The Gospel Mobilization Podcast

"I think the lack of gospel access is the greatest injustice of all time." - David Joannes In today's podcast, Dave interviews David Joannes about his newly-released book, Gospel Privilege. Joannes is a leading advocate for unreached peoples, founder and president of Within Reach Global, and has published several other books in addition to Gospel Privilege. The two discuss the definition of gospel...

"You become like whoever you attach yourself to. You will become like who you love." - David Jacob In this special episode of the podcast, Dave dives into the incredible relationship between neurotheology and mobilization. Neurotheology is a relatively new field of study that investigates how our brains are shaped and transformed by religious experiences. Out of this study comes the significance o...

On today's show, Dave is interviewing Yesenia Mojarro about how to mobilize the Hispanic Church. Yesenia is a grad student at Trinity Graduate School (ND), currently researching how to best mobilize the Hispanic community in America for global missions. Dave and Yesenia examine some of the unique barriers and benefits that go with mobilization in the Hispanic Church. To accompany these things, Yes...

On today's show, Dave is talking with Larry Fox and Dennis Washington about how and why to mobilize teenagers for missions. Larry and Dennis work or have worked with NAAMC (The National African American Missions Council) and are influential voices in the area of mobilizing young people toward the mission field. Dave, Larry, and Dennis break down some of the barriers that have hindered teen mobiliz...

Do you ever wonder how you can help people discover their part in the Great Commission? Listen in as Dave chats with Steve Addison, a catalyst for movements that multiply disciples and churches everywhere. Steve is an author, speaker, podcaster, and mentor to movement pioneers. His latest book, Your Part in God's Story: 40 Days from Genesis to Revelation was just released last month. In this discu...

"The man who mobilizes the Christian church to pray will make the greatest contribution to world evangelization in history." - Andrew Murray On today's show, Dave interviews Kevin Senapatiratne, founder of Christ Connection and member of America's National Prayer Committee. Kevin grew up as a missionary kid and now travels and teaches on praying for the world. You'll hear the lessons he learned as...

On today's episode, Dave has a conversation with Peter Craig, the executive director of Moving Works, a ministry that creates open source short films to tell the world about Jesus and mobilize more missionaries. Before God led him to start Moving Works, Peter was an independent filmmaker and screenwriter writing projects for Sony Pictures, NBC Universal, and Walden Media. Dave and Peter discuss wh...

Today, Dave talks with Denny Spitters and Matthew Ellison. Denny and Matthew are the authors of When Everything is Missions and editors of the companion text titled, Conversations on When Everything is Missions. The discussion revolves around the danger of labeling everything as missions in the church and understanding how important it is to grasp accurate terminology. They examine Acts 1:8 and th...

On this episode of the Missionary Mobilization Podcast, Dave has a conversation with Dick Brogden. Brogden has been an Assemblies of God World Missionary since 1992, and is the co-founder of the   Live Dead Movement . He is the author of the recent book,  Missionary God, Missionary Bible: A One-Year, Missions-Centered, Chronological Reading of the Bible. Dave and Dick discuss how spiritual warfare...

On this episode of the Missionary Mobilization Podcast, the topic being discussed is, "Helping Others Enjoy the Bible." Dave interviews Matthew Mullins, an English and History professor at Southeastern Baptist Seminary. You will hear how to help people love the Bible, and it may help you fall in love with God's Word all over again too! This episode will encourage mobilizers because enjoying and re...

Our topic today is: Overcoming the Porn Problem, and this being a sensitive topic, we suggest that children not be present as you listen to the show. In this episode, Dave talks with former missionary, Jen. Jen shares her heart-wrenching personal story about how pornography shattered her marriage and impacted her family's ministry on the field. Jen expounds on how mobilizers can help mentor someon...

How can churches and agencies send and sustain more missionaries? On this episode of the podcast, Dave talks with Neal Pirolo. Neal is the founding director of Emmaus Road International, an educational resource for Third Millennium Missions. He's written five books on missions and has ministered in more than fifty nations. This episode will equip you and your team with six practical ways to involv...

How has missions-sending shifted? Are missionaries still going to places where the church already exists? In this episode of the podcast, Dave has a conversion with Dr. Todd M. Johnson.  Johnson is the co-director of the  Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and the co-author of the World Christian Encyclopedia (2nd and 3rd editions). This episode is p...

In this episode of The Missionary Mobilization Podcast, Dave Jacob has a conversation with Phillip Henry, the founder of Nations Coffee , a business that seeks to connect people's love for coffee with a passion for the evangelization of Unreached Peoples. Phillip shares his story of how he is using his coffee business to support organizations that reach Unreached Peoples. Also, we announce a new p...

Did you know that a third of humanity has no access to the gospel? If you were born into an unreached people group, would you want missionaries to prioritize ministry to the unreached? Why does nearly 97% of the world's missionaries go to places where the church already exists? Listen in as Dave has a conversation with Dr. Marvin Newell. Dr. Newell is the newly-appointed Executive Director of Alli...

"Are missionaries one of the most underutilized mobilization catalysts? Does the research support the fact that missionaries are the best mobilizers?" Today on the Missionary Mobilization Podcast, Dave has a conversation with Brett & Alyson Haynes. Brett & Alyson serve with SEND International in the southern part of Romania. Working on a church-planting team, they are helping to mobilize believers...

"I thought people like me didn't go because I am black and all the missionaries that came to my church were white." Are you curious about the role of African Americans in missions? In this episode of the Missionary Mobilization Podcast, Dave talks with Marilyn Owusu-Sekyere, an AGWM African American missionary to Togo in West Africa. Listen as Marilyn shares how God called her to the mission field...

How can churches send well? What do the Scriptures have to say about sending? In this episode of the Missionary Mobilization Podcast, Dave talks with Steve Beirn. Steve is the Global Ministries Pastor at,   Calvary Church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania , and has also served on the board of  TEAM  for 18 years. Steve is the author of "Well Sent: Reimagining the Chruch's Missionary-Sending Process."  Hi...

Today, Dave has a conversation with Reuben Kachala. Reuben is a Malawian former missionary to India and an ordained minister with the Malawi Assemblies of God. He is a full-time missions mobilizer working with Frontier Missions International, a mission-sending organization which he co-founded with his wife in 2015. Frontier Missions International has a vision of turning Malawi and Africa from a mi...

How is God using people with impairments on the mission field? That's a question most of us probably haven't thought about, but it's the topic of today's episode. Listen as host David Jacob talks with Dave Deuel, Senior Research Fellow and Policy Advisor for Joni and Friends and advocate for people with disabilities at the U.N. They discuss the book Dr. Deuel co-edited titled,  Disability in Missi...

Today, David has a conversation with Barna Group's Director of Published Research, Savannah Kimberlin. Savannah shares some of the recent research published in " T he Future of Missions" . She discusses the relevant findings that Barna has discovered about the next generation of potential missionaries, and shares factors that will help increase a believer's involvement in missions. This episode wi...

Why is having representation of diverse racial groups in global missions so important? What are some of the missions mobilization factors affecting people of color today? How can we mobilize more people of color? Listen to this episode as Dave has a conversation with Sophia Wang, SEND International's Diversity Advocate & Ethnic Partnerships Coordinator. Dave & Sophia discuss the difficulty of the...

On today's episode, Dave has a conversation with Justin from Cafe 1040. Cafe 1040 is a missions organization whose goal is to lead a generation to tell the story of Jesus where its never been heard before. Justin shares ideas on how missions mobilizers can stay organized to help foster relationships. He also provides insights on what "MIssions Influencers" can do to send future missionaries. Here...

How can we help others discover their role in the Great Commission? Listen to Dave have a conversation with Jacob Jester, a mobilizer with Africa Cause. Jacob helps us understand the importance of spiritual adventure in mobilizing the younger generations, and he passionately explains how to live out your own spiritual adventure. This episode will mobilize not only your heart for the next generatio...

Why would a missions pastor cancel his missions committee meetings for 18 months?  Listen in as Dave has a conversation with Matthew Philip, who provides leadership to the global engagement impulse of Trinity Church in Lansing, Michigan. In this episode, Matthew explains why he stopped these meetings, what God did in his church, and how partnerships played a significant role.  https://bit.ly/39vcd...