Learning from the persecuted Church

30 07 2010

Andy Dipper
The ‘Seize the Day’ podcast for August is now online. In it, John Ayrton is talking to Andy Dipper, the CEO of Release International, about what we can learn from the persecuted Church. Last in series.

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Upping the game for world mission in the local church

25 06 2010

Linda Harding
The ‘Seize the Day’ podcast for July is now online. In it, John Ayrton is talking to Linda Harding about the Kairos missions mobilising course for local churches.

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Bolsover Methodist Church: reaching one in three of their local community

1 06 2010

The ‘Seize the Day’ podcast for June is now online.

In it, John Ayrton talks to Mark North, from Bolsover Methodist Church, about how they succeeded in reaching one in three of the people in their local community.

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Seize the Day podcast on God: new evidence

28 04 2010

The Seize the Day podcast for May is now online. In it, John Ayrton and I are talking about ‘God: new evidence’ – the new apologetics resource from Focus.

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Creative engagement with your local Muslim community

6 04 2010

The April ‘Seize the Day’ podcast is now online.

In it, John Ayrton talks to Peter Lowman about his church’s experience of creative engagement with their local Muslim community, and I talk to Tony Whittaker about Internet Evangelism Day 2010.

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What can we learn from churches in developing countries?

26 02 2010

Elaine Storkey

The ‘Seize the Day’ podcast for March is now available. In it we’re talking to Elaine Storkey, President of Christian relief agency Tearfund, about what the church in the west can learn from the church in developing countries.

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Clusters – making the transition

29 01 2010

Bob Hopkins

The February ‘Seize the Day’ podcast is now online.

In it we’re talking again to Bob Hopkins, of Anglican Church Planting Initiatives, about the ‘Clusters’ model of church – also known as ‘mid-sized missional communities.’ In this, the third of three conversations with Bob, we’re talking about how to make the transition to a clusters-based church.

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Balancing gathering for worship and scattering for mission

25 11 2009

One problem facing missional churches is the tension between gathering for worship, teaching and encouragement, and scattering in mission.

The Seize the Day podcast for December is now online. In it we’re talking again to Bob Hopkins of Anglican Church Planting Initiatives, about the ‘clusters’ approach to church, and how this balances gathering and scattering.

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Clusters: mid-sized missional communities

30 10 2009

Bob Hopkins

The November ‘Seize the Day’ podcast is now online.

In it I’m talking to Bob Hopkins, of Anglican Church Planting Initiatives, about the ‘Clusters’ model of church – also known as ‘mid-sized missional communities.’

This is the first of three conversations with Bob Hopkins – next month, we’ll be talking about how the Clusters model balances gathering for worship and encouragement with scattering for mission.

Also in this programme we’re reviewing the new edition of ‘Perspectives on the World Christian Movement,’ edited by Ralph Winter and Steven Hawthorne.

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Cafe Church

28 09 2009

Barney Barron

The October ‘Seize the Day’ podcast is now online. In it we’re talking to Barney Barron, minister of Warren Cafe Church, about their experience of launching a cafe church on the Warren Park estate, just outside Portsmouth.

Also in this programme John Ayrton talks to Richard Blakely about the film ‘The Painted Veil,’ and I review Brian Godawa’s book ‘Hollywood Worldviews.’

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