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  • Don Barger on AI and Missions

    Don Barger on AI and Missions
    Feb 17 2025
    In this final episode of the season, AI Alan and Annie are no longer with us. I thought it would be more appropriate to bring in a living and breathing creature. Dr. Don Barger is my guest. Don is the director of innovation and artificial intelligence with the International Mission Board. He is the co-author […]
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    41 min
  • AI Alan and Annie on Ethical Guidelines for Church Planters

    AI Alan and Annie on Ethical Guidelines for Church Planters
    Feb 6 2025
    I must confess. . . in this episode Alan and Annie let me down. And just when they were doing so well! Their conversation is related to an article I wrote in February 2010, “Ethical Guidelines for Church Planters.” I encourage you to check out the post (for context) at jdpayne.org and then listen to […]
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    21 min
  • 8 Challenges to the Apostolic Imagination

    8 Challenges to the Apostolic Imagination
    Jan 28 2025
    AI Allen and Annie continue this season as they discuss my March 3, 2023 writing, “8 Challenges to the Apostolic Imagination.” In this episode, I find myself in more agreement with them. Should I be concerned? Is this a fluke? Are they learning my views as they “train” on my work? They are now using […]
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    19 min
  • To the World through the Stomach

    To the World through the Stomach
    Jan 21 2025
    In the previous episode, I introduced a new aspect of innovation into this season with AI Alan and Annie. Be sure to check it out to understand why I am doing this special season. AI Alan and Annie return in this episode and discuss two of my blog posts (at jdpayne.org), “To the World through […]
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    26 min
  • AI Alan and Annie Discuss Payne on Decline in Seminary Enrollment

    AI Alan and Annie Discuss Payne on Decline in Seminary Enrollment
    Jan 14 2025
    Today is the long-awaited day! The ninth season of Strike the Match launches with this episode. This season will be brief and will include a series of special episodes. . . unlike any I have posted in the past. Long-time listeners know from the intro this podcast is about “missions, innovation, and leadership.” In this […]
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    23 min
  • Mission in Revelation

    Mission in Revelation
    Jul 27 2023
    This episode ends season 8 of Strike the Match. Revelation not only concludes the New Testament, but takes readers back into the Old Testament. John draws deeply from Torah and the Prophets to provide a vision of what was and is to come. Churches were struggling to remain faithful to the mission of God. They […]
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    26 min
  • Mission in the General Epistles

    Mission in the General Epistles
    Jul 12 2023
    Few scholars have written on the topic of mission in the General Epistles. In this episode, I discuss how these epistles address the mission of God to bless the nations. These writings offer a glimpse into some of the struggles of the early Church. The authors were much concerned with the holiness and righteous living […]
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    31 min
  • Mission in the Pauline Epistles – Part 2

    Mission in the Pauline Epistles – Part 2
    Jun 24 2023
    The Pauline literature is a deep reservoir of information related to God’s mission in the world. I continue in this episode with the discussion of mission in the Pauline Literature. Here we encounter additional sub-themes of how God brings blessing to the nations with: 1) A Plan – Planting Local Kingdom Communities; 2) A Process […]
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    32 min