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Simo Frestadius is the Vice Principal of Regents Theological College in Malvern, and lectures in Apologetics. Simo did his BA (Hons) in Applied Theology and MA in Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies at Regents Theological College, and completed his PhD in Pentecostal philosophical theology at the University of Birmingham. He is an ordained minister in the Elim Pentecostal Church, and during his ministry in training helped to lead a ‘missional church.’ Simo is originally from Finland, although he spent most of his childhood in Tanzania. He is married to Caroline and they have three children.

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Today’s podcast is all about budgeting, and this week's podcast guest is Sam Lewis, who is the co-founder of ExpensePlus - a brilliant fund accounting package designed for churches

Before ExpensePlus, Sam worked for 7 years as the operations manager of a large multi-site church in Leeds. During that time, he helped his church save significant amounts of time and money through the implementation of better systems and processes.

Sam is passionate about supporting churches to simplify and streamline their financial processes and equipping churches to manage their finances well. Alongside David Person, Sam helped write many of the finance guidance pages on the AOG Intranet.

Sam is married with 3 children, and he lives in Leeds. He loves board games, DIY, spending time with family, getting out into the Yorkshire Dales and being part of kids' ministry team at church

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Today, Chris talks with Debbie Ducille of BRF's Anna Chaplaincy, and Mavis Martin, AoG's first Anna Chaplain. We discuss how we can spiritually care and disciple for those in later life.

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Grace Allick is the Chaplaincy Lead for AoG GB, and in this episode, Chris and Grace dive into the topic of Chaplaincy. To find out more about chaplaincy at AoG GB, visit https://www.aoggb.com/chaplaincy

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In this episode, Chris talks with Phil Maltby, a bivocational minister who pastors a church and works in the area of Military Chaplaincy, and Trevor Homfray-Cooper, an AoG minister who works full-time as a military chaplain. In this episode, we discuss the importance of Remembrance and the life of a military chaplain.

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In this episode, we talk with pastor, TV presenter and Guinness World Record holder Jay Lusted about his top 3 favourite development resources.

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Anna Hawken is the leader of Parenting For Faith, which focuses on equipping parents, carers and communities with the skills they need to help their children and teenagers to meet and know God. We specifically focus in on parenting when you're a minister, and how we can support the parents in our congregations better.

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In this episode, Rev Dr. Glenn Balfour gives a masterclass on 1 Corinthians 11, where we talk about its impact on women in leadership, church leadership generally, and marriage too.

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Today, Chris's guest is Mervyn Thomas of CSW. Mervyn founded CSW over 40 years ago and has been engaging parliamentarians, government ministers and church leaders ever since. CSW's team of specialist advocates work in over 20 countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, to ensure that the right to freedom of religion or belief is upheld and protected. 

CSW’s vision is a world free from religious persecution, where everyone can practise a religion or belief of their choice.

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In this week's episode, Chris talks to Gavin Smith of the Church Office, where they discuss administration, church management, and how to set up your church to succeed.

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