It’s here at last.
The first ‘Seize the Day’ podcast is now online. It features Phil Prior talking to Brandon Dickerson, lead pastor of Ecclesia, a church that meets in a theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, right at the heart of the film industry.
I’m also talking in this podcast about resources to help churches and Christian groups respond to the recession.
It’s a bold move.
At least, we think it is, given the economic downturn / recession / credit crunch.
We’re giving away all our training courses free of charge as digital downloads.
We hope that by making these courses freely available, they’ll be used more widely around the world by people who, perhaps, can’t afford to pay for quality resources.
Who knows? They may even be used more in the UK by churches and home groups that are feeling the squeeze.
Well, that’s what we’re hoping. To see what’s available, go to www.facingthechallenge.org
I’ve just added some more links to the page for the January Slipstream podcast, which features an interview with Steve Timmis and a book review of ‘Total Church.’
Tim Chester talks about ‘Total Church’ on Youtube
Steve Timmis talks about ‘Total Church’ on Youtube
Read an extract from ‘Total Church’
Read more about ‘Total Church’
Tim Chester and Steve Timmis are involved in The Crowded House in Sheffield, and are leaders of The Porterbook Network training programme.
‘Seize the Day’ is a new series of podcasts from Facing the Challenge, coming at the beginning of February.
The number of people who attend church is continuing to nose-dive. The Church communicates effectively with people who are on its fringes, but for the people beyond those fringes, it isn’t even on their radar. Many of the people around us are completely untouched by the message of Jesus.
The purpose of ‘Seize the Day’ is to help churches and their leaders and potential leaders to be better equipped to reach out to our world today – to all the people who are currently beyond our fringe. It’s based on more than thirty years of practical experience of mission around the world, ten years of experience with the ‘Facing the Challenge’ courses, and numberless encounters with people outside the orbit of church through films such as ‘The Da Vinci Code,’ and ‘The Passion of the Christ.’
I want these podcasts to serve you in your church or ministry. Please use this blog post to comment on who you’d like to hear from and what kinds of issues you’d like these podcasts to talk about.
Focus has an opening for a production assistant to work on ‘Seize the Day,’ ‘Slipstream,’ and our other audio and video output, from September 2009 to July 2010.
This is an opportunity to:
This position would suit someone graduating this summer, perhaps from a media studies course.
The Slipstream podcast for January is now online, featuring Steve Timmis.
Steve Timmis is the founder of The Crowded House network of churches in Sheffield, and of The Porterbrook Network training. He was the founding Director of Radstock Ministries and the founder of Northern Training, a Bible training course aimed at equipping Christians for Bible teaching. With Tim Chester, Steve is the author of ‘Total Church: a radical reshaping around Gospel and Community.’
This edition of Slipstream includes a review of ‘Total Church’ by Mike Strange of Re.Quest.
Go here to listen.
