070: How to do Short-Term Missions with Excellence – Part 3
Tory Ruark unpacks how comprehensive administration and qualified leadership are of high importance in a short-term mission initiative. This episode is filled with practical ideas and resources to help you with logistics, risk management, communications, and developing leaders for your short-term mission.
069: How to do Short-Term Missions with Excellence – Part 2
Randy Schmor outlines what it means for a short-term mission to be “mutually designed”. In the context of long-term relationship, an excellent short-term mission collaboratively plans each specific outreach for the benefit of all participants.
068: How to do Short-Term Missions with Excellence – Part 1
Brian Heerwagen begins our mini-series about short-term missions by describing how an excellent short-term mission is God-centered, and how trust and communication can lead to empowering parterships. Drawing from his many years of experience, Brian recounts inspiring examples of short-term missions done with excellence.
067: Sabbath Rest in Missions – Helping our Workers Avoid Burnout – Encore
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.
066: Understanding Our Sikh Friends and Neighbors
Pat Bhatti gives us an introduction to the teachings and practices of Sikhism, and offers advice to Christ-followers who want to reach out to their Sikh friends and neighbors.
065: Is Every Christian a Missionary?
Denny Spitters and Matthew Ellison help us re-discover what a missionary is. Pointing towards scripture, they challenge Christ-followers to develop a biblical understanding of missions.
064: What’s Happening in Missions Today?
Ted Esler of Missio Nexus gives us an overview of how the North American church is participating in missions. He highlights 3 major trends and gives advice to Christ-followers about how to respond.
063: How to Pray for the Nations – Operation World
Molly Wall of Operation World suggests some practical ways that Christ-followers can pray for the nations. She offers creative ideas for individuals, families, and churches to integrate prayer for the world into established routines.
062: How Your Church Can Identify New Mission Workers
Paul Seger shares some practical ideas about how local churches can identify and prepare new mission workers. Paul talks about how churches can build “farm teams”, and help potential mission workers develop the knowledge, character, and ministry skills needed in cross-cultural missions.
061: The Strategic Value of Networks in Global Missions
Eldon Porter describes how globalization and the growth of the Majority World church has brought about a new paradigm in global missions. Eldon helps us understand how God is raising up global networks, and shares a great online resource to help churches connect with these networks.
Resources: Top Picks
* resources are provided as recommendations only.
When Helping Hurts
Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert
Standards of Excellence in Short-Term Mission
Strangers Next Door
J.D. Payne
The Celtic Way of Evangelism
George G. III Hunter
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.