The New Leaf Project

Episode 54 of the New Leaf Project is here! On this episode of the podcast we hear from Keitha Ogbogu, Lead Pastor at Hampton Free Methodist Church in Saskatoon, SK. Keitha has been sharing her reflections with New Leaf from the beginning, through insightful blog posts on race in Canada, to a keynote speaker at our  In the Company of Women  conference in May 2017. This conversation betwe...

Episode 53 of the New Leaf Project is here! In this episode, we hear from Jeff and Jan Steckley, from Kitchener Ontario. Jeff and Jan share about their journey through the second half of life, what it looks like to adopt more contemplative postures in our spiritual practices and how it's never too late to start something new. Jeff and Jan are working together with New Leaf to create a discernment...

Episode 52 of the New Leaf Project is here! In this episode, we hear from church planter and Holy Shift Tour creator Kevin Makins from Hamilton Ontario. Kevin shares about Eucharist Church, his love for his city and how through storytelling, conversation and creative projects he's exploring what it means to follow Jesus in a post-Christian, Canadian culture. Check out his latest project HOLY SHIFT...

Episode 51 of the New Leaf Project is here! In this episode, we hear from church planter and pastor Anna Spray. Anna lives in beautiful Victoria BC and is the Pastoral Associate at Table Church. Anna shares her road to becoming ordained in the Anglican Church, her work with Table Church and what it means to be living out a robust faith in a culture that is largely unbelieving. www.tablechurch.ca &...

Episode 50 of The New Leaf Project is here! The Shack has sold millions of copies around the world, the movie was a box office hit for its genre and our very own Jason Tripp was able to grab fellow Canadian William Paul Young for an interview. This week we hear from Paul, who shares about the success of the book, the story behind the story and following God's leading and love in his life.

Episode 49 of the New Leaf Project is here! We're featuring a talk from our Cultivate Learning Party that happened in Toronto Ontario, April 2017. What if church planters and starters were really okay with failure? What does it mean to start something that never takes off? This week we hear from Mark Groleau who shares about his failed church plant experiment, what it means to follow God's leading...

Episode 48 of the New Leaf Project is here! We're featuring a talk from our Cultivate Learning Party that happened in Toronto Ontario, April 2017. Today’s episode features Greg Paul who is a pastor and member, as well as one of the founders, of the Sanctuary community in Toronto. Greg is also the author of four award-winning books: Close Enough to Hear God Breathe; The Twenty-Piece Shuffle; and Go...

What does it look like for a student ministry to move forward as an inter-generational church plant? In this episode, we talk with Brandon Richardson, lead pastor at The Embassy in Waterloo, Ontario. For the past 3 years, Brandon and his wife Emma have led The Embassy which has been serving the WLU and UW student community for 19 years. Brandon walks us through his journey with growing a student l...

Episode 46 of the New Leaf Project is here! How can church startups become healthy, robust places for innovation? In this episode, we hear from Betty Pries, CEO of Creedence & Company, an organization focused on conflict management, transitions, & the journey through renewal for churches & faith based organizations. Betty walks us through the importance of structures for growing church...

Episode 45 of the New Leaf Project is here! In this episode we hear from Jason Tripp and his interview with Dr Lee Beech, Professor at McMaster Divinity School. Lee shares with us about his book “The Church in Exile - Living in Hope After Christendom" In his book Lee highlights that the church in Canada at one time was at, or near, the center of Canadian culture. We know that is no longer the case...

Episode 44 of the New Leaf Project is here! Can Christians really use business as mission? In this episode we hear from Jeremy Barham and Mike Temple from St Stephen New Brunswick who are working together to create economic development and cultivating the entrepreneurial spirit in Atlantic Canada.

Episode 43 of the New Leaf Project is here! In this episode, we hear from content contributor Preston Pouteaux and Rohadi Nagassar. Rohadi is an inner-city bi-vocational church planter and entrepreneur based in Calgary, Canada. Rohadi shares about his new church plant, Cypher Church, Hip-hop culture and what it looks like to intentionally engage with outsiders.

Episode 42 of the New Leaf Project is here! In this episode, Jared & Elle talk about the event happening My 19th "In the Company of Women - Reclaiming & Envisioning Shared Leadership in the Kingdom"

Episode 41 of the New Leaf Project is here! In this episode, Jason Tripp & Jared Brock, author of A Year of Living Prayerfully and co-founder of Hope for the Sold, discuss the richness and wideness of prayer as Jared recounts his around the world journey encountering and engaging in various forms of prayer. They also discuss Jared’s two documentaries he and his wife Michelle have produced (Red...

Episode 40 of the New Leaf Project is here. Here is why we want you to start new ideas; because sometimes they take on  a life of their own and do things you never thought possible. In this episode we sit down with Darryl Dozlaw, church planter from Saskatoon, as he tells us the story of his song "It is Ours" and the bridges that it built with people in his neighbourhood. Maybe this will insp...

Episode 39 of the New Leaf Project is here! In this episode, Elle interviews Sarah-Wilkins Laflamme Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Waterloo. Sarah's work focuses on the Religious ‘Nones’ in Canada, those who would say they have no religious affiliation. Sarah shares some Canadian and Provincial statistics, national and temporal trends in religious identities in different dem...

Episode 37 of the New Leaf Project is here! In this episode, Elle interviews James Kelly, church planter & founder of FaithTech. FaithTech is pioneering a new way to share the good news about Jesus in an era driven by technology. Their vision is to become a global hub for FaithTech conversations, integrations, and innovations. James shares about his church plant in Kitchener, the origins of Fa...

Episode 37 of the New Leaf Project is here! In this episode, we hear from content contributor Preston Pouteaux and Tim Keener. Tim is a church planter with the Evangelical Covenant Church of Canada in Montreal Quebec. Tim shares about what it is like starting a church plant in Montreal, what it means to have missionary eyes in the Quebec and the joys of slow, incarnational neighborhood work.

Episode 36 of the New Leaf Project is here! In this episode, we spend time with our friend and content contributor, Preston Pouteaux. He is the pastor at Lake Ridge Community Church in Chestermere Alberta and is also a beekeeper, neighborhood enthusiast, columnist & theologian. Preston shares about his upcoming book, his love of neighborhoods and what it means to see and appreciate the small,...

This episode is our first in a series of episodes about "Future Landscapes." In the Future Landscapes Series, we invite starters and planters to begin to consider not only "what is" going on in our contexts but where our lives might be heading. In this episode, we explore the world of government and corporate surveillance. Professor David Lyon, our guide, invites us to consider how Christians migh...

Episode 34 of the New Leaf Project is here! As the landscape of culture and religion continues to shift in Canada, it is important we maintain a healthy understanding of youth culture, the reasons for the rise of the Nones and the Dones and creating a culture in our churches that welcomes honest questioning and doubts. In this episode, content contributor Jason Tripp and Dave Lombardo of The Peopl...

Episode 33 of the New Leaf Project is here! Our friends and Toronto church planters, Bernard Tam & Joe Abbey-Colborne are hosting a Learning Party on April 1st in Toronto at Sanctuary Church. In this episode, they share about the upcoming event, what it's like to plant a church in Toronto and what it means to live and share the good news in a diverse and multi-cultural community. You're invite...

The New Leaf Podcast is back! Episode 32 is here. In this episode, Jared & Elle talk about all the exciting things that are happening in 2017 at the New Leaf Network. There are Learning Parties happening at the local level. Conferences happening at the National level. And as always Church Plant Design Shops happening across Canada. There are more ways than ever to connect with New Leaf and Jar...

In this episode Elle and Jared take some time to think back on all that has gone on in the New Leaf Network in 2016 and we take a look at all we have to look forward to in 2017!  

Episode 30 of the New Leaf Project is here, part two of our interview with Mark Groleau. This week we continue our chat with fellow podcaster and starter Mark Groleau, of Abundant Toronto. In part two of our conversation with Mark, we discuss the idea of living a questionable life, making your neighborhood your parish and the journey of Abundant Toronto.