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A collection of podcast by the team at CGN, as well as pastors and leaders from the Calvary Chapel family. For more great podcasts, Check out our podcast network CGN Media.

The CGN Podcast

The CGN Podcast is the official podcast of the Calvary Global Network. Hosted by Nick Cady and Brian Brodersen, this podcast features discussions on gospel proclamation, disciple making, and church planting. Guests include church leaders and theologians from Calvary Global Network, and friends of CGN from around the world.

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The Word For Today, With Pastor Chuck

The Word For Today is the publishing and broadcast ministry of the late pastor Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel movement.

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Things That Matter

A weekly Religion, Spirituality and Christianity podcast featuring Brian Brodersen

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CGN: Leading

Leaders from all across Calvary Global Network share insights, perspectives, and best practices.

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Cultivate Church Planting

Are you ready to answer the call of church planting and bring the hope of the Gospel to communities around the world? Tune in to the to hear host Brian Kelly dive deep with wise and experienced church planters. Our goal is to provide guidance, inspiration and support on your journey to plant a church!

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Leadership Collective Podcast

The Leadership Collective podcast is a roundtable discussion with seasoned pastors, focusing on the nuts and bolts issues of ministry. Each month, we tackle the common challenges that leaders face and discover the practical lessons they’ve learned along the way.

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When She Leads

When She Leads is a podcast for women in ministry hosted by Brenda Leavenworth, Jody Ponce, Rosemary Cady, and Kelly Bell, each bringing their collective experiences, research, victories, and failures to consider and discuss a range of topics from a biblical and practical perspective.

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Living Grace

Cheryl Brodersen interviews different women to discuss their lives, ministries, and testimonies of God’s Living Grace.

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Jesus Famous

A Series of conversations with Nate Holdridge discussing ways in which we can see Jesus famous in our lives.

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Expositors Collective

Interviews and messages designed to help you understand, apply and teach the Bible with power and clarity to this generation.

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Strength for Today’s Pastor

Practical Encouragement and Help for Senior or Lead Pastors. Interviews with seasoned and tried pastoral leaders re: subjects that will edify current senior/lead pastors of churches.

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  • From Doubt to Faith: The Quiet Revival - with Justin Brierley
    on July 9, 2025 at 7:55 am

    In this episode, hosts Nick Cady and Brian Brodersen talk with Justin Brierley — author, broadcaster, and longtime host of the Unbelievable? show and podcast from Premier Christian Radio in the UK. Justin shares about how, after […]

  • The Holy Spirit with Nick Cady
    on July 8, 2025 at 11:00 am

    SummaryIn this conversation, Alan Stoddard and Nick Cady (White Fields Community Church) explore the complexities of the Holy Spirit's role in the life of believers, particularly focusing on the concepts of baptism and empowerment. […]

  • Margaret Laird Part 1
    on July 8, 2025 at 7:00 am

    Margaret Laird’s life was extraordinary in so many ways. She was born in 1897 in Denver, Colorado. She grew up in a large family, went to college and became a dental radiologist. Though a church goer all her life, it was in college […]

  • Generational Curses, Spiritual Fatherhood and Church Discipline
    on July 8, 2025 at 5:30 am

    “What if the pastor who put you under discipline has died? Can you still be forgiven?”That’s just one of the hard-hitting questions tackled in this raw and riveting panel discussion recorded live in Kampala, Uganda. With […]

  • Interview With Debbie Martis - CEO of Rebirth Homes - Local Home for Trafficked Women
    on July 3, 2025 at 5:09 pm

    In this episode, Krista interviews Debbie Martis, founder and CEO of Rebirth Homes, an anti-trafficking organization dedicated to supporting survivors of human trafficking. Since 2013, Rebirth Homes has provided safe housing and […]

  • Church Planting Where The Spirit Is Moving – Brian Brodersen and Nick Cady
    on July 1, 2025 at 9:00 am

    Welcome back to the Cultivate Church Planting Podcast! Inthis episode, Brian Kelly is joined by Pastor Brian Brodersen and Pastor Nick Cady for a lively and insightful conversation about church planting around the globe—from Europe […]

  • Elizabeth Newman Part 2
    on July 1, 2025 at 7:00 am
  • From Creed to Congregation: Reclaiming the Heidelberg Catechism in Preaching
    on July 1, 2025 at 5:30 am

    Could reclaiming the practice of catechetical preaching be the key to deeper discipleship and richer congregational life today? In this compelling episode of the Expositors Collective podcast, Pastor Danny Hyde invites listeners to […]

  • Scrolling Ourselves to Death: Discipleship in the Digital Age - with Brett McCracken
    on June 30, 2025 at 8:26 am

    What does it mean to follow Jesus in an age of constant distraction and digital overload?In this episode of Theology for the People, Nick Cady is joined by Brett McCracken — senior editor at The Gospel Coalition and editor of the […]

  • Discernment in Deceitful Times Part 3
    on June 26, 2025 at 7:00 am

    2 Timothy 3

  • S7.E3 | Do Not Be Anxious
    on June 25, 2025 at 12:06 pm

    Episode 3 | Leadership Lesson: Do Not Be Anxious_Jason Sanchez, Director of House of Blessing, a non-profit Christian school he started with his wife Jackie in Bachiniva, Mexico, and long-time friend of Pastor Daniel and the church […]

  • Church Revitalization, Psalty, and Global Missions – with Phil Metzger
    on June 25, 2025 at 8:15 am

    In this episode, hosts Nick Cady and Brian Brodersen talk with Phil Metzger, Lead Pastor of Calvary San Diego.Phil shares his story of singing in Salty the Singing Songbook as a child, to serving as a missionary in Russia and […]

  • The Urgent Need for Mentorship in Ministry
    on June 24, 2025 at 11:07 am

    What happens when a generation of preachers rises up without mentors? In this energising and deeply personal talk, Rev Raymond L. Bukenya challenges pastors and leaders to take the biblical call to mentoring preachers seriously—for […]

  • Elizabeth Newman Part 1
    on June 24, 2025 at 7:00 am
  • How Then Shall We Deal with Our Phones? (with Nate Holdridge)
    on June 23, 2025 at 3:00 pm

    Comments? Questions? Send us a message!Our devices. Our phones. Our laptops. Our tablets. Our iPads. Whatever.They can be a huge blessing. They can be an enormous distraction.Listen in to this carefully and thoughtfully developed […]

  • How God's Grace Meets Us at Rock Bottom: Ray Ortlund on Isaiah 57:15
    on June 23, 2025 at 8:23 am

    In this episode, Nick Cady is joined by pastor and author Ray Ortlund Jr. to talk about how God's grace meets us in our lowest moments.Ray is the president of Renewal Ministries, and the pastor to pastors at Immanuel Church in […]

  • How Do I Overcome Feeling Inadequate?
    on June 19, 2025 at 4:00 pm

    In this episode, Brenda and Krista explore the common struggle of feeling unqualified or insufficient in ministry work, examining how God uses weaknesses and perceived inadequacies as vessels for His strength and glory. They go over […]

  • Discernment in Deceitful Times Part 2
    on June 19, 2025 at 7:00 am

    2 Timothy 3

  • From California to Florida: A New Chapter for the Calvary Chapel Bible College
    on June 18, 2025 at 11:35 am

    SummaryIn this episode of the Stoked Up podcast, Alan Stoddard engages with Kenneth Priest, Brian Kelly, and Justin Thomas to discuss the history and future of Calvary Chapel Bible College as CCBC partners with West Church. They […]

  • Beth Redman Part 2
    on June 17, 2025 at 7:00 am