This weeks episode is an interview with Jason Nelson. Jason is a church planter serving at Niddrie Community Church in Edinburgh, Scotland. He and his family are from Laramie, Wyoming. Jason is married to Gretchen and they have five children.

You can support his ministry here 
https://20schemes.com/give/

You can watch Jason and his family serving with 20Schemes Music here
https://youtu.be/GXvtCcv1PVs

In this weeks podcast Ian and graham discuss what makes a good sermon and how we need to teach people to listen to sermons as well as preach them.

Ian and Graham discuss how to avoid becoming a preaching clone and the danger of confusing contextualisation with assimilation.

Dennae Pierre shares about her role as a board member of the Crete Collective and the executive director of the Surge Network and how an addiction to comfort and idolatry of personal and cultural preferences are some of the reasons why the church is failing to reach the forgotten black and brown communities of the USA. 

The Crete Collective
https://thecretecollective.org

The Surge Network
http://surgenetwork.com

The book divided by faith
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Divided-Faith-Evangelical-Religion-Problem/dp/0195147073

Ian and Graham discuss how to keep going when preaching a Sunday sermon is the last thing you want to do

DR. Mark Picket shares his experiences as a cross-cultural missionary in India and Nepal and looks at the cross over between his work abroad and in the UK

Jeremy Marshall is an author, preacher and philanthropist who talks about how having cancer and being a former banker has equipped him to support ministries in deprived areas.

You can find 

Jeremy's books here
https://www.10ofthose.com/uk/authors/jeremy-marshall

His Twitter account here 
@jeremysmarshall

Kingdom Bank
https://www.kingdom.bank

Stewardship
https://www.stewardship.org.uk

This week Ian is joined by two women called Cat and the hosts of the Plumb Line Podcast and as well as constantly complementing each other on their podcasts,  they discuss Banter, Gilets, women's ministry and the motivation for podcasting.

You can find their podcast here https://theplumblinepodcast.buzzsprout.com

and you can follow them on Twitter and Facebook here
https://twitter.com/PlumbPodcast
https://www.facebook.com/ThePlumbLinePodcast/

Ian, Shane Goodyear (London City Mission) and Johnny Prime (The FIEC) talk about the difficulties of being raised without a father, the blessing of having a good father and the joy of knowing adoption by God the Father.

Mez McConnel is a Pastor, Author, Director of 20schemes and Global Urban Poor Strategist for Church in Hard Places. Both he and Ian discuss some of the problems and solutions of gospel ministry in deprived areas.

www.20schemes.com