Mission Matters podcast

In this episode of Mission Matters , Chris Thompson (Director of Tearfund NI) sits down with Safa Hijazeen, Tearfund’s Regional Director for the Middle East. Recorded at the Church of Ireland Synod, this conversation moves beyond the headlines to explore the reality of life in Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, and Syria. Safa shares moving stories of local churches acting as sanctuaries for the displaced and...

In the latest episode of Mission Matters , we hear from Rev. Frank Bernardi, rector of St George’s Anglican Church in Tunis, who has witnessed extraordinary growth in the Church in Tunisia over the past 25 years. From just a handful of believers in the 1990s to a vibrant and growing indigenous church today — this is a story of prayer, courage, restored families, and Gospel hope in North Africa. ✨...

The Quiet Revival In the latest Mission Matters podcast from the Church of Ireland’s Council for Mission podcast, we welcome Dr Julie McKinley (from the Bible Society Ireland) and Dr Rhiannon McAleer (from the British and Foreign Bible Society, covering England and Wales) to unpack the ground-breaking findings of The Quiet Revival report. Julie and Rhiannon discuss the surprising surge in church a...

Proclaiming the Gospel through suffering “What happens when people have to move home in a hurry?” Bishop Hassan Osman, who is Assistant Bishop of Kadugli and Nuba Mountains in the Episcopal Church of Sudan, answers this and many other questions about the often-forgotten conflict in his region of the country in this Mission Matters podcast. The Nuba Mountain region is a land that is rich in mi...

Bishop Wilson Kamani from Ibba Diocese in South Sudan has a real vision for peace building, which he shares in the latest podcast from the Council for Mission. Over the past 10 years, Bishop Wilson has worked to bring community representatives and politicians together in Ibba for one week each January to engage in peace and reconciliation discussions and activities, culminating in a strategy...

Luke Hawkins (Youth Ministry Development Officer (Southern Region) chats to some of the young people that attended Summer Madness in July and asks them some questions about their experience and what it is that makes them want to go back each year. He also chats with a few of the leaders that have been involved for many years and just keep serving, oh and there is a talk from Dan Blythe which you w...

Tim Wright talks to Rev. Dr. Chris Wright, Global Ambassador for Langham Partnership, to the Mission Matters podcast. Chris shares his Belfast roots, upbringing in the Presbyterian Church, and early exposure to world mission through his missionary parents. After studying and teaching in Cambridge, he pursued Old Testament ethics and theological education. Ordained in the Church of England, he taug...