From Evangelist to Pastor: Ed Newton’s Journey | Finding the Super Natural EP.2

In episode two of "Finding the Super Natural in the Natural," Rusty sits down with Ed Newton of Community Bible Church in San Antonio. Newton shares his background—from Orlando and a Bible college basketball player to 13 years as a traveling youth evangelist after a pivotal call to preach—then describes how he was invited to San Antonio and became CBC’s pastor in 2016 after years of speaking at their men’s conference. He discusses cultivating a presence-driven, altar-centered, word-and-spirit church with prayer, expectancy, and anointing oil, and explains his sermon rhythm and “scrub in/scrub out” discipline. Newton also recounts major leadership challenges, COVID-era ministry, rapid baptisms and growth, intense family hardship, mental health struggles, and how his church’s support and authenticity shaped CBC as a refuge for the distressed.