Podcast & Videos

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

15 January, 2019
Podcast How churches can walk with those suffering and hurting Churches are well-positioned to be spiritual first responders to community tragedies. Merle Doherty, manager of the Rapid Response Team of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association of Canada, shares how we can do that well, even as individual Christians and friends. 23:39
06 February, 2019
Podcast The Evangelical Church in Vietnam: Beauty and resilience WEA Global Ambassador Brian Stiller visited Vietnam and reflects on the state of the Church in this beautiful country. 10:27
08 April, 2019
Podcast To be or not be an Evangelical In this Dispatch from March 2018, Brian Stiller of the World Evangelical Alliance explains, "A friend wrote, 'I no longer call myself an Evangelical.' Thoughtful, well informed but now I suspect feeling embarrassed, he has chosen to avoid a term used globally by hundreds of millions of Christians." 11:59
30 July, 2018
Podcast Healing churches: The hard path churches must walk through listening, confession and reconciliation The Rev. Dr. Russ Parker is an author and healing and reconciliation expert. He has ministered in some of the world’s toughest spots, leading listening and forgiveness work. 45:30
14 August, 2018
Podcast Faith and vocation: An interview with Regent College professor and author Steve Garber Steven Garber is author of the popular book Visions of Vocation and spoke with Karen Stiller in Vancouver about how what we do mixes with our faith. 27:44
29 August, 2018
Podcast When sexual misconduct hits the Church In this podcast with David Martin, executive minister of the Mennonite Church Eastern Canada, we explore the devastation wrought by this kind of transgression in the Church, the bare minimum protections required and how healing can best happen. 16:20
01 November, 2018
Podcast How to grow: Applying the Gospel to all of your life Author and pastor Darryl Dash shares with us the three core areas every Christian should be engaged with in order to grow, and the simple techniques that can help us all in our spiritual lives. 29:33
26 November, 2018
Podcast Let the sermon be interrupted: A new approach to reconciliation Author and pastor Mark Buchanan walks us through his own journey with reconcilation in Canada and encourages churches and Christians to fully embrace a new way of relating between First Nation and Settler Christians. 12:33
01 June, 2018
Podcast Six takeaways from the future of evangelicalism in America At an April 2018 meeting near Chicago, fifty Evangelical leaders of various ministries, ethnicities and churches explored the theme: The Future of Evangelicalism in America. 12:54
01 July, 2018
Podcast Are you in a flourishing church? How do you know when you've found one? Dr. Joel Thiessen studies religion and culture in Canada. He is Professor of Sociology & Director of the Flourishing Congregations Institute at Ambrose University in Calgary. Joel joins us in this podcast for a conversation about what exactly makes a church flourish. 27:18
14 December, 2018
Podcast How churches can protect the vulnerable and themselves Melodie Bissell, executive director of Plan to Protect, shares her insights into abuse in churches, who it hurts and how we can protect the vulnerable, including our pastors. 26:24
29 January, 2019
Podcast Rethinking downtown urban churches Rev. Graham Singh is reimagining what it means to be a downtown church in today's Canada. It has to do with space-sharing, innovation and, yes, good business. 34:35
14 March, 2019
Podcast Who are the keystone people in your neighbourhood Writer and pastor Preston Pouteaux's Faith Today article walks us through our neighbourhoods and helps us to see the potential for community and impact everywhere. 13:30
20 March, 2019
Podcast Leadership lessons from Tyndale's president Gary Nelson has been president of Tyndale University College & Seminary for 10 years, and just announced his upcoming retirement. He speaks to us about leadership, theological education and how we are Church today in Canada. 20:39
23 May, 2019 Court Gavel and Stethescope
Podcast Conscience, doctors and religious freedom in Ontario "If it's the doctors today, tomorrow it will be the churches." Larry Worthen of the Christian Medical and Dental Society of Canada responds to the recent Ontario court of appeal ruling on conscience and referrals. 18:17
10 September, 2019
Podcast Small churches and church plants An interview with Dr. Marilyn Draper, assistant professor of pastoral theology at Tyndale University College & Seminary.  26:29