Global Missions Podcast

Brian Fikkert, co-author of bestselling book, When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor and Yourself, discusses with us how the church should define poverty and how it can address poverty in ways that bring dignity and help people understand that they are God's image bearers. [et_social_share]

Dr. Rick Reed, President of Heritage College and Seminary, talks to us about God's will, how we can discern His directing for our lives, and how we can walk along others helping them to determine where God is calling them. [et_social_share]

Dr. Scott Moreau joins us to discuss the impact that social media is having on the church. How is social media shaping our society? How can it be used to promote missions? What are it's pitfalls within the church and within missions? Learn more about how to harness social media for engaging in missions. [et_social_share]

Neal Pirolo shares with us what a great impact a church can have on the effectiveness of missionaries when they play an active role in a missionary's transition from the field to their home assignment. We learn about practical things we can do to help our missionaries re-enter well and what things the church should be doing to prepare themselves for their missionary's return. [et_social_share]

JD Payne helps us understand what church planting is and why it should be done. He offers practical steps for how church planting is done and helps us identify who might be well suited to the work of church planting. [et_social_share]

Randy Hoffman encourages us to reach out to the Muslims we are encountering in our neighbourhoods. His advice is not only practical, but he also shares from his personal experience in engaging Muslims in his community and how he has seen the Holy Spirit at work in the Muslim world today. [et_social_share]

Anna Hampton shares with us myths that the North American church believes about risk and helps us to better understand a Biblical view of risk and what God calls us to for the sake of the Gospel. [et_social_share]

Don Parsons joins us to talk about how missions has shifted from 'the West to the rest' to 'from everywhere to everywhere.' He helps us understand the benefits and the challenges of globalization in missions and gives us ideas on how churches in the West can partner with churches in the Majority World to bring the Good News to every tribe, tongue and nation. [et_social_share]

Don Johnson speaks to us about following through with a short term mission trip team - why it's important, how and when to do it, and what we stand to lose when we neglect to invest in the debrief and follow through process. Listen to this episode to learn how to make short term trips a solid investment! [et_social_share]

Join our conversation with Doug Christgau as we discuss the role of missions committees, how churches can engage with missions and support missionaries when they are on home assignment. [et_social_share]

Mary Lederleitner speaks to us about navigating the complexities of cross cultural ministry partnerships. She shares with us the benefits of these partnerships, the common misunderstanding that can occur and gives some ideas and advice how to navigate the hurdles well. [et_social_share]

Dr. Rick Reed, President of Heritage College and Seminary, talks to us about God's will, how we can discern His directing for our lives, and how we can walk along others helping them to determine where God is calling them. [et_social_share]

Nigel Paul, Founder of MoveIn, shares with us the impact of presence. In this episode we learn how ordinary Christians are moving into low-income, unreached, urban areas in cities in Canada and around the world. Here they are salt and light, reaching people in a creative and courageous way. [et_social_share]

Brian Fikkert, co-author of bestselling book, When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor and Yourself, discusses with us how the church should define poverty and how it can address poverty in ways that bring dignity and help people understand that they are God's image bearers. [et_social_share]

Steve Colby, the Director of Missions for Intervarsity Canada, will be co-hosting Urbana15 December 27-31, 2015 in St. Louis, Missouri. Steve shares with us how Urbana is impacting the hearts of students and impacting missions. Tune in to learn a little bit about how Urbana started, what to expect this year, and how you can pray for those who will be attending! [et_social_share]

Roy Eyre, President of Wycliffe Canada, talks about the greater impact that Bible translation has had on societies, how Wycliffe has adapted to reach oral societies and gives us a peek into the nuts and bolts of Bible translation. [et_social_share]

National Coordinator for Perspectives Canada, Wayne Matthews gives us an overview of the Perspectives course, how it is making an impact on the Canadian church and explains why you should consider signing up for a course near you! [et_social_share]

Melissa Giles, Training Manager at Food for the Hungry Canada, shares about how Canadian churches can partner with communities in the Global South for mutual transformation and poverty alleviation. Melissa also tells us about Poverty Revolution Boot Camps, a great weekend course for Canadian churches to help us better understand our role in global poverty alleviation. [et_social_share]

Ellen Livingood, founder and director of Catalyst Services, describes for us the importance of missions priorities and strategies in local churches, the basics of developing priorities and strategies and how to communicate them effectively to your congregation. [et_social_share]

Paul Dyck, leader of the Canadian MK Network, shares with us the highlights of being an MK, the hurdles that MKs face and how Canadian churches can help MKs transition well when they return to Canada. [et_social_share]

Karen Bird, a theological student at Tyndale Seminary, shares with us why prayer is a discipline all Christ-followers need to pursue. She shares with us how we can be praying for missions as well as giving listeners practical tips and resources for practicing the discipline of prayer in our lives, so that God's restoration will come to His creation. [et_social_share]

JD Payne shares some current global trends, or pressure points, that impact how the church does missions. In Part 2 of this 2 part series, we learn about how the West is becoming a mission field, we learn about orality and how to proclaim the gospel to oral learners. We also learn about how urbanization is affecting how we have traditionally done missions. Finally, we learn about the pornification...

JD Payne shares some current global trends, or pressure points, that impact how the church does missions. In Part 1 of this 2 part series, we learn who unreached people groups are and why they matter, and how migration is bringing the mission field to us. Learn how your church can harness these trends to further Kingdom work. [et_social_share]

Ron Brown, member of the National Kairos Coordination team, shares with us about the Kairos course - what is it? Who should take Kairos? What is the impact that Kairos is having on the Canadian church? Listen and learn about how you can be a part of this growing movement to passionately follow Jesus and be salt and light in your neighbourhood. [et_social_share]

Mark Crocker, Western Director for the STM Network, expresses the importance of skilled leaders and describes the program he has designed to put excellent tools into the hands of short term mission trip leaders to increase their effectiveness as leaders and their impact as a team. [et_social_share]