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Fantastic conversation with Andy Arnold, who together with his wife Camilla, leads Oceanside Church, Nainamo (Canada).

We're joined by Ian McKellar on a short theological journey through the Bible's over-arching picture of how the nations are transformed, changed, and made new through the Church and the gospel of Jesus Christ. Ian highlights the different pictures and motifs the Bible uses to help us understand God's grand promise even better. We will have Ian on a future episode to unpack these concepts in greater detail. Ian, along with his wife, Nola, lead Church of Joy in Singapore and have been on the NCMI team since the beginning days.

When any ministry undergoes a transition of leadership, we have to be sure to honor each other in the process. Brad Lane has a wonderful testimony of what that looks like as he and his wife Charissa took over leadership of The Crossing Church in Johannesburg (previously Ebenezer Christian Fellowship) from Mannie and Dawn Pereira in 2011.

Thabiso Motsepe and his wife, Didi, lead Cosmo City Church in Cosmo City, Johannesburg, South Africa. Thabiso has a strong theological background and diverse experience in apostolic ministry, particularly in a Southern African context. We ask him questions about what it means to be theologically grounded, the significance of the apostolic and how it has shaped his approach to ministry, as well as on marriage and women in ministry in an African context.

We chatted to Ethan Venerable (Upward Call, Chino, California, U.S.A) at the Global Equip 2025 to talk about following the call on your life, being an elder at a young age, and the importance of local church.

We sit down at the Global Equip 2025 to talk church planting with Fred Dalais, who leads La Cité church in Paris, along with his wife, Vanessa.

We took the podcast on the road at the Global Equip '25 and spoke to Christine Nicotra (GGC Life, Australia) about prayer and the prophetic.

We took the podcast on the road at the Global Equip '25 and asked Paul Szczesiak (Cornerstone Church, Abu Dhabi) questions around leadership in his context. 0:00 - Intro to Paul 1:02 - Leading in a new culture 3:03 - Advice to someone stepping into leadership in a multicultural context 4:20 - Fostering unity while honoring a diverse range of cultures 5:36 - A story on how cultural differences influenced certain decisions 6:25 - Key leadership challenges for Paul 7:35 - Most important governance principles for local church 8:53 - Balancing crucial conversations 10:40 - Being a "support elder" and growing teams 12:33 - Playing a key role in operational background and project management 14:12 - Paul and Nadia working as a team 15:30 - Connecting marketplace skills with local church and ministry 17:40 - Marketplace (and visa) pressures 19:33 - Recognizing seasons 22:07 - The "power of the pause" for burnout and coming out of it 24:38 - The impact of the gift of administration 26:53 - The power of reliability

Craig & Taryn Herbert lead Citadel, NYC - a city with a different culture to the one they grew up in. Craig & Taryn's journey includes leading a site of Cornerstone Church in South Africa, then joining a church's leadership team in Wichita (Kansas, USA) before moving to NYC to plant a church - which ended up becoming a transition instead. In this interview we unpack their journey and Craig's thoughts on leading in these vastly different contexts.

When it comes to leading the church today - and leading a global, translocal team - what are the important aspects that truly matter in the Kingdom of God? What will Jesus weigh? And what is actually not important, although we think it is? Tyrone Daniel, who leads the NCMI translocal team, gives us insight into these questions.

Generation Z is full of hope, spiritual openness, and are seeking authenticity. Joel Daniel (Redemption City Church, Colorado) gives us insight into what the Lord may be doing with this generation. We also speak about the Global Equip, Joel's personal journey and experience with the Holy Spirit, and his optimistic vision for the future - as well as the call to the nations and the impact of intentional, personal discipleship.

Interviewing Dale and Angela Marthick (Living Hope Church; Sydney, Australia). Topics covered: - What healthy church leadership looks like - How to be your authentic self as a leader - How to break through conventional thinking around how leadership teams look and function - How Trinitarian theology impacts how you lead Plus much more!

Interviewing Jonno and Erin Warmington (Cornerstone Church, Johannesburg South Africa) about creativity in the local church, thinking differently about the role of deacons, supporting church plants in a different way, and using your job as a way to do that.

Werner Badenhorst speaks about planting and leading a church while also working a full-time job in the marketplace.

Greg Mattarelli speaks about the importance of children's ministry in a local church.