Global Missions Toolbox

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.

055: What’s the Role of the North American Church in Global Mission?

June 29, 2017|

Paul Borthwick helps us understand how the world is changing, and outlines some principles for how the North American church can partner with the Majority World church and continue to effectively participate in global mission.

054: The Impact of Short Term Missions on Pastors

June 15, 2017|

Mario Villanueva encourages pastors to consider participating in short term missions, discusses some of the benefits of short term missions, and suggests some practical ways to get started.

053: Following the Call When Your Family Isn’t On Board

May 30, 2017|

Tiffany Godbey discusses the barrier of family members who are struggling with international worker's decisions to pursue the call of missions and gives advice for both missionaries and their families for how to move forward as well as ideas for how the church and mission agencies can help families through this dynamic.

052: Unreached People Groups – The Faces

May 17, 2017|

David Joannes, founder of Within Reach Global, helps put flesh and faces on the many statistics we hear about unreached people groups - he helps us to see them not just as a statistic but as individuals made in the image of God.

051: Unreached People Groups – The Facts

May 2, 2017|

Duane Frasier from the Joshua Project helps us understand who we mean when we talk about unreached people groups, where they're located and how we can use the 'Unreached of the Day' to lift them up in prayer each day.

050: Land of the Rising Sun – Engaging the Japanese People

April 18, 2017|

Warren Janzen of SEND International talks to us about the many facets of mission work using his 15 years in Japan as a case study. Learn about the need for language study, barriers to the Gospel, the need in Japan and how God can use tragedies, such as the 2011 earthquake to open doors.

049: Sabbath Rest in Missions – Helping our Workers Avoid Burnout

April 4, 2017|

Mark Buchanan discusses Sabbath as a day and an attitude and why it is more important than we often make it. He delves into how Sabbath is key in missions and how we can give our missionaries permission to rest.