The Co-Mission Podcast

Welcome to our Summer Series covering the great talks and seminars from REVIVE, our annual festival bringing together churches from across the network here in London to a field in Canterbury for a weekend of worship, fellowship, and great bible teaching.  The Theme this year was Faithful Through The Storm, focusing on both God’s faithfulness to us, and a reminder that because that’s true, we can r...

In this episode of the Co-Mission Planting Podcast, we're chatting with Tom Dowding, pastor at The Bridge Battersea, about a recently approved grafting opportunity from The Bridge into Shaftesbury Christian Centre on the Doddington Estate. Really exciting stuff, and we're pleased to share it with you! We really need people to get involved here through prayer or coming along, so if you'd like more...

Part 2- A talk from Sam Allberry at Co-Mission Mens Morning this year. We're praising God that over 300 men gathered from around London to hear God's word, worship together, and hear from Matt Fuller, Sam Allberry, and elders in the churches. The Theme this year was "Faithful Men"    To find out more about the ministries of Co-Mission, visit us at co-mission.org

Part 1,  A talk by Matt Fuller at Co-Mission Mens Morning this year. We're praising God that over 300 men gathered from around London to hear God's word, worship together, and hear from Matt Fuller, Sam Allberry, and elders in the churches. The Theme this year was "Faithful Men"    To find out more about the ministries of Co-Mission, visit us at co-mission.org

Thanks for listening to this episode. In this one, we talk with Ukrainians Sergiy and Hannah Chernov from Slavic Christian Fellowship, a church plant in East London that seeks to reach Russian speakers of many countries here in London. You can see a bit of their ministry on their Facebook Page London Slavic Fellowship | Facebook This is a monthly series on planting that dives a bit deeper into the...

In this shorter format episode, Adam and Perks circle back on and chat about the themes running through the first 3 episodes from a network perspective and what that means for church planting in London. We'll be back again in a few short weeks with our next episode with London Slavic Fellowship. Enjoy!   You can watch the film "The Hope London Needs"  HERE   This is a new monthly series on plantin...

Today we'll hear Part 2 from a talk by Carolyn Lacey at Co-Mission Women's Day this year. We're praising God that over 500 women gathered from around London to hear God's word, worship together, and listen to an encouraging talk. The topic this year was "REAL REST".  Thanks to all the ladies behind the scenes who helped make Women's Day happen.  Within each of us is a deep longing for rest, but it...

Today we'll hear Part 1 from a talk by Carolyn Lacey at Co-Mission Women's Day this year. We're praising God that over 500 women gathered from around London to hear God's word, worship together, and listen to an encouraging talk. The topic this year was "REAL REST".  Thanks to all the ladies behind the scenes who helped make Women's Day happen.  Within each of us is a deep longing for rest, but it...

After a longer than expected holiday break, We're back with another episode in our series on planting. In this one, we meet with Alex Brito from Mosaic Multicultural to talk about his move from Brazil to become a pioneering church planter in Elephant & Castle.   You can visit their website which has links to their social to find out more and keep up with how you can be praying: www. MosaicMulticul...

We're back with another episode in our new series. In this one, we meet with Sam Gibb from Hope Church Vauxhall to hear about the joys and complexities of getting stuck in with a new church plant at Vauxhall Garden Estate.   You can keep up to date with Hope Church at their website: Hope Church Vauxhall  You can find their Facebook page here:  Hope Church Vauxhall | Facebook   This is a new monthl...

In this first episode of our new series, we talked with Matt Dew-Jones from Grace Church Beckenham  and head how this church plant was restarted during the pandemic to reach the people of Beckenham.  This is a new 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 "...

We're introducing a new 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, heads out to churches around the city to chat with the pastors and planters to get a sense of the church in that area and hear the stories of God brin...

In this episode, we’ll hear from Alex Lyell, pastor at Streatham Central Church, on the important topic of being generous for the city. Whether we have a little or a lot, It’s clear from scripture that what you do with your money is an indicator of where your heart is. In this episode, Alex talks about how to be a good steward and even entrepreneurial with our money and our church’s money with ete...

In the UK, there are roughly 80,000 children in care, with 10,000 of them being in London. What shall we do about this heart-breaking injustice? How can we represent our Father’s heart for the fatherless in our city? This week we hear from Andy Mason, Pastor at St. John's Chelsea. We'll look at the wonderful, challenging, life-changing reality of adoption! We promise to be compassionate but not se...

This episode is on the topic of "Dating In The City". In an age of love Island and casual dating apps, what does God think about dating? We might be tempted to think that because the bible doesn’t specifically mention dating, He has nothing to say about it. But the bible is full of wisdom that applies.  In this episode, Pastor Matt Fuller and Liz Hayden from Christ Church Mayfair dig into how that...

This episode is on the topic of "Identity In The City". In the ever-present search for meaning and purpose, our culture has increasingly become self-obsessed and continually grapples with self-identity.  Especially when Identity in Christ and having an eternal perspective is a foreign concept to so so many. In this episode, Glynn Harrison, Christian Psychiatrist and former Department head of Psych...

In this episode, we hear from Catherine Brooks and Pete Snow. Cat is from St. John's Chelsea and the author of muminzoneone.com . Pete Snow is the Pastor at St. Paul's Harringay.   Cat has also written a 4 part series of articles on the same topic of "Living Urban For Jesus" you can find that at bit.ly/LivingUrbanForJesus . London is one of the most exciting, diverse, and vibrant cities in the wor...

In today's episode, we'll hear a seminar from REVIVE on "Parents and Teens in the City".  It was given by Jonty Allcock, Pastor at The Globe Church and Steph Parker from Dundonald Church. Being a teen isn't easy, nor is being a parent of a teen. It's harder still in a culture that can be unaccepting and sometimes opposed to the gospel we believe in. We'll hear how teens and parents can navigate th...

In this episode, we start hearing our seminar talks from REVIVE 2022. In this episode, we hear from Andrew Sach on the topic of "Doubt In The City" Andrew Sach is the pastor at Grace Church Greenwich. We live in an age of comfortable agnosticism. How can we approach effective evangelism in an age when people are more often indifferent than they are directly opposed?    For more information on the...

A short but vital message on the unity that's found in Christ. Santhosh Thomas from Dundonald Church had this short intro to the weekend and talk on a bit from Ephesians. This is a good one, so we hope you enjoy it.   For More information on the ministries of Co-Mission go at co-mission.org

We're on to Session 4 & Chapter 4. Today we wrap up the book of Jonah with a talk from Andy Mason, Pastor at St. John's Chelsea and Director of Strengthening at Co-Mission. He's speaking on "The Compassion of God". This year's theme was "Go To The Great City" on the book of Jonah and how God used a reluctant evangelist to accomplish his purpose. If you missed the other talks in this series, head t...

We're on to Session 3 & Chapter 3. We're back with Richard Coekin, Mission Director at Co-Mission, speaking on "The Mercy of God". This year's theme was "Go To The Great City" on the book of Jonah and how God used a reluctant evangelist to accomplish his purpose. If you missed the other talks in this series, head to the previous episodes to catch up.    For More information on the ministries of Co...

Today we continue our journey through the book of Jonah with Session 2 & Chapter 2 and Jason Roach speaking on the "Grace of God". This year's theme was "Go To The Great City" on the book of Jonah and how God used a reluctant evangelist to accomplish his purpose. If you missed session 1, head back to the last episode to give that a listen.   Jason Roach A medical doctor by background, Jason was th...

We're excited to start sharing with you talks from this year's REVIVE. After three years apart, we gathered together as a network of churches across London on a field in Canterbury to be encouraged in community, refreshed by God's word, and energised for mission.  This year's theme was "Go To The Great City" on the book of Jonah and how God used a reluctant evangelist to accomplish his purpose. If...

Today we will be hearing Part 2 of a talk from Rachel Jones, author of A Brief Theology of Periods (Yes, Really), Is This It? and several books in the award-winning Five Things to Pray series. She also serves as Senior Editor at The Good Book Company.  It's easy to think that women have got the raw end of the deal—especially when it comes to our bodies. We'll be looking at how what the Bible says...