Season 4 | Episode 18 In this episode Jez speaks to Sam Arnold about how to make effective use of digital space to share the gospel.By New Ground Churches

Season 4 | Episode 17 In this episode Jez spoke to Heather Fellows about her ministry among prisoners, her love for the lost and her desire to bring God's presence to the people she lives around.By New Ground Churches

Season 4 | Episode 16 Mission in the Modern Age. For this episode Jez spoke to Kate Sycamore (not her real name) someone, who for the past 6 years has been on mission in the middle east hoping to share the gospel with muslims. Kate shares some of the lessons she's learnt along the way as well as some encouragements from things God has done.…

Season 4 | Episode 15 In this episode Jez speaks to Dave Holden about his passion for the Holy Spirit and his desire to see more churches operating in the full ministry of the Spirit. For more information about Dave Holden, New Ground or the Leadership Conference mentioned at the start visit: www.newgroundchurches.org…

ISeason 4 | Episode 14 In today’s episode Jez speaks to Lex Loizides, elder at Jubilee Community Church Cape Town, Evangelist, Bible Teacher, Evangelist and Musician. In the course of their conversation Lez mentioned a few books, among them: They Speak in Other Tongues: https://shorturl.at/jouvU 9 O’Clock in the Morning: https://shorturl.at/giST9 F…

Season 4 | Episode 13 In today’s podcast Jez speaks to Phil Fellows, pastor of Hershey Baptist church and doctorate student at Aberdeen university. Some of the resources mentioned in the conversation are linked to below: Timothy Ware on the Orthodox church: https://shorturl.at/ptJV9 Pope Benedict, Jesus of Nazareth: https://shorturl.at/ersO4…

Season 4 | Episode 12 In this episode Jez speaks to Sam Arnold, creative media lead at Kings Church Eastbourne (www.kings.church). Sam is an incredible designer, a filmmaker, web designer and coder and has been on church staff producing gospel content for 20 years. More information about Sam and his work can be found here: www.sa-design.co.uk and h…

Season 4 | Episode 11 In the first of a new series of Shorts looking at 'Mission in the Modern Age' Jez speaks to author and pastor Donnie Griggs about Contextualisation and specifically the opportunities and challenges involved in ministering in Small Towns. Donnie Griggs is pastor of One Harbor Church: oneharborchurch.com/ and is the author of Sm…

Season 4 | Episode 10 In today’s episode Jez spoke to Professor Nancy Pearcey. Professor Pearcey is the author of The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes, as well as Love Thy Body, The Soul of Science, Saving Leonardo, Finding Truth, and Total Truth. She is professor and scholar in residence at Houston Christian Universi…

Season 4 || Episode 9 In this episode Jez speaks to Marcus Honeysett about the distinctions that mark Christian leadership out from other forms of influence. Marcus Honeysett is the founding director or Living Leadership an organisation that exists to grow disciple-making leaders. He is also the author of several books including Powerful Leaders: W…

Season 4 | Episode 8 In today’s episode Jez spoke to Rosie Hopley. Based in Bristol Rosie, for many years ran her own communications, PR and research business, whilst also founding the Christian charity ‘Beloved’ which works with women in prostitution in Bristol. Rosie has since gone on to create networks and prayer gatherings and, more recently, h…

Season 4 | Episode 7 In this episode Jez speaks to Paul Miller & Colin Millar about the work of SeeJesus and the value of prayer for a local church. Paul is Executive Director of seeJesus, a global discipleship mission which he founded in 1999 to help Christians and non-Christians alike “see Jesus.” Today, seeJesus is working in over 30 countries a…

Season 4 | Episode 6 In today’s episode Jez speaks to Jon Tyson, author and senior pastor of the Church of the City New York (https://www.church.nyc/). Jon is the author of nine books including Sacred Roots, The Beautiful Resistance and The Intentional Father: subtitled a practical guide to raising sons of rouge and character. It’s this book and th…

Season 4 | Episode 5 In this episode Jez speaks to Jenni Calcraft, mum of 3 and found of Someone Cares a ministry serving people at Alder Hey hospital. More information about Jenni and the ministry can be found on: here: https://www.freedomchurchliverpool.co.uk/someone-cares and here: Jubilee-plus article: https://jubilee-plus.org/blog/1293/someone…

Season 4 | Episode 4 In today's episode Jez speaks to Mercury Award Winning artist TJ Koleoso with the aim of encouraging and offering strength to young men. To hear more fromTJ you can find his newday talks here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6hp0R1PVNbQFN20X3dkzdX Find out about Jubilee Church London here: https://jubileechurchlondon.org/ Lear…

Season 4 || Episode 3 In today’s episode Jez speaks to Dr. Danielle Treweeek. Dani is a Christian theological researcher, author and speaker, the founding director of Single Minded ministry and an adjunct teacher at Moore Theological College, Sydney. Dani publishes regular articles on singleness, sexuality, marriage and complementarianism on her su…

Season 4 // Episode 2 In this episode Jez speaks to Clive Cernik about his life and ministry sharing some of the things that he's most passionate about. They discuss the valubale and life giving role of the pastor and also the need for more than a pastor for a church to remain healthy.By New Ground Churches

Season 4 // Episode 1 Jez speaks to Taylor Collingsworth, Rebecca & Ajay from Asbury University in the States about the remarkable outpouring of God’s goodness they experienced in February of 2023.By New Ground Churches

Season 3 // Episode 24 In this episode Jez speaks to Margaret Law about her experience of the Charismatic renewal in the early eighties, along with lessons she learnt under the ministry of pastor and teacher Arnold Bell.By New Ground Churches

Season 3 // Episode 23 In this episode Jez speaks to Adrian Holloway about his journey to faith and then on to then have faith that God could use him in healing others through prayer. Married to Julia, adrian is the father of four daughters. He is a pastor, a preacher and an itinerant evangelist speaking extensively throughout the UK with the John3…

Season 3 | Episode 22 In this episode Jez speaks to pastor and evangelist Paul Brown about all things outreach. In a post-christian, post-covid world such as ours how can we effectively communicate the gospel and reach out to those outside of the church? The details about the conference Paul mentioned can be found here: https://cityhope.churchsuite…

Season 3 // Episode 20 In this episode Jez speaks to Joel Harris, youth and students co-ordinator for Kintsugi Hope a christian mental health charity that helps equip local churches in establishing Wellbeing groups across the country. Wellbeing groups are places where people can experience safety and support, gain self-confidence and have a deeper …

Season 3 | Episode 19 Jez speaks to Tongai Mahobele about life and leadership in Zimbabwe and his work among rural tribes. He shares insights on pastoring people through suffering as well as offering rhythms for spiritual health: - First Hour - First Day - First Friday of the month - First FriendsBy New Ground Churches

Season 3 // Episode 18 In this episode Jez speaks to evangelist and author Glen Scrivener. Originally from Australia, Glen has lived in the UK for more than half his life. He was curate at All Soul’s Church, Eastbourne, where he and his family still worship. Since 2010, Glen has been Evangelist here at Speak Life and, in August 2014, he became Dire…

Season 3 // Episode 17 In this episode Jez speaks to James & Hannah Silley about the importance of prioritising the emerging generation. In the course of the conversation they share their observation that healthy church families share four key hallmarks: 1) They are intergenerational 2) They spot emerging problems 3) They tell the big story of God …

Season 3 // Episode 16 Today’s conversation features David Devenish in conversation with Jez about Spiritual Authority. Before being involved in full time ministry David worked as a Civil Servant and in international banking, and was part of the first UN working party looking at the problem of debt in developing countries. Alongside this David plan…

Season 3 // Episode 15 Rachel Turner is the founder of Parenting for Faith and has worked in churches for over 15 years as a Family Life Pastor, Children's Pastor, and a Youth Pastor. She runs training days for church leaders, consults and speaks at conferences on parenting and faith in the home. Rachel has also produced the Parenting for Faith cou…

Season 3 // Episode 14 In today’s episode Jez speaks to Jo Johnson a clinical psychologist who specialises in MS and brain injury. She has written a range of family related publications and is now offering psychological intervention and workplace training using the acceptance commitment therapeutic model (a more recent version of CBT). Jo has also …

Season 3 // Episode 13 In today’s episode Jez speaks to Lauren Windle about her story from addiction to discipleship. For more information about Lauren along with links to her writing and media visit: https://laurenwindle.com/By New Ground Churches

Season 3 // Episode 12 Part of our Shorts series, this is part 3 on preaching with Andrew Wilson, where he explores how to prepare a sermon. The video for today's podcast can be found here: VIDEO 3 https://youtu.be/BVj4m5oal_k Part one can be found here: https://youtu.be/G6yyKvK7T0c Part two is here: https://youtu.be/62GA0wf7YUc…

Season 3 // Episode 11 In today's episode Jez speaks to Claudine Roberts about her recently released book: Violence Against Women, El Roi discovering the God who sees. Copies of the book are available to buy here: https://equippingthechurch.com/Products/ViewOne.aspx?ProductId=147096By New Ground Churches

Season 3 // Episode 10 Part of our Shorts series, this is part 2 on preaching with Andrew Wilson, where he explores the journey of good preaching. Part one can be found here: https://youtu.be/G6yyKvK7T0c and the video accompanying the audio for today is here: https://youtu.be/62GA0wf7YUcBy New Ground Churches

Season 3 // Episode 9 Today’s episode features a conversation with Phil & Sarah Varley about how God spoke to them and ultimately led them to move city, country and church to plant a new work of God in Rotterdam. If you want to find out more or connect with Phil & Sarah please visit their website: https://www.360degreeview.nl/…

Season 3 // Episode 8 As part of our Shorts series Jez speaks to Andrew Wilson about preaching. In this episode they discuss the purpose of preaching. Look out for further episodes on how to communicate well and advice on preparing a sermon. The video that accompanies this podcast can be found here: https://youtu.be/G6yyKvK7T0c…

Season 3 // Episode 7 In this episode Jez speaks to cross cultural missiologist, church panter and Bible teacher Andy McCullogh about what God's doing around the world, his latest book 'The Bethlehem Story' and Jesus' love of the margins and marginal people across the world. For more information about the Unreached Network Internship programme and …

Season 3 // Episode 6 In this episode Jez concludes his series on leadership conversations with Simon looking at the subject of loving well, when people leave your church, along with also some practical nuts and bolts advice on leading meetings in church and ministry. The videos that accompany these podcasts can be found here: https://youtu.be/pm4G…

Season 3 // Episode 5 In this episode Jez speaks to Anne Witton missionary, speaker and one of the directors of Living Out an organisation that exists to help churches and soc iety talk about faith and sexuality. Anne studied philosophy at UCL and has an MA in Contemporary Missiology. She is happily single and loves Christianan community, books and…

Season 3 // Episode 3 The second of our Shorts episodes; in this bite sized collation of leadership wisdom from Everyday Church team leader Simon Elliott (www.everyday.org.uk) Jez and Simon discuss identity, signs of the kingdom and the all important and much overlooked topic of 'success' in ministry and how to define it. Videos from these shorts a…

Season 3 // Episode 3 In this episode Jez speaks to Dr Dan Strange about his book 'Making Faith Magnetic' and about how to spot the longing for what Jesus offers within every person we meet. The Five Magnetic Points he describes are: 1) Totality: Is there a way to connect? 2) Norm: Is there a way to live? 3) Deliverance: Is there a way out? 4) Dest…

Season 3 // Episode 2 Leadership Shorts. In this episode, our first 'leadership shorts' Jez shares some reflections from a conversation with Simon Elliot about models of leadership, the need for accountability and the importance of self-awareness among leaders. Previous videos from these shorts are available here: Measuring Success: https://youtu.b…

Season 3 // Episode 1 Welcome to Season 3. In this episode Jez speaks to Bible teacher and pastor Mick Taylor about his insight into three modes of revelation acknowledged and appreciated by scripture.By lifeandleadership

Season 2 // Episode 24 In this episode Jez speaks to Liz Holden about a life of ministry, her journey to faith and some of the things she’s still passionate about now.By lifeandleadership

Season 2 // Episode 23 In this episode Jez speaks to Wendy Stevens about the commission on Christians to open up their homes and offer hospitality. They explore the challenges and obstacle to hospitality and the opportunities it creates for facilitating encounters with grace. For more resources on hospitality we would recommend the following books:…

Season 2 // Episode 22 In this episode Jez speaks to John Woods about preaching and his new book 'God is in the House' a book that offers a fresh model for sermon preparation. John is hosting the conference The Dead Preacher's Society taking place on 5th-6th July 2022. www.deadpreachers.com John has a phd in preaching and is the training director f…

Season 2 // Episode 21 In this episode Jez speaks to Jake Goodison, a product designer from Sussex about the lessons he thinks we can learn by becoming students of God’s world. For more information about Jake and for where to find his book visit: www.god-tech.co.ukBy lifeandleadership

Season 2 // Episode 20 In this episode Jez speaks to Dr Andy Bannister about what Christianity has to say about the environment. Andy works for the Solas Centre for Christian apologetics: https://www.solas-cpc.org/ and hosts a weekly podcast called: Pod of the Gaps (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/pod-of-the-gaps/id1556602474) He has a phd in…

Season 2 // Episode 19 In the introduction to today's episode Jez promoted an upcoming conference, information about which is available here: www.deadpreachers.com In the episode Jez speaks to Dr Lizzie Ling about abortion. Dr Ling worked as a medical practitioner for many years and is now Associate Minister of Women at St. Ebbe's church in Oxford.…

Season 2 // Episode 18 In this episode Jez speaks to Peter Anderson, planter and pastor of City on a Hill church in Edinburgh as well as leading the Go Global family of churches. He’s married to Angie, dad to Becky & Michael. As part of the introduction to this episode Jez also mentioned the conference The Dead Preacher's Society taking place this …

Season 2 // Episode 17 In this episode Jez speaks to Jonathan Le Toq, the former Chief Minister of Guernsey. Jonathan has been been in ministry since 1989 and is currently the External Affairs minister for Guernsey as well as serving our New Ground churches in France. He is married to Judith and has two adult children. In the introduction Jez menti…

Season 2 // Episode 16 Suzie Kennedy is an English actress and comedian who is best known for her work as a Marilyn Monroe lookalike. She has impersonated MM in TV commercials and played her in several films including: Me and Marilyn (the 2009), The Theory of Everything, and Blade Runner 2049. She has also appeared as herself on The Alan Titchmarsh…