The Co-Mission Podcast

The gospel is good news! But my friends think it's terrible. The gospel is beautiful! But my friends think Christianity looks ugly. The gospel changes lives! But my friends think Christians are odd. Is there anything that can be done? Is there any hope of living and speaking for Jesus in our world today? YES! And we don't need to be weird to do it.   Connor is a member of the church family at Chri...

Our workplaces can give us wonderful opportunities to share the gospel but there can also be challenges in speaking of Jesus to our colleagues and clients. In this seminar we’ll be thinking about how we can make the most of the opportunities and navigate some of the challenges of workplace evangelism.   The Panel Claire Newman works for Christians in Parliament where she is involved with pastoral...

1 in 7 Londoners are Muslim (a total of 1.3 million) and the numbers are only going up. If we’re going to love London with the gospel we’re going to need to take the good news about Jesus to our Muslim neighbours! This seminar will encourage and equip you for this task   Jimmy is a member of Christ Church Mayfair and a missionary to Muslims in London with the international mission organisation Pio...

The Pastoral Epistles are clear that healthy marriages contribute to healthy ministries, yet often it seems like the two are competing for our time and energy. This practical seminar will help us think through how we can be faithful in both marriage and ministry.  Our guest speakers Thabiti and Kristie Anyabwile are joined by Philip and Jo Sidell from St. Peter's Muswell Hill. The session is hoste...

We're into our summer series here on the podcast, and we're moving on to the seminars from REVIVE 2024. This first one is from Kristie Anyabwile! "Narrative. Poetry. Laws. Letters. The Bible is rich and diverse – this seminar will help us better understand God’s word through being sensitive to it’s different genres, which in turn will enrich our encounters with God such that we’re more excited to...

We are wrapping up our Main Session talks from REVIVE on our summer series, bringing you the talks and seminars from REVIVE 2024. A classic, 20 years running. This talk is from Jonty Allcock, pastor of The Globe Church. The talk centres around Matthew 28.   Video Talk: https://youtu.be/_1b4AwVAqp4   For More Information on the ministries of Co-Mission, head to www. Co-Mission.org and do reach out...

We're continuing the main session talks from REVIVE on our summer series, bringing you the talks and seminars from REVIVE 2024. A classic, 20 years running. This talk is from our guest speaker, Thabiti Anyabwile, pastor of Anacostia River Church in Washington, D.C., in America. The talk is entitled  "Ambassadors for Christ".    Video Talk : https://youtu.be/GNJm-sDxVCQ "Ambassadors" Film: https://...

We're continuing the main session talks from REVIVE on our summer series, bringing you the talks and seminars from REVIVE 2024. A classic, 20 years running. This talk is is from our guest speaker, Thabiti Anyabwile, pastor of Anacostia River Church in Washington D.C. in America. The talk is entitled  "Adapt Your Approach (Not The Gospel)".  Also available on our Youtube Channel at https://youtu.be...

This is the first in our summer series, bringing you the talks and seminars from REVIVE 2024. A classic, 20 years running. This first talk is from Jonty Allcock, pastor of The Globe Church in London, titled "Keep Sowing the Gospel".  Also available on our Youtube Channel at https://youtu.be/_VEs3UANXQU   For More Information on the ministries of Co-Mission, head to www. Co-Mission.org and do reach...

With the UK general election looming this week, we wanted to share a timely episode quickly with you we recorded over the weekend at our yearly bible festival REVIVE. The talk is From Thabiti Anyawile, our guest speaker through the weekend. We pray it's helpful as we wade into conversations and big decisions around politics and elections. Thabiti is the pastor at Anacostia River Church in Washingt...

In this episode, we talk with Barry Shutter from Hounslow Town Church. You can find out more about them and their ministry at https://hounslowtownchurch.org/ . This is a monthly series on planting that dives a bit deeper into the heart of why Co-Mission exists: To plant and revitalise churches to reach London for Christ. In this series, Richard Perkins "Perks", the director of church planting, hea...

These are the talks from Mens Morning 2024. Over 350 men from around the network gathered for worship, teaching on evangelism and, of course, bacon sandwiches. The talks are short and back to back, starting with Pete Woodcock from Cornerstone Kingston on “Come and See”  and Efram Buckle from London City Mission on “Go and Tell”   Pete Woodcock  Pete is the Senior Pastor of Cornerstone Church Kings...

In this episode, we talk with Neil Power, Co-Director of The London Project, on the topic of gospel partnership in the city. You can find more about the ministries of The London Project at https://thelondonproject.co.uk/ This is a monthly series on planting that dives a bit deeper into the heart of why Co-Mission exists: To plant and revitalise churches to reach London for Christ. In this series,...

We were blessed to be together with over 600 women from around London to worship together, hear God's word, and be encouraged at our annual Women's Day. We heard from Sara Snow from St. Paul's Harringay on the topic of Friendship by God's Design   London’s a crowded city that is hungry for friendship. Social projects and charities are springing up to help tackle loneliness and enable people to mak...

In this episode, we talk with Jason Roach, Director of Ministries at London City Mission, on the topics of evangelism, church planting, and conversations around ethnicity, culture, and diversity through the lens of the gospel. We hope you enjoy and have a blessed Christmas and New Year.  You can find more about the ministries of London City Mission and get a copy of Jason's book at the links below...

We're back for another season of our podcast on church planting here in London. We're talking with pastors on the front lines of mission here in London. This episode we interview the interviewer as Richard Perkins, previously Director of Church Planting and planter at two churches, moves back into Pastoral Ministry in Guilford. Sam Gibb From Hope Church Vauxhall hosts.   This is a monthly series o...

We've been away getting ready for a big church year, but we wanted to share this last  talk from REVIVE, our annual festival bringing the churches of the network to a field in Canterbury for a weekend of Bible Teaching, Worship, and great fellowship together as churches. This is from Dave Cornish and Jules Stroud on "Faithful in Singleness." Most of us would probably not have chosen singleness. Ye...

We've been away getting ready for a big church year, but we wanted to share the last couple talks from REVIVE, our annual festival bringing the churches of the network to a field in Canterbury for a weekend of Bible Teaching, Worship, and great fellowship together as churches. This is from Andy Palmer on "Faithful With Creation." We live at a time when the planet appears to be falling apart as a r...

This is our Summer Series on Talks and Seminars from REVIVE, our annual festival bringing the churches of the network to a field in Canterbury for a weekend of Bible Teaching, Worship, and great fellowship together as churches. This is from Andy Mason on "Faithful In Suffering" If you have ever faced difficult things in your life, someone might have said – in an attempt to comfort you – that ‘God...

This is our Summer Series on Talks and Seminars from REVIVE, our annual festival bringing the churches of the network to a field in Canterbury for a weekend of Bible Teaching, Worship, and great fellowship together as churches. This is from Jo Evans on "Faithful at Work" Living for Jesus has never been easy, but Christians in the workplace today are increasingly concerned about the consequences th...

This is our Summer Series on Talks and Seminars from REVIVE, our annual festival bringing the churches of the network to a field in Canterbury for a weekend of Bible Teaching, Worship, and great fellowship together as churches. This is from Ed Kendall on "Faithful at Church" Quite possibly, the most significant thing we'll ever do in our lives is to faithfully go to church, week in, week out. Why...

This is our Summer Series on Talks and Seminars from REVIVE, our annual festival bringing the churches of the network to a field in Canterbury for a weekend of Bible Teaching, Worship, and great fellowship together as churches. We tend to think that some people have faith and others don’t – or can’t. But your friends and mine believe all kinds of things that can’t be proved. They live their lives...

This is our Summer Series on Talks and Seminars from REVIVE, our annual festival bringing the churches of the network to a field in Canterbury for a weekend of Bible Teaching, Worship, and great fellowship together as churches. This one is on the parable of the talents from Matthew 25. Tom Sweatman Tom is the Assistant Pastor of Cornerstone Church Kingston. He is married to Laura and has two child...

This is our Summer Series on Talks and Seminars from REVIVE our annual festival bringing the churches of the network to a field in Canterbury for a weekend of Bible Teaching, Worship, and great fellowship together as churches. This one is from Ray Galea on Philippians 1.    Ray is married to Sandy, and they have three children and three grandchildren. After being the Senior Pastor at MBM Rooty Hil...

This is our Summer Series on Talks and Seminars from REVIVE our annual festival bringing the churches of the network to a field in Canterbury for a weekend of Bible Teaching, Worship, and great fellowship together as churches. This one is from Jack Sarah on Matthew 26. Jack is the President of Bethlehem Bible College (BBC). Born and raised in the Old City of Jerusalem, Jack studied at BBC after co...