Telling the Story of BEMA

One of the things that I (Marty) have learned as I travel around is that I take the story of BEMA and what God has been up to for granted. For me, it’s my life experience; but for others, they do not know. Where did BEMA come from and how did it get started? Why did we decide to start a podcast?

For some, the questions are more practical. For donors, they might wonder, “Why do my donation receipts come from Impact Campus Ministries?”

Does Marty still work as a campus minister? What does campus ministry have to do with BEMA? Does Marty have two jobs?

And this story matters. It matters because it’s important to me personally. It matters because you care about what we do. And I want to do a better job telling this story. So for the next handful of Messengers, I will be using this article to tell the story of BEMA.



I hope it’s a helpful and informative time of understanding who I am and what we’re trying to do behind the scenes of BEMA.

This is Carol.

Carol is from Ontario, Canada. She started listening to the podcast in October 2022 and quickly completed the first five sessions. She found the study changes everything and tries to leave “crumbs” for others to get a taste for what they might find.

Carol continued her rapid pace and got caught up to real time; she grieves having to wait a week for each new episode as she used to listen to multiple episodes in a day. One of her favorite parts was Josh Bossé’s deep dive into the Tabernacle at the end of Session 6.

Carol enjoys the diversity of topics in recent sessions and found the Sabbath practices in Session 7 very helpful. The podcast has not only changed the way she reads Scriptures, but also how she sees God at work in her life. Whether it’s her friends or children, she loves sharing the resource with others.

Marty, Brent, or Brian may be coming to your neck of the woods. If more information is available, we will include some of that below. Full details on the BEMA website.

JANUARY 10: Live Q&A at 5 pm PT / 8 pm ET (details)

JANUARY 21–22: Brent in Fort Myers, FL area (details to come)

JANUARY 22: Brent in Tampa, FL area (details to come)

JANUARY 23: Brent in Orlando, FL area (details)

JANUARY 22–31: Impact’s annual all-staff conference in Orlando

FEBRUARY 4: Live Q&A at 1 pm PT / 4 pm ET (details)

FEBRUARY 14–23: Marty on a writing retreat

MARCH 1–3: Marty speaking at a men’s retreat outside Omaha, NE

MARCH 4–6: BEMA team gathering in Kirksville, MO

MARCH 13: Live Q&A at 5 pm PT / 8 pm ET (details)

MARCH 23 – APRIL 6: BEMA Israel (low-contact) 2024!

Updates and additional details will be posted as they arrive at bemadiscipleship.com/news.

We are sharing links to the latest videos Marty is producing for those of you who don’t subscribe to his YouTube channel. (But please subscribe!)

• THE KINGDOM: How the Story Ends



• THE KINGDOM: Amen

We also have a new BEMA YouTube channel with a handful of resources so far. We will continue to use this new channel in the future as we develop more of our ideas.