A show for Christ-followers who want to participate more effectively in God’s work both at home and to the ends of the earth.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ron Brown, member of the National Kairos Coordination team, shares with us about the Kairos course – what is it? Who should take Kairos? What is the impact that Kairos is having on the Canadian church? Listen and learn about how you can be a part of this growing movement to passionately follow Jesus and be salt and light in your neighbourhood.
Mark Crocker, Western Director for the STM Network, expresses the importance of skilled leaders and describes the program he has designed to put excellent tools into the hands of short term mission trip leaders to increase their effectiveness as leaders and their impact as a team.
We often think of missions being done overseas, but as God is bringing the nations to our doorsteps, we have the opportunity to engage in missions within our own neighbourhoods. Thich describes the activities and means he uses to engage his community to be salt and light within it.
Rick and Patti Love introduce us to LoveNewCanadians, a ministry that equips churches to welcome immigrants through offering English as a Second Language classes, settlement programming and contextually appropriate presentations of the Gospel.
Larry Sharp explains business as missions (BAM), how it can be used to impact the world for God’s glory and what qualifications are needed to be involved in business as mission. if you have been curious about BAM, tune into this episode to find out how you can get involved.
Don Johnson describes the 7 Standards of Excellence in Short Term Missions and gives practical examples of how churches can use these standards to improve their short term mission trips. From how to mutually design a trip to why thorough follow up is important, this episode will be helpful to anyone planning to lead or go on a short term mission trip.
