessalonians 4 and 5 with that balance in view, holding salvation by grace through faith as a foundation rather than a question to keep…
Two Bible translators unpack Scripture's hardest passages, from Revelation's 666 to the Witch of Endor.
Live sermons with Easter-shaped urgency.
Pastor Mark and Elsa Martin host Craig Langhans on The Midweek to discuss Jesus's second coming, a topic Craig notes has faded in modern preaching.
Pastor Mark and Elsa Martin of Cheney Faith Center discuss Holy Week, the days leading up to Easter.
A church leader discusses the theme of faith from Hebrews 11 during a 21-day prayer and fasting period, emphasizing hope in Jesus and the unseen evidence of faith.
Pastor Mark and Elsa introduce a new series on the book of Acts and promote upcoming men's events and a church connect event.
A pastor introduces a new sermon series on the Book of Acts, emphasizing its relevance to real-life Christian experience.
A pastor uses the flat earth analogy to explain how Easter reveals more beyond what we imagine about Jesus.
Pastor Mark and Elsa Martin discuss the resurrection of Lazarus and invite listeners to Holy Week events at Cheney Faith Center.
A religious talk exploring the universal human question of what happens after death, leading into the significance of Easter and Jesus' resurrection.
On the first Sunday of spring, Cheney Faith Center opens its "Resurrection Life" series with Luke 8:40-56, comparing daffodils returning each March to God's pattern of death and resurrection.
Ashley Jamison, education and outreach director at Pure Desire Ministries, joins Pastor Mark and Elsa Martin of Cheney Faith Center to discuss her book "Girl Talk for Moms," an eight-week conversation guide for mothers and daughters.
Jim and Tracy Prophet (married 33 years) and Jordan and Crystal Bondo (married since 2008) join Gabe on a Cheney Faith Center panel closing the five-part Sexual Integrity series.
Cheney Faith Center hosts Pastor Mark and Elsa Martin speak with Rodney of Pure Desire Ministries about teaching children sexual integrity through repeated conversations rather than shame.
A church leader discusses the theme of faith from Hebrews 11 during a 21-day prayer and fasting period, emphasizing hope in Jesus and the spiritual evidence of unseen things.