PCIcast

Ben and Craig talk to Rachael Gamble, Discipleship Facilitator in Sloan Street Presbyterian Church in the Presbytery of Dromore. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast. Follow Ben @benspreston, follow Craig @rookieminister, follow our guest Rachael @RachaelGamble4 and Sloan Street Presbyterian Church @SloanStreetPC. Rachael is studying her MA in Theology at Union Theological College, PCI's denomination college in the heart of Belfast. You can find out more about Union and the courses available there by clicking here and you can follow Union College on Twitter @UnionTCollege.

Ben and Craig review Wednesday's business at the General Assembly with Jonathan Boyd, minister of Hydepark and Lylehill Presbyterian Churches in the Templepatrick Presbytery. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast. Follow Ben @benspreston, follow Craig @rookieminister, follow Jonny @jonny_boyd and follow the Presbyterian Church in Ireland @pciassembly. Visit the General Assembly resources page on the PCI website for a guide to assembly procedure, details of the business being discussed each day, PDFs of the annual reports (aka the Blue Book) and supplementary reports. Videos from the Listening to the Global Church slot today: Rev. Sevatt Kabaghe, General Secretary Church of Central Africa Presbyterian, Zambia Synod; Rev. Mery Kolimon, Moderator, Evangelical Christian Church of Timor (GMIT); Sat7, Mikaél Tuner, a producer for Sat7, interviewed by Dave Mann Partnerships Executive, Sat7; Iranian children praying for Afghanistan.

Ben and Craig review Tuesday's business at the General Assembly with Alan McQuade, minister of 1st Monaghan and Smithborough Presbyterian Churches in the Monaghan Presbytery. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast. Follow Ben @benspreston, follow Craig @rookieminister, follow Alan @MonaghanMinist1 and follow the Presbyterian Church in Ireland @pciassembly. Visit the General Assembly resources page on the PCI website for a guide to assembly procedure, details of the business being discussed each day, PDFs of the annual reports (aka the Blue Book) and supplementary reports. The General Assembly is live streamed on the PCI website each day.

Ben and Craig review Monday's business at the General Assembly with Joanne Smith, minister of Caledon and Minterburn Presbyterian Churches in the Armagh Presbytery. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast. Follow Ben @benspreston, follow Craig @rookieminister, follow Joanne @joanneinchicore and follow the Presbyterian Church in Ireland @pciassembly. Visit the General Assembly resources page on the PCI website for a guide to assembly procedure, details of the business being discussed each day, PDFs of the annual reports (aka the Blue Book) and supplementary reports. The General Assembly is live streamed on the PCI website each day.

Ben and Craig talk preview the General Assembly special episodes PCIcast will be releasing each night next week at the end each day's business at the Presbyterian Church in Ireland's General Assembly 2021. We'll be joined by a guest each evening (hopefully!) and we'll have a quick round-up of the day's business. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast. Follow Ben @benspreston, follow Craig @rookieminister and follow the Presbyterian Church in Ireland @pciassembly. Visit the General Assembly resources page on the PCI website for a guide to assembly procedure, details of the business being discussed each day, PDFs of the annual reports (aka the Blue Book) and supplementary reports. The General Assembly will also be live streamed on the PCI website each day.

Ben and Craig talk to Saško Nezamutdinov, who is church planting in Kraków, Poland. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast. Follow Ben @benspreston, follow Craig @rookieminister and follow Saško @ Nezamutdinov. You can find out more about and donate to Saško by clicking here. You can also find out more about the church he serves, Kościół Chrystusa Zbawiciela (Christ the Saviour Presbyterian Church) by visiting their website kosciolzbawiciela.pl/en. You can find out about their mission partners, European Christian Mission International by visiting their website ecmi.org.

Ben and Craig talk to Gareth Keaveney, assistant minister of Gardenmore Presbyterian Church in the Carrickfergus Presbytery. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast. Follow Ben @benspreston, follow Craig @rookieminister and follow our guest Gareth @GKeaveney and Gardenmore Presbyterian Church @GardenmorePCI.

Ben and Craig talk to The Very Rev. Dr. Stafford Carson, the recently-retired executive principal and professor of ministry of Union Theological College. He was moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland from June 2009 to June 2010. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast. Follow Ben @benspreston, follow Craig @rookieminister and follow our guest Stafford @staffordcarson and Union Theological College @UnionTCollege. You can read Stafford's paper, Recovering Reformed Catholicity, here. You can read the Church of Scotland Theological Forum’s report to their General assembly here.

Ben and Craig talk to Ben Preston, minister of Craigy Hill Presbyterian Church in the Carrickfergus Presbytery, and Craig Lynn, minister of Rathcoole Presbyterian Church in the North Belfast Presbytery, about the genesis of PCIcast. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast. Follow Ben @benspreston and follow Craig @rookieminister and Rathcoole Presbyterian Church @rathcoole_pci. You can also listen to PCI's Refined podcast, RPC Ramblings, This We Confess: A journey through the Westminster Confession of Faith from Edengrove Presbyterian Church and The Pilgrim’s Podcast from within PCI and White Horse Inn, Mortification of Spin and Presbycast from without. (Other PCI and non-PCI podcasts are available, drop us a line if you know of any!)

Ben and Craig talk to The Very Rev. Dr. Norman Hamilton OBE, former minister of Ballysillan Presbyterian Church in the North Belfast Presbytery. He was moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland from June 2010 to June 2011. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast. Follow Ben @benspreston and follow Craig @rookieminister.

Ben and Craig talk to Craig Jackson, minister of Ballygilbert Presbyterian Church in the Ards Presbytery. (Sorry for the poor quality in the first few minutes. Blame COVID.) Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast. Follow Ben @benspreston, follow Craig @rookieminister and follow our guest Craig Jackson @CraigJackso of @Ballygilbert.

Ben and Craig talk to Ruth Dalzell, Scripture Union NI's E3 Schools' Worker for North Belfast and Newtownabbey and member of Second Comber Presbyterian Church in the Down Presbytery. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast. Follow Ben @benspreston, follow Craig @rookieminister, follow our guest Ruth Dalzell @RuthDalzell5817 and Scripture Union NI @SUNIinfo.

Episode Notes Craig and Ben talk about technology, digital content, privacy, data collection and the future. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast. Follow Ben @benspreston and follow Craig @rookieminister.

Episode Notes Ben and Craig talk to Dave Clawson and Peter Burke, minister and assistant minister of West Kirk Presbyterian Church in the North Belfast Presbytery.  Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast. Follow Ben @benspreston, follow Craig @rookieminister, follow our guest Dave Clawson @dudabides.

Ben and Craig talk to John T. Graham, assistant minister of Hill Street Presbyterian Church of the Armagh Presbytery in Lurgan. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast. Follow Ben @benspreston, follow Craig @rookieminister, follow our guest John T. Graham @JohnTGraham1, Hill Street Presbyterian Church @hillstchurch and the Northern Ireland Ministry Assembly @nimapreaching.

Ben and Craig talk to Gordon Lyons, MLA for East Antrim and Junior Minister in the Northern Ireland Executive, about his life, his road into politics, how his faith and Coronavirus affects his role as a government minister and the return to activities for churches as of this week (w/c Monday 29th June 2020). Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast. Follow Ben @benspreston, follow Craig @rookieminister and follow Gordon @gordonlyons1.

Ben and Craig talk to Lesley-Anne Wilkinson (Women's Discipleship Coordinator at Richhill Presbyterian Church) and Chris "Chunk" Gardiner (non-professional Christian and dentist) about family, life, faith and church during lockdown. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast. Follow Ben @benspreston, follow Craig @rookieminister and follow our guests Leslie-Anne @lawilkinson4 of @Richhill_PC fame and Chris @chunkdrumbo.

Ben and Craig talk to Gareth Keaveney (assistant minister of Gardenmore Presbyterian Church in Larne) and Stephen Cairns (Youth & Children's Ministry Co-ordinator in Whiteabbey Presbyterian Church in Newtownabbey). We talk about their calls to ministry, ministry training at Union Theological College and what life is like for them during the ongoing Coronavirus lockdown. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast. Follow Ben @benspreston, follow Craig @rookieminister and follow our guests Gareth @GKeaveney of @GardenmorePCI fame and Stephen @stephencairnsjr of @whiteabbeypres fame. Stephen is also the co-host of The Pilgrim's Podcast, a podcast where we pilgrimage our way through the allegorical classic by John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress. Listen along with them by clicking here or by searching "The Pilgrim's Podcast" wherever you get your podcasts. You can also follow them on Twitter @pilgrimspod

Ben and Craig talk to Rev. Dr. Harrison Perkins (assistant pastor of London City Presbyterian Church, a congregation of the Free Church of Scotland) about his own life and faith, about ministry in London during the ongoing Coronavirus lockdown and about his new book, Catholicity and the Covenant of Works: James Ussher and the Reformed Tradition. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast. Follow Ben @benspreston, follow Craig @rookieminister and follow our guest Harrison Perkins @HarrisonP87 and London City Presbyterian Church @londoncitypres You can view Harrison's video series on Covenant Theology by going to LCPC's website or their YouTube channel. You can also pre-order Harrison's book on the Evangelical Bookshop's website. Have a browse while you're there.

Ben and Craig talk to Rev. Dave Clawson (minister of West Kirk Presbyterian Church in the presbytery of North Belfast) and Rev. Jonathan Boyd (minister of Hydepark and Lylehill Presbyterian Churches in the presbytery of Templepatrick) about life and faith in their churches now that we're unable to gather for worship due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Follow us on Twitter @PCIcast. Follow Ben @benspreston, follow Craig @rookieminister and follow our guests Rev. Dave Clawson @dudabides and Rev. Jonny Boyd @jonny_boyd.