The Mission Matters

Can we be sure that when Jesus commissioned us to “make disciples of all nations," 𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂 𝒕𝒂 𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒏𝒆 in the Greek, that He was talking about ethno-linguistic groupings and not just those who weren’t Jews?  On this episode of The Mission Matters we are joined by Missiology Catalyst, Dave Datema of Frontier Ventures. Join us as we discuss why this is such an important question and what happens whe...

The Christian community puts tremendous energy and momentum toward getting global workers on the field, but there’s often a lack of intentional effort to provide spiritual, emotional and physical support once workers are serving overseas. Thus, many women ministering around the world feel alone and are barely surviving. In this podcast, Lorrie Lindgren, CEO of Thrive, shares Biblical and practical...

Christians engaged in communicating the gospel navigate a challenging tension: 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘰𝘥'𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘥 - 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭, 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵. Tune in for this episode on 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 podcast as Matthew and Ted have a conversation with the authors of the new book 𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳, 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭: 𝘙𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘔𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺. Chris Flanders and Werner Mi...

God has a "world-sized" role for every Christian in His global purpose. Tune in for this episode on 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 as Matthew and Ted have a conversation with their guest – James Mason, CEO for the Perspectives Study Program, as he shares about their past, present and future and how if you have a vision to live a life of purpose, there's a place for you.

“When it comes to missions in the church, the pastor either holds the key to the front door or holds the padlock.” While members of a congregation can be a catalyst for missions envisioning, without the engagement of church leaders, mobilizing a church is tough sledding.  Even missions pastors and missions teams that operate without buy-in from key church leaders often struggle to build momen...

It’s your money. Except that it isn’t. The worldview of your financial planner matters. Tune into this episode on The Mission Matters as Matthew and Ted have a conversation with Virgil Dugan – President of the National Christian Foundation Southwest and John Moore, Principal at John Moore and Associates where they will share insights on how to manage our portion of God's portfolio properly and how...

Join Matthew and Ted as they have a conversation with Jason Mandryk, Editor of Operation World .  Learn about the history and the future of the definitive global prayer handbook that has been used by more than a million Christians to pray for the nations. Whether you are an intercessor praying behind the scenes for world change, a missionary abroad or simply curious about the world,  Ope...

God is moving in a powerful way in and through His people in Nigeria, a missions awakening is underway. Tune into this episode on The Mission Matters as Matthew and Ted chat with Adegbite Olanihun, of the Nigerian Evangelical Missions Association, about the awakening, challenges and opportunities of the Nigerian missions movement.

On The Mission Matters , Matthew and Ted chat with Gideon and Sarah, African American missionaries to North Africa, about how many missions fields in Africa are becoming missions forces. 

We talk with President of Frontiers, Bob Blincoe. Bob will shed light on whether or not churches should still be sending missionaries to unreached.

We talk with missions innovator Andrew Scott, of Scatter Global, who sounds a call for a new era of missions. Andrew will not only share his ideas for innovation in the missions model, but also share examples of churches that are finding a fresh missions model.

The issue of social justice has certainly been on the forefront of our minds as cultures around the world have wrestled with issues around race. Our guest today is Pastor Adrian Reeves the conference director of the National African American Missions Conference.

This episode of the Mission Matters looks at missions trends in a post COVID-19 world with guest Amy Young from Global Trellis.

On this episode Matthew and Ted are joined by Pam Arlund, and will look at the recent sacrifice of the life of a Christian in a hostile situation. We will consider how local church mission leaders can communicate about an event like martyrdom on a mission.

The Mission Matters is a partnership of Misso Nexus and Sixteen:Fifteen Missions Coaching. Our subject today is Fundraising In a COVID-19 era.