Missions Today

People today are finding very unique ways to do ministry. They’re also finding very unique ways of funding ministry. This week on Missions Today, we’ll talk with an award-winning documentary filmmaker who has traveled to over 150 countries on 6 continents creating content. His work has been nominated for 29 film festivals, television, or video awards covering topics as diverse as Voodoo, Sex Traff...

As a young girl, she fell in love with God’s Word, and though she didn’t know what that meant for her future, from those early years, she knew she wanted to make sure that everyone had access to it. Years later she moved with her husband into a tribal village in the jungles of Papua, New Guinea, and began the work of growing a small church and translating the Bible into the tribal language. Hear P...

As a young girl, she fell in love with God’s Word, and though she didn’t know what that meant for her future, from those early years, she knew she wanted to make sure that everyone had access to it. Years later she moved with her husband into a tribal village in the jungles of Papua, New Guinea and began the work of growing a small church and translating the Bible into the tribal language. Hear Pa...

Even as a young man our guest this week was thinking about how to make the ills of societies better by injecting the truths of scripture into his life and work. For almost 30 years Suparno Adijanto has worked to remove obstacles to successful work ventures leading to debt free operations for the last 15 years. Just as he has worked to remove obstacles so people could hear the gospel, removing peop...

For years, many churches have been “outsourcing” their missions work to mission agencies or merely sending money to worthwhile charities. However, there is a move, nationwide, for the local church to get more “hands-on” with missions. Join me this week as we hear from a man who runs an organization committed to making sure the local church is at the heart…and the start...of all mission activity. T...

Most followers of Christ desire to see God work. But few are those who want to be part of it day in and day out. This week on Missions Today, we’ll talk with Paul Davis of ABWE. Paul and his team help equip individuals and the church to engage fully in the mission that God has called them to. ABWE is working to multiply leaders, churches and missions movements among every people group in the world...

All across the globe, young business leaders and entrepreneurs are looking for direction and encouragement. Resource Global is an organization that creates opportunities for experienced marketplace leaders to engage with and mentor up-and-coming businessmen and women. This week on Missions Today , learn more about the work they are doing around the globe for the Gospel of Christ in the city. That’...

As families in and near Chicago continue to mourn their recent losses due to gun violence and communities seek to heal, we continue our conversation with Michael Allen, Co-Founder of Together Chicago . In part two of this program, we’ll look at the core community efforts of Together Chicago and, hear the stories of life-change happening regularly on the ground. Seeking to reduce the violence in Ch...

Toward the end of 2016, as gun violence in Chicago reached its highest levels in 20 years, a group of Chicago area faith, business, community, non-profit, civic and government leaders met to explore the common question they asked themselves: “Is there more that can be done to address the root causes of the violence we are experiencing?” From these conversations, Together Chicago was born. Join me...

She was born into a family with 3 generations of missionaries. Many of her childhood memories were conversations around the dinner table with people from around the world. But her father told her something important early on, “The mission field is where God has called you!”. So, with that foundation, she began a journey that took her through the Army, Mandarin and Asian Studies, global operations,...

As a young boy, his family faced tragedy. But it was this tragedy that showed him two things: the value of life, and the need to share the life-giving message of the Gospel with as many as possible. Now, he runs an organization that pretty much covers missions from beginning to end - recruiting, training, sending, caring for, and connecting people with opportunities around the world. Join us this...

Our guest this week wasn’t raised in a Christian home, but before he was out of college, the Lord had met him where he was. After some failure and success in launching businesses, he and his wife moved their family to Kenya where he began to meet with local entrepreneurs. Before long, he had had over 500 coffee meetings and had begun personal relationships with many of them. These “coffee meetings...

At the age of 17, her life changed forever. Hear the story of an athletic young lady whose life was dramatically altered after a diving accident. Hear how she made it through the deep depression of those days and how God has used her since to raise awareness about the sanctity of life and the value of every human being around the globe battling some type of disability. A hero to many, an example t...

He began his career as a mechanical engineer and together with his wife, found an opportunity to serve the Lord in Ecuador. Now the Lord has led them to Southern Spain where the challenges are much greater. With 40% unemployment, extreme poverty, a heavy drug, and gang presence, and almost no evangelical believers, our guest this week is serving faithfully to see God’s love and light brought into...

She began her career as a lawyer but quickly shifted towards journalism and television news. After several years as a reporter, a brief meeting with one of FOX News’ top personalities led her to a role as a FOX News reporter in Washington, the Supreme Court and now hosting her own program. Throughout it all, she has never been shy about sharing her faith in ways rarely seen on television. Hear abo...

They are a generation that is more connected, but never more alone. Always seeking pleasure, but never satisfied. They’re experiencing a worldwide suicide epidemic. Raised on the internet and pornography, they are sexually broken and confused. They are today’s Global Youth Culture. And this week, we focus on a global ministry that is seeking to move the church beyond their walls and into the lives...

She was born in the Philippines. Her mother came to Christ through a local church and a legacy of faith began. Our guest this week, Christeen Rico, moved to the US as a child and after college moved into the tech industry. She has spent most of her career in the Silicon Valley launching digital and physical experiences in new markets from strategy through execution, most recently with Apple. And r...

Without religious freedom, no one can truly exercise their faith. But around the world, many Christ-followers are either unsure of their rights or fighting for their rights to worship as they want. This week on Missions Today, our guest Justin Murff shares some updates on the challenges people around the world are facing just to practice their faith, and the creative ways that churches in these ar...

Throughout our lives, God gives us an untold number of opportunities to respond to His calling. Sometimes we choose to follow and other times we choose to take our own path, or simply stay where we are. Our guest this week on Mission Today shares how finally saying YES to God opened doors that she never could have imagined. It’s Time to Say “YES!!”, this week on Missions Today. For more informatio...

For years, churches have been participating in missions. However, with shifting trends, changes in engagement strategies, upheaval in sending patterns, and continued challenges with funding, many churches are trying to figure out the BEST way to DO missions TODAY. This week on Missions Today, we will talk with a man who has started an organization specifically to “coach” churches and their mission...

For over 2000 years, Christians have been persecuted for their faith. Pastors, missionaries, and laypeople around the world have been shunned, shut out, hated, beaten, stoned, tortured, and even killed for simply believing in Christ. Our guest this week on Missions Today spends most of his waking hours telling the stories of the persecuted church and letting us know what we can do to make a differ...

For so long, people who felt a tug towards missions felt that the only way to fully engage in that calling was to travel overseas. The truth is, in most Gateway Cities across America, there are thriving, growing unreached people groups just waiting for someone to tell them about Jesus. Our guest this week leads an organization that can help you reach Hindus in Houston or Muslims in Minnesota. It’s...

25% of the world’s people are left out of many of the opportunities they might have, simply because of language-related barriers. S.I.L. believes that language is essential to a flourishing life. They are a global, faith-based organization that works with over 1300 local communities worldwide to develop language solutions to expand the possibilities of a better life for everyone. Don’t miss the op...

Throughout the Middle East and North Africa, the Gospel is spreading, and ministry - person to person and business to business is growing. This week on Missions Today, we’ll hear the story of a woman who was serving as a college professor when she felt God’s call to lead this initiative to impact hearts and souls through enhancing leadership opportunities and growing organizations in these key are...

From his earliest days in radio, our guest this week had one primary focus – communicating the Good News of the gospel. Whether he was on the radio, leading a mission organization, providing guidance to Moody Radio, or helping reach people around the world Wayne Pederson has led a life committed to the mission of sharing the story of Jesus. Don’t miss this compelling conversation with a man who ha...