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The Faith Today Podcast

The Faith Today Podcast

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The Faith Today Podcast-Conversation inspired by Canada's Christian magazine. The podcast features interviews with Canadian Christians as they sort through the pressing issues of the day and topics like spiritual growth and health, other religions, religious freedom, vocation, and tough questions of faith and living in contemporary society.© 2025 The Faith Today Podcast Spirituality
Episodes
  • Reaching and supporting migrants with the gospel - Ep 251

    Reaching and supporting migrants with the gospel - Ep 251
    Nov 20 2025
    Guest host David Guretzki chats with Shoaib Ebadi about reaching and supporting migrants with the gospel. Since 2010 Shoaib Ebadi and his wife have, from Canada, been running an evangelical TV program called Secret of Life, which is broadcast in Afghanistan where he grew up as a Muslim. Ebadi directs Square One World Media, an organization producing Christian content in Russian, Arabic, Low German, Spanish and more, including programs for Indigenous audiences in Canada.https://www.squareoneworldmedia.com/our-teamhttps://chvnradio.com/articles/growing-up-muslim-one-mans-life-changing-encounter-with-jesus
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    40 mins
  • Pastoral shortages? Calling and training for ministry - Ep 250

    Pastoral shortages? Calling and training for ministry - Ep 250
    Oct 31 2025
    Rick Hiemstra is a former Wesleyan pastor who now directs the EFC's Centre for Research on Church and Faith. He and host David Guretzki reflect on increasing concerns over upcoming pastor retirements and the shrinking numbers of future pastors. They consider issues around training, educational structures, public reputation around pastoral careers, and the need for Christian communities to be more intentional and explicit in raising conversations about vocation. Rick Hiemstra's 2024 article in Faith Today: Waking up to the pastor shortage https://digital.faithtoday.ca/faithtoday/library/item/05062024/4188073/A response by Gordon T. Smith from 2025: Rethinking Canada's congregational leadership crisis https://www.faithtoday.ca/CCLC
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    42 mins
  • Christians in Montreal today and across history - Ep 249

    Christians in Montreal today and across history - Ep 249
    Oct 7 2025
    Glenn Smith is the director of the graduate program in practical theology at McGill University. He recently published Christians in the City of Montréal, a book that documents the roots of Christianity in Montréal while focusing on the present experience of Christians among its 4.3 million residents. He speaks with guest host David Guretzki about the Indigenous roots of Montréal, the 1960s "Quiet Revolution,” immigration since the 1960s and the reality today.Christians in the City of Montréal is published by Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.
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    45 mins
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