
Show overview
Awake Church Podcast has been publishing since 2019, and across the 7 years since has built a catalogue of 346 episodes, alongside 18 trailers or bonus episodes. That works out to roughly 240 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence, with the show now in its 9th season.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 33 min and 47 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Religion & Spirituality show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 20 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 70 episodes published. Published by Awake Church.
From the publisher
Sermon messages, classes, teachings and trainings from Awake Church in Winston Salem, NC.
Latest Episodes
View all 346 episodesWomen: The Grand Finale of Creation | Matt Peterson | May 10, 2026
Encounter Night - Spiritual Warfare - Brian Hedges - May 5, 2026
Holy Spirit Part 2 | Matt Peterson | May 3rd, 2026
Mercy Triumphs | Guest: Brian Simmons | April 26, 2026
Holy Spirit, Part 1 - The Helper Within You | Matt Peterson | April 19, 2026
Story of You
Encounter Night - Spiritual Authority - Dawn Bray - April 7, 2026
Resurrection Sunday| Matt Peterson | April 5, 2026

S9 Ep 10The Way of Love, Part 7 - Love Is | Matt Peterson | March 29, 2026
God is love, love fulfills the law, and it is the love of God that we are invited to abide or live in daily. Apostle Paul describes what love is and what it is not. In this message, Matt goes through the "love chapter" of 1 Corinthians 13, highlighting the magnificent characteristics of love that are expressed through us as we choose to live the way of love.

S9 Ep 9The Breath and the Clay | Luke Humbrecht | March 22, 2026
Guest Speaker, Luke Humbrecht shares out of Ephesians on the theme of Making Space. GIVE HERE - https://awake.church/give

S9 Ep 8 The Way of Love, Pt.6 - Love is the Antidote | Josh Young | March 15, 2026
Guest Speaker, Josh Young shares how the cure for fear is the revelation of God’s love. On the other side of fear is the life God created you to live. GIVE HERE - https://awake.church/give

S9 Ep 7The Way of Love, Pt. 5 - Celebrating Others | Matt Peterson | March 8, 2026
Love is an unfailing power, and we as followers of Jesus and hosts of the Holy Spirit have the ability to choose to love people in various ways. One of those ways is to celebrate and rejoice in and with others, particularly those in the household of faith.

S9 Ep 6 The Way of Love, Pt.4 - God is Love | Matt Peterson | February 22, 2026
In this fourth part of The Way of Love series, Matt reads the Apostle John's beautiful understanding of the essence of God and the motivation and action of God all being love. The love that supersedes feeling, emotion where He has chosen to love and demonstrate that love to us. In turn, we are invited to live in His love and share it with others. This is the way of love, choosing to love others from the overflow of the love that has filled us.

S9 Ep 5 Spiritual Authority | Barry Byrne | February 15, 2026
Guest Speakers Lori and Barry Byrne from Nothing Hidden Ministries share on taking spiritual authority as sons and daughters of God.

S9 Ep 4The Way of Love, Part 3 - Love Takes Action | Matt Peterson | February 8, 2026
We have been loved by God with a magnificent love. A love beyond feeling from God, that set in motion the coming of Jesus and His actions of love and sacrifice. Love is an action word. It is not a passive emotion, but action and motion. Loving others demonstrates that we abide in God, and God abides inside of us.

S9 Ep 3 The Way of Love, Part 2 - Directing Our Love | Matt Peterson | January 18, 2026
As children of God, made in the image of God and filled with His Spirit, we have love to give. Today, Matt highlights the Apostle John's instruction to not direct our love toward things in the world, but rather toward one another. This is the "new" commandment that Jesus established, to find ways to love one another, fulfilling all of the law. GIVE HERE - https://awake.church/give

Encounter Night - The Heart of the Father - Brian Hedges - January 6, 2026
bonus
S9 Ep 2Way of Love, Part 1 - Word of Life | Matt Peterson | January 11, 2026
The closest disciple to Jesus and the one who received the greatest revelation from Jesus is the Apostle John. John's writings proclaim the revealed Jesus, His words, His commandments and His joy for us to receive through the way of love. In this sermon series, explore this way of love that Jesus lived and invited us into with Him. GIVE HERE - https://awake.church/give

S9 Ep 1Mercy Triumphs Over Judgement | Debbie Peterson | January 4, 2025
When others offer us mercy, it is easy to give it back in return. What measure of mercy do we naturally have to give for those who are judgmental? Mercy that triumphs over judgment is a supernatural Kingdom offering that we give to others by receiving it from God first. In this message, Debbie Peterson dives into how we receive mercy that we can freely receive and give away. GIVE HERE - https://awake.church/give

S8 Ep 48King Jesus, Part 3 - Supernatural Birth | Matt Peterson | December 21, 2025
Christmas is about the revealing of the Savior. A supernatural love and presence of God gave mankind a supernatural Savior - both fully man and fully God, born as a baby. He was prophesied and awaited for a thousand years and when He arrived, He came in the middle of the night, laid in a manger as the bread from heaven, the lamb of God and the light of the world that would give life to the world. GIVE HERE - https://awake.church/give