Episode 102 - Six Challenges for the Church in 2026

What are the crucial issues facing the Church right now? What should pastors and Christian leaders be looking out for in the months ahead? How should we diagnose the cultural moment and respond to it with both wisdom and faith? Pod of the Gaps returns with our (slightly delayed!) episode looking ahead "prophetically" at the issues in the coming year. As always, Aaron and Andy will each live-reveal their three respective challenges for the Church, and discuss each together. If you're interested and/or perplexed about how churches should respond to the challenges at its gates, you won't want to miss this one! ** We're a listener funded podcast ... if you support Pod of the Gaps with a small tip or donation, you can watch this episode as a video. Find out more here: http://patreon.com/wkop/ ** Resources related to this episode: - Andy Bannister, "Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?", https://www.solas-cpc.org/dmacwtsg/ - Mark Durie, "Report: UK grooming gangs and Islam", https://christianconcern.com/resource/report-uk-grooming-gangs-and-islam-by-mark-durie/ - "Evangelism in the Age of AI: PEP Talk podcast with Stephen Driscoll", https://www.solas-cpc.org/evangelism-in-the-age-of-ai-with-stephen-driscoll/ - Aaron Edwards, "Soft Jihad and Multicultural Naivete" https://thatgoodfight.substack.com/p/soft-jihad-and-multicultural-naivete