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Thursday Sep 24, 2020
Thursday Sep 24, 2020
We talk all things mission today with Janet Murchison and Sarah Lytle from Women for Mission.
Women for Mission was established over 100 years ago to promote the growth of the Christian faith by encouraging interest in mission as well as giving practical support to the Church’s mission work in Scotland and around the globe.
Official Site: https://womenformission.org
Presented by David Meredith
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Paul Levy is married to Claire, father to Noah, Ellie and Phoebe. He has been the minister of International Presbyterian Church (IPC), Ealing in West London since 2003.
International Presbyterian Church
Paul's Blog - https://ealinglevy.wordpress.com
Topics:
- Are youth groups effective?
- Are buildings important?
- Reformed evangelism - where has it gone?
- Preaching - passion or rhetoric?
- Raising a child with Down's Syndrome
- Dealing with the temptation to compare your ministry with another
- Worship Philosophy
Presented by David Meredith
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Steve Levy is the senior Pastor at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Swansea. He is married to Clare and they have three children.
Today he chats with David about children's ministry, church leadership, revitalisation, local mission and evangelism.
http://www.mountpleasantchurch.org.uk
Presented by David Meredith
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy
Thursday Aug 27, 2020
Thursday Aug 27, 2020
Elijah and Jessie Brook are working with Cornerstone, a church plant in Edinburgh's Morningside, and a transatlantic missional partnership program called AT3.
Cornerstone - https://cornerstone-edinburgh.com
AT3 - http://at-3.org
Presented by David Meredith
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
On the podcast today David sits down with Sleat and Strath Free Church minister Gordon Matheson.
They chat through what it's like to grow up as a 'pastor's kid', losing a parent, politics, rural ministry, mental health and mission.
Gordon also recently launched his own podcast called 'Free Voices' - https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-ztkfy-e5b68e
Presented by David Meredith
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
Malcolm McGregor is the associate director for pastoral care working through one aspect of the Langham Partnership.
Malcolm and his wife Liz have worked in the mission field around the world through the mission organisation Serving In Mission (SIM). Malcolm became the UK and North Europe Director for SIM in 1996 based in London. Then in 2003 he took up the position of International Director of SIM based on the edge of Charlotte in North Carolina.
Malcolm and his wife attend Carrubbers Christian Centre in the heart of Edinburgh on the Royal Mile.
Presented by David Meredith
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
New Testament lecturer Rev. Dr Alistair Wilson joins us today to chat about local and international mission and theological famine relief.
Alistair has a PhD in New Testament studies from the University of Aberdeen. After graduating from the University of Edinburgh and the Free Church College, now Edinburgh Theological Seminary (ETS), Alistair was an Associate Pastor in Inverness before moving to Highland Theological College where he taught New Testament from 1996 to 2005. He was then appointed to Dumisani Theological Institute, King William’s Town, South Africa, becoming Principal in 2006. Alistair returned to Highland Theological College in January 2015 before taking up his current post as lecturer in New Testament and Mission at ETS.
As well as having written several published works, Alistair has been Editor of The Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology and New Testament Review Editor of Themelios. He is an Adjunct (‘Extraordinary’ in South African terminology) Professor of New Testament in the Research Unit for Reformed Theology, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of the New Testament Society of South Africa.
Dr Wilson's research interests include missionary thought and activity in early Christianity, 'missional readings' of Scripture, Matthew’s Gospel, Luke’s Gospel, Colossians and Philemon, eschatological views in early Christianity.
Presented by David Meredith
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Today David talks to Andy Longwe about a variety of issues including life in ministry and current events which have unfolded around the death of George Floyd.
Andy Longwe is the current minister of Cumbernauld Free Church.
Born in Malawi, he moved to Scotland with his family when he was four and they settled into Kirkmuirhill in South Lanarkshire.
Having become a committed Christian as a teenager Andy eventually felt the call to ministry and attended Edinburgh Theological Seminary.
Presented by David Meredith
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Martin Paterson is a Scotland Area Representative for Overseas Missionary Fellowship OMF and is also a Free Church of Scotland minister.
Today we talk to Martin about local and international mission and discipleship.
OMF's Vision: Through God’s grace, we aim to see an indigenous, biblical church movement in each people group of East Asia, evangelising their own people and reaching out in mission to other peoples.
Presented by David Meredith
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Roger Carswell is a travelling evangelist and author. He leads evangelistic church and university missions as well as speaking at Christian conferences. He has written eleven books including "And Some Evangelists" and "Where is God in a Messed Up World?", and publishes numerous gospel tracts and booklets.
Roger is married to Dot, has four children and lives in Leeds.
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Official Site - https://www.rogercarswell.net
Presented by David Meredith
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy