https://www.joshuaproject.net/
 
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 https://kac.ca/missions/

We asked you to send in your questions pertaining to these topics, so in this episode Chris and Danielle will unpack your good and thought-provoking questions, as we discover the enduring relevance of Jesus Christ for our world.
 
 You all sent in so many great questions we couldn't answer them all in one episode. In part two, Chris and Danielle focus on questions about history, religion, and the Bible. 

We asked you to send in your questions pertaining to these topics, so in this episode Chris and Danielle will unpack your good and thought-provoking questions, as we discover the enduring relevance of Jesus Christ for our world.

You all sent in so many great questions we couldn't answer them all in one episode. Stay tuned for Part 2 of answering your questions coming soon! 

Shaila has a heart for people coming to know Jesus and is passionate about helping the local church flourish. She is a gifted communicator who is known for her strategic leadership as well as her ability to bring people together. Shaila is recognized as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Christian Women in Canada. Shaila lives in Vancouver BC with her husband, Ryan Visser, a Vancouver Police Officer, and their four-legged family members, Talon and Benny. You can reach Shaila on Twitter or Instagram @shailavisser.  

In this episode, Shaila and Chris talk about the very real challenge of sharing your faith with people who do not know Jesus. It is real, authentic, and raw, as Shaila opens up her heart and passion for Jesus and for people. This episode will challenge you, as well as offer hope, as you try to make Jesus known in your spheres of influence.

This conversation explores the contours and realities of church, in a secular world, in a post-pandemic world, and the intersection of faith and culture. 

In this episode, Jason and Chris talk about senior leadership, and the blessing of leading a church in Canada. It’s a raw, behind the scenes conversation about ministry and hope for the Canadian church in this time. Jason is hopeful, so very sincere, and passionate, and we hope you enjoy the conversation!

David lives in Coquitlam, BC, with his wife, Karen and three young adult children.

Father Matthew is the founding Parish Priest of Holy Apostles Orthodox Church in Chilliwack, British Columbia. Prior to planting Holy Apostles in 2015, he served Orthodox parishes in Edmonton, rural Alberta, and Whitehorse, Yukon. Father Matthew is a graduate of Ambrose University and the University of Manchester, where his research focused on the themes of sacred space and place, and the Book of Revelation. In addition to his pastoral work, he also serves as Regional Director for BC & Yukon with the Canadian Bible Society, where he encourages and supports pastors and communities to dig deeper in their engagement with the Scriptures. Matthew lives in Chilliwack with his wife Krista, and teenage son, Basil.

In this episode, Father Matthew Francis and Chris discuss the similarities and differences between Protestant Evangelicalism and Orthodox thought and theology. Father Matthew is knowledgeable, but also pastoral, as they have important conversations like this that build bridges and link arms, instead of more confusion and caricature. Listen in on the unique history and beauty of the Orthodox Church.

Maureen is a Christian nurse with a passion for maternal/child health. She started her career as a staff nurse in a NICU and soon after became a nursing instructor at the University of Windsor. After completing her master’s degree in nursing leadership, she began her work with Christian pregnancy care centres, first in Ontario and now in Kamloops, BC. Maureen currently works as the Executive Director at the Hopewell Clinic and Pregnancy Centre on Kamloops’ North Shore.

In this episode, Maureen and Chris talk about her journey into pregnancy care ministry. She shares about the amazing work that her and her team does to bring hope, friendship, and support to women and their partners who are facing an unplanned pregnancy. She brings clarity as to what they do and do not do, and dispels some myths about pregnancy care ministry. This episode will encourage you to take some time to reflect on how you mix your faith and work, and perhaps even get involved in what God is doing in and through Hopewell.

For more information and to get involved, visit Hopewell.

In this episode, Dave and Chris discuss what it looks like to seek revival and live with the roof off and the walls down. He is such a gift to our community, and this episode gives you a tour of his heart and passion for Jesus, revival, and the future of KAC.

He resides in the Lower Mainland with his wife, Diana, and they have three adult children – Braedon, Keynan, and Tanika. In his spare time, he leads the host committee for the Canadian Track and Field Championships in Langley, BC.

Brent has been coming alongside our KAC staff team over the last little while. He brings so much experience, so much insight into our church, and has been helping us explore: where are we going as a church?

In this episode, Brent and Chris talk about the (exciting) future of the Post-COVID Church.

Toni is a former family attorney and family law mediator. She is married to well-known Christian podcaster and leadership expert, Carey Nieuwhof. She has decades of experience working with couples who are struggling, and she just released a book in 2021 entitled, "Before you Split".  

In this episode, Toni and Chris talk about ways to rebuild connection after seasons of disconnection. She is honest and vulnerable, as well as experienced and knowledgeable on how to coach couples back to health.  

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Paris Simpson is a woman who wears many hats, and loves life that way. The Lord continues using her passionate heart and desire to serve Him, through opening doors for ministry and opportunities to be His hands and feet. As a wife, mother, farmer, entrepreneur, birth keeper, and the Kingdom Sexuality Ministry co-owner, Paris yearns to live her callings in life faithfully and anointed by the Lord for His Glory. 

Alana Martens is a saved by grace, wife to her high-school sweetheart, mama of two, photographer, podcaster, and an everyday adventurer. The birth of this passion project, the Kingdom Sexuality podcast, has been such a beautiful experience and something Alana had been pursuing with the Lord for months before it began. Alana’s learned there's something so exciting and freeing about jumping in with both feet and trusting that God will provide and lead!   

In this episode, Alana, Paris, and Chris talk about how Christianity views sex within the context of marriage. They talk about how the church has got this conversation wrong and cultivated a sex negative view that has created damage in people; they talk about the goodness of sex and how God has designed our bodies to enjoy it; they talk about why it is so hard to have good sex, and also offer hope to those who feel like this area of their marriage has been a complete disaster. 

These two ladies are courageous, wise, and helpful as they open up their lives, and desire to see couples flourish in their sex lives.  

Tony and his wife Gwen began formal pastoral ministry in 1991. Tony and Gwen are Maritimers at heart and enjoy opening their home and lives to others. Prior to coming to Fairhaven Leadership Retreat Centre, Tony served at Briercrest College and Seminary as Director of Counselling and Health Services and as Faculty in the graduate Marriage and Family Counselling program for 20 years. The last seven years of his Briercrest tenure, Tony also served as the Associate Dean of Seminary Students. Tony continues as Adjunct Faculty at Briercrest Seminary teaching classes on an annual basis. Tony is a registered Marriage and Family Therapist and is a Clinical Supervisor with AAMFT, CCPA, and PACCP. Having walked through their own challenging season of ministry, Tony and Gwen have had the privilege of walking alongside ministry couples throughout their time at Briercrest and now in their current ministry position at Fairhaven.

 In this episode, Tony and Chris have a rich conversation about conflict, communication, getting stuck, and how to get unstuck, in marriage.

Gary Thomas is a bestselling author and international speaker whose ministry brings people closer to Christ and closer to others. He unites the study of Scripture, church history, and the Christian classics to foster spiritual growth and deeper relationships within the Christian community. 

Gary is the author of 20 books that together have sold over two million copies, have been translated into more than a dozen languages, and won numerous awards . His writings have established him as a thought-leader in the areas of marriage, parenting, and spiritual formation. 

Gary holds a B.A. in English Literature from Western Washington University, an MA degree in systematic theology from Regent College (Vancouver, BC), and an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Western Seminary (Portland, OR).  

Gary enjoys running in his spare time and has completed 14 marathons, including the Boston Marathon three times. He and his wife Lisa have been married for 35 years and they have three adult children and the smartest, cutest, most adorable granddaughter on the planet. 

Gary is humble, accessible, knowledgeable, and pastoral.  

 In this episode, Gary and Chris talk about the meaning of marriage. Gary brings so much experience, so much passion, and so much knowledge in this area, that we know you will be encouraged and challenged as we walk through the meaning of marriage.  

In this episode, we are excited to introduce you to Dr. Barry N. Danylak, and Melanie Nelson.

Dr. Barry Danylak is an international speaker and author, having a fresh perspective on singleness, marriage, and family viewed through the redemptive storyline of Scripture. With previous pastoral experience in one of Canada’s largest churches, Barry currently serves as the Executive Director for SEE Global www.seeglobal.net, a ministry that equips the global church with a biblical paradigm of offspring and spiritual family that fully engages single adults into church community and kingdom service. He also serves on the executive committee of Shoulder-to-Shoulder, an international organization that develops training tools for equipping missions to address issues of singles and marrieds working together in today’s culture. 

Barry holds a master’s degrees in theology and biblical exegesis from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Wheaton College respectively, and a PhD from the University of Cambridge in New Testament. He is ordained with the Evangelical Missionary Church of Canada. Barry is author of a biblical theology of singleness entitled, Redeeming Singleness: How the Storyline of Scripture Affirms the Single Life (Crossway, 2010). 

Melanie Nelson is an IT professional with designations in organizational change management and governance, and loves to combine her occupational leadership and ministry experience for the church. She has a heart for the church and desires to encourage fellow sisters and brothers in Christ and come alongside emerging leaders, challenging them for kingdom purposes. She has graduate training in pastoral leadership and writes and speaks on community, spiritual care, and the inclusion of believers in spiritual family. She serves at Centre Street Church in Calgary, and is a ministry leader in single adult’s ministry where she leads missional community lead teams, as well as missions and spiritual care teams. She also serves as the chair of both Centre Street Church’s Board of Governors and SEE Global’s Advisory Board. 

Melanie is articulate, thoughtful, pastoral, and this conversation is going to help everyone to move forward - to think biblically, thoughtfully, pastorally - and as a church, to consider, how we do this well as a family.
 
In this episode, Barry, Melanie, and Chris talk about singleness and celibacy, something that isn’t really talked about enough in the church. They explore the cultural perceptions of singleness, the lived experience of singles in the church, and how Jesus makes all the difference!

Lisa has a heart for the local church and the unreached peoples of the nations. She loves to tell the stories of what God is doing worldwide and to inspire others to expand and deepen their involvement in missional activities. Her role includes training, coaching, and supporting a wide variety of leaders, to increase the focus and impact of our missional efforts. 

Lisa enjoys photography (and visiting pretty places in which to take pictures!), knitting, kayaking, swimming, and riding her bike. 

In this episode, Lisa and Chris talk about the hurts of Colonialism and what KAC needs to do moving forward. Lisa has expertise, in her 20 years in West Africa in bringing love and care and holistic flourishing to the people that she was serving. Lisa is articulate, she is passionate, and she brings clarity to such an important conversation. We don't want to make the errors of the past, we want to learn from the past, and we also want to befriend and cross a culture with friendship and the message and ministry of Jesus.

Dave and Judy both came to faith at early ages while Dave became enthralled with tribal missions as a teenager through the stories of furlough-ing missionaries. It was while at Millar College of the Bible that God matured Dave’s passion for missions and led Judy as well. 

While in Papua New Guinea, they had the privilege to be a part of the team that planted a church amongst an unreached people. They reduced the spoken only language and culture to writing to teach and translate God’s Word so there was true biblical transformation that shone through that distinct culture. Today there are three churches with 100+ believers who are well on their way to maturity. 

Having worked themselves out of a job in 2015, the Lord transitioned them to a new ministry with Ethnos Canada to engage the Canadian Church. They are adapting Ethnos’ sharpened approach to church planting/discipleship materials from overseas in order to provide the church with a relational structure to disciple-making so that all peoples are established in Christ and equipped to make disciples. Already, God has opened up many doors of opportunity to bless the church in Saskatchewan, working with Indigenous people.

In this episode, Dave and Chris talk about what it looks like to bridge a cultural gap.  This conversation is both extremely helpful and extremely challenging, and will give you lots of food for thought!

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• Reconciliation
• Indigenous people
• Pornography and how it dehumanizes the other.
• Evil and where does it come from?
• The church and this pandemic, and the need for connection. 

Andy is a wealth of resource and information and you will not want to miss this podcast!

In this episode, Jon and Chris talk about something that isn’t really talked about enough in the church; they're exploring the topic of doubt. What do we do with doubt? Is it constructive at all? Is it deconstructive? Maybe you’ve had questions about your faith and you haven’t really known how to ask them, or even deal with your doubt.

In this episode, Chris will mine Darrell’s wisdom, his insight, and his pastoral heart as they talk about theology, church, spiritual formation, Christmas, covid, and culture. Darrell will explore the misconception that we can live our Christian life on our own. The Christian life is impossible to live without the Holy Spirit. Jesus’ earthly ministry is Spirit-dependent, Spirit-filled, and Spirit-driven, and this is the major implication for Spiritual Formation. We forget and we try to do this on our own and we cannot. This episode is so rich and we trust it will encourage your heart as you desire to know Jesus and make Him known.

In this episode, Leon and Chris talk about the Holy Spirit and the Church. They dream together about what the Spirit could do at Kamloops Alliance Church, how the Spirit is currently at work in our church and staff, and the role you and I play in it all. 

In this episode, Dave and Chris discuss renewal. You will hear Dave’s heart and passion to see God light a fire in our churches, including Kamloops Alliance Church. His prayer is that we would continue growing into the Spirit-empowered, mission-focused church we were called to be. 

In this conversation, Chris and Wanda discuss listening to the voice of the Holy Spirit. They talk about the fear that some have with the person, voice and work of the Holy Spirit; the keys to discerning His voice in your life; and what a church looks like that is operating the fullness of the Spirit. 

In this episode, Bernie and Chris discuss the founder of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, A.B. Simpson. They also discuss the history of this movement. You will end this podcast feeling more informed, as well as passionate about being Jesus-Centred, Spirit-Empowered, and Mission-Focused. 

This episode expands on our “More Than Me” sermon series from September. Coquitlam Alliance is fiercely committed to living “More Than Me” by giving of their time, talent, and treasure to global mission. As the leader and pastor of missions at CA Church, Diane has a long history of leading trips and serving in different areas of the world. She has an amazing passion to see the Western Church rise up to meet the spiritual and physical needs not just in our own context, but also around the world. 

In this episode, Mark and Chris explore the place, future, and mission of the Canadian Church. They discuss the story and vision of Village Church and how we can leverage our current moment in order to reach people for Jesus. Mark shares his passion for evangelism, as well as how KAC can play its part in fulfilling the Great Commission in our time and context.  

While he and his wife, Brooke, prepare to make their move, Pastor Chris caught up with Arran at his home in Vancouver. In this episode, they dig further into his call to pursue pastoral ministry, his philosophy of worship arts in the church, and his passion for liturgy. Arran unpacks what excites him most about coming to Kamloops, as well as what you can do to help support him and Brooke as they transition to their new home in August.

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Joan is a follower of Jesus and a registered psychologist who has been practicing for more than 25 years. She specializes in marriage and family concerns. She is realistic, practical and well educated to bring some great insight on how you can improve your marriage and family during this global crisis. 

This podcast is meant to provide you excellent content that will equip you to follow Jesus well. These will be raw and authentic conversations, covering relevant and important topics pertaining to Kamloops Alliance and our mission, vision and values.

We will cover relevant theological topics, cultural trends and commentary as well as provide you great resources and tools to apprentice Jesus. Pastor Chris host conversations with guests both from the larger church community, as well as our local community, to give their views and perspective.