The Renaissance Podcast

Join Jordan Deen as he chats to Joshua Luke Smith, pastor, poet, producer and published author, at our Renaissance NYC Night on Friday 21st February. Head to RENAISSANCEMOVEMENT.ORG to book your tickets for Renaissance Conference NYC on 27th-28th June 2025!

Are you ready to unlock the hidden potential of your imagination? Join Al Gordon for a transformative lab at Renaissance London 2024, to explore the biblical and psychological dimensions of imagination.

Join Ruth Yimika Afolabi, founder & CEO of Magnify and Rachel Calland, co-host of The Magnify Conversations for their first ever live Magnify Conversation, with special guests Dior Bediako and Matilda Egere-Cooper at Renaissance London 2024.

Join Zach Meerkreebs as he shares in his lab at Renaissance London 2024 on ‘Consecrated Confidence'. Zach is married to Kristin and dad to 3 girls; Eden, Esther, and Mercy. He has served in pastoral ministries, church planting, and missions but most recently, following the Asbury Outpouring, the Meerkreebs have had the gift to travel to campuses, churches, conferences, and countries to encourage and tell stories about Jesus and what He can do with humble and desperate hearts! Zach's first book, Lower; Igniting Spiritual Awakening through Radical Humility, is available for pre-order now!

We're so excited to be releasing some of the talks from Renaissance Australia! On this episode, join Strahan Coleman as he shares at Renaissance Australia 2024. Strahan Coleman is an award-winning musician, poet, writer, and spiritual director from Aotearoa, New Zealand. He is the author of his recently released book Thirsting: Quenching Our Soul's Deepest Desire and Beholding, a devotional prayer book series, and the founder of Commoners Communion, a space for helping others go deeper in their experience of God through online schools, retreats, and a podcast. Strahan lives on the beach in Tairua with his wife Katie and three sons Mikal, Theo and Finley, drinking coffee in sunny corners and falling in love with the writings of 14th Century Christian Mystics. Head to RENAISSANCEMOVEMENT.ORG for more information about Renaissance.

We're so excited to release some of our talks from Renaissance Australia this year on the Renaissance Podcast! Up first, join Cass Langton, as she shares at Renaissance Australia 2024. Cass Langton is a globally recognised story teller, worship pastor, innovative thinker, and creative influencer who is admired for her love of laughter, coffee, and meaningful conversations. Cass served as the Global Worship and Creative Pastor/Director at Hillsong Church for 16 years. She and her husband Rich are now empowering others in their worship and creativity through their new church thelocal.sydney and an online community of creatives called "the Hopeful Rhino" which exists to inspire and equip Christian Creatives working or volunteering in ministry, to live and lead their creative best. Head to RENAISSANCEMOVEMENT.ORG for more information about Renaissance.

Join Jo Saxton, as she shares at night 1 of Renaissance London 2024. Jo Saxton is a speaker, podcaster, and author. She is the founder of the Ezer Collective, an initiative dedicated to investing in women leaders around the world, equipping them to own their voice, and boldly step into their calling. She currently serves as the Executive Director of The 25 (a leadership development initiative) at Bethel University. Head to RENAISSANCEMOVEMENT.ORG to get your tickets for our Renaissance 2025 events...

Join Al Gordon, Rector of SAINT, as he shares at Renaissance London 2024. Head to https://renaissancemovement.org/ to find out more about Renaissance, or follow us on Instagram at @renaissance.movement.

Dan Maudhub is joined by James Poulter, CEO of Vixen Labs and Phillip Hansen, creative director at Wonderful to discuss a Christian response to the challenges of Artificial Intelligence, and a template for the future in their lab at Renaissance Conference 2023. Hosted by The Wonderful Group.

Join Al Gordon at his Lab from Renaissance Conference 2023, as he shares the vision for Renaissance and how you can get involved! If you'd like to know more, email hello@renaissancemovement.org.

We're throwing it back to November 2022 this week, with Farida Matthews' opening talk at Renaissance Conference 2022.

Join Wole Agbaje for his lab on 'Being a Timeless Creative' at Renaissance Conference 2023.

Winfield Bevins, founding director of Creo Arts and artist-in-residence and affiliate pastor at Asbury Theological Seminary, joins Al Gordon for a conversation at Renaissance Conference 2023.

Join Dan Maudhub, Sara-Louise Martin from Impact Central, Dr. Jennifer Tharp from Novus Global, Hugh Chichester, founder of Niya.ai and Anneka Wallington, CEO of Recognised, at one of our Renaissance Labs to explore essential tools for thriving as creatives and entrepreneurs, hosted by The Wonderful Group.

This week, we hear Al Gordon & Farida Matthews interview Sicgmone Kludje & Vea Koranteng, the founders of Black Girl Knit Club, a knitwear collective based in the UK.

This week we hear from Pete Hughes, who leads KXC in London. Pete shared at Renaissance on how we contend for a great awakening in the 21st century.

In the second Episode 2 of The Renaissance Podcast, we hear from disability advocate and social media content creator Danielle Oreoluwa Jinadu, who opened up Renaissance Conference 2023 with her talk ‘For Such a Time as This'.

In the first episode of The Renaissance Podcast, we hear from Al Gordon, Rector of SAINT from Renaissance London Conference 2023.