This week on The Pastorate, Carey Nieuwhof joins us for a conversation on how ministry models need to shift alongside culture and how to find joy in passing the baton in ministry.

Carey discusses his journey of founding and then stepping back from the Lead role at Connexus Church. He reflects on how stepping aside has required humility and an intentional shift from leading to supporting. He then takes the time to walk us through some insights on the shift away from consumer Christianity towards a desire for genuine discipleship and connection as well as a need to reorient our ministry models alongside this cultural shift. Finally, Carey opens up about his experience with the potential dangers of pastoring: isolation or confusing church success with personal faith — along with practices like friendship and building a life outside of ministry to help mitigate the danger.

This week on The Pastorate, Rachel Hughes—Pastor of Gas Street Church in Birmingham, England—joins us for a conversation on pastoral ministry.

Rachel shares about the experience of planting Gas Street Church, the ongoing cycle of raising and sending new leaders, and how church planting can disrupt comfort zones, keep churches mission-focused, and foster a kingdom mindset. She further explores managing her roles as a church leader and a mother of five, navigating the complexities of parenting, pastoring, and fostering a local church community while also contributing to the broader church.

This week in the inaugural episode of The Pastorate Adam Browett, Pastor of Calvary Temple in Winnipeg, Manitoba, joins us on the podcast for a conversation on pastoral ministry.

Adam shares what he has been learning, as a naturally gifted speaker, about continuing to develop his craft of preaching, journey discerning transition–taking on the role of Lead Pastor in a historic church and how he’s guided his family in the midst of the move, and leading an inner city church to embrace and celebrate the neighbourhood they find themselves in.

This week, Jason Ballard, host of the Canadian Church Leaders Podcast and Executive Director of the Canadian Church Leaders Network (CCLN) sits down with Chris Price to discuss the future of CCLN and the adoption of a new name for both the organization and the podcast: The Pastorate.

Jason reflects on the rationale behind the naming of The Pastorate and the organization’s renewed focus on serving pastors, the current state of Canadian church leadership, how The Pastorate is serving to strengthen Canadian pastors through content, cohorts, and gatherings.

This week, Father James Mallon, Pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in beautiful Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, joins us on the podcast to share his heart for evangelism and his passion for parish renewal.

Father James reflects on his journey back to local church ministry after a season in parachurch and diocesan roles, re-experiencing the cost of renewal in a parish setting, tending to the inevitable wounds of pastoral ministry, the Holy Spirit as both the gathering and sending force of the Church.

This week, Dan Cochrane, Pastor of CrossRoads Church in Red Deer, Alberta, joins us on the podcast to share insights from over 45 years of experience as a Pastor. With 27 of those years being spent at CrossRoads Church alone.

Dan shares about his story and the path he took to discovering his call to the pastorate, his experience inheriting a legacy of faithfulness from his predecessors, how to manage church growth and learning to grow alongside the church he pastors, and that the foundation of preaching is the confidence we have that the Word of God is alive and well today.

This week, Rich Villodas, author of The Deeply Formed Life and Pastor of New Life Fellowship, joins us on the podcast for a second time to share insights from his wealth of experience and out of his heart to care well for other pastors.

Rich shares about the realities of biblical unity, what it looks like and what it feels like in a dynamic congregation, dealing with expectations that are placed on Pastors, by others and by themselves, his new book, The Narrow Path, and how the Sermon on the Mount offers a reframing of what it means to follow Jesus in our time.

This week, Daniel Im from Beulah Alliance Church in Edmonton joins us on the podcast for a second time.

Daniel shares about his experience pastoring in the midst of deep loss, reflections on the transition into the Lead Pastor role of Beulah Alliance Church, a church with a 103 year history, the value of surrounding yourself with people who can sharpen you and challenge you while you are in leadership and his new book, The Discipleship Opportunity: Leading a Great-Commission Church in a Post-Everything World.