Podcast & Videos

Thoughtful, relevant conversations with Christian guests hosted by Faith Today senior editor Bill Fledderus and other team members.

10 October, 2025 Faith Today Podcast Episode 249 - Glenn Smith (Christians in Montreal today and across history)
Faith Today TV Christians in Montreal today and across history Glenn Smith is the director of the graduate program in practical theology at McGill University. He recently published "Christians in the City of Montréal." He discusses with host David Guretzki the end of nominalist Christianity and what vibrant spirituality looks like in a culture that ignores the transcendent. 51:05
27 April, 2022
Webinar Meet the author of Posting Peace Watch a recording of our April 27 discussion on what we can do about the divisiveness of social media. With author Douglas Bursch. 1:11:46
14 October, 2025 Faith Today Podcast Episode 249 - Glenn Smith (Christians in Montreal today and across history)
Podcast Christians in Montreal today and across history Glenn Smith is the director of the graduate program in practical theology at McGill University. He recently published Christians in the City of Montréal (Bloomsbury Academic, 2025). He discusses with host David Guretzki the end of nominalist Christianity and what vibrant spirituality looks like in a culture that ignores the transcendent. 45:22
03 March, 2022
Webinar Four new EFC resources for churches The EFC recently launched four new resources to help churches engage with politicians, host conversations on racism, participate in Indigenous reconciliation, and welcome newcomers to Canada. Watch this recording to find out more. 49:18
01 October, 2025 Cross Connections Episode 2  -  Not Without Prayer (Featuring Athlete, Coach and Mentor Leon Brown)
Faith Today TV Not without prayer David Guretzki, president of The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, delves into the importance of prayer and how it relates to physical training in a wide-ranging conversation with athlete, coach and mentor Leon Brown. 34:52
11 September, 2025
Podcast Christian living in secular Canadian society Domenic Ruso is the author of The Bible for a Shifting Secular Age: Hearing the Truth You Need for the Life You Are Meant to Live (Cascade, 2025). He planted and leads a church called The180 in Laval, Que. He talks with host David Guretzki about the surprising shape of spiritual interest and disinterest among non-Christians today, and how we might respond to that reality.
 
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26 January, 2022
Webinar Meet the author of Refuge Reimagined Watch our discussion with Vancouver Bible scholar Mark Glanville, co-author of a book on compassion for displaced people, from Jan. 26. You can also watch the Facebook Live version of this event. 1:04:06
08 September, 2025 Cross Connections Episode 1  -  Why We Go to Church (Featuring Pastor Matt Rice)
Faith Today TV Why we go to church David Guretzki, president of The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, digs into some of the surprising benefits of regular church attendance, in conversation with Matt Rice, lead pastor of Trinity Bible Church near Ottawa. 46:50
04 September, 2025
Podcast Jesus and the revolutionary kingdom of peace

Jesse Nickel of Columbia Bible College in Abbotsford, B.C., published a compelling book last year about how Jesus' ministry and presentation of the Kingdom of God contrast with human understandings of power (A Revolutionary Jesus: Violence and Peacemaking in the Kingdom of God, Fortress Press, 2024). He talks with host Bill Fledderus about the challenge we face to understand shalom is at the heart of Jesus’ teachings and life.

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18 November, 2021
Webinar Meet author and expert on congregational flourishing Joel Thiessen What does it look like for a congregation to flourish? Hear from sociologist Joel Thiessen of Ambrose University, co-author of the book Signs of Life: Catholic, Mainline, and Conservative Protestant Congregations in Canada (Tyndale Academic, 2021). He discusses 11 categories of possible flourishing in a congregation. 1:01:58
05 March, 2025 Prayer in turbulent times by David Guretzki
Faith Today TV Prayer in turbulent times What does it mean that God is our refuge? Watch a video message from columnist David Guretzki based on his column from our MarApr issue. Guretzki is president and resident theologian of The EFC. 4:48
10 June, 2025
Podcast Elephants, tigers, rabbits and the Great Commission in Canada

Lisa Pak serves at Finishing the Task, a Great Commission initiative led by Rick Warren, founder of Saddleback Church. Her title at that “network of networks” is director of partnerships in Asia, for young leaders and women. She talked with guest host David Guretzki about diaspora communities and engaging younger generations with the gospel. 

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05 October, 2021
Webinar Faith deconstruction webinar with Peter Schuurman Many Christians who use the term deconstruction today are either shifting from one tradition to another or leaving Christianity entirely, writes Peter Schuurman at FaithToday.ca/DeconstructingFaith. Here's the video of our Oct. 5 webinar with editors Karen Stiller and Bill Fledderus. 1:03:30
20 January, 2025 Faith Today Podcast Episode 241 video
Faith Today TV Journalism serving the Church: Reflecting on the past 12 years at Faith Today The editors of Faith Today magazine and cohosts of its podcast – Karen Stiller and Bill Fledderus – sit together to reflect on their personal highlights from producing journalism together over the past 12+ years. Our 12th full podcast video. 35:34
23 May, 2025
Podcast Strengthening Canadian Christian education Greg Needham of Salmon Arm, B.C., and Lauralynn Mercer of Huntsville, Ont., are educators leading the Canadian Christian Education Movement, a project of the global education ministry Teach Beyond (cemovement.ca). They spoke with host Bill Fledderus about Christ-centred education options in Canada and new ways to help them grow. 37:27
08 June, 2021
Webinar Living well after the pandemic What have we learned from this challenging, weird, difficult pandemic experience as individuals and as the Church? Our expert panel -- Carolyn Arends, April Yamasaki, Ken Shigematsu and Danielle Strickland -- share their insights and experiences in spiritual health and wellness and how we can live even slightly tweaked lives based on our Covid-19 experiences. 60:36