Best Christian Podcasts | Teaching & Encouragement

Christianity Today

The flagship evangelical media ministry founded by Billy Graham in 1956, now in its 70th anniversary year (2026). Reaches 40M people annually with news, theology, and 11+ podcasts (The Bulletin, The Russell Moore Show, Devil and the Deep Blue Sea). The CT mobile app (iOS and Android, launched May 2026) added comments, reactions, and a Daily Devotional in summer 2026 updates. Led by President & CEO Nicole Massie Martin and Editor-in-Chief Marvin Olasky, with Russell Moore as Editor-at-Large. The One Kingdom Campaign has raised $28.3M of its $32M goal (as of June 2026) to fund Global, Next Gen, and Big Tent initiatives.

The Porch

The Porch is the young adult ministry (ages 20s-30s) of Watermark Community Church in Dallas, TX, founded in 2006. Led by Executive Director Kylen Perry, the app streams Tuesday night gatherings, archives past messages, and hosts the "Views from The Porch" podcast. Porch Live gatherings now span 8+ cities across six states. Awaken 2026 (Sept 5–7) features Jennie Allen, Matt Chandler, David Platt, and Christine Caine.

Bible Memory Community

A free online community where over 3,000 believers encourage each other and stay accountable in memorizing Scripture, featuring weekly challenges, diverse small groups by life stage, the Memorize What Matters podcast, and founder Josh Summers' Amazon bestselling book of the same name. The Bible Memory Goal YouTube channel has grown to 43,600+ subscribers.

CP Sermons

A modern, feature-rich WordPress sermon management plugin with a persistent app-like player, SermonAudio integration (including WP-CLI), transcript support, podcast feed generation, and built-in analytics. Currently at v1.6.2. Built by Tanner Moushey of Church Plugins.

Edifi Podcasts

A curated Christian podcast app by The Christian Post with 20,000+ shows and 3,000,000+ episodes — sermons, devotionals, Bible studies, and more — available on iOS, Android, web, and smart devices.

JesusFreakHideout

One of the longest-running Christian music websites, celebrating 30 years online in 2026 — offering in-depth album reviews, artist interviews, indie music coverage, daily news, concert and movie reviews, book reviews, weekly devotionals, listening parties, free compilation albums, and a podcast with 242 episodes exploring topics from music theology to AI-generated art. Founded in 1996 by John DiBiase.

AccessMore

Free, curated Christian podcast network from the makers of K-LOVE and Air1. Features faith-based shows from Lisa Harper, Max Lucado, Christine Caine, Tauren Wells, The Skit Guys, Candace Cameron Bure, and more — plus built-in radio streaming. Audio and video formats available.

Free Christian eBook Reader

A free, ad-free Android app from the Cornerstone internet ministry offering a curated library of Christian ebooks, audiobooks, podcasts, and Bible translations — no account or payment needed. The library continues to expand with new titles on suffering (Job), biblical archaeology, and New Testament military figures, twenty-five podcast discussions of both their own works and classics like Tozer's Pursuit of God, a growing translation effort now spanning Hindi, Nepali, and Telugu, and a new children's books collection. Note: the Android app shell has not been updated since v5.2.0 (Oct 2024), though the underlying content library is actively maintained.

Love Your First Year Premarital Course

An online Christian premarital course by SYMBIS Certified Counselors Britt and Kyler Nixon, featuring 22 video modules, an 85-page workbook, interactive tools, and extensive bonus resources — trusted by over 1,000 couples, supported by a 63-episode podcast, and featured on Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark.

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast

Free monthly leadership podcast by Life.Church pastor Craig Groeschel, delivering practical coaching in 30-minute episodes with downloadable leader guides. Approaching 200 episodes since 2016; recently featured its first-ever live recording with John Maxwell.

Blinkist

Book summary app with 9,000+ nonfiction titles and podcasts — including 100+ Christianity books from authors like Timothy Keller, C.S. Lewis, and Rick Warren — condensed into 15-minute audio or text "Blinks." Features four tiers (Basic/Premium/Pro/Platinum), AI-powered content summarization via Blinkist Pro, free access through public library partnerships, and live learning sessions via the new Blinkist Platinum tier. As of June 2026, all new Blinks are voiced by professional human narrators — the AI narration experiment has ended.

365 Christian Men

A daily podcast sharing short, powerful stories of real Christian men — from the first century to today — inspiring faith, courage, and purposeful living. Founded in 2018 by Blake Mattocks, now expanded to 365 Christian Stories with both men's and women's editions, reaching millions across 100+ countries in multiple languages.

Spoken Gospel

A 100% free nonprofit Bible study app that completed its seven-year mission to cover every book of the Bible. Offers 800+ short films, chapter-by-chapter devotionals, and a popular podcast — all showing how Scripture points to Jesus. 150M+ views worldwide. Now available in English, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), and French.

Not the Bee

A humor-based news and commentary site from the creators of The Babylon Bee, featuring real stories so absurd they read like satire — with a built-in social network, multiple podcasts, a dedicated Christianity section, and apps for iOS and Android. Site confirmed actively publishing daily as of August 10, 2026.

Reasonable Faith

The official app of Dr. William Lane Craig's Reasonable Faith ministry — celebrating 20 years in 2026 — offering free access to apologetics podcasts, debates, articles, Q&A, the Defenders theology class, and animated videos on arguments for God's existence.

Ascension App

The Ascension App is a Catholic Bible and Catechism companion from Ascension Press, with the Great Adventure Catholic Bible, daily Mass readings, Rosary, study plans, and the In a Year podcasts. It is free to download, with a premium subscription for the fuller library.

Charisma Magazine News

Charisma News delivers 24/7 breaking Christian news from a Spirit-filled, charismatic perspective. Founded in 1975 by Stephen Strang, it's part of Charisma Media's multimedia platform — now past its 50th anniversary — reaching millions of readers monthly through articles, podcasts, videos, and a free mobile app on iOS and Android.

Join the Journey

A free daily Bible reading and discipleship plan from Watermark Community Church, studying Acts in 2026 with guided spiritual practices, a weekly video podcast, a kids edition, and a community reading together under the theme Abiding in Jesus Together.

FaithFi - Faith & Finance

FaithFi is a Christian budgeting app from the Faith & Finance ministry, pairing bank-connected money tools with daily Rhythms, devotionals, and a community around stewarding God's resources. A free tier sits beside subscription-based FaithFi Pro, the weekday radio program, studies, Faithful Steward magazine, and a Certified Kingdom Advisor directory.

Grace to You

The official streaming app from Grace to You, offering 55+ years of John MacArthur's verse-by-verse Bible teaching — sermons, devotionals, broadcasts, Grace Stream 24/7, and a twelve-language translation initiative — all free. Now led by Matt MacArthur as President, preserving an archive of nearly 4,000 sermons with an explicit pledge against AI-generated content.

Tabella.app

Free Catholic app uniting parishes, dioceses, and ministry groups with instant communications, automated weekly emails, Mass and event scheduling, donation integrations, a rich library of prayers and Catholic podcasts, and a parish-supporting debit card — all without paywalls.

Axis

Axis is a donor-funded 501(c)(3) Christian ministry, founded in 2007 by David Eaton and Jeremiah Callihan, that equips parents to have gospel-centered conversations with their teens about culture, identity, and faith. Its free toolkit includes Parent Guides, the weekly Culture Translator email, podcasts, short videos, and Conversation Kits.

Wild at Heart

A free app from John and Stasi Eldredge's Wild at Heart ministry with daily readings, guided prayers, blogs, and two ongoing podcasts, plus gatherings for men and women around the world.

SALT TABLE

TABLE by SALT is a free live audio community for Christian singles offering interactive discussion events on faith, dating, relationships, and prayer — accessible within the SALT app and via web. Runs around 10–12 sessions weekly with community-member and specialist hosts, and sits alongside SALT's matching and SALT Social feed as one of three connection layers. Recurring formats include a Book Club, therapy-informed sessions, prayer gatherings, and a Scripture-paired relationship challenge.

CBN News

Free 24/7 Christian news app from the Christian Broadcasting Network. Breaking news, daily shows (Faith Nation, Christian World News, Jerusalem Dateline, The Prayer Link), live stream, and a unique "Pray the News" feature — all from a Christian perspective. Over 2.8M YouTube subscribers. Available on iOS, Android, Fire TV, Apple TV, and Roku.

Contagious Disciple Making

Free Contagious Disciple Making app with podcasts, videos, and scripture lists that help Christians start Discovery Bible Studies and multiplying disciple-making groups. Founded by Paul Watson and led by CEO Rebecca Ewing.

Ligonier Ministries

Free app with thousands of Reformed teaching resources — podcasts, video series, articles, devotionals, and conference messages from R.C. Sproul and Ligonier teaching fellows — available on iOS and Android. Ligonier reaches 100M+ people annually in 23 languages. The app was redesigned in v11.0.0 (Jul 2026) with a fresh interface, smoother navigation, and a fixed sign-in process; it supports offline downloads, Chromecast, and CarPlay.

Malachi Daily

A free daily Scripture memorization newsletter using a brain-science-backed fill-in-the-blank method, reaching 140,000+ believers across seven Bible translations, with deep teaching in the original languages, a companion podcast, an interactive web app, and a pay-what-you-want course. The team also built Within, a companion iPhone app for interactive verse memorization with games and audio devotionals. Now led full-time by co-founder Kieran Lenahan with a growing team.

Faith Driven Entrepreneur

Faith Driven Entrepreneur is a free ministry platform for Christ-following founders — a weekly podcast, video courses, eight-week groups, church tools, and a mobile app — hosted by Faith Driven Movements. Co-founded by Justin Forman and Henry Kaestner, it helps entrepreneurs find community and treat their work as a calling.

audibible

An English and French audio Bible app with synchronized word highlighting, narrator and translation options, ambient soundscapes, narrated stories, daily podcasts, reading plans, and offline listening. Built by Stéphane Montlouis-Calixte / le studio 316, with a free tier and subscription-based plans.

Infinite Dominion

A Christian podcast and Substack by Zack Grafman with long-form conversations about faith, technology, and the future of the Church. The two-season archive remains online while he also publishes Make Clive Lewis Weird Again.

United Hive

A global testimony-sharing platform where Christians post real-time stories of evangelism and encounters with God on a live map spanning 50+ nations, with community tools, training content, the Contagious Faith Podcast (now 52 episodes), a blog on evangelism foundations, organization tools for churches and ministries, real-time prayer Beacons launched in January 2026, and a revival and evangelism news feed curating stories of God's movement worldwide.

Godcaster: Radio & Podcasts

A free Christian audio app that unifies radio stations, livestreams, and on-demand podcasts in one listener experience, while giving churches and broadcasters a branded digital station on Podcasting 2.0. Built with Adam Curry, Dave Jones, Gordon Marcy, and Paul Bailey around local Christian media rather than a third-party algorithm.

Every Man Ministries

Every Man Ministries: Founded by Kenny Luck in 2000, now Lead Pastor at Mariners Church Trabuco Canyon. EMM offers a streaming video library with 11 group curriculums, weekly Vimeo livestream teaching (12,000+ men), a podcast with nearly 600 episodes, and iOS/Android streaming apps — equipping men for spiritual maturity and godly leadership. Distributed through Pray.com, RightNow Media, Roku, and God Behind Bars.

The Pour Over

The Pour Over is a free, politically neutral Christian news source reaching 1.6M+ readers three times a week with concise news summaries paired with Scripture and an eternal perspective. Available via email newsletter (on beehiiv), free mobile apps on both iOS and Android — the Android edition adds an optional "Quiet the News" feature that blocks other news apps during set quiet hours — and a companion podcast, it also offers Decaf (a family edition), News Health, Praying the News, and TPO Explains. Ad-supported and always free, with an optional premium membership and a BibleGateway partnership.

Passion Equip

Passion Equip is the free digital discipleship platform from the Passion Movement (led by Louie Giglio), featuring Classroom — a structured theology curriculum taught by seminary-trained teachers — alongside rotating online Bible studies (currently Abide: A Sabbath Study in 1 John), daily devotionals, worship content, talks, and a podcast network of eight shows, all designed to help believers grow daily.

Stand to Reason

Free Stand to Reason app from Greg Koukl's ministry, with weekly podcasts, articles, and mentoring so Christians can defend classical Christianity with clarity and grace. Stand to Reason University adds free interactive courses, and Alan Shlemon now serves as president-elect while Koukl continues to host.

StreamYard

Browser-based live streaming and recording studio trusted by 12M+ creators, popular with churches for its volunteer-friendly interface, multistreaming to YouTube/Facebook/LinkedIn/TikTok/Vimeo, podcast recording, AI-powered clips, teleprompter, and Scenes for pre-planned broadcasts. Parent company Bending Spoons IPO'd on Nasdaq in July 2026 (~$18.4B valuation) and agreed to acquire Airtable for $1.285B in August 2026; 55 improvements shipped in 2025 plus new 2026 features including slide controls for guest presenters, smoother overlay transitions, YouTube Jewels reactions, in-studio Vimeo chat, and auto-fill previous stream details.

Bible365

A free community Bible reading program that guides believers through the entire Bible in one year (or two years at a slower pace) with daily readings from OT, NT, Psalms, and Proverbs, pastoral teaching from Calvary Chapel, and multiple ways to follow along including app, text, and podcast. Readers can join any time of year and roll missed readings into the next cycle.

Babylon Bee

The world's most-visited Christian satire site, delivering daily satirical headlines on religion, politics, and everyday life — with a weekly New York Post feature, ongoing free speech court victories (9th Circuit appeal pending), and a Heritage Foundation award-winning CEO who keynoted the ARC 2026 conference.

Bible Brief

A free app, podcast, and book from the Bible Literacy Foundation that walks the whole Bible story in ten eras and three levels of depth, with church and small-group launch kits.

GetSermons

GetSermons gathers sermons from many preachers and churches into one free listener app, with playlists, offline listening, shareable clips, and Preachai chat. Churches can also host and distribute their messages through the same platform.

Ultimate Intimacy

A Christian marriage and intimacy app by Nick and Amy McKinlay with a customizable bedroom game, 300+ conversation starters, 250+ lovemaking ideas, encrypted couples chat, intimacy calendar, Daily Challenges, a companion book, and hundreds of expert resources — all clean, non-graphic, and Christ-honoring. Over 1 million downloads; recently launched the companion UandI App for daily marriage challenges. Hosts The Ultimate Intimacy Podcast (nearly 500 episodes) and annual Intimacy & Adventure marriage retreats in St. George, Utah.

The Christian Post

One of the largest pan-denominational Christian news outlets, publishing breaking news, op-eds, podcasts, and video content daily since 2004. Led by Executive Editor Dr. Richard Land and CEO Dr. Christopher Chou, with multiple Evangelical Press Association awards in 2025 and 2026, reaching 5M+ monthly views across its family of nine Christian media brands. Website actively updated; mobile apps have not been updated since October 2021 and draw recent crash reports — the website is the most reliable way to read CP today. Federal investigation into affiliated Olivet University closed without charges (Sept 2025); civil case continues.

The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast

One of the world's most downloaded leadership podcasts (37M+ downloads, 848 episodes), hosted by former pastor Carey Nieuwhof. Features conversations with top church and business leaders on leadership, culture, personal growth, and navigating ministry in a changing world. Part of The Art of Leadership Network. Carey's new book AI and the Future Church (Sept 15, 2026) is a pastoral playbook for leading the church through the AI era.

Revive Our Hearts podcast

A free Revive Our Hearts app and podcast family from Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth's women's ministry, with daily Bible teaching, companion programs, and a statement of faith centered on Scripture and the gospel. Wonder of the Word walks through the whole Bible while the ministry continues from Niles, Michigan.

Change The Map

A prayer movement and Mighty Networks app that helps Christians pray specifically for the Buddhist world through weekly Prayer Moments, worker updates, a podcast, and a vision of 50,000 regular intercessors. Founded in 2013 by Assemblies of God missionary Mark Durene.

WORLD News Group

WORLD News Group is a nonprofit Christian news organization delivering daily journalism grounded in facts and biblical truth through print magazines, online articles, podcasts, and video broadcasts — covering politics, culture, religion, and global events from a Christian worldview. Founded in 1986 and now in its 41st volume, it is led by CEO Kevin Martin from Asheville, North Carolina, and remains actively publishing daily across all channels.

Heroic Men

A free Catholic streaming and brotherhood-building platform for men, offering curated podcasts, video series, audiobooks, a quarterly magazine, a searchable map of 2,000+ local men's groups, a 31-day Renew Men challenge, and a certification program for parish leaders — powered by the Catholic Men's Leadership Alliance with papal recognition from Pope Leo XIV. Following its June 2026 Convocation at the University of Dallas, the movement launched the Million Man Pledge, calling one million men to commit by 2033, the 2,000th anniversary of the Resurrection.

SermonAudio

SermonAudio is a free library of audio and video sermons from conservative Christian churches, with live webcasting, searchable Vault AI transcripts, and apps for phones and TV. Churches can upload without limits and use in-house Vault tools such as translation, Ask! answers grounded in sermons, and servers that preserve the archive.

Sparks Chinese Bible

Sparks (火花) is a British and Foreign Bible Society web platform for Chinese-speaking Christians, with dozens of Chinese and other Bible translations, original-language tools, encyclopedia and course content, podcasts, daily devotionals, and a Sparks AI study space. Live testing of the AI feature was out of scope.

The Bible with Nicky and Pippa

A free daily Bible reading plan from Alpha that walks through Scripture in 365 days with Nicky and Pippa Gumbel's commentary, audio, and shorter Express and Youth editions — plus a 30 Days overview and the same plan on YouVersion.

Patristic Nectar

A free Orthodox Christian app offering hundreds of hours of theological lectures, daily Synaxarion readings, Scripture, catechism, audiobooks, and the Arena podcast — from Fr. Josiah Trenham's non-profit ministry with a 308K-subscriber YouTube channel, a content catalog of 3,557 items across 545 collections, and over 100,000 downloads.

AlephBeta

Aleph Beta is a Jewish Torah media library of animated videos, podcasts, and courses led by Rabbi David Fohrman's close-reading method. A Hoffberger Institute nonprofit, it is subscription-based with a try-for-free path and a scholarship offer, on web, iOS, and Android.

First15

First15 is a free daily devotional from Denison Ministries that guides you through 15 minutes of Scripture, reflection, guided prayer, and worship so you can start the day with God. Founded by Craig Denison in 2014, it also offers original worship, Guided Prayers, and a Spanish-language companion, Primeros15.

her.BIBLE Women's Audio Bible

A free Cru audio Bible that plays Scripture in ethnically diverse women's voices, with synced text, playlists, a Spanish edition, language-coaching resources, and the her STORY podcast.

RELEVANT

The leading digital Christian media platform for twenty- and thirtysomethings — daily articles on faith, culture, justice, and intentional living, plus a weekly podcast with 1,300+ episodes featuring A-list guests. Founded in 2000 by Cameron Strang. Reaches ~5 million monthly.

Focus on the Family App

Free Christian family resource app from Focus on the Family featuring the daily broadcast with Jim Daly, articles, devotions, assessments, group messaging, and community tools for every season of life — marriage, parenting, and beyond. Founded by Dr. James Dobson in 1977, now serving families in 98 countries, with the animated Adventures in Odyssey feature film *Journey into the Impossible* arriving in theaters in 2027.

Jesus Calling App

The mobile version of Sarah Young's bestselling 365-day devotional (50M+ copies sold across 35+ languages), featuring daily Scripture-based reflections written as if Jesus is speaking directly to the reader, audio narration, journaling tools, and premium access to her full devotional library — now including eight Spanish-language titles and dedicated Moms content with audio.

OpenTheo

A free, searchable archive of AI-transcribed Christian audio and video — over 10,000 hours of sermons, lectures, and podcasts from teachers like Steve Gregg, NT Wright, Mike Licona, and Stand to Reason. Interactive transcripts let you click any word to jump to that moment in the audio with real-time highlighting.

Encouraging Radio

Free Christian radio app from Positive Alternative Radio that gathers CCM and Southern Gospel stations, podcasts, and local-impact opportunities. PAR is a listener-supported ministry founded in 1985 by the Baker family and led by President Eddie Baker.

Daily Grace Co

A Bible study app by Jeremy and Kristin Schmucker offering theologically rich digital studies, teaching videos, community discussions, a blog, and weekly podcast — now celebrating 10 years with over 50 studies, 3 million+ shipped, and expanded offerings for men, couples, families, and churches under the tagline "Equipping Disciples in the Word." Recent 2026 additions include anxiety and Sermon on the Mount studies, an ESV Journaling Study Bible line, and a growing team that now includes a Theologian in Residence.

WORLD News Group

WORLD News Group is a nonprofit evangelical newsroom that reports current events from a biblical worldview through a monthly magazine, daily digital journalism, podcasts, and a subscriber iOS and Android app. Sister products God's World News and WORLD Watch bring the same approach to children, families, and classrooms.

GodTube

A free, curated Christian video platform from Salem Web Network featuring worship music, comedy, inspirational clips, sermons, daily devotionals, and the growing GodTube Music hub with exclusive Nashville studio performances and interviews. Also offers Clips — short-form shareable videos — the 'Behind The Praise' podcast through LifeAudio, and Christian Concert Alerts. Part of Salem Media Group, which agreed to be acquired by WaterStone (The Christian Community Foundation) in May 2026 (expected close August 2026, still pending as of Aug 10).

Fio: Catholic Music & Podcasts

Fio is a Catholic-exclusive audio streaming platform uniting 1,000+ creators across podcasts, music, and audiobooks in 100+ countries, with industry-leading creator royalties (a penny per stream), a rigorous faith-based vetting process, podcast transcripts, and over 450 hours of new content added weekly.

The Chip Ingram App

The official Living on the Edge app from pastor Chip Ingram, offering free daily Bible teaching, radio programs, message notes, devotionals, and group tools so Christians can grow as disciples wherever they listen.