#23 Stephen Nylen: Combat Veteran to Street Preacher, How to Be a Godly Father, Stories of Hope from the Streets

Stephen Nylen is a fulltime Street Preacher of Frontline Street Ministry in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a street ministry he founded a decade ago. He is also the Veterans Chaplain for Equine Assisted Development of the Great Lakes. Stephen is sent out as an evangelist by the Reformed Evangelistic Fellowship and is a member of Harvest Orthodox Presbyterian Church. He can be found in various contexts in the streets of Grand Rapids as he and his team evangelize, minister and disciple in the public square and share the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Dr. Tavis Bohlinger (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@tavisbohlinger⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) is the creator, host, and producer of The Modern Puritan Podcast, and Director of Media at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reformation Heritage Books⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ in Grand Rapids, MI. He was associate producer and cinematographer for the feature-length documentary, “⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Revival: The Work of God⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,” and he has earned accolades for his ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠documentary photography⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ work on autism. Tavis is a Navy veteran, a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, and he holds an MDiv from The Masters Seminary and both a Masters and PhD from Durham University in Biblical Studies.

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