Life & Leadership

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

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

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

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/

Season 4 | Episode 7 In this episode Jez speaks to Paul Miller & Colin Millar about the work of SeeJesus and the value of prayer for a local church. Paul is Executive Director of seeJesus, a global discipleship mission which he founded in 1999 to help Christians and non-Christians alike “see Jesus.” Today, seeJesus is working in over 30 countries and has books and interactive Bible study materials translated into more than a dozen languages. Also author of Author of several books including: A praying Life, the J Curve and the Praying Church. Jez was also joined by Colin Millar the European director for SeeJesus. For more information about SeeJesus please visit: https://seejesus.net/

Jon Tyson, author and senior pastor of the Church of the City New York, shares insights on the critical role of fatherhood in discipleship. He discusses modern masculinity struggles, including addiction and the challenges boys face today. Tyson emphasizes the importance of integrity in pastoral leadership and the need for men to establish a Christ-like identity. His thoughts on self-reflection and tactical empathy offer valuable parenting strategies. Finally, he highlights the essential impact of father figures and community support in raising emotionally engaged children.

Season 4 | Episode 5 In this episode Jez speaks to Jenni Calcraft, mum of 3 and found of Someone Cares a ministry serving people at Alder Hey hospital.  More information about Jenni and the ministry can be found on: here: https://www.freedomchurchliverpool.co.uk/someone-cares  and here: Jubilee-plus article: https://jubilee-plus.org/blog/1293/someone-cares/ 

Season 4 | Episode 4 In today's episode Jez speaks to Mercury Award Winning artist TJ Koleoso with the aim of encouraging  and offering strength to young men. To hear more fromTJ you can find his newday talks here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6hp0R1PVNbQFN20X3dkzdX  Find out about Jubilee Church London here: https://jubileechurchlondon.org/  Learn about The Ezra Collective or listen to their music here: https://ezracollective.com/   

Season 4 || Episode 3   In today’s episode Jez speaks to Dr. Danielle Treweeek. Dani is a Christian theological researcher, author and speaker, the founding director of Single Minded ministry and an adjunct teacher at Moore Theological College, Sydney. Dani publishes regular articles on singleness, sexuality, marriage and complementarianism on her substack which is titled: ThatGirlBoss Theologian. She is also the author of this recent book “the meaning of Singleness: retrieving an eschatological Vision for the Contemporary Church.” You can find more about Dani, buy a copy of her book and engage with her substack here: https://www.danielletreweek.com/

Season 4 // Episode 2 In this episode Jez speaks to Clive Cernik about his life and ministry sharing some of the things that he's most passionate about. They discuss the valubale and life giving role of the pastor and also the need for more than a pastor for a church to remain healthy.