This time on the Team Talk Podcast Phil Swann is joined by Lindsay Brown, one of Merthyr’s finest exports! It was a delight in this episode to hear Lindsay’s passion and enthusiasm for evangelism and we are  sure you will benefit from many of the insights he shared. God bless your listening and your living.    ..read more

In this episode Phil Swann chats with Steffan Jones who is a pastor in the small town of Pontardawe. Having seen the church growing in the past few years, they are now embarking on a new building project, and Steffan shares a little about this. He then goes on to share about the 'Passion for life' mission that will be taking place this Easter, before discussing evangelism in general in Wales.  ..read more

In this third episode Stephen Clark continues to discuss how he preaches the incarnation at Christmas and the importance of communicating both the supernatural and the ordinary events in a balanced way. He explains that the only way to preach the doctrine of Christ is to do so in such a way that leads to worship. Doctrine leads to doxology!  So find yourself a comfy chair, or settle into a sustainable pace on your run and join us for another riveting episode of the EMW Team Talk Podcast. Stephen Clark has had many years of experience in pastoral ministry, having pastored 3 very different ..read more

In this second episode Stephen Clark discusses how he preaches the incarnation at Christmas and the importance of understanding the doctrine from the narrative of scripture. There are some great hints for the preacher here so find yourself a brew and a comfy chair, or settle into a sustainable pace on your run and join me for another riveting episode of the EMW Team Talk Podcast. Stephen Clark has had many years of experience in pastoral ministry, having pastored 3 very different churches. Having trained on the EMW’s Theological Training Course while working as a solicitor, in 1983 he became p ..read more

In this episode Stephen Clark discusses how he preaches the incarnation at Christmas and the importance of understanding the doctrine from the narrative of scripture. There are some great hints for the preacher here so find yourself a brew and a comfy chair, or settle into a sustainable pace on your run and join me for another riveting episode of the EMW Team Talk Podcast. Stephen Clark has had many years of experience in pastoral ministry, having pastored 3 very different churches. Having trained on the EMW’s Theological Training Course while working as a solicitor, in 1983 he became pastor ..read more

In this episode Phil speaks to Jonathan Thomas who is a pastor in Abergavenny South Wales about the possibilities of evangelism over the Christmas period. In their discussion they share various ideas, look at some of the opportunities of reaching our communities, and also touch on the balance that is needed in the life of the church leader during this busy season.  ..read more

Struggles in prayer is something we all experience. When we add personal struggle in prayer to the regular struggles in ministry it can soon lead a Christian leader into a place of shame and a sense of failure. Truth is we don’t talk much about this as leaders together. So it is a real delight to hear Stuart Olyott speaking help and encouragement into this area of our lives.  We believe this two part series is a particularly helpful series and whether you are a Church leader or not you will find comfort, support and help that leads you to prayer here.  Remember if you find this serie ..read more

Struggles in prayer is something we all experience. When we add personal struggle in prayer to the regular struggles in ministry it can soon lead a Christian leader into a place of shame and a sense of failure. Truth is we don’t talk much about this as leaders together. So it is a real delight to hear Stuart Olyott speaking help and encouragement into this area of our lives.  We believe this two part series is a particularly helpful series and whether you are a Church leader or not you will find comfort, support and help that leads you to prayer here.  Remember if you find this ser ..read more

We were blessed at the EMW to have Dr Sinclair B Ferguson to preach at our summer conference this year, and on the last afternoon Mark Thomas took the opportunity to catch up with Dr Ferguson to ask him a few questions about preaching. In the last part of the interview Dr Ferguson discusses the personal role of the preacher in preaching. Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson returned to his native Scotland in 2013 after retiring as Senior Minister of First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, South Carolina. Prior to this, he served the Lord in Church of Scotland congregations in Unst (Shetland) and Glasgow (S ..read more

We were blessed at the EMW to have Dr Sinclair B Ferguson to preach at our summer conference this year, and on the last afternoon Mark Thomas took the opportunity to catch up with Dr Ferguson to ask him a few questions about preaching. In the second part of the interview Dr Ferguson discusses the role of exegesis and application in preaching. Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson returned to his native Scotland in 2013 after retiring as Senior Minister of First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, South Carolina. Prior to this, he served the Lord in Church of Scotland congregations in Unst (Shetland) and Glasg ..read more