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Welcome to Our Substack — START HERE

Hey there, and welcome to the Sovereign Grace Churches Substack.

Let us show you around.

What is a substack?

Think of it as a blog, but a blog that emails you every time there is a post you want to see.

The goal is that you don’t have to remember to go look for the posts, they come to you.

How is the substack different?

While Sovereign Grace Publishing aims to produce resources that sit on your shelf for years to come, the substack has more frequent updates and shorter updates.

The goal is that they’re something you can listen to on the way to work, flip through on your lunch break, or read during a ministry team meeting that evening.

What are channels and what are our channels?

You’ll notice on our main page that there are tabs like “Ordinary Pastor” or “Ordinary Evangelist” — those are channels. They are sections within our substack that you can sign up for individually.

Want all of them? Great. Want just one or two? You can sign up for just those.

Here are our first three channels:

  • The Ordinary Evangelist // This is evangelism for the rest of us. Jim Donohue aims to equip ordinary men and women to share an extraordinary gospel with practical tips, motivation, and strategy.

  • The Ordinary Pastor // Walt Alexander aims to equip young men exploring ministry, or in the first few years of ministry. Expect interviews with long time pastors and encouragement for the journey into pastoring.

  • The Clash VS // Ben Kreps and I aim to equip young adults for the clash between confession and culture we face every day. You’ll find new essays each month alongside conversations about the topic.

How often will I get posts?

We’re aiming to publish 1-2 posts each week across our various channels.

Can I subscribe via podcast or YouTube instead?

Yes. If you prefer your content in audio or video form, all our channels have individual podcast feeds and are also posted on our SGC YouTube page.

Beyond the substack, how can I keep up with what’s going on in Sovereign Grace?

We have two key newsletters to keep you informed and think you should be signed up for both of them:

What’s new and next?

We’re excited to build an online resource home and we’re just getting started.

New for Advent Seaon 2026: Our Advent Devotional // Starting next Monday we’ll be sending a devotional each week during Advent season consisting of a devotional from Jon Payne or Marty Machowski, and a song from Sovereign Grace.

New for 2027: A Resource Channel from Jon Payne // Starting early in the new year Jon Payne will become a regular contributor with his own channel as he shared denominational updates across our family of churches.

Who’s running this behind the scenes?

Behind all our contributors is our current communications team.

  • Me, Ricky Alcantar, Director of Communications based in El Paso, TX

  • Jenn Alcantar (my wife!). Communications Administrator based in El Paso, TX

  • Lauren Maples, External Communications based in Knoxville, TN

We love what God is doing in our family of churches and are grateful we get to be part of it.

-Ricky (with Jenn and Lauren)

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