Global Missions Toolbox

017: How to Help Without Hurting

January 12, 2016|

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.

016: Urbana15

December 17, 2015|

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!

015: Orality, Bible Translation and Its Impact

December 14, 2015|

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.

014: What is the Perspectives Course?

November 30, 2015|

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!

013: The Canadian Church and Global Poverty

November 16, 2015|

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.

012: How to Create a Mission Strategy

November 2, 2015|

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.

011: How Can We Support Missionary Kids?

October 20, 2015|

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.

010: How Can We Pray for Missions?

October 5, 2015|

Karen Bird, a theological student at Tyndale Seminary, shares with us why prayer is a discipline all Christ-followers need to pursue. She shares with us how we can be praying for missions as well as giving listeners practical tips and resources for practicing the discipline of prayer in our lives, so that God's restoration will come to His creation.

009: 6 Trends Affecting Missions (Part 2)

September 21, 2015|

JD Payne shares some current global trends, or pressure points, that impact how the church does missions. In Part 2 of this 2 part series, we learn about how the West is becoming a mission field, we learn about orality and how to proclaim the gospel to oral learners. We also learn about how urbanization is affecting how we have traditionally done missions. Finally, we learn about the pornification of society and how it is impacting the Church.

008: 6 Trends Affecting Missions (Part 1)

September 7, 2015|

JD Payne shares some current global trends, or pressure points, that impact how the church does missions. In Part 1 of this 2 part series, we learn who unreached people groups are and why they matter, and how migration is bringing the mission field to us. Learn how your church can harness these trends to further Kingdom work.