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Each week we sit down with a guest to discuss Mission and Evangelism in Scotland and beyond. This week we welcome our good friend Levi Booth from OMF International. Levi serves in Japan with OMF International and is the author of "Ultimate Grace". https://www.10ofthose.com/uk/products/24893/ultimate-grace -- Presented by Martin Paterson  

Our podcast today is presented by Martin Paterson, the OMF Rep for Scotland.  His guest is Andrew Goodman. Andrew has been involved in cross cultural ministry for many years in South East Asia and has a passion to see people come to know the love of Jesus.  He has recently taken the lead of a new team and developing ministry in South East Asia but is currently back in the UK with his family to lea...

Robert MacNaughton is our first guest of 2021. Robert shares his fascinating story of serving God from Lewis to Casablanca.  Robert studied French at St Andrews and worked with the mission organisation OM during this time before heading to Aberdeen University for teacher training. Robert later headed out to Morocco to teach English at a private school while sharing the Gospel to the local communit...

Dr. Andrew (Andy) M. Davis has been senior pastor at First Baptist Church of Durham, North Carolina since 1998, and he is the founder of Two Journeys Ministry. From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he obtained a bachelor's degree. He continued his education at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, earning a Master's of Divinity Deciding to continue his education, he obtained a Ph. D...

Andrew Lytle works for the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Nantes, France.  A son of the manse, Andrew was born in Belfast but spent most of his youth in Larne where his father was the local minister. The work of mission was never far away from the household. Many missionaries would visit and prayer meetings were often held for those serving around the world.  Andrew went on to study French and Ge...

Susan Gnadou Zebo is currently a UFM Missionary in Paris working with international students. Born in Scotland, Susan spent most of her childhood in the South of France with her missionary parents who worked for GLO (Gospel Literature Outreach) and Echoes International before moving back to Scotland were her family in 2009. Susan studied Languages and Business at Napier University before moving ba...

Sandra MacDonald was an OMF missionary in Thailand for 23 years. Today she shares some of her experiences and discusses what the challenges and encouragements were in communicating the Gospel within a culture starkly different to her own.    Presented by David Meredith www.generation-mission.org Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy

An engineer, former minister of the Church of Scotland and Director of OMF International UK , David Ellis and his wife Adèle travelled widely together for more than fifty years of service. After caring for Adèle through her Alzheimer’s he now lives in Dundee and serves as an elder in St Peter's Free Church . His new book "Through All The Changing Scenes" can be found at Free Church books: https://...

Today's guest is UFM Worldwide Director Michael Prest.  Michael began his working life in pharmacy management with Boots and then, after time at Oak Hill College, London, he served as one of the ministers at Beeston Free Church, Nottingham. Michael is married to Rachel and they are very grateful for their four children, Bethia, Jemima, Benjamin and Nathanael.  They joined UFM in 2012 and served as...

Alex Nelson is the student leader for the Glasgow Navigators. About The Navigators The Navigators has grown out of one man’s pursuit of God. Dawson Trotman lived in America. As he sought God, the Lord promised to build him ‘a house’. At a time when the Christian world saw no ministry beyond evangelism, he was led to invest deeply in the lives of the few in order that they could reach the many. Thi...

Dr Siegfried Ngubane is the Serving in Mission's (SIM) Regional Director for Southern Africa. Siegfried is a well known African church leader and holds a PhD in Missiology and an MA in Missions. His passions are Discipleship, Leadership Development and Mentoring. Serving in Mission - https://www.sim.org/home

Ruth Box works for Pioneers UK as their Mission Mentor for Scotland. Pioneers UK is an organisation that resources and equips missionaries to take the good news of Jesus Christ around the world. They have more than 3000 international missionary members, working in 324 missions teams, in 104 countries, among 202 unreached people groups, mobilised from 10 international missions bases. https://www.pi...

Dr David Kirk is Lecturer in New Testament Studies at Highland Theological College (HTC). He teaches modules on the Degree programmes dealing with New Testament texts and theology, as well as contributing to other modules. He began his academic career in January 2018 when he joined the faculty at HTC. He was awarded his PhD in New Testament from the University of Aberdeen in 2015, with his researc...

We talk all things mission today with Janet Murchison and Sarah Lytle from Women for Mission. Women for Mission was established over 100 years ago to promote the growth of the Christian faith by encouraging interest in mission as well as giving practical support to the Church’s mission work in Scotland and around the globe. Official Site: https://womenformission.org   Presented by David Meredith w...

Paul Levy is married to Claire, father to Noah, Ellie and Phoebe. He has been the minister of International Presbyterian Church ( IPC), Ealing in West London since 2003. International Presbyterian Church Paul's Blog - https://ealinglevy.wordpress.com Topics: - Are youth groups effective? - Are buildings important? - Reformed evangelism - where has it gone? - Preaching - passion or rhetoric? - Rais...

Steve Levy is the senior Pastor at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Swansea. He is married to Clare and they have three children. Today he chats with David about children's ministry, church leadership, revitalisation, local mission and evangelism. http://www.mountpleasantchurch.org.uk   Presented by David Meredith www.generation-mission.org Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy  

Elijah and Jessie Brook are working with Cornerstone, a church plant in Edinburgh's Morningside, and a transatlantic missional partnership program called AT3.  Cornerstone - https://cornerstone-edinburgh.com AT3 - http://at-3.org Presented by David Meredith www.generation-mission.org Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy

On the podcast today David sits down with Sleat and Strath Free Church minister Gordon Matheson. They chat through what it's like to grow up as a 'pastor's kid', losing a parent, politics, rural ministry, mental health and mission. Gordon also recently launched his own podcast called 'Free Voices' - https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-ztkfy-e5b68e Presented by David Meredith  www.generation-mission.org...

Malcolm McGregor is the associate director for pastoral care working through one aspect of the Langham Partnership. Malcolm and his wife Liz have worked in the mission field around the world through the mission organisation Serving In Mission (SIM). Malcolm became the UK and North Europe Director for SIM in 1996 based in London. Then in 2003 he took up the position of International Director of SIM...

New Testament lecturer Rev. Dr Alistair Wilson joins us today to chat about local and international mission and theological famine relief. Alistair has a PhD in New Testament studies from the University of Aberdeen. After graduating from the University of Edinburgh and the Free Church College, now Edinburgh Theological Seminary (ETS), Alistair was an Associate Pastor in Inverness before moving to...

Today David talks to Andy Longwe about a variety of issues including life in ministry and current events which have unfolded around the death of George Floyd.  Andy Longwe is the current minister of Cumbernauld Free Church. Born in Malawi, he moved to Scotland with his family when he was four and they settled into Kirkmuirhill in South Lanarkshire. Having become a committed Christian as a teenager...

Martin Paterson is a Scotland Area Representative for Overseas Missionary Fellowship  OMF  and is also a Free Church of Scotland minister.  Today we talk to Martin about local and international mission and discipleship. OMF's Vision: Through God’s grace, we aim to see an indigenous, biblical church movement in each people group of East Asia, evangelising their own people and reaching out in missio...

Roger Carswell is a travelling evangelist and author. He leads evangelistic church and university missions as well as speaking at Christian conferences. He has written eleven books including "And Some Evangelists" and "Where is God in a Messed Up World?", and publishes numerous gospel tracts and booklets. Roger is married to Dot, has four children and lives in Leeds. Other Links Covid-19 Literatur...

Alasdair is originally from the Isle of Lewis. He worked for two years in the oil fabrication yard in Stornoway before joining the BBC where he was employed as a journalist for 16 years working in Inverness and Stornoway. He is married to Mairi and they have a family of four, Christina, Luke, Emma and Kate.     Having felt called to the ministry, they moved to Edinburgh in 2009 where Alasdair stud...

Scott serves Cornerstone as a part of the preaching team and by overseeing leadership development, global ministries, and counselling/discipleship. Scott's passion for the lost and for God’s work in and through the local church brought him to Los Angeles in 2005, and that same passion has allowed the city to truly become his family’s earthly home. Scott is the husband to Lara and father to Harper,...