Eden Podcast

Matt Wilson talking at our Tuesday Morning meeting about Isaiah 43:19

Frank Green, a member of the Executive leadership team at The Message Trust has journeyed with Eden since its beginning in the 90's. In this talk he explores the goodness and centrality of work for being human.

Eden's National Director Matt Wilson interviews Dave Wiles, CEO of Frontier Youth Trust a Christian network dedicated to mission with young people at risk. Dave is a true 'Urban Legend' with over 35 years of youth and community work experience, which means a sackful of stories and lots of distilled wisdom!

Keynote talk from Eden Partners Day 2011. Billy shares biblical teaching and practical examples to deepen our understanding of Partnership in the gospel – Koinonia. Full of encouraging stories of churches being reborn and hope being found in the most unlikely places.

Interview and discussions with Shane, sharing about what he's learned through 13 years of living in an urban missional community in Philadelphia. Touching on mission, discipleship, prayer, protest and much more... Also available as video - via this link: http://bit.ly/945MTX

Matt, Eden's National Director, talks to the annual gathering of partners from around the country. His theme is the 3 elements of a healthy network culture that we can promote and participate in whoever and wherever we are.

Juliet is a senior leader in the Urban Expression network. With over a decade of urban ministry experience she has a huge well of experience to draw from. In this session she helps us weigh up our expectations when we consider how to begin discipling indigenous leaders? What does an urban disciple look like? How do we nurture spiritual growth without importing middle-class culture?

Andy Hughes, National Director of Urban Saints Wales speaks at our monthly Formation Training night on Staying Fresh for the Long Haul: Spiritual disciplines and a balanced life of ministry.

Anna Thompson is Eden's National Development Co-ordinator. In this lecture delivered at Luther King House she unfolds Eden’s understanding of Incarnation which has been tempered by twelve years experience of life and ministry in urban communities.

Sometimes words take on a life of their own. Mission and Discipleship can both become their own cultures, practices and even personality types. But what if we ditch the boxes we've put them in and realise that actually they are one and the same!?!

How influenced are you by your culture? Are your life goals shaped by contemporary aspirations? Maybe in scripture we can find a better way to understand our worth and our purpose.

Gary goes down in history as one of Eden's early pioneers and is a regular contributor to Formation. He is the author of the fantastic book 'Darkest England and the Way Back In'. In this second part of the session on team Gary looks at making the most of the 'Belbin' team method.

Gary goes down in history as one of Eden's early pioneers and is a regular contributor to Formation. He is the author of the fantastic book 'Darkest England and the Way Back In'. In this session he addresses how we can make a unique contribution to our team and be a real blessing to those around us.

Andrew is an urban advisor and practitioner for the Salvation Army. He also leads a missional community in Leeds. In this session he asks: How do we decide which things in our neighbourhood are OK and what needs challenging? And how do we go about challenge things that we sense are wrong?

John Hayes, International Director of the InnerChange network describes lessons learned from his 3 decades living and working in deprived communities. How do we orientate our lives in order that we can sustain life in an urban context beyond 5-10 years? What needs to change?

There must be more to this than change your accent or changing your clothes. Finding an authentic way to become part of a neighbourhood.

Neil is a consultant with London institute of Contemporary Christianity as the Church-Life Consultant. Previously he has served at Regents Theological College as its Vice Principal. In this session he leads discussion about integrating young people into the church. When you boil it down what does that really mean? Do we need to see ‘church’ through different eyes?

What is really going on out there? How do I discover what’s beneath the surface and be an agent of transformation in it all? Gary has worked in Community leadership for 15 years including church planting in East Manchester. For 7 years he led Eden Openshaw and continues to live in that community with his wife Hannah and their 2 children.

The idea of ‘Urban Mission’ sounds so exiting but often the daily struggle can grind you down - How do we grow spiritually through the highs and the lows? For the last 10 year Rich has been overseeing the development of the Fusion network for students with a missional distinctive. Together with his wife Ness he planted and leads Open Heaven church in Loughborough.