Host
Peter Chi
Peter is Relationship Manager - NSW/ACT at Baptist Financial Services (BFS).
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Faithful Foundations
Faithful Foundations is a podcast by Baptist Financial Services designed to equip church and ministry leaders with practical wisdom and insights to develop and expand Christian ministries. Through sharing experiences, challenges, and strategies from leaders across Australia, we aim to provide actionable tools that listeners can apply in their own ministry contexts.
Contributors
Host
Robert Ellis
Robert is Head of Community Engagement at Baptist Financial Services (BFS).
Guests
Guest
Dr Ruth Powell
Dr Ruth Powell is Director of NCLS Research, a research centre that focuses on church vitality and community spirituality and wellbeing. Ruth has worked with NCLS Research since 1991 and became Director in 2007. She also holds a position as Associate Professor and Research Fellow, Centre for Religion, Ethics and Society, Charles Sturt University.
Major projects for NCLS Research include the five-yearly National Church Life Survey, which commenced in 1991 and forms the basis of one of the largest, most comprehensive databases on church life of its kind in the world.
She has co-authored NCLS publications on church life such as Winds of Change, Shaping a Future, Taking Stock, Build My Church, Mission under the Microscope and Enriching Church Life. Her doctoral thesis focussed on age differences among church attenders.
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Rev. Ken Kamau
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Rev. Lance Blythe
Associate Pastor at NewHope Baptist Church and Operations Manager of NewHope Community Care
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Rev. Meewon Yang
Multicultural Church Health Consultant, Baptist Union of Victoria