The Ministry Ninja Podcast

This week we are In the Dojo with Dr. Sean Benesh is the Director of Intrepid which focuses on combining church planting, community economic development, and startups for the betterment of communities. He has a Master's degree from Simpson University, a DMin in Transformational Leadership for the Global City from Bakke Graduate University, and post-doctoral studies at Portland State University in urban studies. Sean has written eleven books on the subject of cities and church planting, is the senior editor of the International Journal of Urban Transformation, and currently teaches at two universities in Portland.

Today the world seems more polarised than ever and one of the huge parts to play in this has been the rise of fake news. This week we talk about the dangers of fake news and how it can damage the unity of the church and your witness as a Christian

This week is part 3 of our discussion on holiness.

This week is part 2 of our discussion on holiness. Peyton calls Holiness the Ninja's secret weapon. This week we discuss the benefits of holiness and the part it plays becoming a true Ministry Ninja. 

This week we go In the Dojo with Jonathan Thoams a 25 year veteran of front line ministry in the UK. He's the current pastor of Cornerstone Evangelical Church Abergavenny. We discuss the challenges of doing ministry in the UK and what ministry has looked liked during a worldwide pandemic.

This week we discuss what Peyton calls the Ninja's secret weapon, holiness. We discuss peoples misconceptions of holiness and the important part it plays becoming a true Ministry Ninja. 

This week we go In the Dojo with Tedise Ross, an award-winning educator in Los Angeles, California. We discuss what he wishes the church knew about the black experience in America.

In light of the current social climate, this week we ask some difficult questions in the hope of getting to the bottom of how we as a church should be responding to today's culture. Are we too easily angered by things that are right? Are we too easily distracted by things that are irrelevant? Are we too easily content with change that is not sufficient?

Recently we have seen unprecedented levels of protests around the world that were sparked by the death of George Floyd. This week we discuss how those in ministry should respond to the current climate in the most loving and biblical way possible. 

We are back! It's been some time since we have all managed to get to together and record, so we thought you might want to hear what we have all been up to. So join us this week as we all catch up with one another.  

This week we go In the Dojo with Ruben Young. Ruben shares the incredibly inspirational story that took him from the life of gangs and drug addiction to planting churches.

This week we are In the Dojo with Ralph Moore. Ralph and his wife, Ruby, started the Hope Chapel movement when they planted Hope Chapel Hermosa Beach in California. Twelve years and 30 church plants later, they partnered with Aaron and Stephanie Suzuki and a team of 26 others to plant Hope Chapel Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii (now Anchor Church). Lately, they and a team planted a third church, Hope Chapel Honolulu. Besides being church planters, they are happy parents and grandparents. Ralph currently travels the globe, training pastors and leaders with simple, no-cost tools for making disciples, training leaders in-house and multiplying churches.

This week we are talking about politics. We live in divisive times where people seem so far apart in so many things within the political sphere. It feels like it has become such an emotive subject that it is difficult to even engage have a conversation about it without it devolving into a screaming match. So , where is the place of politics in the church? Listen to hear as we tackle the problematic issues of our day. 

This week we are In the Dojo with an old friend. Solomon is someone who Barry, Andrea & Peyton have all served along and is now the current Pastor of Pillar Community Church in Swansea. Pillar was Andrea & Peyton's first-ever church plant and the church that Barry was saved at. We discuss with Solomon the challenges of ministry in the UK and the interesting path life has taken him on, from growing up in Zimbabwe to now Pastoring a thriving church in South Wales. 

This week we are back in the Dojo and we are joined by Vance Pitman. Vance is the Senior Pastor of Hope Church Las Vegas, a church plant of First Baptist Church in Woodstock, Georgia. His expositional teachings and command of the diverse biblical vernacular captivate his audience and urge them to ask, “How can I be more involved in the Kingdom?”. As a seasoned church planter in the West, Vance speaks across the country and all over the world from the passion of his apostolic heart to inspire people to join in God's eternal, redemptive mission of making disciples and multiplying the church among every tribe, tongue, people, and nation.  He resides in Henderson, Nevada, with his wife Kristie. He and Kristie are the proud parents of four children, and have a granddaughter and a grandson.

This week we are discussing signs of a healthy church. We talk about our experience of both the good and the bad and came up with a list of 5. Safety, spiritual growth, community, kingdom focus and humble leadership. Have a listen to find out why we picked these.

The first episode of 2020 we talk mentoring. We discuss the mentors we have had over the years and the importance of mentoring someone and being mentored yourself.

In the last episode of 2019 we are talking Kingdom Collaboration. It's currently a hot topic in ministry circles, so we share our thoughts, our feelings and break down what exactly Kingdom Collaboration is.

This week is we are back In the Dojo for part 2 of our interview with Peter Jeffery. Peter authored over 40 books, many written for new Christians or for those seeking Christ. Peter was a faithful preacher heralding the truth of the gospel. He was ordained to the ministry in 1963 and served as the Minister at Ebenezer Congregational Church in Cwmbran, Wales. In 1972 he accepted a call to Rugby Evangelical Free Church where he ministered until 1986. During his time at Rugby, the church experienced a period of special blessing, with very many being converted. In 1986 Peter went to Bethlehem Evangelical Church in Port Talbot, South Wales (‘Sandfields', where Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones had previously ministered), where he pastored until 1994. Peter passed away peacefully in August 2017, he had been preaching for more than 50 years. 

This week we are In the Dojo with Peter Jeffery. Peter authored over 40 books, many written for new Christians or for those seeking Christ. Peter was a faithful preacher heralding the truth of the gospel. He was ordained to the ministry in 1963 and served as the Minister at Ebenezer Congregational Church in Cwmbran, Wales. In 1972 he accepted a call to Rugby Evangelical Free Church where he ministered until 1986. During his time at Rugby, the church experienced a period of special blessing, with very many being converted. In 1986 Peter went to Bethlehem Evangelical Church in Port Talbot, South Wales (‘Sandfields', where Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones had previously ministered), where he pastored until 1994. Peter passed away peacefully in August 2017, he had been preaching for more than 50 years.  1:30 Topic 2:40 Romance with preaching 3:55 Luke 12:12 4:40 Rugby 5:50 Congregation serious questions 6:40 Prophetic preaching 7:50 Where is God 9:30 Holy Spirit bomb 11:00 Pacific Hills church 12:30 Things to remember in the pulpit   13:55 Preparing a sermon 14:55 Advice for securing anointing of preaching 16:50 Prayer life 18:30 Personal Holyness 21:05 Content with preaching 23:40 Pitfalls of preaching 25:25 Preach to the heart 26:00 Expository preaching 27:45 Study 29:45 Method for preparation  33:00 Contact us 33:40 Youtube series  

This week we talk about the Sunday Service and if we should scrap it. We discuss if the Sunday service is still relevant in today's culture and if it is still effective at reaching the lost. 

With Thanksgiving coming up we thought we would get together and talk about what it means to give thanks and how we can use that as a tool for ministry.   1:55 Topic 2:45 Store decorations 3:45 Harvest  4:30 Black Friday 5:15 Thankfulness 6:15 Apostle Paul 7:00 Pythagoras  7:40 Darwin 8:30 Saying Thank You 9:30 Gratitude 10:10 Motive 11:00 Sacrifices  11:40 Family 14:00 Andy and Josie of Wales 17:00 Holdback 18:00 Spurgeon 21:00 Worship 22:30 Lunch with Others 24:30 President Lincoln 25:50 Outreach 26:30 Giving 27:00 Native Americans 27:30 Fox News and CNN 29:00 Grace 29:40 Kanye West 30:30 Church on Mission 31:25 Sunday 31:50 Indian Reservation 34:45 Community 36:00 Food truck 37:20 Laundry Van 38:25 Contact us  

There are many Bible verses that instruct us to search for wisdom, so this week we discuss the question of what wisdom in ministry looks like today. We discuss our own journeys in the discovery of wisdom and the wise leaders we have come across on the way.   5:45 Topic 6:00 Barry's perspective 8:30 Proverbs 9:30 Employee review quotes 10:00 The Office 11:00 Search 11:30 Groupthink 13:00 Prophecy 14:00 Self-assessment 15:30 Nature 17:00 Top 5 wise qualities 19:50 Chuck Norris 21:30 Mentors 25:00 Prioritise wisdom 26:00 Being right 27:50 Counter arguments 28:15 Gary Vanderchuck 29:30 Bringing a business mindset into ministry 31:10 Quitting ministry 32:00 James 33:00 Blindspot 34:30 Confrontation 35:30 The Bible 37:40 Charles Spurgeon 39:40 Job 43:00 Lessons in wisdom 45:50 Ministry training 47:00 Trials 49:00 Church Planter Podcast 51:30 Conflict resolution 52:30 Love 54:50 Leadership 56:00 The Holy Spirit 57:00 Colossians 59:00 Mac Lake 1:00:00 Desiring wisdom 1:02:00 Hope 1:03:00 Contact us 1:05:00 Citywide