The Church Interpreting Podcast

By Lauryn Albizu and Jonathan Downie

The Church Interpreting looks at interpreting in multilingual churches. In each episode, we give practical insights and Biblical perspectives and hear from people for whom multilingual and multicul

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The podcast currently has 36 episodes available.

The Church Interpreting Podcast episodes:

August 28, 2025 Episode 36: Top Ten Tips for Interpreters and Speakers
This month, we have a short episode, in which Lauryn gives her top 5 tips for interpreters and Jonathan gives his top 5 tips for preachers.
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9min
July 25, 2025 Episode 35: How to work with an Interpreter
In this episode, Lauryn and Jonathan give out their best tips for working effectively with interpreters in church.

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You can also buy Jonathan's book at:
https://missionbooks.org/products/multilingual-church
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22min
July 05, 2025 Episode 34: Hope
In this episode, Lauryn and Jonathan talk about how church interpreting gives hope and how church interpreters can have hope themselves.

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To buy Jonathan's newest book, Multilingual Church, click here: https://missionbooks.org/products/multilingual-church
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17min
May 29, 2025 Episode 33: The Art of Blanking
This month, Lauryn and Jonathan both answer that tricky question: what do interpreters do when they don't know a word?

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16min
April 29, 2025 Episode 32: Ready for the Ordinary Extraordinary?
In the first episode of season 4, Lauryn talks about interpreting when you didn't expect to interpret and Jonathan chat about the importance of working at our best, even when we get used to interpreting a lot.

Looking for more help? You can buy Jonathan's book, Multilingual Church, right here: https://missionbooks.org/products/multilingual-church
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15min
March 28, 2025 Episode 31: Fighting Discouragement
This month, Lauryn and Jonathan talk about when to push through and when to take a break. Lauryn talks about doing things even when you don't feel like it and Jonathan answers the question "what do you do when you just aren't up to interpreting?"
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15min
February 26, 2025 Episode 30: Preparation Special!
In this special episode, Jonathan and Lauryn take on the tricky subject of preparation. What should interpreters do with sermon notes? How should you get yourself ready to interpret in church? What should our expectations be of our own training?
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17min
January 29, 2025 Episode 29: Is your church inviting?
In this short episode of The Church Interpreting Podcast, Jonathan gets to the core of what we mean when we ask how we can better integrate speakers of different languages into the church while Lauryn talks about the importance of intonation. Lauryn ends the show with a quick tip on interpreting prayer times.
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17min
December 19, 2024 Episode 28: Curiosity, Welcome, and Helping EVERYONE Flourish
This month, Jonathan interviews Peter Bates, who has dedicated his life to helping people of all backgrounds find community and welcome. He talks about his career working in the care sector, training care staff to think differently about how to help people with long-term mental health issues. We then explored how this informed his survey of how churches in his city are using machine translation and why interpreting in church has to go beyond just making sure people understand.
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59min
November 28, 2024 Episode 27: AI, Machine Interpreting and Church
This month, Lauryn and Jonathan interview Chris Lim, founder of spf.io, an all-in-one language platform for churches. We ask about their guidelines for using machine interpreting in church, what that might mean for the future of human interpreters, how human interpreters can benefit from spf.io and what it takes for churches to use languages well.
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FAQs about The Church Interpreting Podcast:

How many episodes does The Church Interpreting Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 36 episodes available.