In our inaugural episode, the creator of Church Funny and founder of Churchy Life, LLC, Damon Collins (www.thisisdamon.com), talks about the idea behind the podcast and what listeners can look forward to hearing in each episode. As an added bonus, you'll also get to check out a test episode Damon did with his wife, Dany, called Cheating Deacons.

Kyle Townsend is a Grammy Award nominated producer and musician, working with legendary singers and songwriters (Diane Warren, Celine Dion, Mary J. Blige, Common, Jennifer Hudson, Ariana Grande, Jessie J, Andra Day) on all types of projects - from albums to movie soundtracks. We talk about various stories from his churchy life and upbringing, including growing up as a church musician and trying to sneak your favorite secular songs into the worship music. For full episode information, show notes, and links to anything we talked about on this episode, visit ChurchyLife.com

Saeed Renaud a.k.a S.R. Soul is a Brooklyn born and raised Grammy award winning singer/songwriter who made his debut on Fox Network's "The Four with his amazing rendition of Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Run To You". Growing up singing and serving at his family church, he's got funny church stories for days! For full episode information, show notes, and links to anything we talked about on this episode, visit ChurchyLife.com

Dawn Chisholm is the founder of MBTees - an inspirational clothing line she created with her daughters. Dawn shares hilarious stories about growing up in a big and churchy family, and trying to avoid the trouble that all of us church kids got into back in the day. For full episode information, show notes, and links to anything we talked about on this episode, visit ChurchyLife.com

Dawain Atkinson is the creator and host of The B.A.R. (Biblical and Reformed) podcast - where he presents a biblical worldview from the Reformed theological perspective, examines current events and interview great guests. We talk about his churchy upbringing, and he shares a funny story about how resourceful and strong-willed church mothers can really be. For full episode information, show notes, and links to anything we talked about on this episode, visit ChurchyLife.com

This week, we're talking to Bishop Joel Trout - a prolific speaker and teacher that has spent 25 years in ministry as a pastor, church planter and builder. He has also founded two churches and assumed the pastorate of three churches. We talk about his churchy upbringing, and he shares some hilarious stories about why passing the mic during your sermon might not be a great idea! For full episode information, show notes, and links to anything we talked about on this episode - Visit ChurchyLife.com

Chart-topping, Grammy award nominated singer/songwriter MAJOR ("This is Why I Love You", "Honest") talks about his churchy life growing up, and shares a classic story about getting in trouble on a Sunday morning. For full episode information, show notes, and links to anything we talked about on this episode, visit ChurchyLife.com

This week's guest is Gerard Bonner - a music industry veteran, and founder of BonnerfideRadio.com. We talk about his journey in the radio and gospel music industry, and his churchy upbringing. He also shares some hilarious stories about growing up as a musician, and crazy testimonies he's had to sit through in church! For full episode information, show notes, and links to anything we talked about on this episode - Visit ChurchyLife.com

Terrell Fletcher is a phenomenal teacher, speaker, author, and athlete. Before becoming the Pastor of City of Hope International Church, and being ordained as a Bishop, he spent 8 years as a professional running back for the San Diego Chargers. Terrell shares some great stories with us on growing up in church and talks about some very interesting testimonies and church solos he's had to sit through. For full episode information, show notes, and links to anything we talked about on this episode, visit ChurchyLife.com

Demetrius Tolefree is a highly gifted musician, singer/songwriter, producer and recording artist from East Oakland, California. He currently serves as the minister of music at Glad Tidings International church, and runs the online gospel station - FreeDem Radio. D. Tole shares a funny story about a choir rehearsal that gets shut down a lot earlier than expected. For full episode information, show notes, and links to anything we talked about on this episode, visit ChurchyLife.com

Bill Goff is one of my good friends from San Diego, CA who is an excellent preacher and teacher, serving at the City of Hope International Church. We talk about his audio engineering skills, as well as his churchy upbringing as a preacher's kid. Bill shares some hilarious stories about how to be mindful of what you're saying while you're up in the pulpit. For full episode information, show notes, and links to anything we talked about on this episode, visit ChurchyLife.com

Angel Laketa Moore is an actress and comedian from Baltimore, MD, that now lives in the Los Angeles area. You might know her from YouTube and across social media as "That Chick Angel", or even from her long stint as nurse Dawn Archer on ER. We talk about Angel's life growing up in church with a super churchy mom, and she details some of her favorite words and phrases that you'll only find at church. For full episode information, show notes, and links to anything we talked about on this episode, visit ChurchyLife.com