One Single Story is a ministry of Open Door Church in Edenton, North Carolina. Pastor Stephen Mizell hosts the daily podcast. He is joined daily by campus pastor Jay Rivenbark. The third seat on the podcast is rotating through three other pastors from Open Door Church. Our prayer is the podcast will help you as you study the Bible, to spark interest in reading more and bring fresh perspective. The Bible was never meant to understood in isolation and we hope you’ll join us as we seek to understand God’s Word more every day.
Who is on the podcast?
Stephen Mizell / Host
Stephen Mizell is the Lead Pastor at Open Door Church. Stephen and his wife Barbara, started attending Open Door on Easter Sunday 2005. In January of 2008 he came on staff and became the Lead Pastor in October, 2010. Stephen has a call to impact northeastern North Carolina with life-giving congregations in rural communities. Sharing practical truths from God’s word every Sunday with Open Door is just one way he accomplishes this. He is committed to raising up leaders both locally and around the world through John Maxwell’s organization EQUIP, and the John Maxwell Team by teaching leadership principles in many countries around the world.
Stephen is also an entrepreneur and has owned several businesses over the last 20 years. He and Barbara have four children and five grandchildren. You can follow Stephen’s thoughts on ministry, life and leadership at www.StephenMizell.com. For more on his story, you can get his book “The Long Walk Back” from Amazon or some local bookstores.
Jay Rivenbark
Jay Rivenbark serves as Campus Pastor at our Bertie County location. He is a long time member of Open Door Church and has served in various capacities including Administrative Pastor, Elder and Deacon. He retired in 2011 as a North Carolina Wildlife enforcement officer, and enjoys hunting, fishing and playing golf. He and his wife Sonia have two grown children and two grandchildren living in the area. His desire to see Bertie County reached with the Gospel through the loving, learning and leading emphasis of the church.
Wendy Korbusieski
Wendy serves as the Executive Pastor for Open Door Church. She is devoted to spiritual growth and organizational excellence and is passionate about guiding individuals and communities toward a deeper connection with their faith and purpose. She has a BS in Mathematics from ECU and was a math teacher for grades 6-12 for ten years. She served as an assistant principal before coming to the church as an administrator, where she served in that role for 13 years. Wendy shared the vision of Open Door Church for that time, marking that commitment with authentic relationships that foster spiritual formation, promote a culture of compassion, and encourage a spirit of ownership.
As Executive Pastor, Wendy works closely with our pastoral team to provide strategic leadership, overseeing various ministries and ensuring alignment with our core values and mission. Wendy is dedicated to making sure the church operates with excellence and is a reflection of Christ, inspiring others to become fully devoted followers of Christ. She and her husband, Todd have been a part of Open Door since the fall of 2009.
Sheryl Daughety
As Family Pastor, Sheryl leads both children and student ministries. Sheryl grew up in Edenton. She and her husband Kevin have two children and have been attending Open Door Church since 2005. She believes it is important to help kids see that God is extraordinary, exciting and evident everywhere they look. Sheryl is passionate about helping parents see themselves as their children’s greatest spiritual leaders and helping families grow an everyday kind of faith. She also has a background as an art teacher at a private school as well as private art lessons.
Alyssa Bream
Alyssa Bream serves as the media pastor here at Open Door Church. Originally from the northeast corner of Ohio, her journey into video production began during her youth group days when she started making announcement videos with an old VHS camera—sparking a lifelong passion for visual storytelling.
She pursued her education at Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri, where she earned degrees in both Biblical Studies and Film. It was also there that she met her husband, Tyler, during their college years together.
After graduation, Alyssa's career took her to a missional art gallery in trendy Cleveland, Ohio, while simultaneously working in marketing for local Chick-fil-A restaurants. Life then brought the couple to Iowa City, Iowa, where Alyssa worked at a television station, further developing the skills she had cultivated in college.
In 2016, God orchestrated what Alyssa describes as "a whole bunch of puzzle pieces" that led her to Edenton and Open Door Church. She and Tyler have two sons.
What is One Single Story?
One Single Story began in 2022 with Open Door Church reading the Bible chronologically together in one year. In 2023 we continued to learn more about the Bible by going through one book at a time, looking at a theme that is present in that book.
We are currently using the Tyndale One Year Bible plan and choose a section of the day’s reading to discuss. Every day of the Bible reading plan includes and an Old Testament passage, a New Testament passage, Psalm and Proverb.
We release a podcast Monday - Friday supporting a section of the day’s reading. The podcasts will be available on all platforms to listen to or download. They are also available on YouTube.
Pastor Stephen Mizell, lead pastor of Open Door Church in Edenton, North Carolina, hosts the podcast and leads the discussion. Pastor Jay Rivenbark, campus pastor at the Bertie Campus of Open Door Church in Windsor in joins him every week.
As you join in, we encourage you to download the reading plan and start with that day’s reading.
We look forward to being a part of your life. We look forward to diving deeper into the One Single Story that the Bible provides.