The Venture 12 Podcast

We talk to Jessie Cruickshank about her new book; Ordinary Discipleship. Jessie learned how to be a disciplemaker in the wilderness. When she connected her training in outdoor adventure ministry with her Harvard degree in neuroeducation, God showed her a pathway for ordinary disciples of Jesus to experience profound spiritual growth.

Pete Enns is an author, scholar and professor. This podcast takes some of those Christian ideas that usually scare, intimidate or worry us, and then make those very places a meeting place with a God who is bigger and more wonderful, mysterious and trustworthy than we ever could have guessed.

The Gathering Network - Micro churches in an European context In this episode we have a conversation with Charlotte and Adam Penketh, the leaders of the Gathering Network in Glasgow. They invite us into a conversation about small missional communities, activating the whole body of Christ and what’s it’s like leading a network in Europe with its unique opportunities and challenges.

In this episode we meet Alan Hirsch award winning author of numerous books on missional spirituality, leadership and organisation and Rob Kelly who serves as a catalyst for city networks that unite the church for the flourishing of cities. Together they have just co-authored and released a book titled 'Metanoia". In this conversation we talk about the profound gift embedded in these first words of Jesus and explore with new eyes and new language this ancient call to realign our hearts and minds to Christ sparking the deep rooted transformation in people, churches and organisations that we so desperately desire.

Rev. René August is an Anglican Priest from South Africa who was mentored by and served alongside the great Bishop Desmond Tutu. A veteran of the anti-apartheid movement, René currently works for Tearfund and serves as a peacebuilding specialist walking alongside communities and churches as they seek to respond to the issues of poverty, injustice, and division.  This episode firstly calls us to interrogate the narratives that we hold around scripture, power and privilege and religious authority, and secondly inspires us to contemplate once more what happens to the movement of power in any context as a result of the presence of Jesus. Reflection Questions What does this conversation reveal to you about your own community or context? What do you need to question in the power structures around you? Which one piece of wisdom can you learn, share or apply from this conversation? True Privilege | Tearfund Australia

In this episode we talk to Brian Sanders founder of the Underground Network about his book The 6 seasons of Calling in which he invites us to see 'calling' as something dynamic and ongoing rather than something that is static or a one-time only experience.

This is 1 of 5 episodes of the Venture 12 podcast brought to you in collaboration with the Movement Leaders Collective featuring one contemporary apostolic woman sharing the story of a historic apostolic woman in this mini-series seeking to broaden our understanding of the apostolic gifting given to the Church.  In this episode Emma Cotterill speaks to Keri Ladouceur about Prisca. Find out more about Keri’s work at: https://www.newgroundnetwork.org/  Who do you think most deserves her place in the ‘Apostolic Hall of Fame’? VOTE in our V12 poll using the link below: https://7qvreyxc737.typeform.com/to/Y0EyhseE

This is 1 of 5 episodes of the Venture 12 podcast brought to you in collaboration with the Movement Leaders Collective featuring one contemporary apostolic woman sharing the story of a historic apostolic woman in this mini-series seeking to broaden our understanding of the apostolic gifting given to the Church.  In this episode Emma Cotterill speaks to Tracy Mathews about Lydia. Find out more about Tracy’s work at: http://attunetogrow.org/  Who do you think most deserves her place in the ‘Apostolic Hall of Fame’? VOTE in our V12 poll using the link below: https://7qvreyxc737.typeform.com/to/Y0EyhseE

This is 1 of 5 episodes of the Venture 12 podcast brought to you in collaboration with the Movement Leaders Collective featuring one contemporary apostolic woman sharing the story of a historic apostolic woman in this mini-series seeking to broaden our understanding of the apostolic gifting given to the Church.  In this episode Emma Cotterill speaks to Christie Lothamer about Photini. Find out more about Photeni at: https://orthochristian.com/79178.html,  https://romans1015.com/sychar-samaria/  Find out more about Christie’s work at: http://www.microchurchnetwork.co.uk/, https://kairosconnexion.org/, http://www.journeycommunities.co.uk/  Who do you think most deserves her place in the ‘Apostolic Hall of Fame’? VOTE in our V12 poll using the link below:

This is 1 of 5 episodes of the Venture 12 podcast brought to you in collaboration with the Movement Leaders Collective featuring one contemporary apostolic woman sharing the story of a historic apostolic woman in this mini-series seeking to broaden our understanding of the apostolic gifting given to the Church.  In this episode Emma Cotterill speaks to Ellen Rupp about Marcella. Find out more about Marcella through: Lynn Cohick and Amy Brown Hughes's Christian Women in the Patristic World Who do you think most deserves her place in the ‘Apostolic Hall of Fame’? VOTE in our V12 poll using the link below: https://7qvreyxc737.typeform.com/to/Y0EyhseE