Isabella is a young adult with a passion. She tells Nick all about saying yes to the call of God aged 15 to 'go' which ended with her becoming a 'reverse missionary' from Brazil to the UK, reaching Generation Z for Christ. Today she has a national role to empowering her peers in Baptist churches to become disciples and impact the nation. Isabella shared an encouraging picture of the spiritual climate and passion amongst the new generations in the UK.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Baptists Together GB :

https://www.baptist.org.uk/

Wise Lives social:

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Lifting the lid on a sense of 'vocation' and calling. How do you know? Is it for everyone, or just special people? Charlotte and Ben are young Baptist Ministers and they reflect on what they've learned about the call and the cost of Christian ministry, and how to integrate God's call into our everyday lives.

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What's it like going to university as a Christian? How do you stay one, and cope with all the pleasures and pains of uni life? Josie and her friend Yasmin (daughter of podcast host Nick!) share with remarkable wisdom and maturity their stories of walking with God through first-year life at Uni.

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Want more on reaching and discipling the new generations? Podcast hosts Nick & Marjorie Allan authored an award-winning book in 2020 all about understanding and reaching generations Y & Z. It's called The XYZ of Discipleship, available in paperback or ebook.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Fusion student movement : ⁠https://www.fusionmovement.org/students

Resources for sharing your faith & discipling new believers:

Everyone Disciple One : https://www.everyonediscipleone.com/

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We found gold in the archives! Duncan sat down with Cathie in 2019 to hear her journey to seeing herself and her whole life as a missionary. She answered a seemingly crazy call to establish a new university in Mozambique, which is now well underway. It's a story of simple, costly faith that transformed Cathie's life, and will now transform the lives of many others.

Cathie is a qualified teacher, a communication coach, and visiting faculty staff at Iris University, having volunteered for the past decade with Iris Global. She lives in Oxfordshire, UK.

Mentioned in this episode:

Iris Global: https://www.irisglobal.org/

Iris Universtiy: https://irisuniversity.org/

Wise Lives social:

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Nick asks his good friend David to tell the story of how his family grew a new church from scratch in an unusual way, on an inner-city estate in Sheffield. Its an account of staying close to God, listening to the context and the people's needs, trying new things, and persevering through tough times like Covid.

Mentioned in this episode:

Big Life (Disciple Making Movements): https://big.life/

Wise Lives social:

Homepage: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠wellsheffield.com/wiselives⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Nick interviews his brother Mark, asking what are some of the top justice issues for Christians as we begin 2024? Often these issue align with the bible and the gospel, how can we make them align with our own lifestyles?

Mentioned in this episode:

https://www.tearfund.org/

https://arocha.org.uk/

https://greenchristian.org.uk/environmental-issues-network-ein/

Wise Lives social:

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As 2023 comes to a close, The Well leaders reflect on what God is doing. From the hospital ward, to baptisms in the river, how to pray for the Israel conflict, to young men coming to faith...

Hosts Marjorie (senior leader The Well Sheffield) and Duncan (leader The Well at Woodseats) share what they've experienced personally, and through our church community this year.

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How can we see work as worship? Work means what we do with the majority of our time - paid or otherwise. Does the bible speak into this? Ben Woollard CEO of Together for Sheffield and business consultant is Nick's guest as they talk about their personal journeys, and talk the theology of work as worship.

Things mentioned in the podcast:

LICC (London Institute for Contemporary Christianity) Resources to live as a disciple in everyday life, including lots on the world of work: https://licc.org.uk/

Wise Lives social:

Homepage: ⁠⁠wellsheffield.com/wiselives⁠⁠

The Well's Ben and Miriam got together online. They take a dive into the world of Christian online dating: is it OK? Is it an ungodly distraction? What's the best way, what to avoid? With humour and candour, Ben & Miriam tackle the subject head on.

Wise Lives social:

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What are the simple steps that each of us can take, to raise disciples of Jesus, who go on to raise disciples themselves? Podcast host Nick Allan is joined by Miles Toulmin, who tells his story of coming to faith from scratch. Later he worked with HTB in London and the Alpha course, and now leads a fast-growing church in Kuala Lumpur, experiencing big numbers coming to faith.

Things mentioned in the podcast:

The Alpha Course : https://alpha.org/

HTBB that church that Miles leads in KL: https://www.instagram.com/htbbcampus/

Wise Lives social:

Homepage: ⁠⁠⁠wellsheffield.com/wiselives⁠⁠⁠