Canadian Church Planting Podcast

If you've wondered what planting in a classic Canadian small city / large town is like, this is the episode for you. We cover what Fort Mac is really like, what they've learned about ministry there, why their church...

In this conversation we get into lots of different aspects of Mike and the Centre Community Church's story - why he moved from Hamilton to Lindsay, how the local ministerial decided to plant a church, what the south end...

Mark Roslund wears hoodies and hats, writes music and has planted a church in the middle of what he calls "the most underrated city in Canada." We get into his story on this podcast. Why he and his wife Roberta moved to...

Pony Church is one of the more unique church plants I've come across. A strong focus on evangelism, a strange (but beautiful) beginning to their story, completing seminary and planting a church, planting a church while...

I've been interested in multi-site churches for a while, particularly as they relate to church planting. Along with the Meeting House, Village Church has been one of the more aggressive churches in Canada at pursuing a...

I read Stefan's book a year or so ago and was immediately struck by how well he captured what it "feels" like to plant a church in Canada. He talks about mission, slow evangelism, feeling like a cultural outsider...

Jeremy co-planted Port City Church in Halifax about two years ago with Chad MacDonald. Though he has Canadian roots, Jeremy spent years working for Summit Church and Mercy Hill Church helping them plant churches...

In this episode we cover all kinds of things Joel has written on that relate to church planting: why 'nones' and 'dones' vary across Canada, how this impacts church attendance, why and how evangelism still is effective...

I (Ben) have been hanging around the church planting world for almost 15 years as an intern, church planter and church planting coach. During that time, I've had some ideas. Ideas about where to find more church...

Steve and Ben have a wide ranging conversation about Steve's life growing up in Newfoundland, why he went into pastoral ministry, what he learned on PEI, why he moved back to Newfoundland and how he he has founded and...

In this episode we cover a lot of ground: Why Ron planted a church in retirement (and how his wife felt about this idea), how Anglicans go about church planting, what Ron is doing now with Anglican explorers and we get...

Messy Middle is about the middle of a venture. Starting and finishing is fun, but what about the hard parts in the middle? That is what Messy Middle is all about. Hear Ben talk about not celebrating fake wins, how to...

If you've been looking for a low and high level view on what is happening with Church Planting in Quebec, you're going to love this episode. Patrice is brimming with stories about what God has done and is doing in...

We go through a lot of Jeremy's journey into church planting: why they chose the name, what East Vancouver/Burnaby is like, how youth ministry prepared him for church planting, how King's Cross is the same and different...

In this episode we talk about the state of both of their church plants and how they are involved while also handling other responsibilities of work and home life. We talk about how they got interested in church...