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Tuesday Sep 24, 2019
Tuesday Sep 24, 2019
This week David chats with Donald Forsyth, the vice-chair of the Board of Trustees to the Free Church of Scotland, a Chartered Accountant and business director.
Topics: Personal Story - Life Coaching - Church and Business - Worship/Music - Board of Trustees - Conflict Resolution - Entrepreneurship - Revitalisation - Church Planting
Presented by David Meredith
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy
Thursday Sep 19, 2019
Thursday Sep 19, 2019
In this week's podcast, David chats with Andy Bathgate, the chief executive of Scripture Union Scotland.
Episode Topics:
- Bible knowledge amongst children - Sharing the Gospel in schools - Does SU manipulate children? - Can we tailor scripture to fit our needs? - What is the relationship between SU and the Church? - Equipping - Mission & Evangelism
About Andy Bathgate
Andy became CEO of SU Scotland in 2001 having worked with the Christian Unions in the Scottish Universities and Colleges for the previous 20 years. His first involvement with SU was when a friend invited him to the SU Group in Musselburgh Grammar School. Later, he became part of a team from the Grammar School that led the SU Group in a local primary. That was in the early 1970s, and he remains as committed to the ministry of SU now as then. He is particularly concerned that SU's ministry serves the local church and the disadvantaged and is done in partnership wherever possible. He is married to Alyson. Their elder daughter Fiona is married to David and they have two grandsons, Ellis and Brodie. Karyn, their younger daughter, attends a nearby day centre for people with additional needs. In their spare time, Andy and Alyson can often be found strolling around an art gallery.
Presented by David Meredith
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy
Tuesday Sep 10, 2019
Tuesday Sep 10, 2019
This week David Meredith welcomes Phil Stogner from Mission To The World to the podcast.
Episode Topics:
- Missionaries - Mission - Evangelism - Church Planting - Mormonism - Pastors Coaching Pastors - Revitalisation
About Phil and Wendy Stogner
To plant a church is the greatest way to bring new believers to Jesus. To encourage the heart of a church planter and his wife with Jesus’ gospel is the greatest way to encourage a church plant.
Phil and Wendy have served in the ministry of church planting for over 34 years. After having met during college in Charleston, South Carolina, they married and spent their honeymoon on the road to Covenant Seminary. Following the call to be a church planter has taken them from North Carolina to Florida to Utah and finally back to Charleston, South Carolina, as they began new congregations. With a passion for pastors and their wives, they feel gifted and called to come alongside them with the gospel to support them and their families in their ministry.
The Stogners are committed to the Generation’s vision to plant 30 new congregations by 2030 (30 x 30). They will be working with the Glasgow City Free Church to encourage pastors in this large and strategic city. Believing that “it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace,” Phil and Wendy will serve the national pastors and their wives who seek to grow gospel-centred churches for the glory of God in Glasgow. Their desire is to coach, counsel, and care for the Scottish shepherds who have a vision to see Christ’s wee little flock grow into healthy churches as the gospel grows outward in Glasgow.
Presented by David Meredith
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy
Tuesday Sep 03, 2019
Tuesday Sep 03, 2019
Derek Lamont is the minister of St Columba's Free Church at the top of the Royal Mile in Edinburgh. Neil MacMillan is the minister of a church plant in Edinburgh's Morningside called Cornerstone.
Topic: "Church and the City"
How important is the city in God's missional plan?
(Church planting, urban town vs urban city, rural/urban division, city witness)
Presented by David Meredith
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy
Tuesday Aug 27, 2019
Tuesday Aug 27, 2019
In this episode, David Meredith sits down with Dr Stuart Weir, the National Director for CARE in Scotland.
CARE (Christian Action Research and Education) is a Christian charity seeking to uphold human dignity and to support the most vulnerable people in society, engaging with politicians in the UK Parliaments & Assemblies and promoting Christian community-based initiatives.
Presented by David Meredith
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy
Thursday Aug 22, 2019
Thursday Aug 22, 2019
Bootcamp has three components: intensive teaching in the morning, challenging physical activity in the afternoon, and interactive discussion sessions on theology, leadership and service in the evenings. We want the camp to stretch those who come mentally, physically and spiritually.
In this episode, church planter Neil Macmillan chats with Fergus Munro about his experience of the course.
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy
Thursday Jul 04, 2019
Thursday Jul 04, 2019
David Meredith sits down for a chat with Edinburgh City Mission CEO Duncan Cuthill.
Duncan previously worked as a UCCF Staff Worker in Central Scotland and trained at Cornhill in London before joining London City Mission in 2005 as Director of Ministries. He has a passion for the gospel and a heart for people who are marginalised to know the love and acceptance of Jesus Christ.
Presented by David Meredith
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy
Thursday Jun 27, 2019
Thursday Jun 27, 2019
This week David Meredith chats with Andy Paterson, Mission Director of the FIEC and Pastor at Charlotte Chapel, Edinburgh.
Andy was raised and saved in London, and worked for Wandsworth Council for a number of years. He was lead pastor of Kensington Baptist Church, Bristol for 24 years before becoming FIEC Mission Director. He spends half his time working for Charlotte Chapel and the other half working for the FIEC. He is married to Kath. They have two adult children and four grandchildren.
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy
Thursday Jun 20, 2019
Thursday Jun 20, 2019
In today's podcast David Meredith chats with minister/blogger David Robertson about his new role in Australia, his 27 years ministering in Dundee, cultural evangelism, the Church in Scotland and what positives he takes from the Gospel work going on around the country.
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy
Thursday Jun 13, 2019
Thursday Jun 13, 2019
Today David Meredith chats with Iver Martin, the Principal of Edinburgh Theological Seminary, about theological education and training.
Generation Website - https://generation-mission.org/
ETS Website - https://www.ets.ac.uk/
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy