020: Doing Cross Cultural Partnerships Well

Mary Lederleitner speaks to us about navigating the complexities of cross cultural ministry partnerships. She shares with us the benefits of these partnerships, the common misunderstanding that can occur and gives some ideas and advice how to navigate the hurdles well.

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019: How Can I Know God’s Will for Me?

Dr. Rick Reed, President of Heritage College and Seminary, talks to us about God's will, how we can discern His directing for our lives, and how we can walk along others helping them to determine where God is calling them.

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018: Moving In

Nigel Paul, Founder of MoveIn, shares with us the impact of presence. In this episode we learn how ordinary Christians are moving into low-income, unreached, urban areas in cities in Canada and around the world. Here they are salt and light, reaching people in a creative and courageous way.

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017: How to Help Without Hurting

Brian Fikkert, co-author of bestselling book, When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor and Yourself, discusses with us how the church should define poverty and how it can address poverty in ways that bring dignity and help people understand that they are God's image bearers.

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016: Urbana15

Steve Colby, the Director of Missions for Intervarsity Canada, will be co-hosting Urbana15 December 27-31, 2015 in St. Louis, Missouri. Steve shares with us how Urbana is impacting the hearts of students and impacting missions. Tune in to learn a little bit about how Urbana started, what to expect this year, and how you can pray for those who will be attending!

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015: Orality, Bible Translation and Its Impact

Roy Eyre, President of Wycliffe Canada, talks about the greater impact that Bible translation has had on societies, how Wycliffe has adapted to reach oral societies and gives us a peek into the nuts and bolts of Bible translation.

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014: What is the Perspectives Course?

National Coordinator for Perspectives Canada, Wayne Matthews gives us an overview of the Perspectives course, how it is making an impact on the Canadian church and explains why you should consider signing up for a course near you!

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013: The Canadian Church and Global Poverty

Melissa Giles, Training Manager at Food for the Hungry Canada, shares about how Canadian churches can partner with communities in the Global South for mutual transformation and poverty alleviation. Melissa also tells us about Poverty Revolution Boot Camps, a great weekend course for Canadian churches to help us better understand our role in global poverty alleviation.

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012: How to Create a Mission Strategy

Ellen Livingood, founder and director of Catalyst Services, describes for us the importance of missions priorities and strategies in local churches, the basics of developing priorities and strategies and how to communicate them effectively to your congregation.

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011: How Can We Support Missionary Kids?

Paul Dyck, leader of the Canadian MK Network, shares with us the highlights of being an MK, the hurdles that MKs face and how Canadian churches can help MKs transition well when they return to Canada.

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