040: Well Sent – What is the Church’s Role in Sending Missionaries?
Steve Beirn shares with us how and why churches should be active participants in identifying and preparing potential missionaries in our congregations and gives us tips on how we can better support both our missionaries and their work overseas.
039: Social Media and Short Term Missions
Shayna Winn talks to us about how she used social media to keep her church up-to-date on their summer short term missions teams and engage the congregation in prayer for the short term teams.
038: Missions – A Pastor’s Perspective
Pastor Terry Young takes us back to the basics of why we do missions, how we see missions throughout the Bible and he shares with us some of his insights in promoting missions in the church from the perspective of a pastor.
036: How Can the North American Church Engage in BAM?
Peter Shaukat gives us practical ideas and steps for how business people and churches in North America can engage in business-as-mission, through going, through short term trips and through coaching and encouraging. Listen to learn how you might mobilize the business owners in your church to further BAM initiatives around the world.
035: What is Diaspora Ministry?
David S explains what diaspora ministry is and how churches in North America can engage in reaching unreached people in their own neighbourhoods for Christ. He also provides great resources for churches that want to take the next steps in reaching out to the diasporas near them.
034: What is Contagious Disciple Making?
Paul Watson joins us to talk about his book Contagious Disciple Making and helps us understand how our approaches to evangelism can be raising barriers and how we can adapt to become more effective in making disciples as we seek to engage in the Great Commission.
033: Myths and Truths of Risk in Missions – Encore Episode
Anna Hampton shares with us myths that the North American church believes about risk and helps us to better understand a Biblical view of risk and what God calls us to for the sake of the Gospel.
032: What is the Perspectives Course? – Encore Episode
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!
031: Understanding the Basics of Business as Mission – Encore Episode
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.
030: How to Help Without Hurting – Encore Episode
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.
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.