

Life & Leadership
New Ground Churches
Welcome to the New Ground Life & Leadership podcast bringing you inspiring conversations with Christian leaders and thinkers from around the world, designed to help you thrive as a follower of Jesus wherever you are and in whatever you’re going through.
Episodes
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May 13, 2024 • 32min
SHORTS | Digital Mission - Sam Arnold
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.

Apr 15, 2024 • 36min
SHORTS| Where Adventure Takes You - Kate Sycamore
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.

Mar 31, 2024 • 1h 3min
The Church Needs the Holy Spirit - Dave Holden
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

Mar 18, 2024 • 1h
Charismatic Gifts In Church History - Lex Loizides
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
For more information about Lex or to read his blog you can find him here: https://lexloiz.wordpress.com/

Mar 4, 2024 • 1h 4min
The Unity of the Church is Spiritual - Phil Fellows
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

Feb 19, 2024 • 1h 6min
Design, Creation & Alabaster Jars - Sam arnold
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 here:
wovendesign.uk

Feb 5, 2024 • 37min
SHORTS | Small Town Jesus - Donnie Griggs
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 Small Town Jesus: smalltownjesus.com/ andthe newly released Pastoring in Small Towns: www.amazon.co.uk/Pastoring-Small-…er/dp/1087764920

Jan 22, 2024 • 1h 9min
The Toxic War on Masculinity - Nancy Pearcey
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 University. She has been quoted in The New Yorker and Newsweek, highlighted as one of the five top women apologists by Christianity Today, and hailed in The Economist as "America's pre-eminent evangelical Protestant female intellectual.”
For more information about Christian University go here: https://hc.edu/
And Professor Pearcey’s website: www.nancypearcey.com

Jan 8, 2024 • 1h 12min
Spiritual Harm & Church Leadership - Marcus Honeysett
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: When Church Leadership Goes Wrong and How to Prevent It.
Helpful Links:
Spiritual Abuse report by ThirtyOneEight:
https://thirtyoneeight.org/media/4upcux21/spiritual-abuse-position-statement.pdf
Evangelical Alliance:
https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/reports/reviewing-the-discourse-of-spiritual-abuse
Living Leadership’s Spiritual Leadership Audit:
https://spckpublishing.co.uk/pub/media/PDFs/Powerful_Leaders_Digital_Resource_Final.pdf
Marcus’ Book ‘Powerful Leaders’:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Powerful-Leaders-Christian-Leadership-Wrong/dp/1789743222/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2I8XN9NBO2JTZ&keywords=powerful+leaders+marcus+honeysett&qid=1704448753&sprefix=powerful+leade%2Caps%2C312&sr=8-1

Dec 18, 2023 • 1h 7min
Sex Work, Women & the God of Love - Rosie Hopley
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, has been involved speaking on and producing materials on the critical importance of God’s reconciling love lived out.
In our conversation we discuss her work with Jubilee+: www.jubilee-plus.org
Along with referencing the recent Jubilee+ conference: https://jubilee-plus.org/ctcc23/
And a WomanAlive article written by Rosie: https://www.womanalive.co.uk/reaching-out-to-women-in-prostitution/5541.article
Jez also made reference to a book written by Louise Perry on the impact of the Sexual Revolution: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Case-Against-Sexual-Revolution/dp/1509549994/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1702546720&sr=8-1
At the start of the episode Jez made reference to the conference material now available on the New Ground website. You can find that here: https://newgroundchurches.org/media/