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What is the best thing for a missions pastor to do to send out missionaries? Where should they start? Today, Chad Vegas answers these questions and gives pastors guidance on how to raise missionaries from those they shepherd.

The nations of the world have many different cultures. Some say that Christianity destroys these cultures and makes them identical. Listen to Chad Vegas as he defines culture and answers the question "Is Christianity one culture?”  

Each missionary story is different but they have common themes that can encourage missionaries who are preparing for the field. Listen to Brooks Buser talk about the twelve missionary biographies he considers to be the best.

Church membership is an important step of being sent to the field. But why is that? Listen to Chad Vegas answer why it's important to be a church member before going to the mission field, and how long one should be a member before going.

The most difficult journey a missionary might make is often the journey home. Listen to Brooks Buser and his wife Nina answer how to readjust to returning home.

Missionaries must go, and churches must send. What does sending include? Chad Vegas answers how churches should intentionally prepare someone for the field.

Starting something new can feel overwhelming and even impossible. There are so many things to sort out when planning to be a missionary. How do I get started? Listen to missionary Brooks Buser's eight steps when going into missions.

Many churchgoers have never even heard of the Great Commission, and even more don't know what it means. In this episode, Chad explains why it matters by looking at scope of the commission. Tune in to learn what Christ meant when he told us to go "to the ends of the earth."

Aspiring missionaries must make many weighty decisions before going to the field. There are many different types (or lanes) of missions. Missionary Brooks Buser gives advice on how to choose the type of field for which you're best suited.

How do you measure the success of the mission field? Pastor Chad Vegas discusses a biblical definition of success on the field.

Though all Christians are called to follow the Great Commission, it often can be a lonely venture. Listen to missionary Brooks Buser talk about how he and his family dealt with loneliness while on the field.

Meeting new people can feel like very high stakes, and since it has eternal consequences, this is true especially for missionaries. Listen to missionary Brooks Buser talk about practical ways missionaries make first contact with an unreached language group.

Why must your church send? Despite what many might realize, it is a matter of survival. Listen to Chad Vegas talk about what it means that we must send to survive.

This episode, listen to a firsthand account of what happens when Christians go and make disciples. Hear Anna's story and the impact of Christianity to her life and to those around her.

Chad Vegas answers a question from a youth pastor about how to begin embracing a clear and biblical view of global missions.

In this episode, missionary Brooks Buser answers a question from Ask Missionary listener Maxwell about the role of technology like AI on the mission field.

Pastor Chad Vegas dives into a complicated question: what should we do about a crisis of faith on the mission field?

Is it possible that missionaries could unknowingly carry devastating disease to the tribes they seek to reach with the gospel? In this episode, missionary Brooks Buser provides a thought provoking answer from personal experience and biblical wisdom.

Missionary Brooks Buser explains some of the pros and cons of short-term missions trips.

Brooks Buser explains what sets medical missions apart, how physical healing and salvation connect, and investigates some of the objections to medical missions.

Pastor Chad Vegas gives a trenchant answer to contemporary objections to the Great Commission.

"Someone's doctrine and practice will prevail." Pastor Chad Vegas offers some wisdom from scripture and missionary history about how presbyterians and baptists should address infant or believer baptism on the mission field.

Brooks and Nina Buser revisit their experience church planting and translating to give us an idea of how long a missionary can expect to spend doing this work on the field.

Has the time of missions sent from the Western nations past? Pastor Chad Vegas digs into the argument that, missiologically, the Western Church's day in the sun has gone, and offers some biblical wisdom on how we can move forward.

If you've seen Missionary: Obeying the Great Commission , visited Missionary.com , or attended a Missionary conference , you've heard us say "missionaries are called to suffer." But is blood, sweat, and tears all a missionary can expect? Missionaries Brooks and Nina Buser reflect on their 13 year mission to the Yembiyembi and give us a glimpse of the grace and joy that come from...