The Sowers.

In this episode, Matt is joined by Mikey Filicicchia of Zoe Toronto in downtown Toronto. Mikey shares his experience of coming to Christ, planting churches and moving to Toronto to reach the nations. Zoe Toronto began as a group of friends whose lives were transformed by discovering Jesus together during their university years. God met them powerfully in their small, tight-knit communities centred...

In this episode, Matt is joined by pastor, author and podcaster, Daniel Im. Daniel is the Lead Pastor of Beulah Alliance Church in Edmonton, Alberta, and the author of several books. His latest book is The Discipleship Opportunity: Leading a Great-Commission Church in a Post-Everything World. He also wrote No Silver Bullets: Five Small Shifts that will Transform Your Ministry, Planting Missional C...

In this episode, Matt is joined by Andaza Hezekiah, church planter and pastor of Joy Fountain Church in Winnipeg, Manitoba. In 2007, along with his wife Folusho and their three children, Andaza began holding Bible studies in their Windsor Park home. Over time, Sunday meetings were started and moved to East St. Paul with three families. In 2012 Joy Fountain became a Canadian charity. Andaza also se...

In this episode, Matt is joined by pastor and leader, Kesavan Balasingham, who reflects on his journey of coming to Christ, spending years in prison and the power on one one one discipleship. Kesavan is the pastor of Fellowship Rouge Park a church in Scarborough, Ontario. He also leads a micronetwork of churches known as the Fellowship network within the Canadian National Baptist Convention, as we...

In this episode, Matt is joined by Bert & Sheila Thomson to talk about marriage, parenting and family life in the midst of church planting. Since 1989, Bert and Sheila have been active in starting, building and leading ministries and churches in Canada and the United States. Sheila, a native of Kitchener, Ontario, joined a church planting team that started a campus church at the University of...

In this episode, Matt interviews Steve Bray, the Director of Mile One Mission and Lead Elder of Calvary Baptist Church in St. John's, Newfoundland. Mile One Mission desires to see Gospel-centred churches raised up from St. John's to Bonavista; Gander to Clarenville; Salmon Cove to Upper Middle Cove, from Port Aux Basques to St. Anthony and from GooseBay to Nain. As Jesus said 'go' (Matt 28:19-20)...

Matt is joined by Jim DeMarsh and Mark Strickland of Milton Bible Church (MBC) to talk about leading a church to emphasize both the ministry of the word and ministry of the Holy Spirit. Jim shares the history of MBC and why things needed to change. Mark then shares about his history at MBC, leaving and then returning as the new lead pastor. Jim and Mark share practical tools of how to transition a...

In this episode, Matt is joined by Chris Synesael of West Village Church in Victoria, British Columbia, to discuss mission through missional communities and why the church must engage the city. West Village Church began with a conviction that Jesus saves people, changes them, and then uses them. No matter where they are from or what they know he has a desire to be known in the lives of people. In...

Matt is joined by pastor and church planter Norm Funk to discuss discerning the call to church planting, how to create an environment to raise up leaders and send them, as well as the essential value of biblical preaching in a church plant and local church. Norm Funk is the pastor of Midtown Church, a replant of Culloden Church, and the former founding pastor of Westside Church in downtown Vancouv...

In this episode, Matt is joined by Raja Stone, founding pastor of Uptown Community Church in Uptown Waterloo. Raja is a co-vocational church planter and pastor, meaning he pastors his church and works at a major tech company, as well as a local drop-in centre. Raja shares the challenges and opportunities of co-vocational ministry and how creating a low-resource footprint is a necessary way forward...

Matt is joined by Jeff Bennet, Lead Pastor of Harbour Fellowship Church in St. Catherines, to discuss all things evangelism. Jeff shares his story of growing in evangelism, as well as leading others to do the same. Jeff and his team have created the website http://www.godlovescanada.com which provides details of their evangelistic method and discipleship tools. Harbour Fellowship Church is hosting...

Matt is joined by Robbie Symons, founding pastor and co-lead pastor of Hope Bible Church, Oakville, to discuss Robbie's calling to ministry, becoming a sending church and the centrality of prayer. Robbie's greatest passion is to see Jesus Christ glorified as people realize their potential only through His amazing power. With a Spirit-led resolve to proclaim the Word of God without apology, to pass...

In this episode, Matt is joined by Will Han to talk about Will's radical experience of love through hospitality and the power of a gospel experience vs. gospel statements. Will Han is a church planting catalyst with Send Network Canada, as well as a church planter. Previously Will served with the Lausanne Movement and planted two churches in Toronto. Will contributes to http://www.healthychurches....

In this episode, Matt is joined by Darryl Dash to talk about Darryl's church planting journey in Liberty Village, Toronto. Darryl shares a story of someone encouraging him to attend a burlesque show (which he didn't do) and how that exposed the gospel need in his neighbourhood. Darryl shares about his brokenness and how the gospel continued to help him change and motivate him through his years of...

Matt is joined by Daniel Yang, the current Director of the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center Church Multiplication Institute and the future national director of Churches of Welcome with World Relief. Prior to directing the institute, he planted a church in Toronto where he also helped recruit, assess, and train church planters through the Send Network and the Release Initiative. Daniel has serve...

In this episode, Matt is joined by Jacques Avakian, Send City Missionary to Montreal, with the Send Network. Jacques shares about his personal journey of coming to know Christ and coming to the province of Quebec. Jacques does a deep dive into the history of Quebec and why this history is so critical in understanding the spiritual condition of the Quebecois. Jacque can be reached via. the Send Net...

Matt Naismith is joined by Brett Landry, pastor of Christ City Church, Vancouver and Executive Director of City to City Canada, to discuss ministry in the urban city. Brett shares his story of coming to know Christ, his call to ministry and his call to the city of Vancouver. Brett can be found via https://christcitychurch.ca/ and https://citytocity.ca/. The vision of City to City Canada is equip l...

Many of us desire to serve and engage the city we are surrounded by but where do we begin? Dwayne Cline joins the show to reflect on his experience leading Hughson Street Baptist Church, now called James North Baptist Church, and how serving and engaging the city begins with the primary leader. Dwayne leads Cline Consulting (www.clineconsulting.co), a business he started to help organizations expa...

Matt is joined by Bechara Karkafi, to talk about his upbringing in Lebanon, coming to Christ through tragedy and his calling to reach the nations. Bechara works with the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist denomination in Canada as an international missionary, as well as a staff member of their Ontario region church planting team (Feb Central). To reach out to Bechara, please visit https://www.febce...

In this episode, Matt is joined by Robin Wallar, the lead pastor of Lift Church. Robin shares his journey with planting Lift and how God has used them to spark a movement of disciple making in the midst of pain. Robin also has a software engineering company called Engage Spaces and would love to assist you in creating an environment for richer disciple making. Checkout EngageSpaces.com to learn mo...

Matt Naismith is joined by Jeff Christopherson, Director of Church Planting Canada, to discuss Jeff's own personal church planting journey, how personal preferences get in the way of Christ's mission and what the future of church planting in Canada could look like. Jeff is an author, missiologist, church planter, husband, father and grandfather. His most recent book, "Once You See: Seven Temptatio...