Faith On Campus

University semester is officially underway for 2020, which means we’re back for Season 2 of Faith on Campus! In this first episode of Season 2, I interview Michelle, who recently graduated from UWA with a degree in Accounting and Business Law. Michelle was raised in a Roman Catholic family, but after experiencing a family tragedy,… Continue reading S2E1 – Is This A Cult? (Michelle McLeod)

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Normally episodes of Faith On Campus come out weekly during uni semester, but this is a bonus Summer Special. In this episode, I interview Mitchell Halls, a Community Development student at Murdoch University, to hear about his recent experience of going on Mission. Each year in November/December once exams are over, Christian uni students around… Continue reading Faith On Campus Summer Special – Mission

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In this final episode of Season 1, I speak with Dan Faulkner, an Engineering student who became a Christian earlier this year. Dan was raised in a Christian home, but didn’t have a good idea of who Jesus really was. In high school he began to have serious doubts about Christianity and whether there was… Continue reading Ep. 10 – Searching For God (Dan Faulkner)

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This episode of Faith On Campus is a recording of the most recent talk at UWA Christian Union’s Public Meeting. Normally on this podcast you’ll hear me interviewing a student or staff worker. But the goal of this episode is to let you hear first-hand what goes on in our weekly Public Meeting and get… Continue reading Ep. 9 – Fixing Our Eyes On Jesus (Public Meeting)

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In this episode I speak with Ben Rae about the mission and goal of campus ministry. Ben is the Staff Team Leader at the University of Western Australia in Perth. With a team of almost 20 people (6 students and 13 staff), a big part of his role is to make sure they are clear… Continue reading Ep. 8 – What Is The Mission of Campus Ministry? (Ben Rae)

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In this episode I chat to Mikey Lynch about the relationship between parachurch ministry and where it fits within a gospel ecosystem. How do church and parachurch ministries relate to each other? What are some pitfalls? And what is a parachurch ministry anyway? Mikey’s actually in the process of writing a book on this topic.… Continue reading Ep. 7 – Parachurch Ministry and the Gospel Ecosystem (Mikey Lynch)

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In this week’s episode of Faith On Campus I interview Mikey Lynch, the campus director of the Christian group at the University of Tasmania. Mikey Lynch shares with us how he became a Christian during a ‘mini revival’, where dozens of people came to faith in Jesus in a short period of time. Out of… Continue reading Ep. 6 – A Mini Revival (Mikey Lynch)

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In this week’s episode of Faith On Campus I interview Matt Chan about what it’s like to be part of the Evangelism Team at UWA. Matt is an engineering student in his seventh year at UWA who has done some of his degree part-time while also out in the workforce. This is his last year… Continue reading Ep. 5 – What Is Evangelism Team? (Matt Chan)

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In this week’s episode of Faith On Campus I interview Jacob Brown about how he came to know Jesus, and how he caught a love for walk-up evangelism. Born in a non-Christian family, Jacob became a Christian through teachers at his school who were transparent and open about their faith. Now, inspired by their example,… Continue reading Ep. 4 – Walk-Up Evangelism? “I Love it!” (Jacob Brown)

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In this week’s episode of Faith On Campus, I interview Jan Bochat again to find out what life is like as a ministry apprentice. Last week in Episode 2 we heard about how he became a Christian while he was a student at uni. Now, half a decade later, Jan is back on campus as… Continue reading Ep. 3 – Life As A Ministry Apprentice (Jan Bochat)

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