The Same Commission

In today's  episode of The Same Commission ,  Matt hew  meets Andy Bannister from Solas, as they consider what it means to reach our Muslim neighbours with the gospel. Andy  encourages us to  seize  prayerful  opportunities to  engage  with Muslim people and communities  living nearby .    with  Andy Bannister, Director, Solas   Andy Bannister is the Director of Solas and is an evangelist, speaker...

The Same Commission   Echoes International podcast   Season 5   Episode 9   BROUGHT TO BOLIVIA   with Helen , mission partner, Bolivia   "We know that it is in the deep trials in our lives that God does wonderful things. I said "Andrew, go ahead, I'm going to Bolivia, I'll go", and within two weeks, I was on the plane to Bolivia."   In the last episode of season five of The Same Commission , missi...

The Same Commission Echoes International podcast Season 5 Episode 8 IMPACT IN ITALY with Alec, mission partner, Italy "As soon as I got to Naples, it was the strangest thing, I just felt a call of the Lord upon my life to preach the gospel to these people and I just felt a real affinity with the people and a love for these people." From socialist revolutionary to a follower of Jesus, mission partn...

The Same Commission Echoes International podcast Season 5 Episode 7 TRAVELLING TO THAILAND with Adam, mission partner, Thailand "Working in the place that we do and working with the people that we do, we really need God's wisdom. Often ministries like this and the way that the politics works in Asia it can change overnight. With these changes that can come quite quickly, we need to ask God for wis...

with Dan, mission partner, South Asia " Here was an educated man, who knows something about the different religions of the world, who isn't solely stuck in his bubble, and yet in this unreached place, he had no idea of anything the Bible spoke to " Jim and Matt from The Same Commission met with Dan, who has recently started serving in mission in a country in South Asia. He describes the journey of...

with Liz, mission partner, cross-cultural mission in the UK "That's an important lesson that I'm learning, that I don't have to be perfect for God to use me, I just need to be available and his power is made perfect in my weakness." In this episode of The Same Commission, Liz shares with Echoes International directors Matthew Pitts and Jim Armstrong about how she got to where she is today, serving...

with Mike Packer, mission partner, France   "People are living a life but are lost and unless somebody tells them about the gospel, about Jesus, about his love for them, about his compassion and care for them that is why we've been put in this world, to go into all the world and make disciples." We're delighted to have Mike Packer in the Echoes International podcast studio today. As well as workin...

with Mia, mission partner, Middle East "Everything we needed, at the right time, He was providing it. When the tough times came, when we were struggling with things I'd remember that." Mission partner Mia (not her real name) joins Echoes International directors Matthew Pitts and Jim Armstrong, as she shares how she and her family arrived in the Middle East as mission partners. From unlikely family...

with Blair, mission partner, South East Asia "So sport if you like is the bridge, the bridge then enables us to make relationships. Once you have those relationships that are strong, we are very intentional about doing discipleship." Series 5 of The Same Commission podcast takes a new turn - each week of this season, we'll hear from a different guest sharing their story of how they ended up servin...

with Peter Turtle, mission partner, Moldova There are 28 villages without an evangelical church, so it equates to 0.4% of the population that are followers of Jesus In this episode, Peter shares his story of moving from Northern Ireland to Moldova and the reasons why he is serving there today. From his initial conversion, he takes us on the journey of being called to mission, shares of those who h...

" Bearing in mind that we're trying to reach the unreached, we're trying to reach those who are migrant, we're trying to reach into areas where there are vast cities, there's all sorts of priorities that align with some of the things that Lindsay brought out in his podcast " To finish Season 4, Jim and Matt take a look back at the purpose of The Same Commission , give some of their highlights of t...

with Lindsay Brown " We argue a lot over different Bible translations we have and we argue about the circumstances surrounding the second coming of the Lord Jesus, when most people haven't heard about His first coming and haven't read about it " In this final episode with Lindsay Brown on The Same Commission , we look at the role of Bible translation in mission, sharing the 'voice of God' through...

Season 4 Episode 4 A ROLE FOR ME : THE FUTURE OF MISSION with Lindsay Brown " It will enrich believers and enhance their sense of dignity - not only am I adopted into God's family but He has a role for me where He has placed me " Following on from the first episode with Lindsay Brown about threats to mission, Lindsay now moves on to the strategic opportunities for mission today and some potential...

Season 4 Episode 3 THREAT S TO 21 ST CENTURY MISSION with Lindsay Brown " The clear teaching of Scripture is that Jesus Christ is unique and He's not one way, He's the only way " Lindsay Brown joins Matt and Jim for three episodes, with an extended look at mission in the 21 st century. In this episode Lindsay explains about the 'golden age' of evangelism and the expansion of the church to the ends...

with Professor John Lennox " This is no innocent little thing that will sit on the periphery of our experience, it's going to influence almost everything and we need to get ready " In this The Same Commission conversation, Professor John Lennox – mathematician, author of 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the AI Revolution , and respected Christian apologist – explores the profound ethical and spir...

with Professor John Lennox " So you can say very modestly but truly that you do believe that there is a fixed point and you can witness to your faith in Christ " Professor John Lennox joins us for the first episode of Season 4 of The Same Commission to explore how we can share our Christian faith today 'without fear' in this unstable world. John Lennox engages with questions of faith and apologeti...

With Rachael Bee, mission partner, UK (cross-cultural) The Same Commission stays in the UK today, looking with mission partner Rachael Bee at how to 'Welcome the Stranger'. Jim and Matt explore with Rachael how to use the opportunities that God has given us to share the gospel with refugees and asylum-seekers in this country. Listen, as Rachael shares some practical ways in which fellowships can o...

with Jonathan Hanley, mission partner, France As someone who has spent his life reaching out to creative communities with the gospel, mission partner Jonathan Hanley reflects on the importance of creativity in today's episode of The Same Commission . Jim and Matt chat with Jonathan about the challenges facing people working in creative industries either receiving the gospel or, as believers, in li...

with Bethie Peltola, CEO, One Truth Project On The Same Commission today, Bethie tells us about her work with the One Truth Project, as they seek to share their faith with Muslim people and respond Biblically to questions about Islam. Jim and Matt chat with Bethie about her own personal experience of friendship with people from the Muslim community and she points us towards some helpful resources...

with Mark Davies, Regional Development Director, GLO Europe On today's The Same Commission, the podcast turns to the topic of prayer, and specifically how to pray for mission. Mark Davies, GLO, explores with Matt and Jim why prayer is so important in our relationship with God, what he appreciates about other people's prayers as he served in mission and how can we pray when things get difficult. Ma...

with Andrew Hart, CEO, PAK-7 Matt and Jim hear from Andrew Hart, of media organisation PAK-7, about the unreached people groups of the region in which he works. Andrew talks about the importance of media within mission, why it is vital for PAK-7 to use local believers' voices and talents in the making of new programmes, and whether they face opposition as they share the good news of God's love in...

with Ian Burness Friend of the podcast and former Echoes mission partner and director Ian Burness comes back to The Same Commission studio to talk all things medicine with Matt and Jim. He shares his expertise and experiences of medical mission to discuss the place of medical mission within overall mission. Together they discuss how medics can share their faith with patients, how medical mission h...

Martin Erwin joins The Same Commission podcast to explore with Matt and Jim what being 'gospel-driven' really means for us and for our fellowships. They chat about why it is so important, why we sometimes can lose our focus on the good news of the Lord Jesus and how we can ensure when we are starting a new ministry or outreach to be gospel-driven from the beginning. with Martin Erwin, CEO, Countie...

Eunice Jones rejoins The Same Commission podcast conversation in Season Three to reflect on what it is like being single as a mission partner. She shares the particular challenges and blessings that come along with being single, speaking from her experiences serving in a South Asian country. Matt and Jim look with Eunice at some of the cultural expectations that surround people who are not married...

The Same Commission podcast starts Season Three with a hard-hitting look at what mission looks like in the aftermath of war. Andy Mayo shares his experiences of mission in the Balkans after the Yugoslavia conflict in the 1990s. Pertinent to today's world, with over 110 armed conflicts [1] , we look at the challenges of working in areas affected by fighting, when to stay and when to go and how to b...