Going: where God is at work

Buon giorno ! You’re listening to “Going: Where God is at work,” a podcast where cross-cultural workers discuss everything from faith and fear to finances and faux pas. We’re walking out our call  to ministry in far-away places and happy to have you join us on the journey. I’m your host, Jesse Pauly, a mission leader serving in Rome, and I’m here with Alessandro Di Leonardo, church planter in Cist...

Buon giorno ! You’re listening to “Going: Where God is at work,” a podcast where cross-cultural workers discuss everything from faith and fear to finances and faux pas. We’re walking out our call  to ministry in far-away places and happy to have you join us on the journey. I’m your host, Jesse Pauly, a mission leader serving in Rome, and I’m here with Alessandro Di Leonardo, church planter in Cist...

https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/september-web-only/missionary-netflix-streaming-internet-incarnation-technolog.html Summary In this episode, Jesse, Alessandro, and Jenn discuss the impact of global connectivity on missionaries and their adjustment to new cultures. They explore how technology and digital platforms have made it easier to stay connected with friends and family in their send...

Link to the report for the show notes: https://lausanne.org/report The Lausanne Movement recently released a huge global report on the State of the Great Commission, which has over 150 authors and is translated into 7 languages. It was a huge undertaking, done in part to lead up to the Fourth Lausanne Congress to be held later this year in Seoul, Korea. Summary In this episode, Jesse and Jenn disc...

Buon giorno ! You’re listening to “Going: Where God is at work,” a podcast where cross-cultural workers discuss everything from faith and fear to finances and faux pas. We’re walking out our call  to ministry in far-away places and happy to have you join us on the journey. I’m your host, Jesse Pauly, a mission leader serving in Rome, and I’m here with Alessandro Di Leonardo, church planter in Cist...

Bonus content after the good goodbyes. Summary In this episode, the hosts discuss the topic of missionary newsletters and the purpose and content of these communications. They share their own experiences and preferences for newsletters, including the frequency and format. They also touch on the temptation to exaggerate or stretch the truth in newsletters and the importance of maintaining integrity...

Biblical Mandate for Missions - for all or only the called? Is there a unique call to cross-cultural missions, or simply a general command to all believers to go and make disciples? Hear from Jesse, Jenn, and Alessandro whom are all current cross-cultural missionaries sharing their own mission calling and commenting/discussing about the concerns that some have suggested in regards to defining and...

Ministry Partnerships - Association, Cooperation, Collaboration Let’s be partners for the Gospel! But what does that look like? The team looks at and defines 3 types of partnerships (Association, Cooperation, Collaboration) and how clearly having a mutual understanding of what type of partnership one has between two groups can be extremely helpful. Summary In this episode, the hosts discuss the im...

Why is it important to do Missions WITH others (Part 2) The discussion continues in regards to what it looks like for missionaries to arrive in the field and what it looks like for the host country in receiving missionaries. Also the mention of the “necessary stranger” is brought up and briefly the team touches on the highest form of partnership, setting up for the next episode. Summary In this ep...

Why is it important to do Missions WITH others (Part 1) Going: where God is at work. A new podcast where cross-cultural workers, Jesse Pauly, Jenn Williamson, and Alessandro Di Leonardo discuss everything from faith and fear to finances and faux pas. Each episode will work off an outline based on Jenn’s dissertation entitled Missionary Effectiveness and Sustainability in the 21st century: A Missio...