In the final episode of the season, Rachel interviews the legendary John Roberto, author, researcher and all-round expert on lifelong faith. He lifts the lid on faith development and lays down the challenge for those of us in ministry of 'how do we disciple people through all 10 decades of their life?' Meanwhile, Martin opens up about a recent toot…

Martin sits down with author, lecturer, broadcaster and host of The Sacred podcast, Elizabeth Oldfield. Together they unpack what faith development looks like in the period of 'perma-crisis' that young people are growing up in, and discuss Elizabeth's latest book - Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times. Elizabeth also tells us about h…

In a shocking change of events, Martin is answering the questions rather than asking them! Rachel is joined by the podcast producer Dave as they dig into Martin's new book, Signal Fire. Martin unpacks his journey in crafting this book as well as a deep dive into how important prayer is in lifelong faith development in young people... Hosted on Acas…

This week Rachel sits down with Rick Otto, who is the Diocese Of Manchester's Childrens Advisor as well as heading up the children's work at New Wine. Rick unpacks some of his latest research about longevity in faith and what it means for us as leaders for the long haul. Meanwhile, Rachel and Martin play 'would you rather - youth work style' and Ma…

This week Martin chats to Aaron Nayagam from Fusion, all about young people transitioning from youth work to university, the pitfalls and the challenge that the youth work community need to take up around setting these young people up to win. Meanwhile Rachel and Martin discuss their youth work confessions and how they'd fare in 'Race Across the Wo…

This week's guest is Liz Bewley, Executive Director from OneLife. Liz and Martin dive into the importance and role that being a young leader can have on lifelong faith development in young people, Liz introduces Martin to 'The Character Death Star'. Meanwhile, back at Youthscape Towers, Martin and Rachel open up the conversation around influencers,…

Continuing our theme of lifelong faith, Martin sits down with Emma and Tim Owen from the Message Trust to dig into the work they do in schools. Together they wrestle with the difficulties of pop-up events and the important relationship with the local church while contextualising the music and evangelism that they’re involved in. Meanwhile Martin an…

This week Rachel sits down with Andy Du Feu, Principal of Moorlands College, to lift the lid on what the Bible says about faith formation. Back in the studio, Martin and Rachel divulge on some of their youth work 'zingers', and Rachel shares the story on the journey of church plant in Blackburn as well as a funny story about late night mistaken ide…

This week Martin invited Tom Clark, Online Pastor at Holy Trinity Brompton, to share some of the lessons he's learned being in youth ministry for nearly two decades and the intentional ways they've built discipleship for the long haul into the fabric of what they do. Rachel and Martin also discuss the recent tale of Martin's youth group's 30 year r…

The podcast is back! This season we’re asking the important question of ‘how do we set up young people for a lifetime with Jesus’ and digging into the misconceptions and foundations of building lifelong faith. Martin and Rachel sit down with Dr Hannah Bowden, part of the Youthscape Centre for Research, as they kick off the start of the season explo…

We want to invite you to join Rachel Gardner and Dr. Lucie Moore as they explore the first part of the Translating God research from the Youthscape Centre for Research in their own podcast. They lift the lid on what the research is all about and give a sneak peak at some of the headlines and topics that they'll cover over the next 4 episodes. Still…

The light at the end of a challenging season, this week we're talking about hope! Martin sits down with theologian and author Canon Dr. Paula Gooder as they begin to unpack how we can hope despite all of the chaos that is going on around us in this changing landscape. Meanwhile we unwrap Rachel's gift-giving woes... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p…

Today's guest is Rev. Will Van Der Hart, wellbeing chaplain to the Church Revitalisation Trust as well as being an author and one of the directors of Mind and Soul Foundation. With the future ever-changing at a rapid pace, how do we as leaders cope with that? Rachel sits down with Will to talk about looking after ourselves as leaders and managing u…

This week, Martin sits down with Rev. Jon Swales MBE, as he shares his journey with creation care and the fight for justice around climate change. What does the future hold for the young people who we work with and how can we help fight for the best case scenario in the coming years? Also Martin tells Rachel the new update to the 'bin situation' fo…

Martin and Rachel reveal their own levels of tech-competence in this week's episode of the podcast as they dig into the world of artificial intelligence. Today's guest is Ramsey el-Khazen, who expertly guides Martin through the world of artificial intelligence as they begin to unpack what impact this has on young people and how it is forming the wo…

Last week we began reflecting on recent events of the substantiated allegations against Mike Pilavachi, founder and leader of Soul Survivor, a large successful Christian conference that ran for just under 30 years until recently. We focused our last episode on why we need to be putting survivors first in situations where abuse has taken place. This…

This week and next week we're reflecting on recent events of the substantiated allegations against Mike Pilavachi, founder and leader of Soul Survivor, a large successful Christian conference that ran for just under 30 years until recently. Martin sits down with Justin Humphreys, joint Chief Executive Officer for Thirtyone:eight, an independent Chr…

There are sadly many forms of injustice, prejudice and discrimination in our contexts, but how do they relate to each other, and what does a Christian lens add to this? How do we support young people as they navigate these intersecting layers of injustice? Martin sits down with Joy Faulkner-Mpeho, Head of Children's and Youth Ministry at St Martin …

Rachel gets a chance to sit down with Rev. Ben Atkins as they talk about a recent trend that's popped up in youth culture known as WitchTok. Ben shares some of his own experiences with paganism and the occult and together Rachel and Ben explore what this could mean for our practice as youth workers. How do we set out to listen to and support young …

In today's episode, Martin and Rachel catch up on some major life updates and discuss the recent fails of youth work in their contexts. As they open the topic of how to help ourselves and the young people we serve figure out how to navigate the recent tragedies and global events, we have Dr. Krish Kandiah joining us this week on the mic. Dr. Kandia…

Martin and Rachel are back again with a brand new series - Into God Knows What. This season of the podcast is all about looking ahead towards the future. In a world that feels uncertain and ever-changing how can we as practitioners help young people navigate paths that we haven’t travelled ourselves? How do we chart out safe passage for ourselves, …

Buckle up for the last episode of this season where we've looked at some of the most difficult questions within youth ministry. Martin and Rachel are in the hot seat answering rather than asking the questions and we dive straight in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.Youthscape, Rachel Gardner, Martin Saunders, David Walford による

Make sure you're sitting down as Martin and Rachel answer as many of the Tough Questions for Youth Ministry that we weren't able to get through during the rest of the season - in Martin's own words "like a highlight show, but you've never heard any of it before". Plus, we finally get to hear the whole of the 'hotel story'... Hosted on Acast. See ac…

This week's guest is Alanzo Paul, part of the team at The Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics. Martin sits down with him as they discuss how Alanzo came to faith, how to inspire young people to love the whole Bible as well as tackling the 'tough question' for this week, what do you do when parts of the Bible that reveal God's character appear t…

Rachel sits down with Reverend Alan Gault, youth-worker-turned-vicar in Blackburn as they pick apart Alan's journey to ordination and what it looks like to help prioritise youth work even when you're not the youth worker. Meanwhile Martin and Rachel discuss cold showers and the time Martin got a letter from the Dean of a theological college... Host…

Rachel sits down with John Reynolds, content creator and current volunteer youth worker. John chats about his life, and some of the challenges he's faced and how he's adjusted to them while understanding where God has placed him. Meanwhile, Martin and Rachel dig into the wider narratives about young people today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv…

Rachel sits down with Youthscape's newest member of the team, Alice Smith. Alice has just joined from the team at Christians Against Poverty and discusses where youth ministry fits amongst the pressing needs of poverty in a community. Meanwhile, Martin and Rachel confess the parts of youth ministry that they're not very good at... Hosted on Acast. …

Today's guest is John Wheatley from the Frontier Youth Trust and Martin sat down with him to discuss an often hidden question of the socio-economic makeup of youth groups. Rachel and Martin also resurrect 'Dog Talk' and discuss youth groups that look like them... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

This week, Martin sits down with Clare Williams from GET REAL and the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics. They take a deep dive into the difficulties that the arise when people have used the Bible for their own agendas and whether this causes any problems. Meanwhile Rachel and Martin talk about some of the trouble they have had trying to hire …

Martin chats to a familiar voice of the podcast for dedicated listeners - Charles Merritt. Together they look at the different disciplines of youth work and children's work and grapple with the similarities as well as the challenges of co-existing. Meanwhile, among the intros that will remain in the archive, Martin and Rachel talk about night-hikes…

Martin sits down with the wonderful Linda Geevanathan, a long-time friend of Youthscape and local youth worker in Luton, as they chat about unity in the context of differing beliefs. Meanwhile, Rachel and Martin talk about April fools and times when pranks don't always go to plan... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

Rachel sits down with Katie Madanat as they discuss what expectations youth leaders should expect around modesty and what their response should be in those difficult scenarios. Meanwhile, Martin and Rachel figure out the books that they wish they had written and we hear from another unsung hero of youth work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy …

Martin sits down with Robbie Thomson, Events Director for Satellites, to discuss the importance of making sure summer events have the right weighting in our youth ministry calendars, and how they fit into a wider understanding of discipleship. Rachel and Martin also talk about the newest purchase at Rachel's church, a flappy man... Hosted on Acast.…

Rachel sits down with Claire Banham as she shares some of the story of her journey to creating the Haven, a safe space for young people suffering from anxiety and how that started with walking her own teenage daughter through her anxiety. Martin and Rachel also tell us about how they've changed their youth work styles as they've grown up and an inc…

Trigger Warning: This episode contains conversation about abortion. Martin sits down to Gareth Cheesman from Acet UK as they discuss a whole host of questions around relationship and sex education including, condoms, polyamory and what AI means for future tough questions we might want to be asking in youth ministry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p…

Rachel sits down with the wonderful Richard Passmore as they unpick ecclesiology and what church for young people could look like. Meanwhile, Martin and Rachel share their reflections on the recent events coming out of Asbury college in America. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

Martin sits down with Director of South West Youth Ministries, Paul Friend, who has just come off a three month sabbatical to discuss something we all know is important, but often find is at the bottom of our to-do list: rest. They chat about what Paul has learned from his time on sabbatical and how do you manage to build in rest when there's never…

Martin sits down with Youthscape's own Alex Drew (for the second time), as they discuss training, volunteers and how to best set up other members of our youth teams to win. Rachel and Martin bond over their dread of becoming a 'challenging volunteer' and they troubleshoot some of each other's difficult situations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri…

Martin sits down with Ruth Jackson, former editor at Premier Youth and Children's Work magazine and current presenter and producer of Unbelievable? apologetics radio show and podcast. They discuss the relevance of apologetics in today's age and how you as a youth worker should respond to the challenging question of suffering. Meanwhile, Rachel and …

In this week's episode, Martin sits down to hear from Naomi Allen from Open Doors as they try and tackle a question that includes suffering and looks at doubt in the midst of leading young people. Rachel and Martin discuss the 'dark night of the soul' and Martin lets us know what strange request he received around a recent funeral. Hosted on Acast.…

Martin and Rachel kick off the new year with a new series where they delve into the tough questions of youth ministry. Sitting in the hot seat today is Matt Summerfield, author, church leader and chair of Youthscape's trustees. He shares stories from his time leading Urban Saints and Martin and Rachel share some of their 'Elephants in the Closet'. …

In this final episode of the mini-series, Martin sits down with the Director of the Institute of Youth Ministry at Princeton Theological Seminary, Megan DeWald. They discuss the Forum, IYM's event, as well as what it looks like to help build long-lasting faith in young people in the run up to the National Youth Ministry Weekend. Hosted on Acast. Se…

Martin chats to Philip Jinadu, church leader of Woodlands Metro in Bristol and one of this year's National Youth Ministry Weekend contributors. They chat about long-term discipleship and look at how mentoring plays into that. Meanwhile, Rachel and Martin figure out who would win in an arm wrestle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf…

Martin and Rachel delve into the world of evangelism and share some of their (more regrettable) stories from their youth. As we look toward the National Youth Ministry Weekend in November, Rachel sits down with one of our contributors, Daniel Eduardo from The Message and discuss what this year's theme means in the context of sharing our faith with …

TW: Abuse and trauma Rachel and Martin sit down to chat to another of this years National Youth Ministry Weekend contributors: Amy Orr-Ewing. Amy shares the story of the Reboot event, and the vision to equip young people to address tough questions with their friends as well as some of the difficult season she's been through over the last few years.…

Rachel and Martin are back in the new academic year with the first episode of a mini-series building up to the National Youth Ministry Weekend in November. They chat to Youthscape's CEO and one of the speakers of this years conference, Chris Curtis about the story of Youthscape and how we ended up with the this year's theme: Stronger - growing fait…

ft Melinda Tankard Reist Rachel sits down with Australian author, speaker, media commentator, blogger and advocate for young people, Melinda Tankard Reist. She is best known for her work addressing sexualisation, objectification, harms of pornography, sexual exploitation, trafficking and violence against women. Meanwhile, Martin and Rachel take a l…

ft Lahna Pottle Martin and Rachel get hung up on a very green coat and sit down with Lahna Pottle, youth and young adults pastor from Shoebury & Thorpe Bay Baptist Church, to delve into young people's relationship with social media and the world of technology, as well as what our role as those who work with young people looks like to model healthy …

Martin and Rachel talk about Twizzle, octogenarians and sit down with Dr Lucie Shuker (from Youthscape's Centre for Research) and Dan Randall (from Hope Together) to chat about some new research all about peer-to-peer evangelism amongst young people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

Rachel and Martin sit down once again to chat about how we navigate messy and murky world of money with young people. Rachel picks the brain of Shane Claiborne, author, activist and leading figure in the New Monastic movement to understand the role of young people in world changing movements. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat…