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  "Gen Z Is On Fire, But Where Are the Millennials?" | The Shepherd's Bench EP.011 06.09.2026 1ч 3мин

  Gen Z is hungry. They'll pay £5,000, fly across the world, do whatever it takes to be discipled. And they can't find anyone.In Episode 11 of The Shepherd's Bench, Kofi Dartey and Randolph Adjei ask the question underneath the revival: if this generation is on fire, where is the generation meant to be raising them?In this episode:The Gen Z revival is real, but every big move cries for sturdy leadershipMovements led by 21-year-olds because the 35-year-olds are absent"Is this 18-year-old leading because you couldn't find a 35-year-old?"The boy who becomes the man of the house when his father isn't thereMichael Jackson, a stolen childhood, and what happens when you blow up too earlyWhy they're inheriting our problem, and how that becomes generationalThey'll pay for mentorship and still can't find a mentorEzekiel 22:30, "I sought for a man to stand in the gap"To the millennial who stepped off: God is calling you homeTo the pastor: don't build your ministry at the cost of the people God gave youYou don't only give because you had it. Sometimes the biggest motivation is to give because you never did.____________________The Shepherd's Bench is hosted by Kofi Dartey & Randolph Adjei and brought to you by KAC Studios.Subscribe for new episodes every 2 weeks.Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @shepherdsbench
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  "Who Do Leaders Cry To" | The Shepherd's Bench EP.010 23.08.2026 56мин

  Everybody cries to their pastor. Who does the pastor cry to?In Episode 10 of The Shepherd's Bench, Kofi Dartey and Randolph Adjei open Matthew 26 and read Gethsemane as a leadership text. Jesus, surrounded by twelve, creates distance in layers: nine stay here, three come further, and then he goes alone, and weeps where nobody can hear him.In this episode:The loneliest room is the one with a queue outside itGethsemane: nine, three, and the little furtherWhy Jesus wouldn't let even Peter, James and John hear him break"My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even unto death" — anxiety, fear, and the humanity of ChristHow much are leaders actually allowed to share?The line between honest vulnerability and bleeding on your peopleWhen those closest to you fall asleep in your hardest hourEvery man of God has a story — and the compassion no prayer could buildA prayer for the leader who feels aloneYou are not the first to go through it. You will not be the last. And you are not alone.____________________The Shepherd's Bench is hosted by Kofi Dartey & Randolph Adjei and brought to you by KAC Studios.Subscribe for new episodes every 2 weeks.Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @shepherdsbench
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  "I Joined the Queue to See My Dad" | The Shepherd's Bench EP.009 09.08.2026 57мин

  At six years old, Kofi Dartey joined the counselling queue at his father's church. Five people ahead of him. Little suit, little tie, shiny shoes. When he finally got in, his dad asked what he was doing there. He said: this is the only place I can see you.In Episode 9 of The Shepherd's Bench, Kofi and Randolph Adjei talk about the part of leadership nobody puts on the flyer, the humanity underneath the calling.In this episode:Are leaders born or made? "Even a leader who is born must be raised"What leaders actually lose: it's easy to crucify sin, harder to crucify your freedomThe preacher's collar is a cuff, the bondservant's life isn't his ownPastors' kids: when your dad is everybody's dadThe queue story, and the question it left in his father"There were days we ate from the food bank", what people don't see behind the resultEntitlement, access, and the pastor who's expected to answer at any hourMan of God: you are human, endowed with godly contentWhere control and spiritual manipulation really come from: unaddressed insecurityDon't be so spiritual you're no earthly goodJesus took care of his family before the crossThe three cardinal rules: you are human, you will always be human, remember you're human____________________The Shepherd's Bench is hosted by Kofi Dartey & Randolph Adjei and brought to you by KAC Studios.Subscribe for new episodes every 2 weeks.Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @shepherdsbench
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  "Bad Company Corrupts. Imagine What Good Company Could Do." | The Shepherd's Bench EP.008 26.07.2026 57мин

  If bad company corrupts good morals, imagine what good company could do.In Episode 8 of The Shepherd's Bench, Kofi Dartey and Randolph Adjei sit with one of the most underrated essentials of the calling: the company you keep. The people around you aren't just around you, they're shaping your sound, your direction, and what you'll be prophesying a year from now.In this episode:The tent church: Randolph's new launch and why ministries must evolveThe layers of Jesus's company: the multitude, the 70, the 12, the 3"You're in their company, but not their inner circle"The independent spirit: where "I don't need anybody" really comes fromTrauma, church hurt, and the isolation they breed"When they park their cars, they park their brains" why skills stop at the church doorKoinonia: what Acts 2:42 community actually looks likeThe company of prophets: where they come from determines the soundYou'll sing whatever sound you sit aroundThe oil is transferred by association. Choose your company like it's your calling, because it is.____________________The Shepherd's Bench is hosted by Kofi Dartey & Randolph Adjei and brought to you by KAC Studios.Subscribe for new episodes every 2 weeks.Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @shepherdsbenchTimestamps0:00 Welcome "I was just a bass player"1:16 The tent church: Campus Rush evolves17:36 The layers of Jesus's company: 70, 12, 318:45 "I don't need anybody" the independent spirit19:20 Trauma, church hurt, and isolation21:00 "Park their cars, park their brains23:00 Koinonia, Acts 2:42 community53:50 The company of prophets: the source of the sound54:25 The hostel story: you sing what you sit around56:40 If bad company corrupts, imagine good company57:00 Outro
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  AI Rabonni: When ChatGPT Becomes Your Teacher | The Shepherd's Bench Ep. 007 12.07.2026 1ч 5мин

  Is AI a blessing or a crutch? And what happens when a generation starts ChatGPT-ing the sermons they were meant to receive on their knees?In Episode 7 of The Shepherd's Bench, Kofi Dartey and Randolph Adjei pick up the cliffhanger from last week: ChatGPT, AI, and the microwave generation of ministry. AI should be the garnish, not the main course. But in business circles, creative circles, and ministerial circles, the tool is quietly becoming the teacher.From there the conversation goes deep into what can't be automated: the process, the battles, the death to self, and the company that shapes your sound.In this episode:AI is a blessing - but it's a garnish, not the main courseMicrowave sermons: assembling a message without receiving the downloadWhy "deep" preaching is producing confused churches with no transformationYou can't become what you don't understandWhen personal experience becomes doctrine - the six-hour prayer ruleLingo culture: copying style instead of carrying substanceUnderdeveloped leaders: if you can't sustain the platform, the platform will break youA piece of cake: the layers nobody wants to work through"I've anointed you, but you have to die" — oil without processThe power of association (and a taste of next week's conversation)Don't ChatGPT an experience you're meant to get tarrying.____________________The Shepherd's Bench is hosted by Kofi Dartey & Randolph Adjei and brought to you by KAC Studios.Subscribe for new episodes every 2 weeks.Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @shepherdsbench
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  Fathers For Sale: The Generation Using Each Other | The Shepherd's Bench Ep. 006 28.06.2026 1ч

  There's a generation of fathers looking for sons to use, and a generation of sons looking for fathers to use right back.In Episode 6 of The Shepherd's Bench, Kofi Dartey and Randolph Adjei sit with the uncomfortable questions: why we're born again but not delivered from tradition, why ministry has become a competition, and what's quietly replacing real encounter with God.In this episode:Born again, but not delivered from tradition... The unrenewed mindThe competitive mindset: "I must build the next biggest church"Why do we assume only the devil can make things growMinistry for honorariums... when preaching becomes a paycheck"You're not advancing the kingdom. You're advancing your ego."Nobody can outdo God. Nobody can outpay God.Why kindness and soft skills don't make you less anointedDon't ChatGPT what you're meant to get on your kneesThis is Fathers For Sale. A conversation about what the next generation is inheriting - and what it's skipping.____________________The Shepherd's Bench is hosted by Kofi Dartey & Randolph Adjei and brought to you by KAC Studios.Subscribe for new episodes every 2 weeks.Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @shepherdsbench
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  "Wife or Knife" | The Shepherd's Bench Ep. 005 14.06.2026 1ч 3мин

  The first move of the enemy isn't to attack you. It's to offer you what you love.In Episode 5 of The Shepherd's Bench, Kofi Dartey and Randolph Adjei unpack what the modern church has confused about marriage, calling, anointing and timing, and what's actually essential underneath it all.In this episode:Why your calling can evolve and how to know when it's time"When you overstay a season, you enter a cycle"Why the church is wasting kingdom talent, turning entrepreneurs, lawyers, and creatives into intercessors and ushersMarriage as a system, not a validationYou don't need a helper when you haven't figured out your lifeJust because oil was poured on your head doesn't mean you've becomeWife or knife? The cost of choosing wrongThis isn't a sermon on singleness, marriage or ministry. It's a redefinition of what the church has been calling essential.____________________The Shepherd's Bench is hosted by Kofi Dartey & Randolph Adjei and brought to you by KAC Studios.Subscribe for new episodes every 2 weeks.Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @shepherdsbench
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  "Great Preachers, Terrible Husbands" | The Shepherd's Bench Ep. 004 31.05.2026 58мин

  God loves all of us. But He doesn't trust all of us.In Episode 4 of The Shepherd's Bench, Kofi Dartey and Randolph Adjei turn the lens onto leaders themselves - the journey, the gaps, and the dangers nobody warns you about when the anointing starts to grow.In this episode:Why God doesn't trust everyone He lovesGreat preachers, terrible husbands - the gap between gift and characterKingly anointing, shepherdly positioning and the people pretending to be contentWhy people are relocating churches for the wrong reasonsAnointed and immoral. Anointed and disrespectful. The dangers of the anointingWhat can overpower you if you don't deal with it nowThis isn't a sermon to the congregation. It's a conversation between two pastors about the people behind the pulpit.____________________The Shepherd's Bench is hosted by Kofi Dartey & Randolph Adjei and brought to you by KAC Studios.Subscribe for new episodes every 2 weeks.Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @shepherdsbench
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  "Great Career, Failed Calling" | The Shepherd's Bench Ep.003 17.05.2026 1ч 3мин

  You can do many things right. Be applauded. Build a great career. And still have failed.In Episode 3 of The Shepherd's Bench, Kofi Dartey and Randolph Adjei return to The Call, this time going deeper into the gap between what you're doing and what you were made to do. The cost of misalignment. The geography of calling. And the test the devil brings everybody.In this episode:How do you actually know you're called? A biblical breakdownPurpose, calling, and career - the three things most people confuseHow money relocates you from the geography of your callingThe three stages every calling moves throughWhy knowing your calling isn't the same as being ready for itApprenticeship ministry and the cost of cutting cornersThis is The Call II. The conversation goes deeper.____________________The Shepherd's Bench is hosted by Kofi Dartey & Randolph Adjei and brought to you by KAC Studios.Subscribe for new episodes every 2 weeks.Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @shepherdsbench
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  "Until You Discover Your Calling, You Haven't Started Living" | The Shepherd's Bench Ep.002 03.05.2026 1ч

  What if everything you've built, your career, your relationships, even who you married, was built on the wrong foundation?In Episode 2 of The Shepherd's Bench, Kofi Dartey and Randolph Adjei sit down to unpack The Call - what it is, what it costs, and why so many people running from it are the very ones meant to carry it.In this episode:Why your calling should determine your school, your spouse, and your friends"Mr. Suave" and "Lil T"... Life before the callThe man in the fire and the moment God gets your attentionIs ministry today a genuine pursuit of God, or has it become glamorous?The cost of trading prayer This isn't a sermon. It's a bench conversation.____________________The Shepherd's Bench is hosted by Kofi Dartey & Randolph Adjei and brought to you by KAC Studios.Subscribe for new episodes every 2 weeks.Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @shepherdsbench
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  What Leaders Don't Know They're Missing 19.04.2026 1ч

  What happens when a leader walks into a room and realises everything they've built is missing something?Kofi Dartey and Randolph Adjei sit down for the first episode of The Shepherd's Bench. This is an unfiltered conversation about faith, leadership, and what it actually takes to build something that reflects the kingdom.In this episode:First impressions of KAC and the voltage of prayerWhat mature leaders don't know they're missingWhy the curtains being dirty matters more than you thinkBrotherhood, grief, and what keeps people outThis isn't a sermon. It's a bench conversation.____________________The Shepherd's Bench is hosted by Kofi Dartey & Randolph Adjei and brought to you by KAC Studios.Subscribe for new episodes every 2 weeks.Follow us on Instagram & TikTok: @shepherdsbench