Global Missions Toolbox

065: Is Every Christian a Missionary?

November 29, 2017|

Denny Spitters and Matthew Ellison help us re-discover what a missionary is. Pointing towards scripture, they challenge Christ-followers to develop a biblical understanding of missions.

064: What’s Happening in Missions Today?

November 7, 2017|

Ted Esler of Missio Nexus gives us an overview of how the North American church is participating in missions. He highlights 3 major trends and gives advice to Christ-followers about how to respond.

063: How to Pray for the Nations – Operation World

October 24, 2017|

Molly Wall of Operation World suggests some practical ways that Christ-followers can pray for the nations. She offers creative ideas for individuals, families, and churches to integrate prayer for the world into established routines.

062: How Your Church Can Identify New Mission Workers

October 16, 2017|

Paul Seger shares some practical ideas about how local churches can identify and prepare new mission workers. Paul talks about how churches can build "farm teams", and help potential mission workers develop the knowledge, character, and ministry skills needed in cross-cultural missions.

061: The Strategic Value of Networks in Global Missions

September 27, 2017|

Eldon Porter describes how globalization and the growth of the Majority World church has brought about a new paradigm in global missions. Eldon helps us understand how God is raising up global networks, and shares a great online resource to help churches connect with these networks.

060: Evangelicals and Missions – Trends to Consider

September 12, 2017|

Rick Hiemstra highlights the results of a recent study about how evangelicals engage with "mission" or "missions". Analyzing what pastors and church-goers had to say, Rick summarizes some of the trends revealed in the study, and suggests some ways that Christ-followers can respond.

059: Ministering to those from Honor-Shame Cultures – Encore Episode

September 7, 2017|

Jayson Georges shares with us from his experience of working in shame honor cultures and gives us insights and practical advice for how we can engage with our friends and neighbors from shame honor cultures and effectively share our faith and disciple them.

058: What is Contagious Disciple Making? – Encore Episode

September 1, 2017|

Paul Watson joins us to talk about his book Contagious Disciple Making and helps us understand how our approaches to evangelism can be raising barriers and how we can adapt to become more effective in making disciples as we seek to engage in the Great Commission.

057: Well Sent – What is the Church’s Role in Sending Missionaries? – Encore Episode

August 18, 2017|

Steve Beirn shares with us how and why churches should be active participants in identifying and preparing potential missionaries in our congregations and gives us tips on how we can better support both our missionaries and their work overseas.

056: Social Media and Short Term Missions – Encore Episode

July 18, 2017|

Shayna Winn talks to us about how she used social media to keep her church up-to-date on their summer short term missions teams and engage the congregation in prayer for the short term teams.