Episode 110: Naomi Nixon of the Student Christian Movement
What can good church look like? What is 'success' if you're a progressive Christian? Do Christians who aren't conservative have to give up on things like evangelism and outreach?
This episode, we are delighted to welcome Naomi Nixon, CEO of the Student Christian Movement, which seeks to offer an affirming, progressive space that encourages Christians to put their faith into action. We talk about all these questions and more!
We loved this episode because Naomi is just great, but also because it's cool to meet progressives who have nice things to say about conservatives.
Listen to find out more about SCM's vision and campaigns, as well as a cool discussion about how we live out our faith without exclusively 'defining against' or giving up ground that the self-proclaimed arbiters of holiness have claimed for too long.
Check out SCM at movement.org.uk and check out Naomi's bookshelf interview in the upcoming issue of S(h)ibboleth magazine at shibbolethmag.com
You can listen to Episode 110 anywhere: in a uni coffee shop as you avoid lectures, in the back of the uni church with the cool deconstructors, on your headphones to block out the nearby street preacher, or right here…
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