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Vic Francis combines his background as a journalist with decades of pastoring, national church leadership and practising as a supervisor and spiritual director to champion pastors and their holy calling in an uncertain world.
For Pastors aims to inspire, encourage and help pastors and Christian leaders keep saying yes to the call of God on their lives.
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22 episodes
since Sept. 7, 2025
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Mental health is a big deal for our churches, and our pastors, these days.
Rates of serious psychological distress in New Zealand have more than doubled over the past decade. And younger generations are talking about mental health in ways previous generations rarely did.
What'…
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Vic Francis talks to Michael Frost and Cathy Marston, two prominent "progressive" pastors about how they see life, faith, scripture and where they fit in the church today.
Michael (In the Shift) and Cathy (Changes Ahead) are both podcasters as well pastors, and have a sto…
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We often talk about growing in faith, but what does that actually mean? Is the faith we have at 50 or 60 supposed to look different from the faith we had at 20? What happens when growth involves not simply learning more, but questioning or even letting go of things we once thought …
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What is a Christian activist? Should Christians be involved in politics, protests and picket lines? If so, which fights should we choose and which should we avoid? And where does the Holy Spirit fit in?
In this episode, Vic Francis talks to Wellington vicars Alison and Martin Robin…
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Welcome to For Pastors, a podcast which "champions pastors and their holy calling in an uncertain world".
In this episode, we go beyond the intensity of the joys and challenges of local church ministry and lift our eyes to explore the possibilities of churches working tog…
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Welcome to For Pastors, a podcast which "champions pastors and their holy calling in an uncertain world".
Today Vic Francis sits down with John and Nancy Ortberg — keynote speakers at next month’s Abide conference in Auckland and two voices who have spent decades at the i…
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Welcome to For Pastors, a podcast which aims to "champion pastors and their holy calling in an uncertain world".
In this episode, Vic Francis talks with Kiwi poet, musician and contemplative Strahan Coleman on life and faith and illness and family and quiet fire and gazin…
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Conspiracy theories. Why are they so prevalent, and are Christians more gullible than most?
And what happens when a conspiracy theory leads towards something worse - radicalisation? Indeed, could the next terrorist come from the pews of your church?
In this episode, Vic Francis ask…
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Why are so many scandals rocking Pentecostal churches in New Zealand and Australia? This question, debated in the Alphacrucis Bible college staffroom, led four Pentecostal academics and pastors to investigate, asking what's going on, why is it going on, what should be going on…
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Artificial intelligence. It's all around us.
As pastors, what are the advantages - and the potential disadvantages - with the way we handle AI as we follow our call and lead our churches? Can something non-human yet so captivating help bring us or our people closer to God?
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