The Kingdom & Its Stories Podcast

Guest: Mary Kaech | Bob Moffitt interviews Mary Kaech of Phoenix Refugee Connections.  "Between 2010 and 2020 the number of forcibly displaced people doubled", says Mary Kaech.  "When people arrive here legally, they have to hit the ground running. They have to be economically self sufficient in about 3 months.  We prioritize people based on humanitarian need; people who are disabled, widows and o...

Guest: Ena Richards | Bob Moffitt interview Ina Richards of Work 4 a Living.  Ena says, “God does something in 13 days. Then we work with them for a least another two weeks of discipleship groups for the working church.”  Ena continues, “We all want in community to help each other, to give back.”  Ena tells a story about how they approach churches to reach their community, “By loving your neighbor...

Guest: Thomas Claiborn IV | Julian Gibb interviews Thomas Claiborn.  Thomas does what he calls "Championship Fathering: that's my number one focus: loving, coaching, modeling for my children."  "Specifically, on 24th St and Broadway in Phoenix, they don't need another church. In this one mile radius, I've counted 15 churches, but no bridge to connect them."  He continues, "I am helping them move f...

Guest: David Thomas | Julian Gibb interviews David Thomas.  Regarding Native Americans living on reservations, David Thomas says, "We help individuals identify their gifts, talents, passions, skills, and help them go to a university or community college. Many people will return to their communities and make a positive impact." David says, "It's not trivial for a young person to go away to col...

Guest: Steve Vogel | Bob Moffitt interviews Steve Vogel. Steve stated, "The enemy will ignore us if we don't do anything to change the Kingdom." Steve continues, "Figure out what breaks your heart, whether it's veterans, young kids, etc., and figure out how to start. You just take what you have in your hand, and you start. It doesn't take a lot of resources." Steve goes on to tell how he and his w...

Guest: John Decker | Bob Moffitt interviews John Decker.  "There's so much emotion tied with the student going away from home, and wanting to bond with somebody, like their roommate, their friends, those bonds are so strong that it often trumps their good sense of what they really want to do."  John continues, "It really starts in 10th or 11th grade. In their searching for college, you w...

Guest: Simon Nziramakenga | Julian Gibb interviews Simon Nziramakenga Part 2.  Simon shares about loving the people who killed his relatives. "It's because of what He has done for me, make me a new person, he helped me to forgive other people who killed my relatives." Simon continues, "The only thing I can give you is to forgive you, because of what Christ has done for me, to die for me, this...

Guest: Simon Nziramakenga | Julian Gibb interviews Simon Nziramakenga.  Simon shares his personal experience with the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. "Between my wife and I, we lost 80 members of our family." Julian asks, "Why did you go back to Rwanda?" Simon replied, "To be honest, I didn't want to go. But because God says we should go, I said to my wife, "I'm going to go.""  Simon shares, "T...

Guest: Kenny Jezek | Julian Gibb interviews Kenny Jezek.  From starring on the soap opera "Days of Our Lives", to teaching private tap lessons to Michael Jackson, Kenny relates his story of being in Hollywood, and how God took him out of that world and redeemed him to something far more satisfying. "I believe God was just slamming the door and saying, "I want you somewhere else"", says Kenny....

Guest: Doug Landro | Julian Gibb interviews Doug Landro.  Doug, who is in Uzhhorod, Ukraine, speaks about the effects of the war, and how the church is rising up. "It breaks my heart to see a little girl with her name, birth date and some telephone numbers marked on her back. The reason for that is Mom and Dad didn't know if they would survive."  Doug, as a catalyst for One Collective, i...

Guest: Prakash Namede | Julian Gibb interviews Prakash Namede.  Prakash tells stories of training Pastors and leaders to train members of their congregation how to meet the needs of the community, not only on a spiritual level, but also in wisdom, physical and in a social way. For example, Prakash says, "We provide solar lamps for school students; in most rural areas they still don't have ele...

Guest: Tanya Machabeli | Bob Moffitt interview Tanya Machabeli in western Ukraine with Nehemiah Ministry.  "My vision is to work with orphans and children", says Tanya.  "I started to visit state orphanages with my friends. One orphanage held 400 kids. People started to adopt and take children into foster care; we call it family orphanages with no more than 10 kids in each family." ...

Guest: Bob Fabey |  Pastor Julian Gibb interviews Bob Fabey.  "I treat people according to what God believes they are", states Bob Fabey. He tells stories about daily bringing about the Kingdom of God.  "You were made in God's image; and you are His workmanship." Bob continues, "If we can behave in such a way that other people can embrace their identity, then we're onto something."&...

Guest: Yaro Rudenko  |  Bob Moffitt interviews Yaro Rudenko.  "The Lord has always been moving in my heart to do missions", says Yaro Rudenko.  "When there are very dark moments, Christians need to be the light and the salt of the earth, even when it's hard." Yaro continues, "I felt like Jonah; if I would have stayed in America, I would have walked out in disobedience, so it wa...

Guest: Kristina Avanesyan  |  Julian Gibb interviews Kristina Avanesyan.  Kristina tells stories of caring for people in ministry through Joseph House, an apartment in Armenia where she and her staff provide a place of restoration for those ministering in the 5 countries around Armenia, predominantly Muslim countries. "In homes, they can't have Bibles or pray."  One couple said...

Guest: Eric Bryan |  Bob Moffitt interviews Eric Bryan. "Army Chaplains are known for being in combat with soldiers in garrison", states Eric Bryan, a chaplain for the US Army, currently stationed in Germany.  "I get to be with the soldiers as they are stationed overseas; we lead, teach, and equip."  Eric shares about being hospitable and using his home as a strategic place for curr...

Guest: Jim Baugh | Bob Moffitt interviews Jim Baugh.  Jim Baugh talks about what he does with Global Training Network, "We find needs and we fill them."  He continues, "As a follower of Jesus, look next door." "Too often we feel in-confident. But who lives inside of us? You have the Father, Son and Holy Spirit to equip us.  Listen and be sensitive to the Holy Spirit. This is the beg...

Guest: Dan and Teresa Janzen with Across-SSD | Julian Gibb interviews Dan & Teresa Janzen.  "God has called us to look at the person who is directly in front of us today. We're not called to solve war, drought, floods, but we listen to the Holy Spirit and be the hands and feet of Jesus" in South Sudan. Speaking of the extreme humanitarian needs in the area, Dan asks, "How do we motivate p...

Guest: Omar Gamez | Bob Moffitt interviews Omar Gamez. "When I started going, I didn't know what was inside of me, I didn't know that I was a magnet to the kids. All of sudden I find myself playing with 10 people, with different backgrounds, different cultures", Omar says referring to young people who gather at a community park. "As much as I like basketball, I started praying, 'I'm not here for m...

Guest: Bobby Cox | Julian Gibb interviews Bobby Cox of GoTen. Bobby Cox says, "Really, the nations were coming to us", refugees from Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq or Syria.  "Refugees are coming so that they can learn English, but they also want an American friend. It's in that class that the relationship begins. It is a meeting place where the average Joe-Christian to meet a Muslim; where a fri...

Guest: Ben Sanders | Julian Gibb interviews Ben Sanders of C3 Tempe.  Ben Sanders and his wife, Sarah, are Directors of the Campus Christian Center (C3) at Arizona State University. Ben says, "We want to be very visible...We're all about the desire to see students not only get educated but to grow and mature in all aspects of their life."  Ben says, "We don't have our own student ministr...

Guest: Bonnie Mock | Bob Moffitt interviews Bonnie Mock of Fellowship of Companies for Christ International (FCCI) https://www.fcci-site.com/.  Bonnie shares, "Whatever degree it is that God is calling you to minister, you're a minister to where you are in this moment." Bonnie says, "Nothing compares to that quiet time with the Lord where you are just still before Him, and His Word is alive,...

Guest: Zach Cann | Bob Moffitt interviews Zach Cann of Finisterre Vision. Zach says, "I don't save people; I'm a witness and the Lord saves people if He pleases. My prayer is that the Lord would save many in our village. It's just a natural process... after they hear that Jesus has saved them, that He is their hope, there is this immediate, "What do I do now? How do I live now? What about my marri...

Guest: Leisa McDonald | Julian Gibbs interviews Leisa McDonald of Matthew House. Leisa McDonald shares how God provided information and opportunity, step by step, following God's leading, to reach refugees who have landed here locally.  "We are working with the Afghan community as well as other families that we've been supporting prior to that, we do language programs for adults and tutoring...

Guest: Deann Alford | Julian Gibb interviews Deann Alford.  Deann Alford shares experiences from her book "Victorious: The Impossible Path to Peace" with stories that took place in Colombia, and the victory that teaching the Bible has had.  "Colombia has been a quagmire even before the Spaniards; their history was warfare, murder, violence, and revenge."  What can stop this spiral o...