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Thursday Dec 17, 2020
Thursday Dec 17, 2020
Dr. Andrew (Andy) M. Davis has been senior pastor at First Baptist Church of Durham, North Carolina since 1998, and he is the founder of Two Journeys Ministry. From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he obtained a bachelor's degree. He continued his education at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, earning a Master's of Divinity Deciding to continue his education, he obtained a Ph.D. in church history from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1998. In addition to pastoral ministry, Davis serves as a visiting professor of church history at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Davis is also an author, council member of the Gospel Coalition, and an executive trustee of the International Mission Board. He is married to Christi Davis, and together they have five children.
Presented by David Meredith
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Andrew Lytle works for the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Nantes, France.
A son of the manse, Andrew was born in Belfast but spent most of his youth in Larne where his father was the local minister. The work of mission was never far away from the household. Many missionaries would visit and prayer meetings were often held for those serving around the world.
Andrew went on to study French and German at university in Belfast before taking a year out in Nantes as part of his studies.
Sensing a call to ministry, Andrew completed his theological studies and decided, after much evaluation and reflection, to move to France to share the Gospel.
In today's podcast, Andrew shares some fascinating insights into French culture and the prevalent secular worldview.
Presented by David Meredith
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
Susan Gnadou Zebo is currently a UFM Missionary in Paris working with international students.
Born in Scotland, Susan spent most of her childhood in the South of France with her missionary parents who worked for GLO (Gospel Literature Outreach) and Echoes International before moving back to Scotland were her family in 2009.
Susan studied Languages and Business at Napier University before moving back to Paris to work with GBU, the Christian Union equivalent in France.
Presented by David Meredith
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy
Thursday Nov 26, 2020
Thursday Nov 26, 2020
Sandra MacDonald was an OMF missionary in Thailand for 23 years. Today she shares some of her experiences and discusses what the challenges and encouragements were in communicating the Gospel within a culture starkly different to her own.
Presented by David Meredith
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
An engineer, former minister of the Church of Scotland and Director of OMF International UK, David Ellis and his wife Adèle travelled widely together for more than fifty years of service. After caring for Adèle through her Alzheimer’s he now lives in Dundee and serves as an elder in St Peter's Free Church.
His new book "Through All The Changing Scenes" can be found at Free Church books: https://books.freechurch.org/posts/2020-10-12-through-all-the-changing-scenes.html
Presented by David Meredith
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Today's guest is UFM Worldwide Director Michael Prest.
Michael began his working life in pharmacy management with Boots and then, after time at Oak Hill College, London, he served as one of the ministers at Beeston Free Church, Nottingham.
Michael is married to Rachel and they are very grateful for their four children, Bethia, Jemima, Benjamin and Nathanael. They joined UFM in 2012 and served as missionaries in South East Asia where the focus of their work was on training and equipping local believers to reach out to those from the majority religion.
Michael serves as an elder at Emmanuel Marlborough and is a member of the FIEC Pastors’ Network.
Presented by David Meredith
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy
Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Alex Nelson is the student leader for the Glasgow Navigators.
About The Navigators
The Navigators has grown out of one man’s pursuit of God. Dawson Trotman lived in America. As he sought God, the Lord promised to build him ‘a house’. At a time when the Christian world saw no ministry beyond evangelism, he was led to invest deeply in the lives of the few in order that they could reach the many. This began in the 1930s with US Navy personnel. It grew significantly through WWII. Following the war the Navigators spread out through the world, it is now in over 100 countries world wide.
The Navigators came to the UK through the Billy Graham crusades of the 1950s. Billy Graham, frustrated by the unwillingness of local Christians to help those who came forwards at his meetings, asked Dawson Trotman to develop what has since become known as “follow-up”. The Navigators therefore supported Dr Graham in all his crusades. During the Haringey crusades, Christians’ eyes were opened to the possibilities of discipleship, and asked the Navigators to minister in the UK. Initially Joyce Turner came to set up an office for materials and as she did this she also began a ministry among women. As interest developed, more Navigators came to set up ministries in communities and universities, which became the starting block for the current ministry.
https://navigators.co.uk/glasgow/
Presented by David Meredith
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Dr Siegfried Ngubane is the Serving in Mission's (SIM) Regional Director for Southern Africa. Siegfried is a well known African church leader and holds a PhD in Missiology and an MA in Missions. His passions are Discipleship, Leadership Development and Mentoring.
Serving in Mission - https://www.sim.org/home
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Ruth Box works for Pioneers UK as their Mission Mentor for Scotland. Pioneers UK is an organisation that resources and equips missionaries to take the good news of Jesus Christ around the world. They have more than 3000 international missionary members, working in 324 missions teams, in 104 countries, among 202 unreached people groups, mobilised from 10 international missions bases.
Presented by David Meredith
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Dr David Kirk is Lecturer in New Testament Studies at Highland Theological College (HTC). He teaches modules on the Degree programmes dealing with New Testament texts and theology, as well as contributing to other modules. He began his academic career in January 2018 when he joined the faculty at HTC. He was awarded his PhD in New Testament from the University of Aberdeen in 2015, with his research and supervision undertaken through HTC. Prior to his doctoral studies, David graduated in 2010 from the Theological Studies programme with First Class Honours.
He holds Masters degrees in both Aeronautics and Transport from Imperial College, London and worked for several years on transport policy and planning for government bodies. He has been involved in Christian ministry for three decades, and is an ordained minister of the Free Church of Scotland. Before joining the faculty at HTC he served as an Assistant Minister, and as a member of the Free Church Mission Board.
Presented by David Meredith
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy