Life & Leadership

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. 

Season 4 // Episode 1 Jez speaks to Taylor Collingsworth, Rebecca & Ajay from Asbury University in the States about the remarkable outpouring of God’s goodness they experienced in February of 2023.

Season 3 // Episode 24 In this episode Jez speaks to Margaret Law about her experience of the Charismatic renewal in the early eighties, along with lessons she learnt under the ministry of pastor and teacher Arnold Bell.

Season 3 // Episode 23 In this episode Jez speaks to Adrian Holloway about his journey to faith and then on to then have faith that God could use him in healing others through prayer.  Married to Julia, adrian is the father of four daughters. He is a pastor, a preacher and an itinerant evangelist speaking extensively throughout the UK with the John3:16 trust the ministry he established for evangelism. Information about which can be found on his website: https://www.adrianholloway.com Adrian has ministered at the Newday youth festival since it began where he regularly prays for the sick and preaches the gospel. Over the years he has seen literally hundreds of young people respond to the call for both salvation and to give testimony about a healing they’d received. Formerly a BBC radio and TV presenter, Adrian started his working life as a reporter on The Times newspaper. In 2004 he moved to from Birmginham to London to help plant ChristChurch London. He now leads the team at Beacon Church Camberley: https://beaconchurch.co.uk 

Season 3 | Episode 22 In this episode Jez speaks to pastor and evangelist Paul Brown about all things outreach. In a post-christian, post-covid world such as ours how can we effectively communicate the gospel and reach out to those outside of the church? The details about the conference Paul mentioned can be found here: https://cityhope.churchsuite.com/events/icv1qlqk For information about the book Paul co-authored with Natalie Williams  'Invisible Divides' see here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Invisible-Divides-culture-barriers-belonging/dp/028108520X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=invisible+divides&qid=1687274316&sr=8-1 

Season 3 // Episode 20   In this episode Jez speaks to Joel Harris, youth and students co-ordinator for Kintsugi Hope a christian mental health charity that helps equip local churches in establishing Wellbeing groups across the country. Wellbeing groups are places where people can experience safety and support, gain self-confidence and have a deeper understanding of God’s love.   Website: https://kintsugihope.com/   Book recommendation:   The Secret Place of Tunder - John Starke https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Place-Thunder-Trading-Noticed/dp/0310139848/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1686080834&sr=8-1   Statistics shared:   39% increase in a year of referrals for NHS mental health treatment for U18s Sharp increase in number of 18s who say that they have psychological disorder 46% more 15-19yr olds committed suicide in 2015 than in 2007 Spikes seen around 2012 after snapchat was created

Season 3 | Episode 19 Jez speaks to Tongai Mahobele about life and leadership in Zimbabwe and his work among rural tribes. He shares insights on pastoring people through suffering as well as offering rhythms for spiritual health:  - First Hour - First Day - First Friday of the month - First Friends