This week, Chris is joined by Dr Lucy Peppiatt, a British Theologian and the President of Westminster Theological Centre, and the writer of multiple books, including Women and Worship at Corinth: Paul's Rhetorical Arguments in 1 Corinthians. We talk all about the broader picture around women in ministry, including our approach to reading Scripture and the worldview we bring to it. We also discuss Lucy's homemade chocolate mousse!

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Today, Chris is joined by Hannah Aske of TenFour Ministries to talk all about Kids' Ministry, and how as church leaders we can have a greater heart for the youngest members of our churches.

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Dr. Wonsuk Ma is a Korean Pentecostal scholar whose first ministry was at an Assemblies of God church at the original place where David Yonggi Cho had opened his first tent church. Dr Ma and his family then lived in the Philippines between 1979 and 2006, where Dr Ma developed a strong sense of “Mission in the Spirit” both practically and theoretically. 

From 2006 to 2016, Dr Ma served as Executive Director and David Yonggi Cho Research Tutor of Global Christianity at Oxford Centre for Mission Studies, Oxford. Dr Ma is now working at Oral Roberts University, where he teaches and researches on the Holy Spirit and Global Christianity. 

He and his wife, Julie, who also teaches at Oral Roberts University, have two sons. The elder one serves as a missionary to Korea, while the younger son teaches English in Seoul, Korea. They are proud grandparents to two adorable grandchildren.

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Glen Scrivener is the CEO & Evangelism Director of Speak Life, an organisation that exists to re-evangelise church and world through captivating, Christ-centred communication, including the 321 Course. Glen hosts a YouTube account which has almost 70,000 subscribers and is the author of the excellent book, The Air We Breathe: How we all came to believe in Freedom, kindness, progress and equality.

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https://speaklife.org.uk/

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Lauren Fox is a Lecturer and Curriculum administrator at Missio Dei College. As part of the teaching team, Lauren lectures on leadership and Pentecostal theology modules, and loves to encourage plenty of student engagement in her classes. She has a particular interest in power dynamics in Christian leadership, ensuring both healthy leadership and followership. Lauren also supports the guest lecturers we welcome into College and works with them to review and develop the teaching curriculum.

Dessert: Chocolate Bob Cake
Resource 1: In the Name of Jesus by Henri Nouwen
Resource 2: A Church Called Tov by Scot McKnight & Laura Barringer
Resource 3: Lead Like the Real You by Amy Orr-Ewing

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Amy Anderson is the Managing Director of The Unstuck Group. The Unstuck Group help pastors grow healthy churches by guiding them through experiences to align vision, strategy, team and action.

Amy has served on the lead team at The Unstuck Group since 2016, including eight years as the Director of Consulting. During this time she has served over 150 churches, helping them design ministry, staffing & multisite strategies that align and fuel their mission.

Prior to joining the Unstuck team, Amy served as the Executive Director of Weekend Services at Eagle Brook Church in the Twin Cities, helping the church grow from one location of 3,000 to six locations with over 20,000 gathering each weekend. Her husband is the Lead Pastor at Crossroads Church in Woodbury, MN.

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Today, Chris is joined by Andy Worthington from Open Doors. Open Doors originated in 1955, when a young Dutchman started smuggling Bibles to the persecuted church in Communist Europe. He became known as Brother Andrew, and his work led to more than six decades of support for the persecuted church as Open Doors. In the seven decades since Brother Andrew’s first journey, Open Doors has continued to seek out and strengthen the persecuted church.

https://www.opendoorsuk.org/

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Dr. Craig S. Keener is F. M. and Ada Thompson Professor of Biblical Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary. He is the author of 37 books with 1.4 million copies in circulation. His books have won 13 national and international awards, including six from Christianity Today.

Dr. Keener has authored roughly 100 academic articles, seven booklets, and roughly 200 popular-level articles. His “The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament,” which provides cultural background for each passage of the New Testament, has alone sold more than half a million copies. He has written commentaries on Matthew, Romans, 1-2 Corinthians, Galatians, 1 Peter, Revelation, John (1,600 pages), and Acts (4,500 pages). His other books include a two-volume work on miracles and works about the Spirit, ethnic reconciliation, women in ministry, divorce, and various other topics.

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Today Chris's guest is Dan Reiland. Dan is a coach, consultant, author, teacher, husband, father and grandfather. He brings decades of local church executive leadership experience to his current ministry endeavours that focus on helping leaders excel.

Dan currently serves as a Leadership Coach at 12Stone Church in Lawrenceville, Georgia where he served for 20 years as the Executive Pastor. He previously partnered with John Maxwell for 20 years, first as Executive Pastor at Skyline Wesleyan Church in San Diego, then as Vice President of Leadership and Church Development at Dr. Maxwell.

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