Church Matters Podcasts: 15 minute Broadcast that Airs the Third Sunday of Each Month on Golden West Radio

staff Dan Dyck
ed. Grant Klassen
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Church Matters Podcast: Episode 125:
Palestine and Israel: Is Peace Possible?
Guest: Jonathan Kuttab
by Jonathan Kuttab
Church Matters Podcast: Episodes 123 and 124:
Holding On and Letting Go: A Hopeful Lament
Guest: Willard Metzger
by Willard Metzger
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 122:
Growing a Church in China
Guest: Pastor Paul (pseudonym)
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 121:
A Conversation with Ginny Hostetler, editor, Canadian Mennonite
Guest: Ginny Hostetler
by Ginny Hostetler
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 120:
The Essence of Anabaptist Christian Faith
Guest: Palmer Becker
by Palmer Becker
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 119:
Christians and Politics
Guest: Sarah Thompson, Executive Director, Christian Peacemaker Teams
by Sarah Thompson
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 118:
A Pilgrimage for Indigenous Rights
Guests: Kathleen Vitt, Henry Neufeld
by Kathleen Vitt
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 117:
Life at the End of Us vs. Them
Guest: Author, Marcus Rempel
by Marcus Peter Rempel
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 116:
A Call to Compassion
Guest: Pastor Terry Zimmerly
by Terry Zimmerly
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 115:
The Sin of Certainty
Guest: Dr. Peter Enns
by Peter Enns
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 83:
An Alternative Telling of the Christmas Story
Guest: Soren Mennohawk, storyteller
by Soren Mennohawk
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 114:
A Christian Call for Peace and Justice in Palestine and Israel (Part 2 of 2)
Guest: Byron Rempel Burkholder
by Byron Rempel Burkholder
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 113:
A Christian Call for Peace and Justice in Palestine and Israel (Part 1 of 2)
Guest: Byron Rempel Burkholder
by Byron Rempel Burkholder
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 112:
Visions and Dreams
Guests: Nathan and Taryn Dirks
by Nathan Dirks
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 111:
God ~ Faith ~ People: Jeremiah 31
Guest: Cynthia Wallace
by Cynthia Wallace
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 110:
Young Adults and the Future of the Church
Guest: Jonas Cornelsen
by Jonas Cornelsen
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 109:
Assisted Dying: One Christian Responds (Part 2 of 2)
Guest: Rod Reynar
by Rod Reynar
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 108:
Assisted Dying: One Christian Responds (Part 1 of 2)
Guest: Rod Reynar
by Rod Reynar
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 107:
Truth and Reconciliation Commission Summons Churches
Guest: Steve Heinrichs, Director MC Canada Indigenous Relations
by Steve Heinrichs
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 106:
A Christian Response to Climate Change
Guest: Willard Metzger
by Willard Metzger
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 105:
Conscientious Objection to War: Part of Our Identity
Guest: Conrad Stoesz
by Conrad Stoesz
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 104:
Forgiveness and Forbearance: Is it Worth It? (Part Two)
Guest: John H. Neufeld
by John H. Neufeld
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 103:
Forgiveness and Forbearance: Is it Worth It? (Part One)
Guest: John H. Neufeld
by John H. Neufeld
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 102:
Ears to Earth, Eyes to God: Native Assembly 2014 Recap (Part Two)
Guests: Various
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 101:
Ears to Earth, Eyes to God: Native Assembly 2014 Recap (Part One)
Guests: Various
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 100:
Radical Change in the Church: What Must a Pastor Do? (Part Two)
Guest: Stuart Blythe
by Stuart Blythe
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 99:
Radical Change in the Church: What Must a Pastor Do? (Part One)
Guest: Stuart Blythe
by Stuart Blythe
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 98:
Restorative Justice in South Korea
Guest: Jae Young Lee
by Jae Young Lee
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 97:
Repentance: Well that’s Awkward...
Guest: Right Rev. Bishop MacDonald, National Anglican Indigenous Bishop
by Mark MacDonald
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 96:
Will God look after the Earth if We Don't?
Guest: Dr. Henry Janzen
by Henry Janzen
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 95:
Christmas and Church Vitality in China
Guest: Myrrl Byler
by Myrrl Byler
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 94:
Conscientious Objection to War in South Korea
Guest: Jae Young Lee
by Jae Young Lee
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 93:
On Discomfort and Being Thankful
Guest: Mike Neufeld
by Mike Neufeld
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 92:
Pastors and Sexual Abuse: A Broken Trust
Guest: Ed Kauffman
by Ed Kauffman
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 91:
Wild Hope: Faith in an unknown season (Part 2 of 2)
Guest: Various
by Moses Falco
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 90:
Wild Hope: Faith in an unknown season (Part 1 of 2)
Guest: Various
by Moses Falco
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 89:
Are Canadians done with the Bible?
Guest: Kyle Penner
by Kyle Penner
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 88:
What does it mean to be a Treaty Person?
Stan McKay, Melanie Kampen
by Stan McKay
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 87:
The Future of the Church
Guest: Willard Metzger
by Willard Metzger
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 86:
Why Go to Church?
Guest: David Balzer
by David Balzer
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 85:
What is Love?
Guest: Paul Plett
by Paul Plett
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 84:
Forgiveness - Part 2 of 2
Guest: Marina Cantacuzino, Wilma Derksen
by Marina Cantacuzino
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 82:
Forgiveness - Part 1 of 2
Guest: Marina Cantacuzino, Wilma Derksen
by Marina Cantacuzino
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 81:
Buffalo Shout, Salmon Cry - Part 2 of 2
Guest: Steve Heinrichs
by Steve Heinrichs
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 80:
Buffalo Shout, Salmon Cry - Part 1 of 2
Guest: Steve Heinrichs
by Steve Heinrichs
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 79:
Shalom Activism - Part 2 of 2
Guest: Noel Moules
by Noel Moules
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 78:
Shalom Activism - Part 1 of 2
Guest: Noel Moules
by Noel Moules
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 77:
Treaties and the Church - Part 2 of 2
Guest: Ovide Mercredi
by Ovide Mercredi
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 76:
Treaties and the Church - Part 1 of 2
Guest: Ovide Mercredi
by Ovide Mercredi
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 75:
What is the future of the Anabaptist movement and the Mennonite Church?
Guest: Stuart Murray
by Stuart Murray
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 74:
What is Required of Us? A Lenten/Easter Message
Guest: Willard Metzger, Executive Director, Mennonite Church Canada
by Willard Metzger
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 73:
Unpacking Native Stereotypes
Guest: Steve Heinrichs, Director, Indigenous Relations, Mennonite Church Canada
by Steve Heinrichs
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 72:
So You Want Better Relations? A Decolonized Reading of Mark 10
Guest: Soren Mennohawk, storyteller
by Soren Mennohawk
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 71:
Greening Christmas
Guest: Willard Metzger, Executive Director, Mennonite Church Canada
by Willard Metzger
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 70:
Celebrating Peacebuilding Successes
Guest: Dann Pantoja
by Daniel Pantoja
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 69, Part 2 of 2:
Dusting Off the Bible for the 21st Century
Guest: Tom Yoder Neufeld, Bible Scholar and Professor, Conrad Grebel University College
by Tom Yoder Neufeld
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 68, Part 1 of 2:
Dusting Off the Bible for the 21st Century
Guest: Tom Yoder Neufeld, Bible Scholar and Professor, Conrad Grebel University College
by Tom Yoder Neufeld
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 67:
Getting Cow in the Circle: Relationships through Relocation
Guest: Soren Mennohawk, storyteller
by Soren Mennohawk
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 66:
Pass the Faith
Guest: Elsie Rempel, Formation Consultant, Mennonite Church Canada
by Elsie Rempel
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 64:
The Church and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
Guest: Steve Heinrichs, Director, Mennonite Church Canada Native Ministry
by Steve Heinrichs
Church Matters Podcast: Bonus Track: Coyote's New Suit
by Thomas King
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 63:
The Christian Church in Burma
Guest: John Uk (pseudonym)
by John Uk (pseudonym)
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 62:
Saying Thank You
Guest: Gerd Bartel
by Gerd Bartel
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 61:
Unworthy
Guest: Willard Metzger, Executive Director, Mennonite Church Canada
by Willard Metzger
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 60:
Does the Church still Matter? Part 2 of 2
Guest: Willard Metzger, Executive Director, Mennonite Church Canada
by Willard Metzger
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 59:
Does the Church still Matter? Part 1 of 2
Guest: Robert J. Suderman, former General Secretary, Mennonite Church Canada
by Robert J. Suderman
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 58:
Remembering God's Future ... This is Not the End
Guest: Willard Metzger, Executive Director, Mennonite Church Canada
by Willard Metzger
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 57:
Remembering God's Future ... This is Our Story, Part 2 of 2
Guest: Nelson Kraybill, Pastor, Prairie Street Mennonite Church, Elkhart, IN
by J. Nelson Kraybill
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 56:
Remembering God's Future ... This is Our Story, Part 1 of 2
Guest: Nelson Kraybill, Pastor, Prairie Street Mennonite Church, Elkhart, IN
by J. Nelson Kraybill
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 55:
What Now?
Guest: Mike Neufeld, Home Street Mennonite Church
by Mike Neufeld
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 54:
Hard Core Christian
Guest: Lynda Loewen, Home Street Mennonite Church
by Lynda Loewen
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 53:
Will our Compassion have Servants?
Guest: Willard Metzger, Executive Director, Mennonite Church Canada
by Willard Metzger
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 52:
Job or Vocation?
Guest/Co-Host: Janet Plenert
by Janet Plenert
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 51:
The Anabaptist Has No Clothes
Guest: Stuart Murray
by Stuart Murray
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 50:
Will our Faith have Children?
Guest: Terry LeBlanc, Director, My People International
by Terry LeBlanc
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 49:
Willard Metzger: An Introduction
Guest: Willard Metzger, Executive Director, Mennonite Church Canada
by Willard Metzger
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 48:
Let the Peace of Christ Rule in Your Hearts
Guest: Robert J. Suderman, retired General Secretary, Mennonite Church Canada
by Robert J. Suderman
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 47:
Jesus, Gracious and Merciful, Part 2 of 2
Guest: Daniel Pantoja, Mennonite Church Canada Witness Worker in the Philippines
by Daniel Pantoja
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 46:
Jesus, Gracious and Merciful, Part 1 of 2
Guest: Daniel Pantoja, Mennonite Church Canada Witness Worker in the Philippines
by Daniel Pantoja
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 45:
China's Transforming Church, Part 2 of 2
Guest: Jeanette Hanson, Mennonite Church Canada Witness Worker in China
by Jeanette Hanson
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 44:
China's Transforming Church, Part 1 of 2
Guest: Jeanette Hanson, Mennonite Church Canada Witness Worker in China
by Jeanette Hanson
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 43:
Should the Church Advocate for a Federal Department for Peace?
Guests: Kathy Giesbrecht, Associate Pastor, Home Street Mennonite Church
Eric Siemens, Maxine Wagner
by Kathy Giesbrecht
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 42:
Does Church Publishing Matter?
Guest: Ron Rempel, Executive Director, Mennonite Publishing Network
by Ron Rempel
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 41:
Treaties, Covenants and Promises: Where is the Conscience of the Church? - Part 2 of 2
Guest: Adrian Jacobs
by Adrian Jacobs
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 40::
Treaties, Covenants and Promises: Where is the Conscience of the Church? - Part 1 of 2
Guest: Adrian Jacobs
by Adrian Jacobs
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 39:
What is a Missional Church?
Guest: Jamie Arpin-Ricci, Pastor, Little Flowers Community
by Jamie Arpin-Ricci
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 38:
Can People of Different Faiths Work Together for the Common Good?
Guest: Karen Hamilton, General Secretary of Canadian Council of Churches; Chair of Interfaith Partnership
by Karen Hamilton
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 37:
I Was at a Church Meeting when a Fight Broke Out ...
Guests: David Pankratz, Lois Edmund
by David Pankratz
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 36:
Risking Fortune, Finding Faith
Guests: George and Tobia Veith
by George Veith
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 35:
Becoming a Global Church
Guest: Danisa Ndlovu
by Danisa Ndlovu
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 34:
Being a Faithful Church 1 (Assembly 2009)
Guest: Robert J. Suderman
by Robert J. Suderman
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 33:
Peace in the Public Square
Guest: Gordon Allaby, pastor
by Gordon Allaby
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 32:
The Church’s role in Government Truth and Reconciliation Commissions Part 2 of 2
Guest: Dr. Piet Meiring
by Piet Meiring
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 31:
The Church’s role in Government Truth and Reconciliation Commissions Part 1 of 2
Guest: Dr. Piet Meiring
by Piet Meiring
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 30:
The Anabaptist Factor
Guest: Doug Gay
by Doug Gay
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 29:
The Church in Cuba
Guest: Daylins Rufin
by Daylins Rufin
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 28:
Food Security and the Church
Guest: Stefan Epp
by Stefan Epp
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 27:
Rebuilding Trust between the Church and Canada’s Indigenous Peoples
Guest: Anita Keith
by Anita L. Keith
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 26:
Broken Promise: A Conscientious Objector and his 60 Year-Old Secret
Guest: Gordon Toombs, CO during WWII
by Gordon Toombs
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 25:
Church and State: How Do We Live Together?
Guest: Karen Hamilton, General Secretary of Canadian Council of Churches
by Karen Hamilton
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 24:
Being the Church in Challenging Economic Times
Guest: Gary Hawton, CEO of Meritas Mutual Funds
by Gary Hawton
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 23:
Jesus?: Understanding how we know what we know, and what this means for the church - Part Two
Guest: Tom Yoder Neufeld
by Tom Yoder Neufeld
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 22:
Jesus?: Understanding how we know what we know, and what this means for the church - Part One
Guest: Tom Yoder Neufeld
by Tom Yoder Neufeld
Dialogue Toward Peace with Iran:
Special Half-Hour Segment
Guest: Robert J. Suderman
by Robert J. Suderman
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 21:
The Church's Call to Generosity - Part 2 of 2
Guest: Don Rempel-Boschman, Pastor at Douglas Mennonite Church, Winnipeg
by Don Rempel Boschman
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 20:
The Church's Call to Generosity - Part 1 of 2
Guest: Don Rempel-Boschman, Pastor at Douglas Mennonite Church, Winnipeg
by Don Rempel Boschman
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 18:
The Decade to Overcome Violence
Guest: Fernando Enns, a Mennonite who first proposed this idea to the World Council of Churches
by Fernando Enns
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 17:
The Surviving Mennonite Church in Ukraine
Guest: Anya Alipova
by Anya Alipova
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 16:
Healing and Hope in the Event of a Pandemic
Guests: Randy Gesell, Physician; Pam Driedger, Eden Mental Health Centre, Winkler; Janet Bergen, Menno Home, Abbotsford, BC; Gord Friesen, Chair of Church Pandemic Preparedness Taskforce, Rita Friesen, Nurse
by Randy Gesell
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 15:
Jesus the Way Maker
Guest: Richard Twiss
by Richard Twiss
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 14:
Making your Church Matter in your Neighbourhood
Guest: Rudy Dirks, Pastor
by Rudy Dirks
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 13:
Does the Church Matter Beyond the Congregational Level? Do Regional Churches, National Churches or Denominations Matter?
Guest: Pam Peters-Pries, Executive Secretary, Support Services, Mennonite Church Canada
by Pam Peters-Pries
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 12:
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: An Ecumenical Look at Why this Event is Needed, and Why and How the Church Matters in Other Christian Faith Traditions
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 11:
Global Gift Sharing, the Church and Christmas:
Guest: Charles and Dolores Mahlangu, Evangelical Seminary of Southern Africa
by Charles Mahlangu
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 10:
Kids, Communion and Church:
Guest: Elsie Rempel, Director of Christian Education and Nurture for Mennonite Church Canada
by Elsie Rempel
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 9:
Fundraising, Stewardship, and the Church
Guests: Al Rempel, Director of Resource Development for Mennonite Church Canada; Lori Reesor, Researcher
by Al Rempel
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 8:
Building Peace
Guest: Daniel Pantoja, Peace Builder, Mindanao, Philippines
by Daniel Pantoja
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 7:
Putting your Money where your Faith is
Guest: Gary Hawton, CEO, Meritas Mutual Funds
by Gary Hawton
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 6:
Peace church a perceived threat to armed groups in Colombia
Guest: Guest: Anostocio*, pastor and teacher from Colombia
by Anostocio
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 5:
Militarization, Canada and the Church
Guest: Robert J. Suderman, General Secretary, Mennonite Church Canada
by Robert J. Suderman
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 4:
The Church and Creation Care
Guest: David Neufeld, Mennonite Creation Care Network
by David Neufeld
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 3:
Young Adults and the Global Church
Guest: Sarah Thompson
by Sarah Thompson
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 2:
Does Church Matter in Uruguay?
Guest: Karen Schellenberg, Pastor, Portage Mennonite Church, Portage la Prairie, MB
by Karen Schellenberg
Church Matters Podcast: Episode 1:
Why Does the Church Matter in the World?
Guest: Robert J. Suderman, General Secretary, Mennonite Church Canada
by Robert J. Suderman
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Church Matters host Dan Dyck explores why the church matters in the world today. Each episode features a guest or guests who tell stories from their own experiences about why the church matters in the world today.

You can hear Church Matters at 8:45 am CST on the third Sunday of each month beginning Feb 18, 2007. It is broadcast via the Golden West Southern Manitoba radio network on CFAM 950, Altona, AM 1250, Steinbach, and CJRB 1220 Boissevain.

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