Jonny Pollock
@jonnypollock.bsky.social
Christ Follower /// Husband /// Father /// Pastor of Calvary Church Loughrea /// Intrested in Missiology & Pioneer Planting /// Co. Galway. #Ireland
Substack: https://substack.com/@jonnypollockwrites
Substack: https://substack.com/@jonnypollockwrites
This week’s post showcases a really helpful short book on an increasingly important set of truths for the church today.
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Book Review // Five The Solas of the Reformation
by S.D. Ellison
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January 20, 2026 at 12:36 PM
This week’s post showcases a really helpful short book on an increasingly important set of truths for the church today.
jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/book-revie...
jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/book-revie...
Is leadership something natural or nurtured? Perhaps we should be asking a different question; when we identify a leader, what happens then?
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The Problem With “Natural” Leaders
Church Planting, Formation, and the Long Obedience of Leadership
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January 13, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Is leadership something natural or nurtured? Perhaps we should be asking a different question; when we identify a leader, what happens then?
jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/the-proble...
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This year, let's commit to doing the hard work of leadership development:
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Part-Baked Rolls and Ready-Made Leaders
Doing the hard work of developing leaders
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January 6, 2026 at 1:08 PM
This year, let's commit to doing the hard work of leadership development:
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My last article of the year, and I hope a word of encouragement for those ministering in 'small' places... jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/the-light-...
The Light Between
Bearing Witness in Small Places
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December 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
My last article of the year, and I hope a word of encouragement for those ministering in 'small' places... jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/the-light-...
Not a very festive article today, but an important one...
Elon Musk, Terminators and Eternal Hope... //
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Elon Musk, Terminators and Eternal Hope... //
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The Best Ending To The Movie
Elon Musk, Meaning, and the Gospel According to Silicon Valley
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December 16, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Not a very festive article today, but an important one...
Elon Musk, Terminators and Eternal Hope... //
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Elon Musk, Terminators and Eternal Hope... //
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New Post: Bigger sins, better stories? // jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/bigger-sin...
Bigger Sins, Better Stories?
The Problem with Testimony Culture
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December 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
New Post: Bigger sins, better stories? // jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/bigger-sin...
What can a missionary from the 19th century teach us about modern missions and church planting? Quite a lot actually... (Link in Comments)
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The Nevius Plan
Why a Nineteenth-Century Missionary Is Still Relevant Today
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December 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
What can a missionary from the 19th century teach us about modern missions and church planting? Quite a lot actually... (Link in Comments)
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Can you plant a church without knowing what a church is? jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/church-pla...
Church Planting Without the Church
To Plant A Church We First Need To Know What A Church Is
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November 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Can you plant a church without knowing what a church is? jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/church-pla...
My book review today is a book about leadership, that doesn't always think leadership is a good idea: jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/book-revie...
Book Review: Servants & Fools
Arthur Boers and A Biblical Theology of Leadership
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November 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
My book review today is a book about leadership, that doesn't always think leadership is a good idea: jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/book-revie...
Many and conflicting are the scheduling arrangements of men, and their wives laugh…
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Many and conflicting are the scheduling arrangements of men, and their wives laugh…
My latest Substack article considers the need of pastoral friendships for sustainable ministry…
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The Forgotten Discipline of Pastoral Friendship
Why Pastors Need One Another More Than Ever
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November 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
My latest Substack article considers the need of pastoral friendships for sustainable ministry…
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To my US friends, I really value the pause you guys take this month to celebrate Thanksgiving. But what in the world were you thinking with the food choices?
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
To my US friends, I really value the pause you guys take this month to celebrate Thanksgiving. But what in the world were you thinking with the food choices?
I wrote a review of "How To Like Paul Again" by @conradgempf. This is a great little book that does a good job of helping us understand the person and context of the Apostle Paul. Well worth a read!
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Book Review: How to Like Paul Again
How to Like Paul Again — Conrad Gempf
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November 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I wrote a review of "How To Like Paul Again" by @conradgempf. This is a great little book that does a good job of helping us understand the person and context of the Apostle Paul. Well worth a read!
jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/book-revie...
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Got another lovely message from someone who gave one of my books on prayer to a visitor in church... Praise God for how He is using this, all glory to Him... (If you want a copy, here's the link...)
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How To Pray: A Basic Introduction For New Believers: Amazon.co.uk: Pollock, Jonny: 9798286354917: Books
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November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Got another lovely message from someone who gave one of my books on prayer to a visitor in church... Praise God for how He is using this, all glory to Him... (If you want a copy, here's the link...)
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In this article I suggest a developmental pathway for the identification, discipling and affirmation of emerging leaders...
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Impulses, Gifting & Calling
Fivefold Ministry (APEST) and the Path of Leadership Development in the Church
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November 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In this article I suggest a developmental pathway for the identification, discipling and affirmation of emerging leaders...
jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/impulses-g...
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Reviewing a book today that I recommend to folks interested in church planting:
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Book Review: Questioning Evangelism
There's No Such Thing As A Stupid Question
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October 31, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Reviewing a book today that I recommend to folks interested in church planting:
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Pioneer church planting requires a variety of skills, none more so than engaging your context. My article today talks about an approach that I've found quite helpful: jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/snakes-and...
Snakes & Ladders
Mission & The Ladder of Acceptance
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October 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Pioneer church planting requires a variety of skills, none more so than engaging your context. My article today talks about an approach that I've found quite helpful: jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/snakes-and...
I'm hoping to review a few of the chapters in the latest New Frontiers in Missiology (EMS 33) in the coming weeks. First up
JD Payne's essay on the apostolic imagination...
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JD Payne's essay on the apostolic imagination...
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Book Review: New Frontiers in Missiology (Part 1)
Apostolic Imagination as a Navigational Paradigm for Traveling the Frontiers of Mission
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October 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I'm hoping to review a few of the chapters in the latest New Frontiers in Missiology (EMS 33) in the coming weeks. First up
JD Payne's essay on the apostolic imagination...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
JD Payne's essay on the apostolic imagination...
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Was it really better in the old days? An article on our current rapid-fire nostalgia... jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/nostalgia-...
Nostalgia & Dinosaurs
Honouring the Past Without Living in It
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October 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Was it really better in the old days? An article on our current rapid-fire nostalgia... jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/nostalgia-...
This is such a great book on the importance of place in our ministry and churches...
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Book Review: The Place Of The Parish
Recovering a Theology of Place
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October 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This is such a great book on the importance of place in our ministry and churches...
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Are we in danger of franchising rather than church planting?
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Franchisability
Why Church Planting Is Not an Entrepreneurial Endeavour
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October 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Are we in danger of franchising rather than church planting?
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My latest article is released today. Last week I wrote about the unremarkable life, this week, how you don't need to be remarkable to plant a church...
October 14, 2025 at 10:07 AM
My latest article is released today. Last week I wrote about the unremarkable life, this week, how you don't need to be remarkable to plant a church...
The new season of the Acts29 Europe podcast launched yesterday, and Philip Moore and I will be chatting with authors to discuss how their books give insight to those in ministry, particularly church planting.
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Here's the link: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Acts 29 Europe Podcast
Christianity Podcast · Welcome to season 4 of the Acts 29 Europe podcast where, every fortnight, we get the privilege of listening to, learning from and praying for church planters from all around Eur...
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October 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The new season of the Acts29 Europe podcast launched yesterday, and Philip Moore and I will be chatting with authors to discuss how their books give insight to those in ministry, particularly church planting.
Here's the link: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Here's the link: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Maybe the most Christlike thing you’ll ever do is live a faithful, unseen, unremarkable life...
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An Unremarkable Life
On Decreasing So Christ Might Increase
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October 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Maybe the most Christlike thing you’ll ever do is live a faithful, unseen, unremarkable life...
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Last week Apple announced that its latest AirPods would have a unique ability to provide translation. What does this mean for mission, and is it a good thing?
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The Art of Mistranslation
AirPods, AI and the Soul of Mission
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September 30, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Last week Apple announced that its latest AirPods would have a unique ability to provide translation. What does this mean for mission, and is it a good thing?
jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/the-art-of...
jonnypollockwrites.substack.com/p/the-art-of...