This podcast explores the experience of disability and Christian faith. In these episodes we hear from people living with disability, and reflect on our response as a believing community. For those without personal or family experience of disability, lack of awareness can make us unsure about what to say or how to act. But Jesus calls us to a creative response: a community which God describes as a body. It is a broken body and it needs us all. We are all more blessed as we include another, serve one another and receive back from one another. This podcast partners with international development charity CBM (Christian Blind Mission) New Zealand. CBM works alongside and is accountable to people with disabilities in the world’s poorest places. They work with the most marginalised in society to break the cycle of poverty and disability, fight exclusion and seek to help build inclusive communities where everyone can enjoy their human rights and achieve their full potential. In the first 3 episodes we hear from people living with disabilities, episode 4 we hear from a parent of children with disabilities, and episode 5 has a theologian-pastor-researcher open up their work on faith and disability. Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube and the Baptist NZ app.
Maja Whitaker is a pastor and disability theologian, having done doctoral research into what the resurrection body might be like for a person with a disability. She shares how she came to understand the beautiful ministry of shared humanity and genuine friendship with those who are different from her and unpacks from the Bible what it means to be made perfect. Open PDF document for the episode transcript. Episode transcript available on the Baptist NZ app or website. Visit: baptist.nz/series/faith-church-disability
6 Nov 2023
Charles Hewlett: Holding discomfort
Charles Hewlett is the Baptist National Leader and is married to Joanne. He shares their experience of parenting two wonderful and profoundly disabled children, highlighting the value of suffering and the depth of disabled people’s ministry to us. How might we genuinely embrace this in our faith communities? Episode transcript available on the Baptist NZ app or website. Visit: baptist.nz/series/faith-church-disability
25 Oct 2023
Evan Clulee: Doing life together
Evan Clulee lives in Rangiora with his wife, May, and his dog. He’s been involved in global development work with disabled people, including in the Philippines, having his own lived experience of spina bifida. How can we imitate Jesus by creating genuine community and giving people the freedom to participate fully in society? Episode transcript available on the Baptist NZ app or website. Visit: baptist.nz/series/faith-church-disability
9 Oct 2023
Karen Plimmer: Taking the relationship step
Karen Plimmer works full-time in the disability sector and is mum to a beautiful four-year-old girl. She shares her experience of motherhood, church, and the workplace as someone born blind. We hear about the unhelpful responses to her disability and the more relational steps we can take to create belonging. Episode transcript available on the Baptist NZ app or website. Visit: baptist.nz/series/faith-church-disability
25 Sept 2023
Olivia Shivas: Do disabled people belong in your church?
Olivia Shivas is a journalist passionate about telling stories of disabled people. Olivia was born with a disability called muscular dystrophy, hence being a pro wheelchair user. She shares the challenges and insights of her disability and people’s responses, helping us recognise attitudinal and physical barriers within the church and wider society. Episode transcript available on the Baptist NZ app or website. Visit: baptist.nz/series/faith-church-disability
18 Sept 2023
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Christian Blind Mission, in partnership with Baptist NZ, introduces a new podcast exploring the experience of disability and Christian faith.
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