Amazon to the Himalayas

This week we are talking about short term missions! Our guest this week is Mack Stiles. Mack has been a missionary for decades. He has pastored churches, written books and has much experience with our topic this week!

Our guest this week is Dr. Jeremy Pierre. Dr. Pierre serves as the chair of the department of biblical counseling and the Lawrence and Charlotte Hoover Professor of Biblical Counseling at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Pierre is also an elder at Clifton Baptist Church in Louisville, KY.

Andy Kampman is the Longterm Mobilization Director at The Austin Stone. Andy joins us on this episode to help share practical advice on what a sending pipeline is and how to implement it in your church.

Luke Womack, founder and director of TheGoFund, joins us to discuss common barriers missionaries face on their way to the field.

Our guest this week is Todd Lafferty. Todd serves as the Executive Vice President of the IMB. In this episode, Todd explains how the IMB thinks through and prioritizes the categories of reached and unreached in the missionary task.

Our guest this week is Ryan Robertson from Reaching and Teaching. Ryan helps us think through the appointment process for christians and their local church to walk through when considering overseas work.

In this episode, we are pleased to have Zane Pratt, VP of Global Training for the IMB, as our guest. Zane brings clarity to the role of the sending church and the Great Commission. He also explains what characteristics his organization believes a healthy should have or be striving towards.

This week we interview Vance Pitman. Vance is the Senior Pastor of Hope Church Las Vegas, and an author of multiple books on church planting and the Christian life. He is a well known church planter in the western US and serves as a mobilizer for the NAMB. Vance seeks to inspire people to join in God’s eternal, redemptive mission of making disciples and planting churches among every tribe, tongue,...

In this episode, Dr. Akin interviews Dr. Jimmy Scroggins. Jimmy is a pastor in South Florida. He has faithfully served the Lord in his work in West Palm beach for years and takes a missional approach to reaching his city.

In this episode, Dr. Akin interviews Erik, a church planter in Istanbul.

In this episode, Dr. Akin interviews Stephen, a regional leader in East Africa. Stephen has served and lived in Nairobi for many years and offers a helpful insight into doing ministry in this part of the world.

In this episode, Dr. Akin interviews Paul, a church planter in Kuala Lumpur (KL). Paul has spent many years as a missionary and educator. His insights apply beyond KL to much of the unreached world.

In this episode, Dr. Akin interviews Stephan Pues who serves with City to City in Frankfurt, Germany.

In this episode, Dr. Akin interviews Ricky, who serves as a missionary in Moscow, Russia. Ricky is a capable leader and sharp thinker with the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.

In this episode, Dr. Akin interviews Rick in Mexico City, Mexico. Rick serves with the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention in Mexico and has spent many years living and serving as a missionary.

In this episode, Dr. Akin interviews Alex in London, England. Alex is Brazilian, but serves with the IMB in London and has spent many years living and serving in various locations in Europe.

In this episode, Dr. Akin interviews IMB Missionary Reid Karr about his church planting work in Rome, Italy.

In this episode, Dr. Akin interviews Edward Dima from South Sudan. Edward is a refugee pastor in Northern Uganda.

In this episode, Dr. Akin interviews Aaron Cavin. Aaron serves as the lead pastor of Life Community Church in Quincy, Massachusetts (Greater Boston). He planted that church in 2008 and has seen God do some amazing things in the city over the past decade.

In this episode, Dr. Akin interviews *Jeremy* in Central Asia. Jeremy and his family have lived and served in Central Asia for over 30 years. They are tremendous examples of obedience and faithfulness to the Great Commission in one of the most difficult places on the planet.

In this episode, Dr. Akin interviews Dr. Aubrey Sequeira. Dr. Sequeira is a PhD graduate from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and currently serves as the Senior Pastor of The Evangelical Community Church in Abu Dhabi, UAE. A native of India, Dr. Sequeira worked in Engineering and IT prior to his conversion and call to ministry. He and his family now live and serve the Lord in the Middle...

In this episode, Dr. Akin interviews 2 Mission leaders from Brazil. Fernando Brandoa serves as the Executive Director of the Brazillian Baptist Home Mission Board. Guy Key is a second generation missionary with the IMB who serves as a global catalyst for Brazil.

In this episode, Dr. Akin interviews Adam and Andrea. Adam and Andrew live in a large megacity in Asia where they have lived for over 15 years. Through health struggles, loss of teammates, and a variety of other challenges they have remained faithful to the Lord, to the work in Asia, and to his calling on their life.

In this episode, Dr. Akin interviews IMB Missionaries Ross and Dena Frierson. Ross and Dena live and serve in Western Europe. Prior to that, they lived and served in Russia where they were involved in evangelism and church planting. They currently live in Wales and have been foundational in a new church plant in the city of Cardiff.

In this episode Dr. Akin interviews Andrew Scott. Andrew Scott serves as the President of Operation Mobilization (OM USA). Scott is a native of Northern Ireland and the author of the book "Scatter." He is a keen missions strategists and leader and currently resides with his family in Georgia.