The Missionary Coach Show with Bill Hutchison

When I first joined staff in Youth With A Mission I committed to six-months. Near the end of that six-months I had enough and didn’t really want to come back after staffing my first Discipleship Training School. God however had other plans, which he revealed to me on the back of a bathroom door in […] The post Why I Didn’t Quit YWAM After the First 6-Months first appeared on Bill Hutch...

In picking the name for this podcast, The Accidental Missionary, I was trying to be a bit edgy and ironic, kind of like Jamie the Very Worst Missionary. The idea was to show that I felt like I got here by accident, even though it was always God’s plan for my life. Even though that […] The post What’s In a Name – Why The Accidental Missionary? first appeared on Bill Hutchison .

After over a month and a half of no Accidental Missionary Podcast episodes I figured it was time for an update about what we have been up to and the ministry that we’re involved in… Ministry wise I’ve been getting into a groove and starting to figure out a good routine for getting my YWAM […] The post Relaunching the YWAM News Podcast and an Update first appeared on Bill Hu...

After my last podcast, “Burnout in Ministry and Missions, What Happened to the YWAM Podcast?“, I was asked some follow up questions about my personal experience with burnout. I would love to hear, how was your process of realizing you were burnt out and how you came out of it. What kind of changes you […] The post Identifying Burnout, Recovering from Burnout and Refocusing on God...

After producing the YWAM Podcast for over 50 episodes and two years I abruptly stopped after our Christmas episode in December 2011. Unfortunately the reason I stopped the podcast was because I got burnt out … A good definition of how I felt was written up by my friend Samuel John in an article about […] The post Burnout in Ministry and Missions, What Happened to the YWAM Podcast? firs...

One of the things that I have previously written about on my web-site is the importance of us telling the story of what God is doing in our ministry and life. As full-time volunteer missionaries there is the additional need for us to maintain regular communication with our supporters and sponsors as they are invested […] The post Why Every Missionary Should Podcast – TAM 12 first appeared on...

In this episode of The Accidental Missionary Podcast I reflect on a book that I have been reading and challenged by called “Don’t Waste Your Life” by Dan Carlin. With this, and other things that have been occurring in my life, I feel that God has been confirming and reminding me about what God wants […] The post TAM 011 – Not for My Glory, but for Christ’s Glory first appea...

This episode of the Accidental Missionary Podcast was recorded sitting at the bottom of the steps to the sports oval at the Youth With A Mission Southlands – Adelaide location. I was waiting for the staff to return from their breakfast club and kid’s club ministry that they are engaged in every Thursday morning in […] The post TAM 010 – Recording from YWAM Adelaide Oval, Househun...

This episode of the Accidental Missionary Podcast is coming to you from the nation of Australia! We have been in Adelaide, Australia for a two and a half weeks now and are still trying to recover from travel shock. It seems a bit surreal to realise that life has changed so dramatically in the last […] The post TAM 009 – In Australia Making Bonehead Foreigner Mistakes and Visiting YWAM Adelai...

With less than a week to go until we make the move to Australia we are working hard to get everything done that we need to. This leads to some pretty crazy hours and things to do as I’m sure you can imagine. This week I confess something very “un-Canadian” in the first few minutes […] The post TAM 008 – I Confess Something Very Un-Canadian and Talk About God Giving us Desir...

As I record the seventh episode of the Accidental Missionary podcast things in our house would probably best be described as “nutty”! We have less than a week in our house before we move out and the house is in organised chaos as we work on selling what we need to, and working out what […] The post TAM 007 – Why The Accidental Missionary and a YWAM Group Writing Project first app...

Today in the sixth episode of the Accidental Missionary Podcast you the listener help me to fill out some paper work for my YWAM Adelaide staff applications form … Despite sitting down over a dozen times to try to write down my personal testimony of how I came to accept Jesus as my personal Lord […] The post 006 TAM – My Testimony of How I Came to Follow Jesus first appeared on Bill Hu...

This we I talk a bit more about why we are moving from Canada to Adelaide, Australia and I also give an update on how we are progressing with the move. I also talk about an article written by Mathew P. Gahm over at ExcelGodsWay.com. The article is called “Are you more like Noah or Moses?“, […] The post 005 TAM – Trusting God and the Need for Confirmation first appeared on Bill Hu...

Welcome to episode 3 of the Accidental Missionary Podcast, “Happy Canada Day!”. YWAM International Ministry Communication Tools Part of what I feel God has called me to do is to help other YWAM centres and ministries with their communications. This week I talk about using Media and Press Kits for ministries and how they help communicate […] The post 003 TAM – Happy Canada Day, Mi...

Thank you for downloading the second episode of The Accidental Missionary Podcast. This week I talk a bit about my band geekiness and former glory as a “second trumpet”. I also talk about the Youth With A Mission breed of YWAM Goats in Uganda that David Hamilton mentions in the latest teaching podcast that I […] The post 002 TAM – Innovation in Missions, Virtual Missionary Staff...

In this, the first episode of The Accidental Missionary Podcast, I share about what I hope to achieve with this new podcast. I also talk a bit about how I got to where I am now serving as a full time volunteer missionary with the YWAM International Communications Team. With this podcast my desire is to encourage […] The post 001 TAM – Why Am I Doing The Accidental Missionary Podcast first ap...

After spending the last two years working on the YWAM Podcast and producing 55 episodes I’m feeling in a bit of funk about it. Don’t get me wrong, I know that God has called me to be a missions communicator to tell others about what God is doing in Youth With A Mission around the world. I […] The post Podcast Burnout – Needing Renewed Vision first appeared on Bill Hutchison .