Over the past few weeks the podcast has featured a series of conversations around the theme of the Church and Covid-19.
Here is a list of the episodes:
Month: May 2020
The Church and Covid-19 – Gemma Brown
My guest in the final part of this mini-series on the Church and Covid-19 is Gemma Brown. Gemma is Communications Officer for Tearfund Northern Ireland.
In this episode of the podcast, she talks to me about Tearfund’s global response to Covid-19.
Here are some useful links it you’d like to follow up what you hear on the podcast:
- If you’d like to give to Tearfund – https://www.tearfund.org/give/
- For resources on Tearfund’s project, ‘The World Rebooted’ – https://www.tearfund.org/about_you/action/the_world_rebooted/
- If you’d like to give to the running challenge we mention in the podcast – https://www.justgiving.com/team/team5k
- For Tearfund prayer news – https://www.tearfund.org/about_you/pray/
The Church and Covid-19 – Eddie Arthur
Eddie Arthur has been involved in mission for some thirty-five years. This has included time spent as a Bible translator in Ivory Coast, and several years as the UK director for Wycliffe Bible Translators. Recently he has completed his PhD, in which he explored the extent to which the practice of mission agencies corresponds to their theology, and he currently works as a researcher.
Eddie blogs at Kouyanet, and recently he made several observations about how he sees the Church, post-lockdown. You can read his article here.
In this episode of the podcast we chat about his thoughts.
Here is a link to the eBook, Global Transmission, Global Mission that is referred to in the conversation.
The Church and Covid-19 – Bill Foye
In today’s episode of the podcast I’m speaking with Bill Foye. Bill is pastor of Hope Church in Hillsborough. As we talk about ministry during the pandemic, Bill shares a couple of essential (in the truest sense of that word) questions for churches and leaders to ask themselves at a time when normal activities have been so disrupted.
The Church and Covid-19 – John Ervine
The guest on today’s episode of this series of podcasts, discussing ministry during the pandemic, is John Ervine. John is pastor of Cornerstone Church in Rathfriland. John led a church plant there 6 years ago (this month is their 6th anniversary) and the church has grown from small beginnings to be a gathering of some 200 adults and children.
The Church and Covid-19 – Ben Walker
Ben Walker is minister of Saintfield Road Presbyterian Church in South Belfast. He joins me in this episode to talk about some of the ways he and the church have been adapting their ministry during the pandemic.
There are some interesting ideas on preaching, plus, this challenging statement:
Don’t just do something, sit there!
The Church and Covid-19 – Simon Genoe
My guest on today’s episode of the podcast is Simon Genoe: Simon is rector of Magheralin and Dollingstown Parish Church, between Moira and Lurgan. Like my ancestors, he’s from County Monaghan and worked in Lisburn Cathedral before taking up his current post. As well as serving in parish ministry, Simon is one of the leaders of New Wine Ireland.
Remember that you can can catch up with previous episodes on this blog or by visiting the podcast on Apple Podcasts or on Spotify, where you can subscribe for future episodes.
The Church and Covid-19 – Stevie Walls
This week continues the series of podcasts talking about ministry in the context of the pandemic. Today’s is Stevie Walls. Stevie is deputy head in a Belfast primary school and is an elder in Castlereagh Gospel Hall, on the edge of East Belfast.
Remember that you can can catch up with previous episodes on this blog or by visiting the podcast on Apple Podcasts or on Spotify, where you can subscribe for future episodes.
The Church and Covid-19: Ken Clarke
My guest on this episode of the podcast is Ken Clarke. Ken is a well known and highly respected leader who has served the Church in various roles for several decades.
The focus of our conversation is a little different from other podcasts in this series that have focussed on what’s happening across a number of specific churches. Here, Ken talks about some of his reflections during this current season.
He reflects on the significance of the Easter story (‘finished work’), the opportunities for wider outreach (‘unfinished task’), and the challenge of ‘finishing well’ (a favourite theme for a man who prefers to talk about retirement than retirement.
God willing the podcast returns next week when my guests are Stevie Walls (Tuesday’s episode), and Simon Genoe (Thursday’s episode).
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