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 Norwegian Lutheran, from a Subaru factory floor to ten years of pastoral ministry in central London, and back to Bloomington, Indiana.

This conversation covers how he got here, what shaped him, and what he wishes someone had told him before he ever stepped into a pastorate — especially about what it means for a pastor to be a shepherd and not just a counselor.

https://www.newgenevaacademy.com/

0:00 — Introduction
2:30 — Growing up in Lafayette, early faith
5:45 — The biblical counseling world: Adams, Powlison, Tripp
10:00 — Bible college and the church in Cedar Rapids
14:30 — Seminary and the shift toward Reformed theology
18:00 — The factory year
22:00 — Discovering John Owen
25:00 — Westminster London, PhD in Norway
30:00 — Ten years pastoring in London
35:00 — Coming back to Indiana, his father's death
38:00 — Becoming senior pastor at Bloomington Bible Church
42:00 — What brings joy in pastoral ministry
48:00 — What I wish they'd told me: shepherding vs. crisis counseling
55:00 — Getting involved with New Geneva Academy