Host: Steve Macchia, Guest: Iain Whitfield
“He knew the timing would be best if it were radically different from what I understood it to be.” – Iain Whitfield
God isn’t seeking our permission; God is seeking our submission. Iain Whitfield shares this principle from his life. Iain was born in India to missionary parents, spent two decades in the UK and almost four decades in the United States. Ian served as Community Life Pastor in Winchester, Massachusetts for twelve years. His first career was in commercial banking which he left to help care for his terminally ill daughter who died in 2006. Iain shares his experience of God in trusting for his daughter’s nurture and care and for provision during a vocational transition.
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Steve Macchia (Podcast Host)
Founder and President of Leadership Transformations
Steve is the author of The Discerning Life, Becoming a Healthy Church, Broken and Whole, Crafting a Rule of Life and several other titles. Steve has over 40 years in ministry and two postgraduate degrees from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
Iain Whitfield (Season 26 Guest)
After serving 20 years as an elder and 12 years co-leading Hope Christian Church in Winchester, MA as Community Life Pastor, Iain laid down his vocational ministry in 2020. He remains active in the same church as one of the worship and small group leaders, as well as offering spiritual friendship and support to many. Born in India of UK missionary parents, his first career was in commercial banking, the reason for his transfer from London to Boston in 1986. He subsequently left banking in 2000 to help care for his terminally ill daughter, who died in 2006. That journey deeply intensified his relationship with the Lord and was used by God to forge his heart’s desire for vocational ministry. His personal vision is “to so live in Jesus that people will come into, and live in, an ever-increasing, experiential knowledge of God the Father as Abba, Jesus as Savior, Lord and Friend, and the Holy Spirit as Counselor and Comforter for life.” He is married to Liz, father of three daughters, and has 5 grandchildren.
