Best Christian Podcasts | Teaching & Encouragement

Contagious Disciple Making

Free app from Contagious Disciple Making with podcasts, videos, scripture lists, and stories to help Christians engage the lost through Discovery Bible Studies and multiplying disciple-making groups.

The Christian Post

One of the most widely read Christian news platforms online, delivering breaking news, op-eds, book reviews, podcasts, and videos from a pan-denominational perspective — updated daily by an award-winning newsroom in Washington, D.C., with 9 media brands under its umbrella.

The Pour Over

The Pour Over is a free, politically neutral Christian news newsletter reaching 1.6M+ readers three times a week with concise news summaries paired with Scripture and an eternal perspective. Also offers a family edition (Decaf), a podcast, a Lent devotional, and a BibleGateway partnership.

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.

The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast

One of the world's most downloaded leadership podcasts (37M+ downloads, 797+ 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.

Bible Memory Community

A free online community where thousands of believers encourage each other and stay accountable in memorizing Scripture, featuring weekly challenges, goal-setting, the annual Scripture Sync conference, and the Memorize What Matters podcast hosted by founder Josh Summers.

Bible Brief

A layered Bible learning experience — app, podcast, and book — that guides you through the entire Bible story in 10 chronological steps and 3 levels of depth across 246 lessons, built by the Bible Literacy Foundation nonprofit.

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 an expanding sermon translation initiative — all free. Now led by Matt MacArthur as President.

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, Ruth Chou Simons, and more — plus built-in radio streaming. Audio and video formats available.

Join the Journey

A free daily Bible reading and discipleship plan from Watermark Community Church — studying Acts in 2026 with devotionals, daily spiritual practices, a weekly video podcast, a kids' edition, and a community of believers reading together.

Malachi Daily

A daily Scripture memorization service using brain-science-backed fill-in-the-blank repetition, delivered via free email newsletter, paid SMS texts, and an interactive web app — with deep contextual teaching, a companion podcast, and church/organization plans. Co-founded by Kieran Lenahan and Isaac Hanekamp.

Revive Our Hearts podcast

A free app from the trusted Revive Our Hearts ministry offering daily audio teachings from Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth, podcasts, Bible studies, blog posts, and a global community — all calling women to freedom, fullness, and fruitfulness in Christ.

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 including men's and women's editions, reaching millions globally across 100+ countries.

Gospel Partner - Joseph Prince

An all-in-one Christian devotional app from Joseph Prince Ministries featuring morning and evening guided experiences, the free Joseph Prince Study Bible with six translations, 1,200+ sermons, worship music, guided journaling, and the Daily Play feature — a seven-minute daily sermon clip to keep you anchored in grace.

ChristianRock.Net

Free 24/7 Christian rock internet radio with six stations spanning rock, metal, worship, classic rock, hits, and country gospel. Listener-funded non-profit since 1998, with apps for iOS, Android, Alexa, Roku, CarPlay, Apple Vision, and more.

Godcaster: Radio & Podcasts

A free Christian audio app that unifies radio stations, live streams, and on-demand podcasts in one place — built on Podcasting 2.0 standards by a team including Adam Curry (co-inventor of podcasting) and broadcast veteran Gordon Marcy, with a privacy-first approach that collects no user data.

GetSermons

Stream thousands of sermons from preachers worldwide with GetSermons, featuring personalized recommendations, shareable sermon clips, AI-powered chat, offline listening, and tools for churches to host and distribute their teachings.

Babylon Bee

The world's most-visited Christian satire site, delivering daily satirical headlines on religion, politics, and everyday life — with a popular app, podcast, subscriber community, and a weekly New York Post feature.

Edifi Podcasts

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

Blinkist

Book summary app with 9,000+ nonfiction titles — including 100+ Christianity books from authors like Timothy Keller, C.S. Lewis, and Rick Warren — condensed into 15-minute audio or text "Blinks," plus a Pro tier with AI-powered content summarization.

Encouraging Radio

Free Christian radio app with seven stations (CCM and Southern Gospel) from Positive Alternative Radio, a nonprofit ministry founded in 1985. Features podcasts, daily verses, and multi-platform support including Smart TV, Roku, and CarPlay.

Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast

Free monthly leadership podcast by Life.Church pastor Craig Groeschel, delivering practical coaching and insights in 30-minute episodes with downloadable leader guides for personal or team growth.

Canon+

A Reformed Christian streaming platform from Canon Press offering 10,000+ hours of audiobooks, documentaries, talk shows, sermons, courses, and kids' content. Family-friendly, ad-free, and subscription-based with monthly, annual, and family plans. Founded by Douglas Wilson, centered in Moscow, Idaho.

Every Man Ministries

Every Man Ministries: Founded by Kenny Luck in 2000, now Lead Pastor at Mariners Church Trabuco Canyon. EMM offers streaming Bible study series, small group curriculum, weekly livestream teaching, and a podcast with 594 episodes — equipping men for spiritual maturity and godly leadership. Distributed through Pray.com, RightNow Media, and God Behind Bars.

Christianity Today

The flagship evangelical media ministry founded by Billy Graham in 1956, now engaging 4.5M Christian leaders monthly with news, theology, podcasts (The Bulletin, The Russell Moore Show, Devil and the Deep Blue Sea), and bi-monthly print magazine. Led by President Nicole Massie Martin and Editor-in-Chief Marvin Olasky.

audibible

An immersive audio Bible app with word-by-word text synchronization, AI-generated narrations, mood-matched background music, ambient soundscapes, Deep Dive podcast, verse search, reading plans, and daily devotional podcasts — available in English and French with offline listening.

Reasonable Faith

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

tugo TV

Tugo TV is a free streaming app offering 70+ live channels of faith-based content, live news, sports, and family-friendly entertainment — boasting the largest collection of Christian channels in North America, with an optional Tugo Plus upgrade for premium channels.

Infinite Dominion

A Christian podcast and newsletter by Zachary Grafman featuring long-form conversations with pioneers, founders, and thinkers building at the intersection of faith, technology, and culture. The Future is Christian.

Daily Grace Co

A women's Bible study app from The Daily Grace Co. offering theologically rich digital studies, teaching videos, community discussions, a blog, podcast, and year-long reading plans — now expanded with men's studies, couples' resources, and family discipleship materials.

Adventures in Odyssey Club

A subscription streaming app from Focus on the Family with 1,000+ Adventures in Odyssey audio drama episodes, devotions, games, and exclusive content — helping kids ages 8–12 grow in faith through beloved, fully dramatized storytelling.

The Chip Ingram App

The official app from pastor Chip Ingram and Living on the Edge, delivering free daily Bible teaching, radio broadcasts, message notes, devotionals, discipleship videos, and group messaging to help Christians grow deeper in their faith.

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.

Patristic Nectar

A free Orthodox Christian app offering hundreds of hours of theological lectures, daily Synaxarion readings, Scripture, catechism, and the Arena podcast from Fr. Josiah Trenham's non-profit ministry, Patristic Nectar Publications.

StreamYard

Browser-based live streaming and recording studio used by 12M+ creators. Multistream to YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, and more — popular with churches for its simplicity, volunteer-friendly interface, podcast recording, and new Scenes feature for pre-planned broadcasts.

AlephBeta

A Torah media library of 1,100+ animated videos, podcasts, and courses led by Rabbi David Fohrman. Nonprofit. Close-reading methodology that makes in-depth Biblical text study accessible and revelatory for adults of all backgrounds. 180K+ users worldwide.

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, and community tools for every season of life — marriage, parenting, and beyond.

Heroic Men

A free Catholic streaming and brotherhood-building platform for men, offering curated podcasts, video series, audiobooks, a quarterly magazine, and tools to find or start local men's groups — powered by the Catholic Men's Leadership Alliance with a vision of one million men by 2033.

Ligonier Ministries

Free app with thousands of Reformed teaching resources — podcasts, video series, articles, devotionals, and conference messages from R.C. Sproul, Sinclair Ferguson, and Ligonier's teaching fellows. Available on iOS, Android, and Apple TV. Major app updates underway for 2026.

Passion Equip

Passion Equip is the free digital discipleship platform from the Passion Movement (led by Louie Giglio), offering Bible studies, articles, talks, daily devotionals, worship content, and a podcast network to help believers grow in their faith daily — now in its 30th anniversary year of the broader Passion Movement.

The Bible with Nicky and Pippa

A free daily Bible reading plan from the pioneers of Alpha that guides you through the entire Bible in 365 days with warm commentary, audio narration by David Suchet, and three format options to fit any schedule — used by over 4.5 million people worldwide. Now also offers a 30 Days video series for a shorter introduction to Scripture.

Stand to Reason

Free app from Stand to Reason, one of the most trusted names in Christian apologetics. Access Greg Koukl's weekly podcasts, daily blog, articles, and training resources to defend your faith with knowledge, wisdom, and grace.

JesusFreakHideout

One of the longest-running Christian music websites, now celebrating 30 years online in 2026 — offering album reviews, artist interviews, indie music coverage, daily news, concert and movie reviews, devotionals, listening parties, and a podcast with 238+ episodes, founded in 1996 by John DiBiase.

Free Christian eBook Reader

A free, ad-free Android app from Cornerstone Christian Ministry offering a curated library of Christian ebooks, audiobooks, podcasts, and Bible translations — no account or payment needed. Now expanding with Hindi and Nepali translations for global reach.

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, a Contagious Faith Podcast, and real-time prayer Beacons that connect intercession with outreach.

CP Sermons

A modern, feature-rich WordPress sermon management plugin with persistent player, SermonAudio integration, transcript support, podcast feed generation, and built-in analytics — now at v1.6.1 with improved iOS support and accessibility. Built by Tanner Moushey of Church Plugins.

Tabella.app

Free Catholic app uniting parishes, dioceses, and ministry groups with instant communications, automated weekly emails, Mass/event scheduling, donation integrations, and a rich library of prayers, Rosary, daily Gospel, and Catholic podcasts — all without paywalls.

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 — celebrating 50 years in 2025 — reaching 42M+ users worldwide through articles, podcasts, videos, and a mobile app.

SALT TABLE

TABLE by SALT is a live audio community space for Christians, offering interactive discussion events on faith, dating, and life topics — accessible within the SALT app and via the web at table.be-salt.com.

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, audio narration, journaling tools, and access to her full devotional library with a premium subscription — now including eight Spanish-language titles.

Wild at Heart

A free app from Ransomed Heart Ministries (John & Stasi Eldredge) delivering daily readings, guided prayers, podcasts, blogs, group messaging, and note-taking — putting the full Wild at Heart ministry in your pocket across iOS, Android, and Apple TV.

Faith Driven Entrepreneur

Free global community and content platform for Christ-following entrepreneurs — featuring a top-rated weekly podcast (368+ episodes), video courses, small group resources, coaching programs, a Fractional Pastor initiative, campus chapters, city networks in 140+ countries, and annual conferences. Co-founded by Henry Kaestner (Bandwidth) and Justin Forman, with sister movements including Faith Driven Investor and Faith Driven Teens.

SermonAudio

The largest free library of over 2 million audio and video sermons from conservative Christian churches worldwide, with live webcasting, AI translation to 46 languages, sermon transcription, and physical preservation infrastructure via The Vault.

Ascension App

The #1 Catholic Bible app in America — featuring the Great Adventure Catholic Bible with Fr. Mike Schmitz's audio narration, Bible Timeline® learning system, daily Mass readings with video reflections, full Catechism with audiobook, 80+ study plans, guided Rosary (2M+ prayed), and all Ascension podcasts including Bible in a Year (approaching 1B downloads). Museum of the Bible Pillar Award recipient (2026). Built by Ascension Press, downloaded by 1M+ Catholics. Free core content with premium subscription and 3-month free trial.

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 1,296+ episodes featuring A-list guests. Founded in 2000 by Cameron Strang. Reaches ~5 million monthly.

Fio: Catholic Music & Podcasts

Fio is a Catholic streaming platform unifying 1,000+ creators across podcasts, music, and audiobooks, with 90,000+ hours of curated content and industry-leading creator royalties.

GodTube

A free, curated Christian video platform from Salem Web Network featuring worship music, comedy, inspirational clips, daily devotionals, sermons, and the growing GodTube Music hub with exclusive artist interviews and studio performances from Nashville.

OpenTheo

A free, searchable archive of AI-transcribed Christian audio and video featuring 10,000+ hours 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.

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. Available on iOS, Android, Fire TV, and Apple TV.

her.BIBLE Women's Audio Bible

A completely free audio Bible read by an ethnically diverse group of women in the NLT. Created by Cru, it features synced text highlighting, full Old and New Testaments, and a growing "her STORY" podcast. A Spanish version is in production. No data collected, no ads — designed especially for women who connect with God's Word through listening.

Change The Map

A prayer movement app connecting Christians to pray specifically and knowledgeably for the Buddhist world, with weekly prayer guides, a monthly podcast, country-level prayer spaces, and resources from missionaries on the ground.

CBN Radio

Free Christian radio app and web player from CBN with 12 curated stations — praise, contemporary, gospel, southern gospel, classic hits, country, instrumental, Spanish, kids, Christmas, and news. Features today's top worship artists with no subscription required.

LifeWay Women App

A free companion app for Lifeway's women's Bible studies, featuring daily Scripture plans, journal prompts, private study groups, a prayer wall, and the MARKED podcast — designed to keep women connected to God's Word and each other between group meetings.

Spoken Gospel

A 100% free nonprofit Bible study app offering short films, chapter-by-chapter devotionals, and a podcast that walk you through every book of the Bible, showing how it all points to Jesus.

Axis

Axis is a donor-funded Christian ministry equipping parents to have gospel-centered conversations with their teens about culture, technology, identity, and faith through free guides, podcasts, videos, and a weekly culture digest read by 400,000+ parents.

Pure Desire

Pure Desire Ministries provides Christ-centered support groups, certified counseling, podcasts, and recovery resources to help men, women, and couples find freedom from compulsive sexual behavior and healing from betrayal trauma — with 30+ years of ministry and a Barna-partnered research study on pornography's impact.

Sparks Chinese Bible

Sparks (火花) is a free digital Bible platform by the Bible Society offering 60+ Chinese Bible translations, original-language tools, video courses, podcasts, daily devotionals, and community features for Chinese-speaking Christians worldwide.

The Porch

The Porch is the young adult ministry (ages 22-35) of Watermark Community Church in Dallas, TX, now led by Executive Director Kylen Perry. Stream Tuesday night gatherings, listen to past messages and the "Views from The Porch" podcast, and connect with 9 Porch Live locations across the U.S. Awaken 2026, their national young adult conference, is set for Labor Day weekend.

Bible365

A free community Bible reading program that guides believers through the entire Bible in a year with daily readings, pastoral teaching from Calvary Chapel, and multiple ways to follow along including app, text, and podcast.