The SEND938 Missions Podcast

Originally aired 5/8/24 Pastor Tim Potter, Grace Church of Mentor - ARCH Ministries, joins host Steve Anderson for a conversation surrounding his recent experience in pastoral transition at Grace Church as those he discipled for ministry moved into leadership roles while he transitioned to full-time ministry with ARCH Ministries. You won't want to miss the encouragement and wisdom surrounding...

Host Steve Anderson provides insight and provocation for carefully thinking through the balance of divinely ordained institutions; human government and the church. Each institution has its own God-given directive and each must be honored in pursuit of the fulfillment of the other. 

Join us this week for a reflective reading of Luke 2 and a portion of Matthew 1 as we approach the Christmas season. We look forward to returning to regular weekly uploads in the New Year. Merry Christmas!!

President emeritus, Dr. Gary Anderson joins host Steve Anderson for a conversation about the necessity of properly defining missions, the challenges of poorly developed missiology, and the notion that "we're all missionaries, called to do what we can where we are."

Nancy Freund, veteran of the Global Ministry Center staff and resident historian joins host Steve Anderson for a conversation about her newly published biography of William Haas. The Reward Unseen is the definitive guide to the life and ministry of the man who God used to start a global revolution in missions ministry through Independent Baptist churches. You will not want to miss this story.  Buy...

Veteran missionary and BMM mk, Jim Leonard (Brazil), joins host Steve Anderson and Graham Foran (administrator for Brazilian ministries) for a discussion about the work he and his wife, Julie, have engaged in as they wind down their life of ministry in Brazil. Jim describes a concerted effort to finish the "final lap" as they leave a region of Brazil that BMM missionaries pioneered with...

Jon Casbohm, Executive Director of SkyView Ranch and Camp Patmos joins host Steve Anderson for a conversation about their experiences in engaging a younger generation pursuing ministry who's biggest hurdle is their parent's encouragement to "Prepare for the real world." or "Get a real job." This isn't a bash on parents, but a challenge from two ministry leaders t...

Jonathan & Clarinda Halk join host Steve Anderson for a conversation about life and ministry in Zambia as well as the unique path from being saved in a BMM church plant in Alaska, to serving as a pastor in that church, to surrender to ministry in Zambia after a pre-field ministry visit from a BMM missionary couple headed to Zambia. You won't want to miss this episode. 

You can donate to World Relief for Hurricanes Helene and Milton Victims here: https://www.bmm.org/news/world-relief Dr. Gary Anderson, President emeritus, joins us for a conversation about t he history of BMM World Relief as well as the theology of compassion ministries done in the name of God, who reveals Himself over and over to be a God of mercy.

Art and Deb Brammer join host Steve Anderson for a conversation this week about their 26 year ministry in New Zealand. In an increasingly secular land, once proclaiming itself to be a christian nation, Art & Deb recently graduated a church plant and saw a member of their own flock raised up to pastor the church in Invercargill. Their insight on relational evangelism, long-term ministry endeavo...

Dr. Jim Tillotson, President of Faith baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary joins host Steve Anderson for a conversation about the future of christian higher education, the amazing growth at FBBC, and some of the distinctions between the tangible blessings of God and the favor of God that may not be visibly evidenced. 

Caleb & Ecko Stein join host Steve Anderson for a conversation about the challenges, growth, and ongoing needs related to ministry in Peru, one of the most evangelized nations in South America and also one of the most spiritually poor nations in the Southern hemisphere. From the perspective of missionary, pastor, and theologian, the Steins open up about their lives and ministry as well as the...

In this encore episode, we revisit a conversation between Dr. Dean Taylor and host Steve Anderson about the priority of preaching Christ in our pulpits. This is a practical discussion for the layman and the preacher and we trust you will be blessed...even if this isn't the first time you've listened to this episode. 

Pastor Jake Schopf joins us again, this time for a conversation about the dynamics of being the sending church pastor for his own daughter, Katie Schopf (Native Focus Ministry Team USA 2024). You won't want to miss this practical and encouraging conversation through the theology, philosophy, and practice that brought the Schopf family to this place. 

Martin Euku, Director of the Rural Pastors Institute in Central Uganda joins host Steve Anderson for a conversation about his experience with and perspective on the prosperity gospel's descent upon a nation, and a continent. Martin expertly directs the problem and explains why the soil in Uganda was so ripe for such a false gospel. You will be encouraged and informed by this conversation with...

On the 100th episode (NOT counting recycled episodes) President Patrick Odle and President Emeritus Gary Anderson join host Steve Anderson for a discussion about challenges we've faced and are facing, the dynamics of ministry under the banner of BMM, the role of a mission agency in view of the centrality of the local church in what God is doing, and the task of awaking the church to their res...

Fred and Rachel Whitman, along with their administrator, Steve Gault, join host Steve Anderson for a conversation about their life and ministry in Italy, the graveyard of missionaries, as one of the last truly pioneer mission fields. They discuss the dynamics of surrender, calling, oppression, hardships, wide-open doors, and loss of co-workers on their missionary endeavoring. You won't want t...

Host Steve Anderson visits with a BMM family who recently left a Creative Access Nation due to God burdening their hearts for the international community right here in our backyards. You won't want to miss the passion they have for the church in America to take up the mantle of bringing the nations together under the banner of Christ in the body of the church. 

In this episode Pastor Jake Schopf (BMM Missionary Kid - Jake & Izzy Schopf, Brazil) joins host Steve Anderson to discuss what God has been doing in the Pacific Northwest amongst the second largest population of Brazilian ex-patriots, many of whom have been significantly afflicted by a religious cult in Brazil. 

Do pioneering ministry opportunities still exist? They do in the middle of the Mediterranean on an island first visited with the gospel by the Apostle Paul after a shipwreck. Hear the incredible story of how the Gospel was brought back to an island nation where the law was amended to allow for a Baptist church to be built and how God has moved to secure citizenship for the first missionaries given...

Jonathan Stilwell, BMM administrator for Latin America, joins host Steve Anderson for a conversation about the challenges and joys of new missionaries finding their place and fulfilling their calling in the context of well-established fields of service with existing field teams, ministries, and missionaries. 

In this first installment of a new feature to the Send938 podcast, host Steve Anderson offers an insightful review of one of the most influential missiology books on the market, Let The Nations Be Glad, by John Piper. 

Today's episode is the audio from one of our recent Revitalization Seminar sessions outlining the philosophy of ministry behind this effort to train men for revitalization work. We believe the health of a church rests on the shoulders of the under shepherd who has been given the responsibility of leading and feeding the flock. This session was the introduction to this year's 3 day semina...

In this previously published episode, Host Steve Anderson and Dean Taylor (FBBC) discuss the nature and necessity of preaching Christ from every text of scripture. 

BI Director Tim Fink and Chief Language Consultant Troy Manning join host Steve Anderson for a conversation about the translation ministry of BMM and the 750+ people around the globe today engaged with translation work under the banner of BMM. You won''t want to miss this story of what God is doing to bring His Word to the heart language of men and women all over the globe.