Podcasts about university ministry

Watch or listen to Robin Waller, church planter and Lead Pastor of Lift Church, being interviewed by seasoned journalist, Lorna Dueck. In this episode, Robin shares his journey from starting out as a nuclear engineering student to leading a network of churches across nine university campuses in Canada. He shares how simple, relational evangelism is reaching a new generation, and how today's students are more spiritually open than we might think. He compels everyday Christians, not just pastors, to play a vital role in disciple-making. In this episode, Robin and Lorna discuss: The story behind launching a church in a university bar and growing into a national campus movement. Sustainable church planting and why combining career and ministry is key. Church growth at Canadian universities and why simple conversations, not big events, are driving growth.  How daily Bible reading across an entire church builds deep spiritual formation. Why messy, authentic community is sometimes more effective than polished environments. Biblical inspiration from Paul and Timothy for modern disciple-making movements. Read the transcript: https://biblesociety.ca/transcript-scripture-untangled-s13-ep3=====For the past twenty years, Robin Wallar has devoted himself to making disciples on university campuses in Canada, first as a nuclear engineering student and now as a church planter and software developer.  Together with his wife, Laura, they lead LIFT Church, a collegiate discipleship and church planting movement on seven campuses across Canada. Robin's passion is to equip every follower of Christ for disciple-making and church planting in co-vocational settings. He shares the values and theology behind co-vocational ministry in his book Everyone Sent and has written a comprehensive discipleship guide called Living Sent, which are used by students and ministries across North America. He also writes on these topics weekly on Substack.  In addition to leading LIFT Church, Robin leads Engage Spaces, a software company designed to support disciple-making movements.  He and Laura live in the beautiful city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with their two children. https://www.liftchurch.ca/  Canadian Bible Society: biblesociety.caHelp people hear God speak: biblesociety.ca/donateConnect with us on Instagram: @canadianbiblesocietyThe Bible Course: biblecourse.ca

As a new year begins, Australian evangelical student ministry is marking a significant leadership transition.After 23 years of stable and influential leadership, Richard Chin has handed over the leadership of the Australian Fellowship of Evangelical Students to Pete Sorrenson. The handover was symbolically marked at the Big National Conference in Canberra last December, where Richard preached the first half of the conference and Pete the second.We step back to reflect on what the Chin era has meant for Australian evangelicalism. How has campus ministry shaped churches, training colleges and mission agencies over the past four decades? What has changed on university campuses since the turn of the millennium? And what kind of AFES will be needed for the next generation of students?Long-standing campus leaders Tim Thorburn and Andrew Sennett, offer perspectives from both metropolitan and regional university contexts.The discussion moves beyond gratitude and legacy to ask harder, forward-looking questions. If many of the theological and ministry convictions once championed by AFES are now mainstream, what is AFES uniquely for today? Are inherited evangelism models still effective on contemporary campuses? How central should international student ministry be? And does Australia's increasingly fragmented university landscape require more than one model of campus ministry?https://www.thepastorsheart.net/podcast/a-new-era-for-australian-university-ministryThe Church Cohttp://www.thechurchco.com is a website and app platform built specifically for churches.  Advertise on The Pastor's HeartTo advertise on The Pastor's Heart go to thepastorsheart.net/sponsorSupport the show

Preaching for the First Sunday of Advent, Dr. Angélica N. Quiñónez invites us to reframe Advent as a wake up call to awareness, compassion, and courageous action in the face of injustice: "Advent is not about waiting for God to act. Advent is about waking up to where God is already at work and joining God in that work. Staying awake means being prepared to say yes. Yes to justice. Yes to accompaniment. Yes to human dignity. Yes to policies rooted in compassion. Yes to the long and challenging work of peace. And it means standing where Christ stands."Dr. Angélica N. Quińónez is an educator and serves as the Director of University Ministry at the University of San Francisco. She is agraduate of the University of Southern California where she earned her Doctor of Education degree in Organizational Change and Leadership. She is a double USF Master's graduate in Theology and Teaching with an emphasis in Catholic schools, and earned her Bachelor of Arts in English from Santa Clara University. Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/11302025 to learn more about Angélica, to read her preaching text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.

Preaching for the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Meredith McKay offers a reflection on moving past fear and paralysis to take risks for the good of the world: "Fear keeps us still, while faithfulness keeps us growing. The world today needs people who acknowledge their fear and move past that tendency towards paralysis to instead do their best to live out the call of the gospels."Meredith McKay is Director of University Ministry at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. She completed a Doctor of Ministry at Emory University's Candler School of Theology where she studied trauma and the implementation of trauma-informed care in college campus ministry. An avid reader and writer, she also spends her days experimenting in the kitchen, practicing yoga, connecting with friends, and hanging out with her dog, Junie B. Jones.Visit www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/08102025 to learn more about Meredith, to read her preaching text, and for more preaching from Catholic women.

Jason Leonard preaches on the reality of life before the end of all things (the already / not yet).

Caroline Hood preaches on the mission of the Church and Jesus sending them out into the world.

Jason Leonard preaches on the good news Jesus came proclaiming.

Dawson Hardesty preaches on the messiah and our longings from the gospel of John.

Jason Leonard preaches on prophecy in the life of God's people from the book of Isaiah.

Josh Hudson preaches on living in exile from Jeremiah 29.

Jason Leonard speaks on the exile of Israel from the promised land and suffering in the life of God's people.

Kirsten preaches on Israel during the time of the Kings, God's accommodation, and the fulfillment of all things in Jesus.

Jason Leonard preaches on God making a Kingdom of priests.

Jason Leonard preaches on the Exodus story of Israel and the Exodus of all things.

Matt Nicoll preaches through Genesis 12

Jason Leonard preaches through Genesis 3.

Jason Leonard preaches through Genesis 1-2.

Jason Leonard preaches through Acts 28 and summarizes the whole of Acts. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p9DqTRdimdV9x-EF_xkN8LNB_0flx3Fw/view?usp=share_link

Josh Hudson preaches through Acts 26.

Jason Leonard preaches through Acts 19.

Ainslee Berry preaches through Acts 17.

Jason Leonard preaches through Acts 15.

Jason Leonard preaches through Acts 14:8-18.

Josh Hudson preaches through Acts 10.

Matt Nicoll preaches through Acts 9.

The first few minutes of this sermon were not recorded. Here is a link to the Great Isaiah Scroll: http://dss.collections.imj.org.il/isaiah https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n2pLurXYstP7vOSu6R52SIQiW6sS57bg/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nxE4mz1Yke-J1hWg3sk2y5SiVXTRGSYD/view?usp=sharing

Jason Leonard preaches on the first martyr of the Church, Stephen.

Jason Leonard preaches through Acts 6:1-11.

Jason Leonard preaches out of the prologue to Acts on the reality of God doing more than we can imagine. The Kingdom of God, the Ascension, and the outward movement of the Gospel. First Book What Jesus began and is continuing to do The resurrection as disruptive The Kingdom of God is what Jesus spoke of most The outward nature of the Gospel The Ascension of Jesus https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dl27iZgQTqD1yk_MrNtHgxk2fSFrE9eG/view?usp=sharing

Jason Leonard preaches on the friendship God offers to us in Jesus.

Kirsten Hyde preaches from 1 Peter 2:1-17 and John 17:21.

Caleb Farris preaches out of 2 Corinthians 5:17.

Jason Leonard preaches on 1 John 3:1-2.

Jason Leonard preaches on what truth sounds like out of John 3.

Casey Barker preaches on what truth sounds like in Psalm 139.

Jason Leonard preaches on the necessary (and often secret) ingredient for growth.

Kirsten Hyde preaches on who we are in Christ and what God has in store for us.

Josh Hudson preaches on the reality that God likes you and wants to be with you.

Jason Leonard preaches on forgiveness. Resources from the sermon: "Forgiveness is granted (event) before it's felt (process). It's a promise before God not to take revenge on a wrongdoer for his or her sin against you. Making that promise entails three practical commitments. You promise (1) not to constantly bring the sin up to the wrongdoer in order to browbeat and punish them, (2) not to constantly bring the sin up to other people in order to hurt the wrongdoer's reputation and relationship with others, and (3) not to constantly bring the sin up to yourself—not to keep the anger hot, not to replay the video of it in order to cherish the feeling of nobility and virtue that comes from having been treated unjustly. At first, when you make those commitments—granting forgiveness—you don't feel forgiving at all. You are still angry. That's natural. But if you keep the commitments in a disciplined way (which will be hard)—and you remember the “vertical” dimension: that you're a sinner living wholly by God's grace—then slowly but surely you will feel the forgiveness you have granted." -Tim Keller Forgivness Applied: Turn Your Cheek * Lev 19:17-18 * Matt 5:38-39 * Matt 7:1 * Matt 13:24-43 * Heb 12:15 Confrontation * Matt 18:15-22 * Luke 17:1-4 * Gal 6:1-2 * 2 Thess 3:6-15 * Titus 3:10-11 Confronting a brother or sister in sin: 1. If they sin, go and tell them privately 2. If they don't listen, take 1-2 others along. 3. If they refuse to listen, tell it to the church (if small, leaders if large) 4. If they refuse to listen even to the church, let the person who they sinned against treat them as an outsider.

Jason Leonard preaches on the implications of how love is defined in the Bible.

Jason Leonard preaches on the truth that everything God makes is good.

Jason Leonard preaches on the scandal of Jonah 4 and the importance of God's people sharing the heart of God.

Jason Leonard preaches on the greatest miracle in Jonah, the character of God, and the most quoted verse in the Bible.

Caleb Farris preaches through Jonah 2.

Jason Leonard preaches through Jonah 1.

Jason Leonard preaches on how the Lord's Prayer is more than just a way to practically pray, it is shaping and forming us into Christlikeness.

Jason Leonard preaches on the petition in the Lord's Prayer that God would lead us through temptation and give us victory over the evil one.

Jason Leonard preaches on our petitions for forgiveness in the Lord's Prayer.

Josh Hudson preaches on the petition for daily bread in the Lord's Prayer.

Jason Leonard preaches on our prayer that the Kingdom and Will of God would come and be done on earth as it is done in heaven.