223: Building Healthy Cross-Cultural Church Partnerships
John Yoder shares about how church leaders can help create healthy cross-cultural church partnerships. He highlights the significance of casting a compelling vision, building genuine relationships, and initiating manageable initiatives.
222: Essentials to a Meaningful Partnership between Church and Agency
Ryan Martin returns to the podcast to share four essential elements of healthy and effective collaboration between a church and a missions agency. Ryan emphasizes the importance of clear communication, understanding a church’s role and capacity, coordinating advocacy teams, and clarifying post-field expectations.
221: From Failed Expectations to Enduring Hope: A Journey in Missions
Peter Greer addresses the reality of disillusionment in missions work and provides insights about how mission workers and believers can sustain a lifetime of service for the Lord. Peter cautions about succumbing to cynicism, and encourages us to find enduring hope amid challenges.
220: Building the Churches’ Awareness of Missions
In this episode, Rich Noble, founder and director of the Center for Missional Engagement, shares with us ways for the Church to build awareness of Missions. With Rich, we go back to the basic but foundational ways, that members of a church of any size can utilize to start thinking about missions.
219: 5 Practical Ideas to Strengthen Your Global Missions Program
Marvin Newell, ambassador at Large of Mission Nexus, shares with us five practical ways for the church to strengthen its global Missions programs. Regardless of church size, or leadership type, there is something here for everyone to take away from!
218: Caring for Third Culture Kids
Lauren Wells, founder of TCK Training, talks to us about three ways to support and care for missionary children as they, along with their parents, experience the uncertainty of leaving their home culture behind and acclimating to a new field. Together, through this conversation, we see an opportunity for hope and care as we approach the topic of care in our missionary kids.
Rob Magwood
Podcast Host
Rob, also known to his friends as “Mags”, was raised near Edmonton, AB. He met Kathleen Hayes during his studies at Briercrest Bible College, and they were married in 1992. God has blessed the Magwoods with three fantastic kids.
Mags and Kathleen first served together on a short-term mission team to the Philippines. In 1996 they moved to Ukraine and Russia to participate in church planting, theological education, and agency administration. Mags has served as Canadian Director of SEND International since 2004.
Rob Magwood
Podcast Host
Rob, also known to his friends as “Mags”, was raised near Edmonton, AB. He met Kathleen Hayes during his studies at Briercrest Bible College, and they were married in 1992. God has blessed the Magwoods with three fantastic kids.
Mags and Kathleen first served together on a short-term mission team to the Philippines. In 1996 they moved to Ukraine and Russia to participate in church planting, theological education, and agency administration. Mags has served as Canadian Director of SEND International since 2004.