The Venture 12 Podcast

“The restoration of the church will surely come from a new kind of monasticism, which will have nothing in common with the old but a life of uncompromising adherence to the Sermon on the Mount in imitation of Christ.” Dietrich Bohnhoffer Mark Scott from The UK Salvation Army joins us to talk about the growing interest in New Monasticism and its role in the future Church, and how this has shaped the community he lives in. 

Dave Ferguson is an award-winning author, founding and lead pastor of Chicago’s Community Christian Church, a missional multi-site community considered one of the most influential churches in America. Dave is also the visionary for the international church-planting movement NewThing and president of the Exponential Conference. He joins us to share practices and tools for apprenticing, multiplying and discipling in our world today.

The church that we have inherited has been bound by a patriarchal model which has deprived the mission of Jesus of its explosive impact. Enabling the re-emergence of female apostolic voices in the design and shaping of the future church is critical for such a culturally defining moment as this. Emma Cotterill shares examples and insight in to the central role of women in the early church as we explore why it is vital that the female apostolic voice is re found and re released in the shaping of the future. (Artwork taken from  the book Mary and Early Christian  Women: Hidden Leadership by Ally Kateusz, 2019)

In preparation for the next V12 Network gathering, Mark Cotterill shares the incredible story of St Patrick and how his story impacted the culture and church of the time, but how it also can teach us about the importance of apostolic listening and acting today.

In Episode 2 we discuss the theology behind APEST - the fivefold ministry giftings found in Ephesians 4. Join with Diane and Penny as they take us in to the depths of this letter.

The first episode welcomes Jonny Smith to take us to a deeper level of understanding about intercultural mission. Justice, beauty, mutual inconvenience and more.  ...on earth as it is in Heaven.