Redeeming Missions

The Redeeming Missions podcast is thrilled to host a conversation with Rich Villodas! Rich is a pastor, author, and speaker who carries deep wisdom on translating spiritual formation for our world today. Tanner and Rich talk about the false dichotomy between missional life and inner spiritual life, family systems theory, living faithfully in a divisive culture, stigmas around evangelism, what it m...

Coming to you from the Philippines, Tanner Peake is with Every Home’s director for the Philippines, Emer Evangelista. Listen in as Emer shares the incredible story of how God called her out of a high-paying foreign job to return to her people and give her life to ministry. Through Emer’s obedience and suffering, she developed a heart of compassion that has been surrendered to the Lord in beautiful...

Listen in as Tanner Peake and cohost Jesse Engle talk with Ondrej Garaj, a leader and spiritual father to many in the global Every Home family. Ondrej’s ministry experience encompasses decades of work in nations in Europe, including launching Every Home ministries across eastern Europe in the post-Soviet era. He is deeply familiar with the realities of ministry in complex, evolving, and jaded envi...

Join us for an adventure-packed episode of the Redeeming Missions podcast! Tanner Peake is on the field with Every Home’s ministry director for American Samoa, Morgan Gegera. Morgan shares about his “on the job training” with Every Home in Papua New Guinea, his journey to pioneer ministry in American Samoa, what it’s been like to reach every single home in Samoa with the gospel, and more. From the...

Join us on the field for an exciting conversation between Tanner Peake and Ebeme DaSilva! Ebeme oversees Every Home’s prayer and margins ministries across West Africa. In this episode, she shares about her work engaging women in ministry, her heart to see women expressing the fullness of their gifts, and her passion for following Christ in his compassion. Listen to the full episode to hear Ebeme’s...

How did Jason Hubbard go from being a “prayerless pastor” with a “prayerless church” to serving in leadership at International Prayer Connect? Find out in this episode where Jason and Tanner talk about prayer, what prayer actually changes, and how prayer overlaps with our mission in the world as believers. You’ll be moved by Jason’s heart and inspired to spend more time in the presence of Christ....

We’re capping off this year with a special episode featuring some of our favorite moments from the Redeeming Missions podcast in 2025! We’re so grateful you spend time with us in these conversations, and we hope you’ve been encouraged and inspired throughout the year. Let this episode keep you company during the holiday season. May it be a reminder of the hope we hold as we celebrate the birth of...

Meet Stefan Vujcik, an Every Home leader who oversees ministry across western, central, and northern Europe. Stephan is in the studio with Tanner Peake to talk about ministry in this unique region, the realities of a so-called “post-Christian” Europe, creative strategies for reaching a spiritually hungry people, and more. This episode might surprise you with hope-filled information about the spiri...

One of the most diverse and challenging places on earth for Every Home ministry is Papua New Guinea. Home to extreme geography, over one thousand tribes, and more than eight hundred spoken languages, this nation is in need of the gospel in unique ways. On this episode of Redeeming Missions, hear from Every Home’s director for the nation, Aaron Nikkie. Aaron shares about the transformational power...

This week’s episode is filled with timely, actionable wisdom for anyone seeking to follow Christ in the details of daily life or ministry. Tanner interviews José Seisdedos, a leader who has been with Every Home for 50 years(!) and has served in many leadership roles. José shares generous advice for leaders, challenges us with a word on the discipline of the Lord, and offers encouragement for anyon...

This episode of Redeeming Missions was recorded in Zimbabwe, with Every Home’s ministry director for Zimbabwe, Dr. Grace Taruvinga. From the first sermon she preached at eight years old to a ministry spanning her nation today, Dr. Grace shares the story of her own calling in Christ. Dr. Grace explains the “missing ingredient” in African Christianity, gives us a look behind the scenes of ministry i...

This episode of the Redeeming Missions podcast comes to you from a high-security nation, where Every Home ministry adapts to extreme opposition to the Christian faith. A ministry leader for this nation, Andrew Salem,* shares a glimpse into the everyday difficulties of carrying Christ in a place where Christians face very real persecution. Listen in for incredible stories, inspiring miracles, and e...

Every Home is a ministry committed to “never giving up on people,” and this episode of Redeeming Missions shares what that looks like in action across western Africa. Tanner Peake is in the studio with Lanre Da Silva, who leads twenty-nine Every Home ministries across twenty-four countries in western and central Africa. Lanre shares an inside look at the African church—its strengths, challenges, a...

Tanner Peake is in the studio with Every Home’s director of operations for the Americas, Lidia Reaños. As a young girl, Lidia’s heart was captured by the love of Christ when she watched a simple gospel booklet transform her parents’ marriage and their lives. Today, she is walking in a rich legacy of ministry in the Every Home fellowship. Listen in as she and Tanner discuss the unique strengths of...

We’re talking all about Africa on this episode of the Redeeming Missions podcast! Tanner Peake is in the studio with Every Home’s regional director for East Africa, Douglas Mudimba. Douglas was born in Zimbabwe, raised in a traditional, polygamous, impoverished African home, and now calls Namibia home. He excelled in school, became a veterinarian, and then found an open door to carry Christ throug...

God is on the move in the Middle East today, and this week’s guest is here to share all about it. Tanner is with Philip Magdy* (a ministry director for Every Home) at an undisclosed location in the region. They talk about the things we don’t see on the news—the countless ways Jesus is encountering people across the Middle East and drawing them to his heart. Although ministry dynamics remain comple...

Travel with Tanner Peake to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he interviews Samuel Bekele, Every Home’s ministry director for the nation of Ethiopia and the surrounding Horn of Africa area. Samuel shares about the spiritual confusion of his upbringing in a multifaith home and the clarity he found in Christ. His tender heart for people facing poverty in mind, body, or soul will move you, and his tenacio...

Redeeming Missions is back for 2025! In this special episode, Tanner Peake is hosting a conversation in the Middle East with one of Every Home’s ministry leaders in the region, Ralph Smith.* While his identity must be obscured for security reasons, Ralph shares vulnerably about his journey of encountering Christ in the depths of anxiety. His story is filled with hope for anyone who might be wrestl...

We’re flipping the script! Redeeming Missions host—Every Home president and CEO—Tanner Peake is sharing his own story on this episode of the podcast. From his upbringing in rural Montana to an encounter with God in India, Tanner shares from the threads of his story that led him to the ministry of Every Home. You’ll hear more from his heart, what’s driving his leadership, and how he sees the future...

Tanner Peake is on the ground in Poland to connect with Every Home’s leaders working in Ukraine. On this episode, hear from Jaroslaw Lukasik, who was born in Poland and has dedicated his life to carrying Christ in this region. Today, Jaroslaw is pioneering ministry across Ukraine that focuses on uniting churches and fighting for hope among the Ukrainian people. Hear firsthand what God is doing, ri...

Coming to you from Warsaw, Poland, Tanner Peake is joined by Anatoliy Kushnir, an Every Home leader from Ukraine. Anatoliy gives us a glimpse of what it’s truly like to live in Ukraine in the midst of war. How are children going to school? How do you adapt to regular power outages? What do you do when a missile is coming? How does life go on under such circumstances? Anatoliy also shares about his...

How does a person who was raised on dairy farm in a Mennonite family end up facilitating 24/7 prayer on the National Mall in Washington, DC, for over eight years continuously? Listen to Tanner Peake’s fascinating conversation with Jason Hershey to find out! Jason shares his story, his passion, and his work on this episode of the Redeeming Missions podcast. He asks the compelling question: “When a...

Tanner Peake is in the studio with Manasa Kolivuso, a leader in the Every Home fellowship who has pioneered ministry in the nation of Fiji and beyond. Manasa shares how the Lord led him away from an academic path toward law and politics into full-time ministry. He and Tanner discuss the costs and risks of ministry in an island nation like Fiji, and Manasa explains why, for him, carrying Christ inv...

In the studio today is a spiritual father in the Every Home community and beyond: Jacob George. You will love Jacob’s gentle voice and quiet humor as he shares his story: from translating the Bible in a small village in India to befriending a postal worker in his current home in the United States. He and Tanner tackle the question of why evangelism has a negative reputation today. Jacob offers pra...

On this episode of Redeeming Missions, Tanner Peake is joined by a friend of Every Home, Assif Reid. You’ll be encouraged and delighted by Assif’s testimony—from his upbringing in Jamaica to his current role as the assistant vice president of ministry investment for Hobby Lobby. Assif’s joy is contagious as he shares his journey of trust in the Lord’s faithfulness through all seasons. Tanner and A...