Salt – Conversations

Ed Grudier tells Jenny Salt he did not expect God to lead him to more than a decade of ministry in Turkey, testing the tempers of the police as he sought to plant a church. Ed started his life in the middle-class suburbs of Cleveland, the so-called Bible-belt of the US.  But despite growing up in a culturally catholic household, he still managed to hold on to a secular outlook. Yet, a single sermon at the age of 18 set him on a path that has taken him all around the world, powered by the conviction that all people need to hear the gospel. Salt is proudly brought to you by Sydney Missionary and Bible College. Click here for more information on the wide range of courses available.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tune in to hear Jenny Salt interview Janet Riley - a city girl with a country heart.  As a vet, Janet loved the big animals, and as a Christian, she knew the love of an even bigger God. And it was this love that took her from regional NSW to Africa and on as she journeyed through cancer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew Miller is the international operations coordinator for Deaf Ministries International.He tells Jenny Salt how an interest in Japanese culture led to 25 years of lay leadership in an international church in Osaka.Since then he has transitioned into ministry to the silent world of the deaf community. Traveling all over the world to support DMI's ministries, he has discovered that the Gospel can still be heard powerfully by those who can hear nothing at all.Click here to learn about Deaf Ministries International's work. Click here to read Andrew's blog and the many more fascinating stories his work has brought him in touch with.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jenny Salt welcomes Ruth France on to the show and talks to her about what brought a suburban girl to choose a life of ministry in the country. As a young adult Ruth experienced a number of life-changing moments, including a literal bolt from the blue. But the biggest lightning strike to connect with her life was the call to mission.What began as an interest in overseas work, though, transformed into a call to the country where she has ministered alongside her husband through fire, drought, and the scourge of COVID.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join Jenny Salt as she ascends the heights and plumbs the depths of church planting with veteran Adam Ramsey.Adam has been involved in church planting for 15 years, including working in Seattle in the Mars Hill church alongside Mark Driscoll. He is also a pastor of a church that was planted on the Gold Coast in QLD, and he is the Network Director of Acts 29 for Asia Pacific - and he hasn’t hit 40 yet!In his 'spare time', he's also written a book titled Truth on Fire: Gazing At God Until Your Heart Sings.Jenny discovers, though, that some of Adam's deepest lessons have come from processing failure rather than celebrating success.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jenny Salt is keen to share Season 6 of Salt with her listeners, and hints at what's in store.In the meantime, there are TWO competitions to take part in:NUMBER ONEJust write a review of Salt and send us a snapshot and mail it to salt@smbc.edu.au  – it’s that simple.And the best three reviews will receive a free copy of Anthony Brammall’s new book, Never Going Home, the life story of missionary woman Mabel Green.NUMBER TWOWe’ve put a little poll together of our most-listened-to shows and you could win a book just by telling us why you like the one you chose.Follow the link I want a free book and get voting.And thanks to our generous sponsors, Sydney Missionary Bible College, we’ll give a copy of a free book from their fabulous list of authors to the person who tells us what they liked the most about their favourite episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Salt team is getting ready to bring you a fresh season of Salt, which will drop into your podcast app in just over a month.While you’re waiting, tell us about your favourite Salt episode. We’ve put a little poll together of our most-listened-to shows and you could win a book just by telling us why you like the one you chose.Follow the link I want a free book and get voting.And thanks to our generous sponsors, Sydney Missionary Bible College, we’ll give a copy of a free book from their fabulous list of authors to the person who tells us what they liked the most about their favourite episode.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All of the team over at the Salt Mines are hard at work producing season 6 of Salt, which will drop into your podcast app in just over a month. In the meantime, Jenny's running a competition to help get the word out about the show, and you can help.Just write a review of Salt and send us a snapshot and mail it to salt@smbc.edu.au  – it’s that simple.And the best three reviews will receive a free copy of Anthony Brammall’s new book, Never Going Home, the life story of missionary woman Mabel Green.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Graham Cole, together with his wife Jules, has been involved in Christian ministry for more than 40 years.  Jenny Salt hears how it has taken them to many places around the world, and for 20 of those years, to the Midwest of the United States. There, they discovered a perspective on life and the love of God that reveals the future for both America and Australia.They’re back at home now, but still feel very connected to the country, the culture, and the Christians they left behind. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Like most of us, Scott Lavender and his family will have reflections on 2020 and 2021 – some good, some hard. Covid has changed so much in our world.But for Scott, the last two years have contained the most excruciating pain he could imagine, alongside a host of other struggles. But as doctors struggled to understand what was happening to him, Scott discovered that God was carrying out his own surgery.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.