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The Shepherd's Bench

The Shepherd's Bench

Kofi Dartey and Randolph Adjei 4 Episodes Oct 4, 2026

Kofi Dartey and Randolph Adjei invite you to take a seat at The Shepherd's Bench. These are two influential voices in this generation, planted on opposite sides of the globe and they are coming together to foster necessary conversations - the kind of talks that usually happen off-mic. Welcome to SBP.

Episodes

"What Looked Like a Compliment Was Actually Wounding Me" ft. Prophet Sharlette Reid | SBP EP.013
"What Looked Like a Compliment Was Actually Wounding Me" ft. Prophet Sharlette Reid | SBP EP.013 Oct 4, 2026 01:03:04 "I didn't realise that what seemed like a compliment was actually wounding me."For the first time on The Shepherd's Bench, Kofi Dartey and Randolph Adjei are joined by a guest: Prophet Sharlette Reid.What follows is one of the most honest conversations we've had, about what it costs to be a woman carrying a prophetic calling, where women go when there's nobody to disciple them, and the words spoke
"Children Don't Spell Love L-O-V-E. They Spell It T-I-M-E." | Missing Millennials Part 2 | The Shepherd's Bench EP.012
"Children Don't Spell Love L-O-V-E. They Spell It T-I-M-E." | Missing Millennials Part 2 | The Shepherd's Bench EP.012 Sep 20, 2026 00:48:10 "Children don't spell love L-O-V-E. They spell love T-I-M-E."The conversation was too hot to end. In Part II of Missing Millennials, Kofi Dartey and Randolph Adjei go deeper into why an entire generation went quiet, and what it cost them.In this episode:Four kinds of missing: absent, inactive, unequipped, or in position without preparation"We're not here to say our fathers failed", the humility cl
"Gen Z Is On Fire, But Where Are the Millennials?" | Missing Millennials Part 1 | The Shepherd's Bench EP.011
"Gen Z Is On Fire, But Where Are the Millennials?" | Missing Millennials Part 1 | The Shepherd's Bench EP.011 Sep 6, 2026 01:03:00 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 leader
"Who Do Leaders Cry To" | The Shepherd's Bench EP.010
"Who Do Leaders Cry To" | The Shepherd's Bench EP.010 Aug 23, 2026 00:56:21 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 qu
"I Joined the Queue to See My Dad" | The Shepherd's Bench EP.009
"I Joined the Queue to See My Dad" | The Shepherd's Bench EP.009 Aug 9, 2026 00:57:47 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 underneat
"Bad Company Corrupts. Imagine What Good Company Could Do." | The Shepherd's Bench EP.008
"Bad Company Corrupts. Imagine What Good Company Could Do." | The Shepherd's Bench EP.008 Jul 26, 2026 00:57:10 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 t
AI Rabonni: When ChatGPT Becomes Your Teacher | The Shepherd's Bench Ep. 007
AI Rabonni: When ChatGPT Becomes Your Teacher | The Shepherd's Bench Ep. 007 Jul 12, 2026 01:05:50 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
Fathers For Sale: The Generation Using Each Other | The Shepherd's Bench Ep. 006
Fathers For Sale: The Generation Using Each Other | The Shepherd's Bench Ep. 006 Jun 28, 2026 01:00:09 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 ep
"Wife or Knife" | The Shepherd's Bench Ep. 005
"Wife or Knife" | The Shepherd's Bench Ep. 005 Jun 14, 2026 01:03:53 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 ove
"Great Preachers, Terrible Husbands" | The Shepherd's Bench Ep. 004
"Great Preachers, Terrible Husbands" | The Shepherd's Bench Ep. 004 May 31, 2026 00:58:17 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,
"Great Career, Failed Calling" | The Shepherd's Bench Ep.003
"Great Career, Failed Calling" | The Shepherd's Bench Ep.003 May 17, 2026 01:03:20 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 actu
"Until You Discover Your Calling, You Haven't Started Living" | The Shepherd's Bench Ep.002
"Until You Discover Your Calling, You Haven't Started Living" | The Shepherd's Bench Ep.002 May 3, 2026 01:00:53 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 s

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