We are delighted to welcome Canon J. John to the Health Gospel Church podcast this week. J.John is an Evangelist, minister, speaker, broadcaster and writer. He has been in ministry for four decades. He has spoken in towns, cities and universities in 69 countries. J.John lives near London in England. He is married to Killy and is a father and grandf…

Our guest this week is Rev. Dr Paul Blackham. Leading since the summer of 2021, Jonathan, and the Blackham family, has been a part of Church plants around the country for the past decade. But at the centre of this life and current ministry is a love of Jesus, throughout all the bible! Ordained in 1997, Paul served at All Souls Langham Place as Asso…

Our guest this week is Graeme Shanks. Originally hailing from Glasgow, Graeme is married to Alex and they have 3 girls Chloe, Grace and Eve. Having qualified as a solicitor and worked in Commercial Property for a few years upon graduation he joined Bruntsfield Evangelical Church staff team back in 2012 and has been our Pastor since 2017. He has stu…

Our guest today is Hannah Nation. Hannah Nation is a writer, editor, and content strategist. She currently serves as the Managing Director of the Center for House Church Theology and as the Content Director for China Partnership. She has published in Christianity Today, the Gospel Coalition, Comment, and Plough. ​Her topics of interest are: urban C…

Chris Smart joins us this week on the Health Gospel Church Podcast. Chris was born and grew up in the Scottish Highlands. Chris' family didn't grow up in the church, but when he was 18 he went to study Chemistry in the city of Aberdeen and there through the witness of a fellow student, came to faith in Christ. After about a year he began to sense G…

Our first guest of the new season is Derek Lamont. Derek has ben a minister for 33 years spending 22 of them in the centre of Edinburgh as minister of St Columba's Free Church. During his time there St Columba's planted four new churches and now Derek has decided to get stuck in himself and plant a new church in Leith. Derek is married to Catriona …

This week's guest is Rev. Alex MacDonald. Alex was brought up in the Highlands of Scotland and is a former Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland, having served as minister in Bishopbirggs Free Church, Bon Accord Free Church and Buccleuch Free Church. This week's theme is "A Life in Ministry" Topics include: Highland Clearances Tackling Social Is…

This week's guest is Confex Makhalira. Confex Makhalira is an ordained minister and a missionary of Mission to the World (MTW). Currently, he is serving as a pastor and church planter of Christ Presbyterian Church in Blantyre, Malawi. He is married to Mwai, and together they have two amazing daughters. This week's theme is "The Church in Africa" To…

This week's guest is Anne MacDonald. Anne is the Student and Young Adults Worker at Bon Accord Free Church in Aberdeen. This week's theme is "Students and Young People" Topics include: Women in ministry When to employ a youth worker Issues facing young people today How do we make disciples? Finding a balance between church service and family life O…

This week's guest is Thomas Davis. Thomas Davis is a minister in the Free Church of Scotland who has served as an assistant at St Columba’s Free Church in Edinburgh and is now minister of Carloway Free Church on the Isle of Lewis. He is also a visiting lecturer in Systematic Theology and Church History at Edinburgh Theological Seminary. He is marri…

This week's guest is Melissa Kruger. Melissa serves as vice president of discipleship programming at The Gospel Coalition. She is the author of The Envy of Eve: Finding Contentment in a Covetous World, Walking with God in the Season of Motherhood, In All Things: A Nine-Week Devotional Bible Study on Unshakeable Joy, Growing Together: Taking Mentori…

Join us on this week's episode as we welcome Rev. Callum Macleod. Callum is the minister of Shawbost Free Church in the Isle of Lewis and the Principal Clerk of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland. This week's theme is "Ministry Life" Topics include: Entering ministry later in life Confirming the call to ministry Community ministry …

Join us on this week's episode as we welcome Lewis and Sarah Allen. Lewis pastored Gunnersbury Baptist Church in London for over twelve years, and in 2010 was called to plant what is now Hope Church Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, where he is now Senior Pastor. Sarah read English at Cambridge and now works part-time as an English Teacher as well as b…

Ivor has been minister of Hope Church since July 2012. He trained for the ministry at Aberdeen University and Westminster Theological Seminary and served congregations in Lewis and Skye before coming to Coatbridge. Official Site: https://www.freechurch.org/ Healthy Gospel Church Vision: https://freechurch.org/healthy-gospel-church/…

Steve graduated in History and Politics from the University of Liverpool, where he met his wife Rachel. After this, he completed a Religious Studies & Philosophy PGCE and embarked on a short-lived career as a secondary school teacher. Steve then completed an MA in Theology before becoming a self-employed researcher serving the recruitment sector. H…

Robert Cunningham joins us today from Christ for Kentucky to discuss what he saw and experienced at Asbury University's extended worship service. Is it a revival? An awakening? Or something else? Robert is the founder and director of Christ for Kentucky. Robert is the former Senior Pastor of Tates Creek Presbyterian Church, where he served for seve…

Dr. Michael J. Kruger serves as the President and Samuel C. Patterson Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the Charlotte campus of Reformed Theological Seminary. Dr. Kruger regularly speaks, lectures, and teaches throughout the United States and the world—including conferences such as The Gospel Coalition, Together for the Gospel, t…

Joe Hall is the minister of Bon Accord Free Church in Aberdeen. Joe was born and raised in Romford, Essex, and came to a personal Christian faith as a teenager. He moved to Edinburgh in 2012 at the age of 18 to study Social Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh. There, he became a member of Grace Church Leith. His growing love for God and des…

Ken Wright is the President of British Youth For Christ and is involved in a group called Biblical Frameworks which produces bible study resources. Ken was also formerly a Managing Director in Royal Mail, responsible for the operation of the UK’s postal service. He and his wife Jan live in London and are active members of All Souls Church, Langham …

Alistair Begg is the senior pastor of Cleveland's Parkside Church, a position he has held since 1983. He is the voice behind the Truth For Life Christian radio preaching and teaching ministry, which broadcasts his sermons daily to stations across North America through over 1,800 radio outlets. Official Site: https://www.freechurch.org/ Healthy Gosp…

Dr Harvey Kwiyani is a Malawian mission theologian with twenty years of mission and theological education experience in Europe and the United States. Harvey is also the CEO of Global Connections, a network of agencies and churches working together to help the UK church engage in world mission in contemporary and appropriate ways. Official Site: htt…

This week we return to an interview David did with the late Dr Helen Roseveare. Helen was a Christian missionary who served in the Belgian Congo (later Zaire, now DRC). Have a listen to her amazing story. Official Site: https://www.freechurch.org/ Healthy Gospel Church Vision: https://freechurch.org/healthy-gospel-church/ #healthygospelchurch #chri…

Dr. David Strain was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He holds degrees from Duncan Jordanstone College of Art, Trinity College Glasgow/School of Divinity, Edinburgh Theological Seminary in Edinburgh, and Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson. He was ordained to the gospel ministry in the Free Church of Scotland in September 2003, and has held pastoral…

Rev. Ian Watson joins us on the podcast today to discuss ministry and gospel integrity. Ian is the minister of Hope Church Blackwood and Kirkmuirhill. Official Site: https://www.freechurch.org/ Healthy Gospel Church Vision: https://freechurch.org/healthy-gospel-church/ #healthygospelchurch #christianity #faith…

Jonathan is the Chief Executive Officer of 10ofthose.com, a Christian book company. He and his wife have two sons, Rufus and Billy. They are currently living and working to establish 10ofthose.com in the USA. Official Site: https://www.freechurch.org/ Healthy Gospel Church Vision: https://freechurch.org/healthy-gospel-church/ #healthygospelchurch #…

Rosaria Champagne Butterfield, a former professor of English and women’s studies at Syracuse University, converted to Christ in 1999 in what she describes as a train wreck. Her memoir The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert chronicles that difficult journey. Rosaria is married to Kent Butterfield, a Reformed Presbyterian pastor in North Carolina…

Rev. Dr Fergus Macdonald is a retired minister and former Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland. He served as the General Secretary of the National Bible Society of Scotland and then of the United Bible Societies. A Fellow of the Spencer Center for Global Engagement at Taylor University in Indiana, he serves as chair of the Scottish Evangelical …

Aleksander Saško Nezamutdinov, or Sashko, is a church planter in Krakow, Poland. Sashko, along with his wife Ania, made Krakow their home after hearing about the desperate need for the gospel in Poland. Out of this desire to spread the good news of Jesus Christ, Sashko and a small team of young adults planted Christ the Saviour Presbyterian Church …

Our guest today is Lewis Allen pastor of Hope Church in Huddersfield. Lewis, his wife Sarah and their five children moved to Huddersfield in 2010 after 12 years’ pastoral ministry at Gunnersbury Baptist Church, West London. Lewis is a keen student of Theology, and in his spare time is researching for a doctoral degree at Oxford University. The Alle…

Matt and Maria Lingard are mission partners being sent out from Kilmallie & Ardnamurchan Free Church of Scotland to serve in Greece. At the beginning of February they fly to Athens where they will be serving with second evangelical church as they seek to share the gospel across the many peoples who are coming to the city. We caught up with them to …

Rico is a Langham Scholar and author who teaches at a seminary in Manila helping equip a new generation of Filipino pastors to faithfully preach and apply God’s Word. Books authored by Rico: shorturl.at/cxDGS Presented by Martin Paterson. -- #christian​​​ #church​​​ #mission​​​ #evangelism​​​ #podcast​​​ #scotland​​​ #christianity​​​ #freechurchofs…

Jonathan Hoglund lives in Vietnam and serves as lecturer in theology at Hanoi Bible College. Before that, he also taught at Kremenchuk Bible College in Ukraine. He is invested in understanding other cultures and languages, and especially how the church expresses faith in Christ around the world. Jon earned his PhD in Systematic Theology at Wheaton …

Stirling Free Church elder Kenneth Ferguson joins us today on the podcast. Kenneth is experienced in leading not for profit organisations, especially in Grant Making. He also has experience of Social Enterprise, Management Finance, Strategic Planning, and Accounting. A former Director of Robertson Trust, a tribunal found he was unfairly dismissed h…

Rev. Dr Liam Jerrold Fraser is Minister of St Michael’s Parish Church, Linlithgow. He was the first person to be ordained to a Pioneer Ministry role in the Church of Scotland, and he previously served as Campus Minister at the University of Edinburgh. He discusses his new book "Mission in Contemporary Scotland" with David in today's episode. His ot…

Dan is currently college director and tutor in culture, religion, and public theology at Oak Hill College, London. From autumn 2021 he will become the Director of a new centre for cultural engagement and mission called Crosslands Forum. Dan is co-chair of The Southgate Fellowship and serves as a Trustee of Tyndale House, Cambridge. He is a Contribu…

Our guest today is Dr Alistair Wilson, Mission and New Testament lecturer at Edinburgh Theological Seminary. 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), Alistair was an Associate Pastor in Inverness be…

Paul Caminiti has been a cultural innovator for the Bible for over two decades. As the Bible Publisher at Zondervan and Vice President of Bible Engagement at Biblica, he helped launch The Bible in 90 Days, The Story, and Community Bible Experience. His interviews have appeared in: Newsweek, The New Yorker, USA Today, The New York Times, The Washing…

Each week we sit down with a guest to discuss Mission and Evangelism in Scotland and beyond. A one-time Marxist and fervent political activist Rev. Tom Penman shares his fascinating journey to faith and how it eventually led to him entering Christian ministry and serving the people of South Uist and Benbecula. Presented by David Meredith -- #christ…

Karl and his wife Sun both are missionaries to Thailand. Sent by their home churches, they work under the auspices of OMF International (originally China Inland Mission founded by Hudson Taylor), an international, interdenominational evangelical Protestant mission organisation. Karl and Sun live in downtown Bangkok where Karl teaches missions and c…

Each week we sit down with a guest to discuss Mission and Evangelism in Scotland and beyond. Mez McConnell, is one of the pastors of Niddrie Community Church, Edinburgh, Scotland. He is the founder of 20schemes and has been involved in full-time pastoral ministry, both church planting and revitalisation since 1999. Mez also works closely with sever…

Our guest this week is ‘Rob’, who works in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq as a language consultant with the overall goal of helping plant Kurdish churches and get the Bible completed in Northern Kurdish. Rob has found the Kurds, though they are mainly Muslim and some Yezidi, love the Psalms, and often out of instinct pull out their mobiles to start v…

Each week we sit down with a guest to discuss Mission and Evangelism in Scotland and beyond. Our guests this week are Steve and Anna Griffiths. Born in Mutare, Zimbabwe, Steve trained as a doctor. He met his English wife Anna in Harare (who came on holiday to Zim and never went home!) After learning Portuguese in Coimbra, Portugal, Steve & Anna ser…

Each week we sit down with a guest to discuss Mission and Evangelism in Scotland and beyond. Our guest this week is Kenny MacKenzie an elder in Back Free Church on the Isle of Lewis. Kenny tells of his journey to faith and his work in Uganda. God Is Good Africa: https://www.facebook.com/godisgoodafrica/ Check out our site for more info: https://gen…

Each week we sit down with a guest to discuss Mission and Evangelism in Scotland and beyond. Our guest this week is Dr Riaz Mohammed a senior consultant surgeon who trained and worked in Scotland after emigrating from his native Pakistan. While he was born Muslim, he became a Christian after seeing Jesus in a vision at age sixteen. His Christian fa…

Today's guest is Matthew Skirton, Chief Executive of Operation Mobilisation UK. Matthew is from the UK but has spent more than half of his life serving in Eastern Europe. Together with his wife, Helen, he pioneered OM’s work in Moldova in the mid-1990s, handing over field leadership in March 2015. He also served as Regional Leader for OM in Eastern…

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

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 Teache…

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 …

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 Sc…

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…