The Coworkers Podcast

Over the last several years, God has been saving thousands of people in one state in South Asia - all glory to God! Glenn and Rhonda have led out in this work, and have some helpful keys that contributed to this growth. Two keys in particular are easy access to the Scriptures (in audio form on SD cards) and extraordinary prayer. Also listen in to hear how simple tracking methods are not primarily...

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Kirthi grew up in a Hindu family in the US, was saved at the age of 24, and has been serving with her family in South Asia for the last 6 years. In this episode, Kirthi shares how she came to faith, and the helpful and not-so-helpful ways her American believing friends helped her in that journey.

Should missionaries keep track of baptisms, new churches, UUPG's, etc.? Should they publish these reports to their supporters and the public? Is this self-serving, or just to make money, or brag? Listen in as Randy shares how careful reporting - of both quantity and quality - is essential in order to find gaps and push the Great Commission forward - for God's glory. Randy shares super practical ti...

There are many books out there with varying requirements for church health. The New Testament describes churches as maturing and growing over time - as the believers grow up together into Christlikeness.  Scriptures Referenced- Acts 2, 1 Cor. 12-14, Eph. 2, 4 Check out the following article for a summary of the 12 Characteristics of Healthy Church mentioned in this episode: https://www.imb.org/201...

What is a biblical definition - or the requirements - for a group of believers to be called a church? What is the difference between church health and church maturity? Can a church be immature but healthy? Listen in as we look at the New Testament example. 

Gray and Brandy are dear friends and coworkers with 12 years of experience on the field, 5 kids, and a vibrant marriage that they continue to work on. Listen in as they share how to keep growing in intimacy and friendship in marriage.   Resources Suggested by Gray and Brandy –  A Do-It-Yourself Marriage Retreat By Deepak Reju Prepare Enrich Assessment Paul David Tripp – Marriage Dr Caroline Leaf –...

We are sharing with you how we are learning to pursue our children's hearts - especially when they are in the middle of negative emotions such as sadness, anger, or anxiety - so that they learn how to give and receive comfort and love. How we respond to our children's negative emotions is a picture to them of how God responds to us, and God invites us to bring all of our emotions to Him.  Recommen...

Parenting is hard anywhere, but the mission field brings its own unique parenting challenges. Listen in as Christian counselors Seth and Denise share helpful insights on parenting well on the field.  Book Recommendations from Seth and Denise: Focus on the Family continues to produce excellent resources, including podcasts and books.  Parenting Books: Revolutionary Parenting - Barna Full Circle Par...

Trevor Joy is the Executive Pastor of Sending at the Village Church in Flower Mound, TX. Listen in as he shares his passion for the unreached, why his church is pursuing church-planting movements, and how a local church can grow from being a missions-supporting church to a sending church.  Recommended Resources: https://100upg.org Care Through Prayer, My Story, God's Story Videos: https://thevilla...

Dr. Chuck Lawless is Professor of Evangelism and Missions at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary,  the head of Theological Consultants for the International Mission Board, an author of several books, pastor, and husband (whew!). He also trains new field personnel with the IMB on spiritual warfare and other topics. With one foot in the seminary world and one foot in the mission world, Dr. Law...

In Part 4 of our Heart Work series, we dig into John 15:1-11, the beautiful illustration of a vine and its branches that represents our constant, vital connection to Jesus. Listen in as we discuss the focal point of the passage, abiding in God's unchanging love for us, and our stewardships in abiding in Him- abiding in Christ's love, abiding in the Word, abiding in prayer, abiding through obedienc...

Idolatry: Turning to anything in our life as a substitute for God. It’s not so much the sinfulness of the thing; it’s the position we give it in our lives. The Bible has much to say on this topic; I’m going to mainly focus on passages from Isaiah for this episode. One of the main themes in the book of Isaiah is that God alone is to be high and lifted up, exalted, and worshipped – above all else –...

Listen to part 2 of our summer series on "heart work-" common issues for those in ministry. What keeps us motivated and excited for disciple-making? Listen in as we share three biblical "why's" to motivate us for this work, and some practical tips for renewing our motivation. Three "big picture," biblical "why's" for missions and disciple-making: 1- God's Glory. 2- The reality of lostness. 3- Simp...

This is the first episode in a summer series on "heart work," addressing common heart issues for those in ministry. Selfish ambition is the inner desire to be better than others at everything that's important to us. Listen in as we share biblical truth on this topic, with bits of our stories woven throughout. This is actually a biblical word – the Greek word erithiean – and is in two major places...

Susan Lafferty has served with her husband Todd in missions leadership for several years in South Asia, and currently Todd is the EVP with one of the largest missions organizations in the world. Listen in as Susan shares from the Word and her life experience how she has fought spiritual battles in family life and ministry. Susan and I talk about fighting spiritual warfare through prayer, the role...

Our 4th and final NT norm is the centrality of prayer in the life of the early church. Listen in as we share 4 "P" observations on prayer - It was a Priority; It Preceded the filling and work of the Spirit; It was the church's response to Persecution; and it was Personal and Persistent. 4 P’s: 1-Priority. Begins the book of Acts—“All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, togeth...

We continue our series on norms in the early church with "The Word." The Word (or a synonym for the Word) is mentioned at least once in every chapter in Acts 1-20. The Word was increasing; the Word was preached boldly, broadly, and consistently; preaching the Word was the main work of sent-out-ones. Whatever we are doing, let's saturate it with the Word.  Three Themes on the Word in Acts:  The Wor...

Listen in as we continue our series on norms in the early church according to the book of Acts. The filling of the Holy Spirit is a prominent theme in the early church and the advance of the gospel. In this episode, we share insights from Acts into how to be filled with the Spirit.  Spirit-filling is mentioned at least 10 times in Acts. These instances fall into two categories:  - A general charac...

Today, we are sharing a new lesson God has been teaching us about living in light of the Great Commission as God’s people. God has increased our desire to really LIVE in light of eternity and to be willing to change maybe old habits and comfortable routines to line up with what we see in the New Testament.  So, we are looking at the Scriptures and asking the question- what was normal life like for...

Lori is the Director of Sending at Summit Church RDU, overseeing local and international missions, and is a gifted leader and passionate about reaching the lost. She has 14 years of corporate world business experience, and 4 years of missions experience in North Africa. Listen in as we discuss how the church and mission teams need to do a better job of developing female leaders and caring for sing...

We are so excited to share this fun, insightful, and challenging interview with you!  Listen in as Pastor Vance shares on: -What excites Vance about gospel work in the world today -Straightforward advice for missionaries in partnering well with U.S. churches -Why church-planters should intentionalize sending and global missions even from the very beginning -How church-planters and pastors can beco...

In this episode, we interview JD Greear, president of the SBC (Southern Baptist Convention) and head pastor of The Summit Church in Raleigh, NC. Pastor JD shares about several things, such as- -The legacy of Summit Church as a sending church -JD's thoughts on breadth v. depth in ministry -The role JD's personal evangelism plays in their church's culture -How JD remains lighthearted and hopeful in...

In this episode, Jesse gives a biblical case for movements and discusses some of the other big topics in movements, such as: Controllables vs. uncontrollables The pace of ministry and multiplication How normal, faithful laborers should feel when they hear about movements Faithfulness vs. fruitfulness Where we should go from here.  Books quoted:  Tim Keller's book, Center Church Iain Murray's book,...

Movements are surprising activities of God where great numbers of people come to Christ, and new churches are started, in a relatively short period of time. Should we intentionally pursue rapid multiplication of disciples and churches? Are movements methods biblical? In this episode, Jesse responds to some recent, common critiques of movements methods.  Resources mentioned in the episode:  “What C...