Watch or listen to Robin Waller, church planter and Lead Pastor of Lift Church, being interviewed by seasoned journalist, Lorna Dueck. In this episode, Robin shares his journey from starting out as a nuclear engineering student to leading a network of churches across nine university campuses in Canada. He shares how simple, relational evangelism is reaching a new generation, and how today’s students are more spiritually open than we might think. He compels everyday Christians, not just pastors, to play a vital role in disciple-making.

In this episode, Robin and Lorna discuss:

• The story behind launching a church in a university bar and growing into a national campus movement.
• Sustainable church planting and why combining career and ministry is key.
• Church growth at Canadian universities and why simple conversations, not big events, are driving growth.
• How daily Bible reading across an entire church builds deep spiritual formation.
• Why messy, authentic community is sometimes more effective than polished environments.
• Biblical inspiration from Paul and Timothy for modern disciple-making movements.

Read the transcript: https://biblesociety.ca/transcript-scripture-untangled-s13-ep3

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For the past twenty years, Robin Wallar has devoted himself to making disciples on university campuses in Canada, first as a nuclear engineering student and now as a church planter and software developer.

Together with his wife, Laura, they lead LIFT Church, a collegiate discipleship and church planting movement on seven campuses across Canada. Robin’s passion is to equip every follower of Christ for disciple-making and church planting in co-vocational settings. He shares the values and theology behind co-vocational ministry in his book Everyone Sent and has written a comprehensive discipleship guide called Living Sent, which are used by students and ministries across North America. He also writes on these topics weekly on Substack.

In addition to leading LIFT Church, Robin leads Engage Spaces, a software company designed to support disciple-making movements.

He and Laura live in the beautiful city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with their two children.

https://www.liftchurch.ca/

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