The Venture 12 Podcast

Drawing on their experience being allies for and partnering with the LGBTQIA+ community, we talk to the founders of Kaleidoscope New York who, through their pioneering work are seeing the spirit move, hearts opened and lives transformed through relationships. Find out more here: https://www.kaleidoscopeusa.org/

V12. EP 2.13 -  Author, theologian and teaching pastor at Woodland Hills Community Church, Greg Boyd lays down some of the foundational ideas behind 'Openness Theology' and the implication and inspiration this has on personal calling and the mission of the body of Christ. Check out  Reknew. https://reknew.org/ - Resourcing the Revolution Seeking to inspire, educate and expand the Kingdom Revolution centered around the beautiful God we find in Jesus

Tracy Mathews, pioneer, entrepreneur and shepherd of the spiritual journey joins us in this episode to take us on a journey towards greater spiritual attunement.  She founded the organisation Attune which offers tools and training to help people and teams slow down, listen deeply, and tap into more of God's wisdom and guidance for the decision making, problem-solving, wayfinding, risk-taking and team-building of organizational leadership. We try it out in this episode! Please find Attune's guided exercises here https://attunetogrow.org/practice

In this episode Rich Robinson shares some of his ideas, experience and understanding of what kind of leadership is needed today and paints a picture of how we get there. For more information and resources on this topic please visit: For organisations: https://movementleaderscollective.com/ For individuals/leaders: https://www.themxplatform.com/ For entrepreneurs: https://creoventures.co/

Shane Claiborne is a prominent speaker, activist, and best-selling author. Shane worked with Mother Teresa in Calcutta, and founded The Simple Way in Philadelphia. He heads up Red Letter Christians, a movement of folks who are committed to living "as if Jesus meant the things he said." Shane is a champion for grace which has led him to jail advocating for the homeless, and to places like Iraq and Afghanistan to stand against war. Now grace fuels his passion to end the death penalty and help stop gun violence. In this episode, Shane speaks prophetically in to the current global climate surrounding war, and how we can strive to become forgers of peace and unity.

Over the last couple of years there has been lots of talk across the world about micro-churches and returning to more movemental forms of ecclesia. In todays podcast we explore this a little further as Tim Burr shares with us the lessons learnt along the road in Ivy Church's (Manchester) journey in promoting and establishing micro-churches. Tim Burr is Regional Director for New Thing Europe and is on team at Ivy Church Manchester

Phil Wall shares his experiences of pioneering and innovating both in the market place and through the emergence of new expressions of church. He is a leadership coach helping leaders across the world to become the best version of themselves they can possibly be. His heart however lies with 'We see Hope'; the organisation he founded together with his wife, Wendy, which seeks to empower children and communities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Recently, Phil and Wendy have recently been awarded MBEs from The Queen in recognition of the incredible impact of this work. This podcast is about being a catalyst of Good News in the world.

In the final episode of 2021, Dr. Miguel De La Torre shares stories and experiences of how intentionally shifting our perspectives to the margins when reading the Bible can help bring us closer to Jesus, truth and justice. 

What if the word “homosexual” was never meant to be in the Bible? In this conversation with Author and LGBTQ Activist Kathy Baldock we explore how the word "homosexual" came to be in the Bible as a result of translation error in work towards releasing 1946 Revised Standard Version of the Bible. This was the first time the "word" ever appeared in scripture in any language! In this fascinating episode Kathy also helps us understand the far ranging impact this mistranslation had in shaping the widespread anti-Gay culture in many Christian communities across the world. Interview by Kris Halliday and Brad Watson

In this episode, doulas Vanessa Power and Jessica Becton Stephens share how they serve through their gifts and callings by leading a missional micro church aimed at supporting women through pregnancy and child birth.