The Venture 12 Podcast

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.

In this podcast Dr Fran Porter compellingly shares how the story and paradigm of Christendom shapes the story of the church and crucial human relationships. Those between men and women. Join us for a whirlwind tour of the world you thought you knew, but that you're only just discovering!

There are so many feelings, ideas and traditions surrounding the bible. How to read it, how to use it and how to understand it. In this episode we talk to Bradley Jersak about the scriptures, authority and WHO the Word is. (Spoiler: The Word grew a beard, when he was 18).  How do we avoid on the one hand modern literalism and on the other hand throwing out the Bible all together as irrelevant or outdated? The conversation revolves around his book “A More Christlike Word”, where he explores the ancient ways of reading and interpreting the bible.

In the second episode of our miniseries on the fivefold, we welcome Nathan Brewer who is a church planter in Austria,  a 5Q coach and  the Author of The Pulse of Christ: A fivefold Training Manual. Nathan talks to us about why the fivefold is important for the health and maturity of the church and also helps us move forward from just concepts and awareness to how the fivefold gifts can actually be practiced to help equip disciples and leaders. To contact Nathan Nathan@fivefoldtraining.com You can order The Pulse of Christ: A Fivefold Training Manual directly from his website at https://www.fivefoldtraining.com/eng/

In this episode part of the core leadership team in Helsingborg Salvation Army share stories of what it looks like when the diverse APEST callings and functions (Eph. 4) collaborate to release the potential in one another, in discipleship and mission.

The Starfish and The Spirit is about creating a culture where leaders view themselves as curators of a community in mission, not as a source of certainty for every question and problem. Imagine a church led by a team whose gifts and talents are completely unleashed, enabling everyone to show up and step up with all they are. What would it look like to see this kind of healthy leadership for generations?

In this episode we welcome Emma Scott, church leader in Mitcham, to share her thoughts on the New Monastic practice of “sharing a common rule of life”. A practical conversation on how sharing common practices can help shape our walk with Jesus as well as the communities we live in.

Jonny Baker inspires imagination and creativity in this conversation about how the church and acts of worship could look post pandemic. "The challenge facing Christianity today is not a lack of motivation or resources, but a failure of imagination." - Skye Jethani.

This time we interview Paula Gooder who is a Pauline Scholar, writer, speaker and more. Join us on a journey back in time to the early church to encounter one of the key catalysts and leaders in the  expansion of Christianity. "Very few people are as expert as Paula Gooder in communicating biblical scholarship clearly and creatively". - Rowan Williams