The SEND938 Missions Podcast

Editorial Bautista Independiente is the Spanish publication division of Baptist Mid-Missions and serves the church in Latin America in a critical fashion. EBI Director, Dr. Bruce Burkholder, joins Steve Anderson for a conversation about the dynamics and impact of a ministry designed to undergird the training and equipping ministry of the Spanish speaking church around the globe. From theological e...

Veteran church planters, with experiences in Africa and Europe, Jeff Brown and Dan Seely join Steve Anderson and Steve Gault for a candid conversation about both the strengths and the weaknesses of the western church model in cross-cultural environments. The basics of church life and the culture of the church family can and should blend beautifully to produce national churches that look, sound, an...

In this episode we hear about the multi-faceted ministry taking place in inner-city Cleveland at Faith Baptist Community Church, Community Center and Clinic. Mike & Sherri Vanek join Steve Anderson to share about God's work in bringing together a ministry team of five individuals, all from the same sending church, who are working together to mature the ministry in Cleveland through youth...

Travis Gravely and Joy Anglea join host Steve Anderson to discuss the vital role, both historically and moving forward, that ministry assignments in support of the church planting efforts have played. No matter your age, gifts, talents, or resources, be assured, God can use you! Would you be willing to surrender your life to the service of our Savior and His church? Email: SEND938@bmm.org www.bmm....

Vice Presidents for both Operations and Missionary Services, Steve Fulks and Dave Ferguson, join host Steve Anderson for a discussion about what a mission agency really does, and whether there remains a need for an institution founded over 100 years ago to serve churches and the missionaries they send. 

Dr. Mary Broeckert, veteran missionary and author, and Dr. Joy Anglea, BMM's medical director,  join Steve Anderson for a conversation about the philosophy of ministry behind medical ministry, the history of medical ministries within BMM, and the opportunities that still exist for medical professionals on the mission field. You don't want to miss this episode.  Email: Send938@bmm.org www...

Join us this week for another Moment in History as President-Emeritus Dr. Gary Anderson shares some of the century long history and practice of BMM surrounding bible translation efforts and the growth of national  leadership in the church through formal theological training institutions. Since 1920 BMM missionaries have been working to put the Word of God into the heart language of peoples around...

In this episode we begin a new feature for The SEND938 Podcast: missionary interviews. These episodes are designed to introduce you to our ministry family, regions of service, and the diversity of ministry taking place under the banner of BMM. Ruth Kennedy has committed her life in ministry to serving the underprivileged women and children of the African continent. She has served in war zones, und...

Dr. Matt Morrell, pastor Fourth Baptist Church and President of Central Seminary in Minneapolis, MN, along with Dr. Patrick Odle join host Steve Anderson to discuss the priority and need for identifying, equipping, and raising up the next generation of leadership in our churches here in North America.  Email: SEND938@bmm.org www.bmm.org www.centralseminary.edu

The BMM School of Church Planting & Revitalization may be the best kept secret serving our mission family and our constituency of supporting partners in the local church. Dr. Scott Williquette and Dr. Larry Fogle carry on the rich legacy of church planting and church health instruction that began 36 years ago under veteran missionaries Ken Davis and Roger MacNamera, both now retired. Join us i...

Steve Viars, pastor of Faith Church, Lafayette, IN, talks to Steve Anderson about the experience Faith had this past year standing up to the city council of West Lafayette who were proposing a city ordinance that would have criminalized and penalized offering biblical counsel to a minor about biblical sexual ethics and sexual identity, even if that counselor were a pastor, coach, or parent.  www.f...

Missionary church planter Sam Hornbrook (Mexico City, Mex) along with his sending church pastor, Steve Viars of Faith Church, Lafayette, IN, join host Steve Anderson for a discussion about the place for a counseling ministry in the local church. Sam and Steve do a great job outlining the critical nature of biblical counseling at the local-church level and illustrating what it looks like for a loca...

In this month's episode of A Moment in History for BMM, Dr. Gary Anderson, president emeritus, joins host Steve Anderson to discuss some of the world shaping events near the end of the last century, including the fall of the Soviet Union, violent revolts, and coup d'etats in Africa and Europe. Email: send938@bmm.org www.bmm.org

Steve & Beth Gault (Africa & Europe field administration) along with Steve Brennecke (Stewardship and Donor Relations) join host Steve Anderson for a discussion about the true measure of sacrifice as they seek to answer the question, "Are we sacrificing the way previous generations did?" Email: send938@bmm.org www.bmm.org

Vice President for Missionary Services, Dave Ferguson and Administrator for Church Relations and Enlistment Travis Gravely join host Steve Anderson for a conversation about the great need that remains in global missions - laborers for the harvest. Email: send938@gmail.com https://www.bmm.org/serve/opportunities

Dr. Jim Tillotson, president of Faith Baptist Bible College, joins us today for a discussion about the state of the church in North America and a critical effort being undertaken to revitalize churches in America. With 70-80% of churches plateaued or dying we must understand 70-80 out of 100 young men preparing for ministry are going to enter a church in need of revitalization. Are we preparing th...

President Emeritus Dr. Gary Anderson joins us today for the first of what will be a monthly installment in a Moment in History with BMM. Dr. Anderson is the longest serving president in BMM history and has become something of a defacto repository of BMM's history. It is his joy, and our privilege, to hear the stories of God's grace under the banner of BMM's ministries and personnel....

BMM Administrative personnel, Steve Gault, Graham Foran, and Steve Brennecke join Steve Anderson for a discussion about 'The Call' and the need to de-mystify our understanding of what God does and how He leads those He calls into missionary service.  Email: send938@bmm.org www.bmm.org/serve/send938

Dr. Dan Seely, Missions Pastor at Colonial Baptist Church and veteran BMM missionary in Cameroon, joins us for a discussion on commonly held myths about missions and missionaries.  Email us: Send938@bmm.org www.bmm.org/serve/send938

Mark Pitts, BMM Administrator for Missionary Finance, along with Don & Leanne Waite, missionaries serving in Slovakia, join us to discuss the way the crisis in Ukraine is intersecting the Waite's ministry across the border in Slovakia as well as how BMM's World Relief Fund is being used to meet needs for refugees crossing through Slovakia and Poland.  Give to Ukrainian Relief through...

Join us for an introduction to The SEND938 podcast with Steve Anderson, BMM Administrator for North American Ministries, and Dr. Patrick Odle, president of BMM.  https://www.bmm.org/give/advance-the-vision/pray938 Email: send938@bmm.org www.bmm.org