{"podcast":{"title":"Dying to Live Podcast","slug":"dying-to-live-podcast-693482","podcast_index_feed_id":693482,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/2828662/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.joshgen.org","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f7e80be35c7f15d462d633a8a4fbb99a.jpg","author":"Joshua Generation Church","episode_count":163,"summary":"The paradox of the Christian faith involves losing one's life to find it and dying to oneself to gain it (Mark 8:34-35). As citizens of heaven we work, study, love and live here on the earth. The podcast features real conversations aimed at helping believers live for Christ while being grounded in the truth as they navigate life in this secular world. Hosted by Wayne Turner and Nadene Badenhorst for Joshua Generation Church with Michael d'Offay giving eldership oversight.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-22T06:17:37.436067+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dying-to-live-podcast-693482"},"episode":{"title":"Leaders Change But the Church Continues","slug":"leaders-change-but-the-church-continues","published_at":"2026-09-07T19:00:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dying-to-live-podcast-693482/leaders-change-but-the-church-continues","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dying-to-live-podcast-693482","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/leaders-change-but-the-church-continues--74937198","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74937198/leaders_change_but_the_church_continues.mp3","summary":"There are few things more difficult for a church than saying goodbye to a leader we have come to love, trust and respect. Whether it is a pastor, elder or another spiritual leader, their departure can feel deeply personal—even when we believe that God is the one calling them into a new season. So how do we navigate that transition well? In this podcast, we’re going to look at the experience from all sides: the members who are grieving a relationship, the leader who has to leave people they love, and the new leader who steps into a congregation with a history and expectations already in place. How do we honour what God has done through the previous leader without living in the past? How do we welcome someone new without constantly comparing them to the person who left? And perhaps most importantly, how do we learn to trust God when He moves people and seasons in ways we wouldn't necessarily choose ourselves? This is a conversation about change, loss, calling, letting go—and learning to trust God with what comes next.","meta_description":"There are few things more difficult for a church than saying goodbye to a leader we have come to love, trust and respect. Whether it is a pastor, elder or…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2552,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dying-to-live-podcast-693482/episodes/leaders-change-but-the-church-continues/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dying-to-live-podcast-693482/leaders-change-but-the-church-continues.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}