"Relationships and trust are essential for every level of mission work."

Today on the Pod, my guest shares with us his experiences of pastoring church and missionaries over the past 40 years. He brings passion, care, and clarity to topics every missionary will eventually encounter.

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Timeline

• 00:00 Intro
• O1:00 Meeting my first missionary
• 05:27 Leaving pastoring to become a missionary
• 09:52 Church mobilization
• 13:56 Resourcing churches
• 21:33 Communicating with your church back home
• 27:27 COVID changed everything
• 30:12 Trends in sending
• 36:16 Doing People Care
• 44:43 Keeping Close to the Father

"I had no idea I could use my professional skills in ministry."

Today on the Pod, my guest helps me understand what being a marketplace worker is and how we should maybe think about our vocations in a totally different way to reach the world with the Gospel.

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Timeline

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:00 From Accounting to Missions
• 09:33 Leaving the field after 15 years
• 11:11 Why quit your job?
• 15:00 Misunderstanding marketplace workers
• 24:35 Working for the glory of God
• 37:44 Missionaries having fun
• 45:05 Staying spiritually healthy
• 53:34 Changing your mind

The greatest thing we can do is not ministry but cultivate a loving relationship with the Father.

Today on the Pod, I walk to a woman who has learned from 20 years in missions to treasure Christ above all other things in her life. My guest shares the big lessons she has learned from a lifetime of surrendering to Jesus. There is no way you will come to the end of this episode and not be blessed!

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Timeline

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:00 The process of total surrender
• 03:05 Lesson 1 It’s not about me
• 04:15 Lesson 2 The Lesson of Worship
• 06:40 Lesson 3 The Lesson of Prayer
• 07:12 Lesson 4 The Lesson of my own Brokenness
• 09:12 Lesson 5 The Lesson of Grieving
• 10:08 Lesson 6 The Lesson of Relationships
• 10:40 Lesson 7 The Lesson of Highest Importance
• 12:00 Learning to grieve
• 16:15 You are not a victim
• 18:16 Don’t compare
• 24:25 What is faithfulness?
• 27:13 Practicing the presence
• 30:50 Transitioning
• 35:43 Church mobilization
• 45:52 The effects of technology admissions