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Pastoring Out Loud192: 20schemes RecapDaniel and Stacy discuss the 20schemes seminar and its implications for South Cities Church.Intro & Outro Music - "15:00 Guiding Light" by Jonathan Ogden. (Spotify, Apple Music) 2024-08-1322 minPastoring Out Loud189: The Least, The Last, and the Lost #3Mez Mcconnell and Sharon "Shabba" Dickens speak on and discuss ministry to the least, the last, and the lost in the U.K. and our American context. Mez helps churches practically care for the marginalized in their communities, and Sharon partners with him as she teaches women to be everyday ministers of the gospel. Pastor Daniel spent a week in Scotland in their network of churches (20schemes) this past February, and commends this seminar to the congregation.This audio is part 3, the Q&A, concluding the 20schemes seminar.Part 1 - MezPart 2 - Sharon2024-07-2345 min
Conversations Archive - 9MarksOn Church in Hard Places, with Matthew Spandler-Davidson and Francisco Puente (Missions Talk, Ep. 35)In this episode of Missions Talk, Ryan and Mack interview Matthew Spandler-Davidson and Francisco Puente about planting, revitalizing, and pastoring churches in hard places.
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Church in Hard Places
20Schemes
First Steps Series by 9Marks and 20Schemes
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Together for the BluegrassBonus Episode: Taking the Gospel back to Scotland.CJ and David spend a few minutes with Chris and Stephen from the missions organization 20Schemes. 20Schemes is working to plant healthy churches in some of the darkest places in Scotland. Take a listen and learn how you and your church can involved! Learn more at the link below:
https://20schemes.com/2024-01-1029 min
In:DependenceMeeting the Gospel Need in Scotland (with Rachel Sloan and Andy Hunter)What are the challenges and needs of gospel work in Scotland? How can people pray and support gospel work in the nation?
In this episode of In:Dependence, Adrian Reynolds (FIEC Head of National Ministries) is joined by Rachel Sloan (FIEC Director for Women's Ministry) and Andy Hunter (FIEC Director for Scotland and North England) to discuss the needs of gospel work in Scotland and how they can be addressed.
00:00 - Introduction02:03 - Challenges in city centre ministry in Scotland07:23 - Cultural changes in Scotland10:23 - Unreached areas15:21 - Revitalisation in Scotl...2023-11-2131 min
Walk WorthyOur most Scottish episode everPastor Sean interviews Tommy and Lorne Millar from Scotland.
Tommy and Lorne serve as church planters with 20Schemes.
Learn more: https://20schemes.com/the-schemes/maryhill/2023-11-1037 min
20schemesPete Stewart || Churches Will Let Our Schemes FlourishPete Stewart spoke at our 20schemes Weekender March 2023 on the importance of God's Church. All the talks from the Weekender were based on Garrett Kell's book 'Church: Do I Have To Go?' from the First Steps series, available to buy from 10 of Those.
Explore our work to plant churches in schemes across the West of Scotland at the link below:
20schemes.com/west2023-06-1536 min
20schemesAlan McKnight || What Should Our Churches Do?Alan McKnight, pastor of Harper Church, spoke at our 20schemes Weekender March 2023 on the importance of God's Church. All the talks from the Weekender were based on Garrett Kell's book 'Church: Do I Have To Go?' from the First Steps series, available to buy from 10 of Those.
We're partnering with Harper Church to plant a new church in the heart of the working-class community of Govan.
Find out more and get involved: https://20schemes.com/govan
Or you can email Pete Stewart on pstewart@20schemes.com to find out more about opportunities to get involved.
#churchplanting #glasgow #pray2023-06-1533 min
20schemesPete Bell || How Do We Establish Churches?Pete Bell, Barlanark church planter, spoke at our 20schemes Weekender in March 2023 about how we establish healthy churches in poor communities.
All talks at this Weekender were based off the book 'Church: Do I Have To Go?' by Garrett Kell from the 9Marks First Steps Series, available to buy from 10ofThose.com.
Find out more about our work here:
20schemes.com2023-06-1539 min
20schemesMez McConnell || What's Our Role In The Church?Mez McConnell, Director of 20schemes, spoke at our 20schemes Weekender in March 2023 about what we as Christians should be doing in the church.
All talks at this Weekender were based off the book 'Church: Do I Have To Go?' by Garrett Kell from the 9Marks First Steps Series, available to buy from 10ofThose.com.
Find out more about our work here:
20schemes.com2023-06-1542 min
20schemesChris Davidson || Why Do We Need Churches?Chris Davidson, pastor of Merkinch Free Church, spoke at our 20schemes Weekender March 2023 on the importance of God's Church. All the talks from the Weekender were based on Garrett Kell's book 'Church: Do I Have To Go?' from the First Steps series, available to buy from 10 of Those.
Explore our work to plant churches in schemes across the West of Scotland at the link below:
20schemes.com/west2023-05-1837 min
Exposit The WordUNCONVENTIONAL - Sharon DickensDiscipling women is vital in every church. But it’s all very well knowing the theory — how do you actually get on and do it in practice? Get the book here https://www.10ofthose.com/uk/products/29151/unconventional Find out more about 20schemes women https://20schemes.com/what-we-do/women/ Grab an Exposit The Word hoodie here https://exposit-the-word-merch.creator-spring.com/ Exposit The word is an online platform designed to point people towards sound Bible teaching. We are very thankful to work in partnership with LOGOS and we are thrilled to be able to offer our viewers a huge discount plus...2023-04-1747 min
20schemesUNCUT | 'The Scheme', East v West & the Need for Scottish PlantersIn this podcast, Pete Stewart chats to new 20schemes church planter, Paul Harkess.
Paul, along with his wife Miriam, are seeking to plant a church in the scheme of Onthank in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. Onthank found fame on the hit BBC Scotland documentary series 'The Scheme' which followed the lives of some of the residents of the community and their daily struggles.
You can explore the gospel work that is beginning in Onthank by clicking the link below:
https://20schemes.com/onthank2022-12-0929 min
20schemesAmerican planters & Scottish banterPete Stewart chats with three of our new American church planters about their experience of adjusting to the Scottish scheme culture and what drew them to gospel ministry in Scotland's hardest places.
Find out more how you can support our Christmas Challenge for church planting in the West of Scotland here:
20schemes.com/christmaschallenge2022-12-0245 min20schemesUNCUT: Preaching the Gospel to Internationals in the SchemesIn the latest episode of 20scheme UNCUT, Pete Stewart chats to Lorne Millar, women's worker in Maryhill, about her background and experience with sharing the good news with internationals in her scheme, and how to navigate the multi-cultural nature of scheme communities as you try to share Jesus.
Watch the podcast on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/t_t1GXCx9SA
Find out about our work to make Jesus known in the west of Scotland here:https://20schemes.com/the-schemes/glasgow/2022-06-2327 min
20schemesUNCUT | Liberation From Sexual Sin And Living For ChristPete Stewart, pastor of Hope Community Church Barlanark, speaks to Garrett Kell about the consequences of sexual sin and finding freedom in loving and living for Christ.
Garrett is the author of Pure in Heart: Sexual Sin and the Promises of God. He also serves as pastor of Del Ray Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia. He is married to Carrie and they have six children.
You can buy his book here: https://www.crossway.org/books/pure-in-heart-tpb/
Also see the book Garrett wrote as part of the First Steps series here: https://www.christianfocus.com/products/2854/church-do-i-have-to2022-06-0245 min20schemesUNCUT | Biblical Addiction Recovery & 'Dead Sea' Mercy MinistriesPete Stewart chats with Terry McCutcheon who runs Hope for Glasgow which provides Christian addiction recovery support in the west of Scotland. In this episode of UNCUT they talk about counselling addicts, growing up in Glasgow's schemes and the mercy ministries that don't work.
Find out about Hope for Glasgow here: https://hopeforglasgow.org/
You can watch Terry's testimony here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHAVKVlQFRo&t=88s
If you are interested in finding out more about our work to plant gospel churches in Glasgow and the west of Scotland, go here: https://20schemes.com/glasgow/2022-04-0742 min
Hymnnology 101 Podcast#6 - Sol Fenne (20schemes music)Sam chats with Sol Fenne of 20schemes music whilst at the 20schemes weekender in March 2022.
Sol has written some great modern hymns to serve the 20schemes church plants.
You can check out their latest album "Hymns in Hard Places" here - https://open.spotify.com/album/3rT7F8E83eKCAtRgXwC9BD?si=FOHYb7cZTQmzlJu2fCKF0g&utm_source=copy-link
We chat about hymns in general and get some background on the hymns he has written.
Hope you enjoy!2022-03-2941 min20schemesUNCUT | The Decline of Scottish Evangelicalism & Reaching the Least, Last & LostPete Stewart chats to Andy Hunter, Scotland Director of the FIEC, about some of the reasons why Christianity in Scotland is at an all-time low, and what the Church should be doing about it.
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If you are interested in church ministry or partnering with us to plant or revitalise a church in Scotland's poorest areas, email pstewart@20schemes.com to find out more.
Read Pete's blog on EQUIP about Scotland's churches needing more 'labourers for the harvest':
https://20schemesequip.com/where-are-...
Buy your copy of Mez McConnell's book The Least, the Last & the Lost here:
https://www.10ofthose.com/leastlastlost2022-03-2448 min20schemesUNCUT | Preaching the Gospel to CatholicsPete Stewart speaks to Paul McLoughlin about growing up in a Catholic home in the west of Scotland, how he came to believe in the true gospel, and how he struggled to reconcile that with his catholic identity.
Find out more about our mission to plant new churches in the west of Scotland here:
https://20schemes.com/the-schemes/glasgow/2022-03-1627 min20schemesUNCUT | Preaching the Gospel to ProtestantsPete Stewart speaks to Stephen Cassells about Protestantism in Glasgow and the west of Scotland. Why is Protestantism without faith such a big issue and how do we reach those who class themselves as 'protestant' but are still not truly saved by grace?
Watch Stephen's testimony here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ7RajaGSCU
Find out more about our work to plant three new churches in the west of Scotland at the link below:
https://20schemes.com/the-schemes/glasgow/2022-03-0327 min20schemesUNCUT | Biblical Counselling in the SchemesPete Stewart, 20schemes church planter and head of our West of Scotland church planting focus, meets with Zach Watt of Greenview Church, Glasgow.
In this podcast, Pete & Zach discuss biblical counselling and how all churches and their members, especially those in the schemes, should be seeking to care and minister to people in their communities suffering from trauma.
Find out more about Biblical Counselling UK at the link below:
https://www.biblicalcounselling.org.uk/
Explore our work to plant three new churches in the Glasgow and west of Scotland area:
https://20schemes.com/the-schemes/glasgow/2022-02-2434 min
20schemesUNCUT | Surviving the Trenches: Discipling men in ministryAndy Constable, speaks with Joe Barnard pastor of Holyrood Evangelical Church in Edinburgh and the executive director of Cross Training Ministries. They discuss the struggles men in ministry face and the importance of discipling them correctly.
Check out Surviving the Trenches: https://www.survivingthetrenches.men
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Surviving the Trenches - Order here - https://www.10ofthose.com/uk/products...2022-02-0220 min20schemesUNCUT | Why Glasgow's Schemes Need Gospel ChurchesMez McConnell chats with Tommy Millar, pastor of Maryhill Evangelical and Pete Stewart, pastor of Hope Community Church Barlanark about planting gospel-preaching churches in the schemes of Glasgow. This year, our Christmas Challenge appeal is to raise £100,000 to plant three new churches in Glasgow and the west of Scotland, where there are hundreds (yes, HUNDREDS!) of schemes without healthy churches in them. Your money will help to launch these churches.
FIND OUT MORE & GIVE: https://20schemes.com/get-involved/gi...
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Check o...2021-12-0732 min20schemesUNCUT | Poverty in the UK & The Responsibility of the Local ChurchMez McConnell, speaks with Ian Williamson pastor of New Life Church in Middlesboroughand Graham Thompson pastor of Spen Valley Church in Cleckheaton, on poverty in the UK. Speaking on what responsibility the local church has in dealing with poverty, Mez asks the guys their view on how best to tackle this issue and discusses other topics explored in his new book "The Least, The Last and the Lost".
Pre-order your copy of The Least, The Last and the Lost: https://www.10ofthose.com/uk/products/28290/the-least-the-last-and2021-10-1931 min20schemesUNCUT | The Realities Of Church Planting In Highland SchemesAndy Constable chats to Chris Davidson, pastor of Merkinch Free Church in Inverness about pastoring those struggling with poor mental health and the realities of church planting, especially in the highlands of Scotland.
Find out more and support Merkinch Free Church by going to our website.
https://20schemes.com/Merkinch2021-10-1533 min20schemesUNCUT | Blended Families & The Gospel Part 2 | The Female PerspectiveSharon Dickens talks with Fontaine Selway and Natasha Davidson about blended families. This is a follow-up conversation to the male perspective.
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Healthy Gospel ChurchMez McConnell - 20schemesEach week we sit down with a guest to discuss Mission and Evangelism in Scotland and beyond.
Mez McConnell, is one of the pastors of Niddrie Community Church, Edinburgh, Scotland. He is the founder of 20schemes and has been involved in full-time pastoral ministry, both church planting and revitalisation since 1999.
Mez also works closely with several Free Church of Scotland church planters as they continue to develop local ministries. He has worked in inner city areas in England, Scotland and Brazil and has a passion for training men and women for ministry in this context.2021-06-2445 min
The Acts 29 PodcastMez McConnell on Acts 29 and 20schemesWhen we imagine Scotland, we might think of castles, rugged hills, or reformers like John Knox. But in Scotland’s housing schemes—inner-city neighborhoods burdened by poverty and crime—the reality is very different. These schemes are in desperate need of local, Bible-preaching churches. Through Church in Hard Places, Acts 29 works closely with 20schemes, a ministry seeking to plant healthy, multiplying churches of gospel light in the darkest corners of Scotland.
Mez McConnell joins the podcast today to discuss church planting in Scotland through 20schemes and Acts 29. Mez is one of the pastors of Niddrie Community Church in Edinburgh and the fo...2021-06-1729 min
In Context#25: An interview with Jason NelsonThis weeks episode is an interview with Jason Nelson. Jason is a church planter serving at Niddrie Community Church in Edinburgh, Scotland. He and his family are from Laramie, Wyoming. Jason is married to Gretchen and they have five children.
You can support his ministry here
https://20schemes.com/give/
You can watch Jason and his family serving with 20Schemes Music here
https://youtu.be/GXvtCcv1PVs
2021-05-2939 min
20schemesTight Fisted Presbyterians... - Mez McConnell & David GoligherMez McConnell talks with Liam Goligher about Presbyterians and giving, Scottish church history and reaching the poor, and what 20schemes is seeking to do to get healthy churches established in Scotland’s poorest communities.2021-03-3140 min
In Context#16: The Myth of the Laird of PartsMez McConnel is a Pastor, Author, Director of 20schemes and Global Urban Poor Strategist for Church in Hard Places. Both he and Ian discuss some of the problems and solutions of gospel ministry in deprived areas.
www.20schemes.com
2021-03-2554 min
Lincoln Baptist ChurchA Conversation with Sol Fenne (20Schemes Music)A Conversation with Sol Fenne (20Schemes Music) by Lincoln Baptist Church2021-03-0935 min20schemesSocial Justice, the UK Poor, and What the Church Should Do About It - Mez McConnell & Joel KurzMez McConnell talks with Joel Kurz about recognising false gospels, whether we should use the term ‘social justice’, and how churches in the UK ought to respond to the lack of healthy churches in poor communities.
Joel Kurz is the Pastor of The Garden Church in Baltimore, Maryland and is the Director of One Hope, an organisation that plants churches in the inner city.2021-02-1044 min
In ContextTaster episode: Is Medhurst Ministries a 20Schemes rip off?Prince Harry and Fat Karl Pilkington discuss why Medhurst Ministries is basically a rip off from 20Schemes2020-12-1133 min20schemesThe Pandemic, Unemployment, and Retrain in the SchemesMez McConnell talks with Andy Constable about the devastating unemployment rates in the schemes, outlining what we at 20schemes hope to do about it.2020-12-0915 min20schemesChurch Planting in a PandemicMez McConnell talks with Gerald White about starting a new church in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.2020-10-0728 min
20schemesMust Victims of Abuse Forgive Their Abuser?Mez McConnell talks with Andy Constable, Graham Thompson, and Ian Williamson about the difficult topic of abuse and forgiveness.2020-09-0924 min20schemesWhy We’d Rather Revitalise Churches than Plant ThemWhy We’d Rather Revitalise Churches than Plant Them by 20schemes2020-06-1027 min20schemes‘Culture Shock’ and Ministry in Hard PlacesThis podcast is also available to watch on the 20schemes YouTube channel.2020-05-2725 min20schemesWhy Modern Christian Music Needs More LamentThis podcast is also available to watch on the 20schemes YouTube channel.2020-05-2619 min
NEU Podcast3: Discipling Women and Children in the Inner-City with Sharon and NatashaChurches in an urban poor context need to learn to serve the women and children the church and community. Today we speak with Sharon Dickens, the Director of Women's Ministry at 20schemes and Natasha Davidson who leads ministries to children and women at Niddrie Community Church. To buy Sharon's book, Unexceptional, go to 10ofthose.com.Support the show2020-05-2038 minHealthy Gospel Church20schemesToday we chat with Sharon Dickens and Natasha Davidson from 20schemes.
20schemes is a ministry based in Scotland which aims to spread the gospel through church planting and revitalisation.
20schemes Website: https://20schemes.com
Presented by David Meredith
www.generation-mission.org
Title Music and Production: Simon Kennedy
2020-05-0738 minNEU Podcast2: 20schemes with Matthew Spandler-DavisonPlanting churches among the urban poor is hard—hard enough that many write it off as impossible. But Matthew Spandler-Davison and 20schemes are a model of a different philosophy and method of bringing the gospel to the poorest of the poor in Scotland.Support the show2020-04-2425 min20schemesOur Response to LockdownThis is a conversation discussing how 20schemes has been approaching some of the challenges of the lockdown.2020-04-1532 min
20schemesLiving a Fearless Life in Troubling Times“The safest place to be is not in self-isolation. Nor is it a hospital bed. The safest place to be—in the entire world—is in Christ.”
Mez McConnell sermon 22 March, 2020.2020-03-2545 min
20schemesWhat is ‘Spiritual Abuse’?Mez McConnell and Andy Constable discuss the convoluted topic of ‘spiritual abuse’—seeking to understand what it is, how to identify it, and how to protect the church from it.
This podcast is also available to watch on the 20schemes YouTube channel.2020-03-1137 min
20schemes#028 How to Endure Dark Days in Ministry in Hard PlacesHow to Endure Dark Days in Ministry in Hard Places – Mez McConnell & Will Savory
Pastoral ministry in poor communities is brutal. It‘s a war. But in the gospel, we have real, meaningful hope.
Will Savoury is the assistant pastor of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Swansea, Wales.
This podcast is also available to watch on the 20schemes YouTube channel.2019-12-1841 min
20schemes#027 Could 20schemes Work in Northern Ireland?Could 20schemes Work in Northern Ireland? | Mez McConnell & Marty McNeely
In this episode, Mez McConnell and Marty McNeely discuss Brexit, housing-estate ministry in Northern Ireland, religious and political boundaries, and who they’d choose in an international WWE Baptist v Presbyterian smackdown.
This video is also available to watch on the 20schemes YouTube channel2019-11-2738 min
20schemes#025 Does Complementarianism Oppress Women?Should Christian women be allowed to dye their hair? Should they stay home to cook and clean? And what about Beth Moore? Mez McConnell talks with Sharon Dickens and Miriam McConnell about all this and more, including our newest resource for women, Unexceptional: Ordinary Women Doing Extraordinary Things Through God, on this 20schemes Uncut podcast episode.
This session is also available to watch on the 20schemes YouTube channel.2019-11-0643 min
20schemes#026 Discipling People In AddictionDiscipling People In Addiction - Mez McConnell & Joel Kurz
Joel Kurz is the lead pastor of The Garden Church in Baltimore, Maryland. He is also the founder of ONE HOPE, an urban church planting initiative.
This podcast is also available as video on the 20schemes YouTube channel.2019-10-2845 min
20schemes#024 Graeme Shanks (Part 2)Burdened Or Burned Out? Andy Constable & Graeme Shanks
In this podcast, Andy and Graeme consider the line between being burdened for the lost and being burned out with stress.
Graeme is the Pastor of Bruntsfield Evangelical Church in Edinburgh.
This video is also available to watch on the 20schemes YouTube channel - youtube.com/20schemes2019-09-2514 min
20schemes#023 Graeme Shanks (Part 1)Ministry In Middle Class Communities - Mez McConnell, Andy Constable & Graeme Shanks
Graeme is the Pastor of Bruntsfield Evangelical Church in Edinburgh.
This video is also available watch on the 20schemes YouTube channel - youtube.com/20schemes2019-08-2844 min
20schemes#022 Tim BeougherChurch, Class & Seminary Education - Mez McConnell & Tim Beougher
Timothy K. Beougher is the Billy Graham Professor of Evangelism and Church Growth at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky.
This podcast is also available to watch on the 20schemes YouTube channel.2019-08-0654 min
20schemesMez McConnell - Worship & Ministry | Sing Scotland, 2019The goal of 20schemes is to bring the light of the gospel to Scotland’s schemes through church planting and revitalisation.
This session was recorded at the Sing Scotland Conference 2019.
Sing Scotland is a gathering of church leaders and musicians who seek to become better equipped to lead their congregations in worship.2019-07-1733 min
20schemesKeith Getty - How To Lead Worship | Sing Scotland, 2019The goal of 20schemes is to bring the light of the gospel to Scotland’s schemes through church planting and revitalisation.
This session was recorded at the Sing Scotland Conference 2019.
Sing Scotland is a gathering of church leaders and musicians who seek to become better equipped to lead their congregations in worship.2019-07-1753 min
20schemesBrian Croft - The Pastor's Soul | Sing Scotland, 2019The goal of 20schemes is to bring the light of the gospel to Scotland’s schemes through church planting and revitalisation.
Brian Croft is Senior Pastor of Auburndale Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky and is the Founder of Practical Shepherding. He is also Senior Fellow of the Mathena Center for Church Revitalization at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. This session was recorded at the Sing Scotland Conference 2019.
Sing Scotland is a gathering of church leaders and musicians who seek to become better equipped to lead their congregations in worship.2019-07-1755 min
20schemesJohn Piper Q & A with Andy Prime | Sing Scotland, 2019The goal of 20schemes is to bring the light of the gospel to Scotland’s schemes through church planting and revitalisation.
This Q & A session was recorded at the Sing Scotland Conference 2019.
Sing Scotland is a gathering of church leaders and musicians who seek to become better equipped to lead their congregations in worship.2019-07-1727 min
20schemesJohn Piper - Advice To Preachers | Sing Scotland, 2019The goal of 20schemes is to bring the light of the gospel to Scotland’s schemes through church planting and revitalisation.
This session was recorded at the Sing Scotland Conference 2019.
Sing Scotland is a gathering of church leaders and musicians who seek to become better equipped to lead their congregations in worship.2019-07-1750 min
20schemesJohn Piper - Where Songs and Service Meet | Sing Scotland, 2019The goal of 20schemes is to bring the light of the gospel to Scotland’s schemes through church planting and revitalisation.
This talk was recorded at the Sing Scotland Concert in 2019.2019-07-1225 min
20schemes#021 Brian CroftSBC, Women Preachers & Child Abuse - Mez McConnell & Brian Croft
Brian Croft is senior pastor of Auburndale Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. He has authored over a dozen books. Brian blogs regularly at Practical Shepherding.
This video is also available to watch on the 20schemes YouTube channel.2019-06-261h 00
20schemes#020 Marvin OlaskyPoverty Fighting & The Welfare State - Andy Constable & Marvin Olasky
Marvin is the Editor in Chief of WORLD News Group and an Elder in the Presbyterian Church in America.
This recording is also available to watch on the 20schemes YouTube channel.2019-06-1242 min
20schemes#019 Derek LamontPlanting Reformed Churches - Mez McConnell & Derek Lamont
Derek Lamont is the Senior Minister at St. Columba's Free Church at the foot of Castlehill in Edinburgh's Old Town. He is also a former Moderator of the Free Church of Scotland.
For more information about 'Generation' visit http://generation-mission.org
This episode is also available to watch on the 20schemes YouTube channel.2019-05-2932 min
20schemes#018 Doug LoganWoke Christianity, Social Justice & MLK Jr. - Mez McConnell & Doug Logan
Doug Logan is the Lead Pastor of Epiphany Camden, NJ. He is also the Co-director of Church in Hard Places, an Acts 29 church planting initiative.
This recording is also available to watch on the 20schemes YouTube channel.2019-05-0153 min
20schemes#017 The Three PresbyteriansThe Three Prebyterians - Mez McConnell and Church Planters
Andy, Chris and James are all members of the Free Church of Scotland and involved in church planting and pastoring.
This episode is also available to watch on the 20schemes YouTube channel - http://youtube.com/20schemes2019-04-1049 min
The Stone TableThe Stone Table: Art & the Church with Susanna MacaulayThe Stone Table: Art & Christianity. Travis and Frances sit down with 20schemes worker Susanna Macaulay to talk about art and its place in the church.
If you would like to support Susanna and her husband financially go to 20schemes.com/give.Go to 20schemes.com/get-involved/pray to get on their prayer list.
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20schemes#016 Andy MurrayThomas Guthrie & The Ragged Schools - Mez McConnell & Andy Murray
Andy is a member of Livingstone Free Church. He has written extensively on the life and ministry of Thomas Guthrie. More information can be found at thomasguthrie.org
This recording is also available to watch on at http://youtube.com/20schemes2019-03-1343 min
20schemes#015 Steven HutchisonThis Podcast was recorded mid 2018. The Ragged School of Theology has been running since Autumn of 2018.
Training Indigenous Gospel Leaders With Limited Resources - Mez McConnell & Steven Hutchison
Steven Hutchison is the Principal of The Ragged School Of Theology, based out of Niddrie Community Church, Edinburgh.
This recording is also available to watch on the 20schemes YouTube channel http://youtube.com/20schemes2019-02-2024 min
20schemes#014 International PanelChurch Planting In The World's Hardest Places - International Panel
Chris, Mario and Ronald are pastors in some of the world's most difficult communities. In this video Mez and the guys discuss some of the challenges they face and where they have found encouragement.
This recording is also available to watch on the 20schemes YouTube channel; YouTube.com/20schemes2019-02-0630 min
20schemes#013 Andi MathiesonPastoring A Church While Battling Mental Illness - Mez McConnell & Andi Mathieson
Andi Mathieson is pastor of Lochee Baptist Chapel in Lochee, Scotland.
This recording is also available to watch on the 20schemes YouTube channel http://youtube.com/20schemes2019-01-2341 min
20schemes#012 Andy Paterson & Jonathan PrimeSins That Stain; Restoration For Compromised Christian Leaders - Andy Paterson & Jonathan Prime
In this podcast Mez, Andy and Jonathan discuss the challenges and consequences of sexual sin, particularly in leadership.
Andy is the Mission Director and Jonathan is Pastoral Ministries Director at the Foundation of Independent Evangelical Churches (FIEC). Both serve as elders at their home churches of Enfield Evangelical Free Church and Charlotte Chapel (respectively).
This recording is also available to watch on the 20schemes YouTube channel.2019-01-2336 min
20schemes#011 John StevensThe Church & Class (Part 2) - Mez McConnell & John Stevens
John Stevens is the FIEC National Director and one of the pastors of Christchurch Market Harborough.
This recording is also available to watch on the 20schemes YouTube channel http://youtube.com/20schemes2018-12-1820 min
20schemes#009 Chris DavidsonBuilding A Gospel Community & Resistance To Change - Mez McConnell & Chris Davidson
Chris Davidson is a church planter in Inverness in the Scottish Highlands.
This recording is also available to watch on 20schemes YouTube channel youtube.com/20schemes2018-11-1452 min
20schemes#008 Robert MandaTraining Church Leaders In Isolated, Rural Communities - Ian Williamson & Robert Manda
Training Church Leaders In Isolated, Rural Communities - Ian Williamson & Robert Manda
Robert Manda is the Pastor of New Life Church in Malawi.
This recording is also available to watch on the 20schemes YouTube channel http://youtube.com/20schemes2018-10-3133 min
20schemes#007 Andy ConstableSharing Your Home With Broken People - Mez McConnell & Andy Constable
Andy Constable is the Co-pastor of Niddrie Community Church in Edinburgh, Scotland.
This recording is also available to watch on 20schemes YouTube channel http://20schemes.com/youtube2018-10-1153 min
20schemes#006 Andy PrimeChurch Polity, Hard Calls & Gospel Conviction - Mez McConnell & Andy Prime
Andy Prime is a 20schemes church planter in Gracemount, Edinburgh.
This recording is also available to listen to watch on the 20schemes YouTube channel.2018-09-261h 00
20schemes#005 Sol FenneThe Role Of Music In Worship - Mez McConnell & Sol Fenne
Sol Fenne is the Director of Music for 20schemes.
This recording is also available to watch on the 20schemes YouTube channel; 20schemes.com/youtube2018-09-1146 min
20schemes#004 Sharon DickensThe Role Of Women In A Gospel Church - Mez McConnell & Sharon Dickens
Sharon Dickens is the Director of Women’s Ministry for 20schemes.
This recording is also available to watch on YouTube on the 20schemes channel.2018-09-0538 min
20schemes#003 Ian Willamson (Part 2)Control Freaks, Training Leaders & Making Sacrifices - Mez McConnell & Ian Williamson (Part 2)
Ian Williamson is the Pastor of New Life Church Middlesbrough in the North of England.
This conversation is also available to watch on the 20schemes YouTube channel; youtube.com/20schemes2018-08-2931 min
20schemes#002 Ian Willamson (Part 1)Class Diversity, Trophies Of Grace & The God Channel - Mez McConnell & Ian Williamson
Ian Williamson is the Pastor of New Life Church Middlesbrough in the North of England.
Ian Williamson on Blind date - https://youtu.be/Aky6NhuKWv8
...what a lad.
This conversation is also available to watch on the 20schemes YouTube channel; http://youtube.com/20schemes2018-08-1543 min
20schemes#001 Matthew Spandler-DavisonPilot, 20schemes podcast2018-06-2652 min
T4G PodcastPre-Conference - 20schemes - Mez McConnell - "What is Addiction" (T4G18)2018-05-1840 minT4G PodcastPre-Conference - 20schemes - Round Table Discussion 1 (T4G18)2018-05-1820 minT4G PodcastPre-Conference - 20schemes - Garrett Kell - "Overcoming Addiction" (T4G18)2018-05-1846 minT4G PodcastPre-Conference - 20schemes - Round Table Discussion 2 (T4G18)2018-05-1824 min
Confessional Collective#58 Ministering to WomenThis week, the guys have a special guest from 20schemes in Edinburgh, Scotland, Sharon Dickens. She has been involved in women's ministry for over 15 years. She shares some wisdom on the why, the who, and the how of ministering to women. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2018-04-0400 min
Acts 29 PodcastEpisode 13: Mez McConnellOn this episode of the Acts 29 podcast, Tony Merida talks with Mez McConnell, lead pastor of Niddrie Community Church (Edinburgh, Scotland) and the founder and Ministry Director of 20schemes. Mez has been involved in full time pastoral ministry, church planting and revitalisation, since 1999. He has worked in inner city areas in England, Scotland and Brazil and has a passion for training men and women for ministry in this context. In this episode Mez tells his story from homelessness into church planting as well as discussing mercy ministries, the Church In Hard Places collaborative and the work of 20schemes.
2017-08-0923 min
Podcast – 20schemesNew Church Plant In AberdeenWe’re delighted to welcome Lewis and Rosie Campbell to 20schemes. Lewis is looking to plant a church in a community in Aberdeen called Torry. We put a few questions to Lewis and Rosie this week to introduce them to you. Tell us a little about yourselves. Lewis: We have been married since August 2016. I […]
The post New Church Plant In Aberdeen appeared first on 20schemes.2017-03-1000 minPodcast – 20schemesLearning How To Do Church In Scotland’s SchemesIt’s Monday morning; the staff and interns are bleary-eyed from the weekend past, sleepwalking through their morning routine, all thanks to 10 days of intense activity which, on the run up to it, was prophetically dubbed ‘radge-week’ (“radge” | adjective: an informal Scottish term meaning wild, crazy or violent). This was now our third Weekender […]
The post Learning How To Do Church In Scotland’s Schemes appeared first on 20schemes.2016-10-0400 min
Bangor Worldwide Missionary Convention AudioAndy Prime (20Schemes)We looking forward to interviewing Andy Prime who is a graduate from Oak Hill College and was an Associate Pastor at Charlotte Baptist Chapel in Edinburgh since 2010. In September 2014, he joined 20schemes to become a church planter in Gracemount, Edinburgh.”Lynne is working amongst island immigrants in a major city in the south of France. She is involved in Bible translation, literacy classes and homework clubs.Lynn has asked for sensitivity online. She doesn't want her talk recorded.Will Niven has been serving God in Albania for the last 17 years. He is involved in leading two churches, ministry amongst the blin...2016-08-2413 minPodcast – 20schemesAddictions In Hard Places – Weekender 2016 (5/5)Here’s the recordings for session 5 of the 20schemes Weekender 2016, available to watch on video or listen on audio. Mez McConnell on Addictions in Hard Places. (AUDIO)
The post Addictions In Hard Places – Weekender 2016 (5/5) appeared first on 20schemes.2016-02-2700 minPodcast – 20schemesYouth Work In Hard Places – Weekender 2016 (4/5)Here’s the recordings for session 4 of the 20schemes Weekender 2016, available to watch on video or listen on audio. Andy Prime chairs a discussion on Youth Work in Hard Places with other youth work practitioners from schemes around Scotland. Panel discussion Youth Work in Hard Places. (AUDIO)
The post Youth Work In Hard Places – Weekender 2016 (4/5) appeared first on 20schemes.2016-02-2700 minPodcast – 20schemesDiscipline In Hard Places – Weekender 2016 (3/5)Here’s the recordings for session 3 of the 20schemes Weekender 2016, available to watch on video or listen on audio. Mez McConnell on Discipline in Hard Places. (AUDIO)
The post Discipline In Hard Places – Weekender 2016 (3/5) appeared first on 20schemes.2016-02-2700 minPodcast – 20schemesDiscipleship In Hard Places – Weekender 2016 (2/5)Here’s the recordings for session 2 of the 20schemes Weekender 2016, available to watch on video or listen on audio. Andy Constable on Discipleship in Hard Places. (AUDIO)
The post Discipleship In Hard Places – Weekender 2016 (2/5) appeared first on 20schemes.2016-02-2700 minPodcast – 20schemesEvangelism In Hard Places – Weekender 2016 (1/5)Here’s the recordings for session 1 of the 20schemes Weekender 2016, available to watch on video or listen on audio. Mez McConnell on Evangelism in Hard Places. (AUDIO)
The post Evangelism In Hard Places – Weekender 2016 (1/5) appeared first on 20schemes.2016-02-2700 minPodcast – 20schemesIs There Any Future For The Impossibly Hopeless People In Our Communities?You can listen to an audio recording of this blog post by clicking on the player below. Listen to Paul speaking to a church dividing on ethnic and social lines in Ephesians 2:14-17: For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall […]
The post Is There Any Future For The Impossibly Hopeless People In Our Communities? appeared first on 20schemes.2015-03-0900 minPodcast – 20schemesLessons From The Front: What I Would Do Differently If I Had To Plant Again (4)You can listen to an audio recording of this blog post by clicking on the player below. This is the fourth blog of a four part series by Dai Hankey, a church planter in Wales. If I was going to plant again… I would be far more careful about who I encouraged to […]
The post Lessons From The Front: What I Would Do Differently If I Had To Plant Again (4) appeared first on 20schemes.2015-03-0200 minPodcast – 20schemesLessons From The Front: What I Would Do Differently If I Had to Plant Again (3)..You can listen to an audio recording of this blog post by clicking on the player below. This is the third blog of a four part series by Dai Hankey, a church planter in Wales. If I was going to plant again… I would be far less bothered by what others are doingI think […]
The post Lessons From The Front: What I Would Do Differently If I Had to Plant Again (3).. appeared first on 20schemes.2015-02-2300 minT4G PodcastChurch Planting in Hard PlacesWhat does it look like for churches to reach out and evangelize among the poor? Whose responsibility is this within the church and what does Scripture say about it? In this breakout, pastors Mike McKinley and Mez McConnell discuss what church planting in difficult contexts means for the local church’s evangelism.
Mike McKinley is the lead pastor of Sterling Park Baptist Church in Sterling, VA. He is the author of several books, including “Am I Really a Christian?” and “Passion: How Christ’s Final Day Changes Your Every Day”. Mike and his wife Karen have five children.2014-06-0400 min