Healthy Gospel Church

John James - Pastor & Author

Each week we sit down with a guest to discuss Mission and Evangelism in Scotland and beyond.

Our guest this week is author John James.

James has recently released a book entitled "Renewal: Church Revitalisation Along the Way of the Cross"

Purchase Here: https://cutt.ly/hxPNTFS

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Presented by David Meredith 

John MacKinnon - Word 121 Training Director

Each week we sit down with a guest to discuss Mission and Evangelism in Scotland and beyond.

Our guest this week is Word One-to-One Training Director John MacKinnon.

John is based in East Kilbride, Scotland, where he served as the Lead Pastor of Calderwood Baptist Church for more than 17 years. He previously served as an Evangelist and Bible Teacher in an itinerant capacity, with an emphasis on enabling churches to develop their members to make Jesus known amongst their friends.

John has been passionate about the ministry of The Word One to One since his first encounter with us, and as National Training Director, he rejoices in the privilege of drawing alongside local churches to encourage, equip and enable them to raise up an ever-increasing number of joyful bible sharers. He is married to Linda and they have three children, all adults, and he is Papa to four grandchildren who fill his life with so much fun.

https://www.theword121.com​

https://www.apassionforlife.org.uk​

 

Check out our site for more info: https://generation-mission.org​​​​

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GenerationMission18

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6UFubppTd0-cpvhWgwFEgg

Presented by David Meredith

Dr Krish Kandiah - Hong Kong Ready

Dr Krish Kandiah is toady's guest on the Generation Podcast.

David chats with Krish about the new "Hong Kong Ready" initiative he is leading that aims to support migrants from Hong Kong to settle in the UK. The UK Government has opened a new route from 31st January for people in Hong Kong with a British National Overseas (BNO) passport to come and settle in the UK. A large proportion of those applying also identify as Christian, the initiative will also help those arriving plug into a local church. 

 

Krish is the Founder and CEO of Home for Good – a charity seeking to make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable children by finding loving homes for children in the care system. 

He is an advocate for fostering and adoption, has written several books and is a regular contributor to the Times, the Guardian and also a regular broadcaster on BBC Radio 4 and Radio 2. 

Krish has expertise in the overlap between faith and development, faith literacy and communication. He is an ambassador for the UK aid and development charity: Tearfund.

Krish holds degrees in Chemistry, Missiology and Theology. His PhD is from Kings College, London. He currently holds faculty positions at Regent College, Vancouver and Regents Park College, Oxford University and is an honorary research Fellow at the National Centre for Post Qualifying Social Work at Bournemouth University and an honorary reader in theology at St Andrews University, Scotland. 

Krish lives in Oxfordshire with his wife and 6 children (through birth, fostering and adoption).

 

Hong Kong Ready - https://ukhk.org

 

Presented by David Meredith

Fiona Christie - Author

Each week we sit down with a guest to discuss Mission and Evangelism in Scotland and beyond.

Our guest this week is author Fiona Christie.

Fiona has recently released a book called "A Strange Unmaking: Ten Years In Colombia."

A Strange Unmaking is a collection of blogs, poems, reflections, journal entries and short stories written by an ordinary Scottish woman during the ten years she lived in the extraordinary country of Colombia. When Fiona Christie first visited Colombia she was beguiled by the beauty of land and the courtesy of the people. A three-week holiday led to a ten-year commitment, first teaching English in a Bible seminary and later equipping churches in poor areas affected by conflict to work with children. Every day Fiona found something fascinating to write about or a beautiful picture to share. But beneath the shimmering surface, decades of conflict had left the land soaked with blood and the nation bitterly divided. The weight of second-hand trauma began to take its toll on Fiona before she realised that she was being unmade to be re-made. A Strange Unmaking takes the reader beyond the stereotypes to a tragic, magical place and tells a determinedly untriumphalistic missionary story.

 

Purchase Here: A Strange Unmaking: Ten Years in Colombia https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08MVFY5YX/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fabc_S5Y0T51SR15SD9ZKA2RW

Presented by David Meredith

David MacPherson - Operation San Andres

Our guest this week is Operation San Andres Executive Director David MacPherson.

David was born in Peru, where his parents served as missionaries with the Free Church of Scotland. He was a pupil at Colegio San Andrés in Lima before the family returned to Scotland, where David completed a masters’ degree in Economics and International Relations from the University of Aberdeen and a Diploma in Theology from the Edinburgh Theological Seminary. David served for 10 years as a Free Church missionary in the San Martín region of Peru. Prior to his position with Operación San Andrés, David served as Minister of Bon Accord Free Church in Aberdeen, Scotland. David holds dual citizenship (UK and Peru) and is thoroughly bicultural, having lived in Peru for much of his life. David’s wife Martha is a native of Peru, and they are proud parents of three grown sons.

 

https://www.operacionsanandres.org

 

Presented by David Meredith

Sarah Hoskins

Sarah Hoskins has been involved in ministry in South East Asia for a number of years and has recently completed a masters looking at theology and mission at All Nations Christian College.

 

Presented by Martin Paterson

 

Joseph Steinberg - International Mission to the Jewish People

Joseph is the CEO of International Mission to the Jewish People, formerly Christian Witness to Isreal.

Raised in a Jewish home in the United States, at the age of 14 Joseph came to faith in Jesus as Messiah. At 18, Joseph began his work in Jewish mission as a member of the Jews for Jesus music group ‘The Liberated Wailing Wall’, which gave him the opportunity to share Jesus in 49 out of the 50 US states.

After graduating from the Moody Bible Institute’s School of World Missions in Chicago, he served for three years as a missionary with CWI and for the last 25 years has worked with various churches and mission organisations in the UK.

Joseph is a graduate of Trinity College, Bristol and was ordained in the Church of England where he served as the minister of a parish church in London, UK. During that time he co-authored The Y Course and its companion book, The Book of Y – a seeker course used by over 6000 churches in the UK. He is also the author of Psalms: Cries from the Heart and the evangelistic booklet That’s Y Jesus came.

While UK director of Jews for Jesus, Joseph led several large evangelistic campaigns in both London and Manchester, during which hundreds of people made professions of faith. He has served as the Director for Mission Stewardship at the Church Mission Society (CMS), another role driven by his passion to see lives changed by the gospel.

Joseph is a gifted and inspirational communicator. He has preached and shared extensively across the UK, including at both the Oxford and Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Unions, as well as at numerous churches internationally, particularly across Europe, America and the Far East.

https://www.cwi.org.uk

Presented by David Meredith (Free Church of Scotland Mission Director)

Levi Booth - OMF International

Each week we sit down with a guest to discuss Mission and Evangelism in Scotland and beyond. This week we welcome our good friend Levi Booth from OMF International.

Levi serves in Japan with OMF International and is the author of "Ultimate Grace".

https://www.10ofthose.com/uk/products/24893/ultimate-grace

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Presented by Martin Paterson

 

Andrew Goodman

Our podcast today is presented by Martin Paterson, the OMF Rep for Scotland. 

His guest is Andrew Goodman. Andrew has been involved in cross cultural ministry for many years in South East Asia and has a passion to see people come to know the love of Jesus. 

He has recently taken the lead of a new team and developing ministry in South East Asia but is currently back in the UK with his family to learn the language for this new are of work.

Presented by Martin Paterson

www.generation-mission.org

Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy

Robert MacNaughton

Robert MacNaughton is our first guest of 2021. Robert shares his fascinating story of serving God from Lewis to Casablanca. 

Robert studied French at St Andrews and worked with the mission organisation OM during this time before heading to Aberdeen University for teacher training.

Robert later headed out to Morocco to teach English at a private school while sharing the Gospel to the local community.

Presented by David Meredith

www.generation-mission.org

Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy