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Global Missions Podcast — 249 episodes

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251: 4 Key Responsibilities of a Missions Leadership Team with Ellen Livingood

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250: Developing Resilience in Future Mission Workers with Kyle Farran

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249: Good News from the Field: East Africa with Dave Coles

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248: When Mission Moves Your Kids Away – Ann Bowman

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247: The Church-Wide Calling of Member Care – Thomas and Hanni

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246: Welcoming Kids Into the Great Commission with Jaci Hutchcraft and Jayne Russel Olson

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245: The Calling and Care of Business as Mission Workers – Matt K

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244: The Sending Shepherd with Denny Spitters and Matthew Ellison

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243: Discovering Education as Mission – Howard Dueck

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242: The Case for Co-vocational Ministry – Brad Brisco

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241 : A Vision for Transformational Churches – Dr. Craig Ott

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240 : Mobilizing the Dreamer Generation – Billy McMahan

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239 : Practical and Professional Help from the Home Front

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238 : Loving the Pieces of Purple in Our Midst – Michèle Phoenix

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237 : You’ve Got a Guy: Intentional Partnership Between Churches and Agencies – John Darnell

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236: Getting to Know Our Team

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235: How Local Churches Can Care for Missionaries at Every Stage – Encore Episode

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234: Building a Church-Wide Vision for Short-Term Missions

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233: Preparing Short-Term Goers for Proclamation

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232: Developing Vision for Short Term Trips with Teens

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231 : The Heart of Short Term Missions for Long Term Impact – Clint Archer

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230: Finding Freedom and Realism for Measuring Success in Missions – Amy Young – Encore Episode

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229: Helping Missionaries Flourish and Remain on the Field – Encore Episode

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228: What is the Primary Motivation for Missions?– Encore Episode

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227: How to Conduct a Short-Term Mission Audit – Encore Episode

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226: Building Resilience for the Missionary Task – Encore Episode

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225: Ministering from the Heart

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224: How Missions Committees Can Work Well Together

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223: Building Healthy Cross-Cultural Church Partnerships

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222: Essentials to a Meaningful Partnership between Church and Agency

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221: From Failed Expectations to Enduring Hope: A Journey in Missions

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220: Building the Churches’ Awareness of Missions

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219: 5 Practical Ideas to Strengthen Your Global Missions Program

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218: Caring for Third Culture Kids

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217: Attracting new capacity for your Missions Committee

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216: Supporting Parents of Missionaries

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215: Supporting our mission workers during re-entry

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214: How Small Churches Can Make a Big Impact in Global Missions

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213: New Funding Models for Global Missions

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212: 7 Practical Ways Churches Can Care for Missionaries – Encore Episode

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211: The High Value of Prayer in Missions Mobilization – Encore Episode

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210: 4 Ways to Increase Your Missional Intelligence – Encore Episode

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209: Key Lessons the Church can Learn from Persecuted Believers – Encore Episode

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208: Strategies for Mobilizing Gen Z

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207: Developing Resilience as Goers and Senders

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206: Foundations for the Global Church

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205: The Value of Weakness in Missions

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204: Finding Your Part in God’s Story – Encore Episode

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203: How Local Churches Can Care for Missionaries at Every Stage

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202: Finding Freedom and Realism for Measuring Success in Missions

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201: 3 Essential Aspects of Missionary Preparation – Encore Episode

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200: Parenting with a Global Vision

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199: How to Conduct a Short-Term Mission Audit

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198: Why is Theological Education So Important for Missionaries?

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197: Building Resilience for the Missionary Task

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196: Reframing Our Role as Outsiders in Global Missions

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195: Honoring and Supporting Single Missionaries – Encore Episode

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194: Infusing All Vocations with Missional Purpose

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193: Unpacking Common Myths about Global Missions

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192: How to Talk to Missionaries

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191: Lessons from Chinese House Churches

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190: Sabbath Rest: A Gift for God’s Servants

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189: What Kind of Global Goer are You?

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188: What is the Primary Motivation for Missions?

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187: Helping Missionaries Flourish and Remain on the Field

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186: Developing a Biblical Theology of Risk – Encore Episode

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185: Missions Foundations: Spiritual Equipping for Fruitful Ministry – Encore Episode

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184: Business as Mission: A Powerful Strategy to Engage the Unreached – Encore Episode

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183: Creative Missions Events to Mobilize Your Church – Encore Episode

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182: Healthy Partnerships with Local Churches on the Mission Field

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181: Reaching the Deaf with the Gospel

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180: Advice for Cross-Cultural Workers to Navigate Transition

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179: Sending Churches and Partner Agencies: Finding a Great Match

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178: Caring for Parents of Missionaries

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177: Apostolic Imagination: Rethinking Missionary Engagement in Today’s World

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176: Rethinking Missions Mobilization

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175: Medical Missions: The Need for Healthcare Professionals in Global Missions

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174: Family-Based Care for Children in Need

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173: Key Lessons the Church Can Learn from Persecuted Believers

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172: 3 Questions the Church Must Answer About the Future of Missions – Encore Episode

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171: The Priority of Engaging Unreached People Groups

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170: The Crucial Role of Senders in the Great Commission

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169: The Innovation Crisis in Missions

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168: Addressing Personal Debt When Considering Missions

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167: 7 Practical Ways that Churches Can Care for Missionaries

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166: What Does the Bible Say About Missions?

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165: 3 Essential Aspects of Missionary Preparation

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164: Building a Healthy Marriage on the Missions Field

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163: Introducing the Global Missions Toolbox- Bonus Episode

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162: Tools to Help Strengthen Missions in Your Church

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161: The High Value of Prayer in Missions Mobilization

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160: Financial Models for Sending Missionaries

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159: Finding Your Part in God’s Story

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158: Trouble on the Way: Considering Persecution in Missions

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157: Honoring and Supporting Single Missionaries

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156: How Experienced Missionaries Can Help Mobilize New Missionaries

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155: Re-engaging Short-Term Missions After a Pandemic Pause

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154: Rediscovering a Clear, Biblical Vision for Global Missions

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153: Making Disciples of Jesus in Alaska and Northern Canada

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152: How is God at Work in Europe? – Encore Episode

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151: Resting in God’s Love: Soul Care for Mission Workers – Encore Episode

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150: Partnering with the Church in the Middle East

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149: 5 Missions Trips to Help Mobilize Your Church

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148: 4 Ways to Increase Your Missional Intelligence

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147: 3 Questions the Church Must Answer About the Future of Missions

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146: Using Digital Media to Reach and Disciple the Nations

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145: A 3-Step Model for Churches to Reach Out to Immigrants

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144: Exploring the Remarkable Growth of the Global Church

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143: Developing a Biblical Theology of Risk

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142: Caring for Cross-Cultural Workers Who’ve Returned Home During COVID-19

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141: 4 Ways Churches and Agencies Can Work Together to Prepare Missionaries for Ministry

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140: 5 Things Everyone Should Understand About Missionaries – Encore Episode

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139: Balancing Local and Global Mission Priorities – Encore Episode

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138: Making Disciples Through Our Vocations – Encore Episode

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137: 4 Ways Christ-followers Can Engage the Unreached – Encore Episode

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136: Missions Foundations: Spiritual Equipping for Fruitful Ministry

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135: Disability in Mission: Mobilizing People With Impairments to Make a Global Impact

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134: How COVID-19 is Impacting Global Missions

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133: Healthy Good-byes When Mission Workers Go to the Field

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132: Growing Our Understanding of Orality

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131: Creative Missions Events to Mobilize Your Church

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130: Business as Mission: A Powerful Strategy to Engage the Unreached

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129: 5 Best Practices for Healthy Global Missions Programs

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128: 5 Things Everyone Should Understand About Missionaries

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127: Caring for Missionary Kids When They Go to College

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126: Why, When and How to Visit Your Missionary

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125: 10 Key Ideas for Pastoral Leadership in Missions

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124: 4 Best Practices for Mission Committees

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123: How is God at Work in Europe?

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122: Practical Ways to Help Children Participate in Missions

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121: 3 Principles for Growing a Healthy Sending Church

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120: 4 Ways Christ-followers Can Engage the Unreached

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119: How Churches Can Become Globally Minded

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118: How You and Your Church Can Pray for Missionaries

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117: Caring for Third Culture Kids on Home Service

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116: Reaching International Students: A Strategic Opportunity

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115: Developing Global Influencers in the Local Church

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114: 3 Principles for Engaging Secular Youth Culture

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113: What is the Great Commission? – Encore Episode

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112: Returning Well: A Guide to Thriving After Serving Cross-Culturally – Encore Episode

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111: 3 Strategies for Engaging the Next Generation in Missions – Encore Episode

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110: 3 Trends in Global Missions – Encore Episode

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109: Making Disciples Through Our Vocations

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108: Helping to Finish the Task: Practical Ideas to Engage the Unreached with the Gospel

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107: How Sending Churches and Mission Agencies Can Work Well Together

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106: Engaging Your Church’s Untapped Missions Potential

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105: Resting in God’s Love: Soul Care for Mission Workers

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104: What is the Ibero-American Missions Sending Movement?

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103: Creating Care Groups for Mission Workers

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102: Creative Arts: A Powerful Tool to Engage Hearts and Minds

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101: Reaching our Hindu Friends and Neighbors

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100: Returning Well: A Guide to Thriving After Serving Cross-Culturally

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099: What is the Great Commission?

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098: The 4 Ingredients of a Healthy Sending Church

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097: How Is God at Work in Central Asia?

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096: How Pastors Can Share in Short-Term Missions

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095: How Local Churches Can Encourage Young People in Missions

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094: How Churches Can Build Healthy Relationships With Mission Workers – Part 2 of 2

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093: How Churches Can Build Healthy Relationships With Mission Workers – Part 1 of 2

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092: 3 Strategies for Engaging the Next Generation in Missions

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091: Balancing Local and Global Mission Priorities

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090: How Urbana 18 Can Help Your Local Church

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089: 3 Trends in Global Missions

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088: How to Choose a Mission Agency

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087: What is Success in Missions? – Encore Episode

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086: The Strategic Value of Networks in Global Missions – Encore Episode

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085: Evangelicals and Missions – Trends to Consider – Encore Episode

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084: What’s Happening in Missions Today? – Encore Episode

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083: How to Pray for the Nations – Operation World – Encore Episode

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082: Behind the Scenes of the Global Missions Podcast

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081: Before You Go: 5 Best Practices to Manage Risk in Short-Term Missions

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080: GOJOURNAL: Enhancing Discipleship In Short-term Missions

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079: Developing our Biblical Understanding of Poverty

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077: What is Success in Missions?

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076: Understanding our Buddhist Friends and Neighbors

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075: Wisdom, Courage, and Devotion – 3 Missions Principles from the Book of Daniel

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074: Exploring the Value of a Church Vision Trip

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073: How Life Coaching Can Help Mission Workers Thrive

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072: Honoring Your Parents When They Don’t Embrace Your Call to Missions

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071: How to do Short-Term Missions with Excellence – Part 4

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070: How to do Short-Term Missions with Excellence – Part 3

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069: How to do Short-Term Missions with Excellence – Part 2

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068: How to do Short-Term Missions with Excellence – Part 1

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067: Sabbath Rest in Missions – Helping our Workers Avoid Burnout – Encore

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066: Understanding Our Sikh Friends and Neighbors

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065: Is Every Christian a Missionary?

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064: What’s Happening in Missions Today?

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063: How to Pray for the Nations – Operation World

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062: How Your Church Can Identify New Mission Workers

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061: The Strategic Value of Networks in Global Missions

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060: Evangelicals and Missions – Trends to Consider

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059: Ministering to those from Honor-Shame Cultures – Encore Episode

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058: What is Contagious Disciple Making? – Encore Episode

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057: Well Sent – What is the Church’s Role in Sending Missionaries? – Encore Episode

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056: Social Media and Short Term Missions – Encore Episode

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055: What’s the Role of the North American Church in Global Mission?

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054: The Impact of Short Term Missions on Pastors

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053: Following the Call When Your Family Isn’t On Board

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052: Unreached People Groups – The Faces

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051: Unreached People Groups – The Facts

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050: Land of the Rising Sun – Engaging the Japanese People

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049: Sabbath Rest in Missions – Helping our Workers Avoid Burnout

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048: The Millennial Factor: Embracing the Potential of a New Generation – Part 2

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047: The Millennial Factor: Embracing the Potential of a New Generation – Part 1

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046: How-To Raise Support through Storytelling

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045: Caring for Missionary Families As They Engage in Transition

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044: How is God at Work in the Muslim World Today?

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043: Short Term Missions – Charity vs. Justice

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042: Ministering to those from Honor-Shame Cultures

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041: How Can the Church Respond to the Global Refugee Crisis?

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040: Well Sent – What is the Church’s Role in Sending Missionaries?

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039: Social Media and Short Term Missions

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038: Missions – A Pastor’s Perspective

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036: How Can the North American Church Engage in BAM?

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035: What is Diaspora Ministry?

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034: What is Contagious Disciple Making?

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033: Myths and Truths of Risk in Missions – Encore Episode

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032: What is the Perspectives Course? – Encore Episode

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031: Understanding the Basics of Business as Mission – Encore Episode

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030: How to Help Without Hurting – Encore Episode

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029: How Can I Know God’s Will for Me? – Encore Episode

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028: Social Media and Missions – A Starter Conversation

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027: How to Care for Returning Missionaries

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026: Why Church Plant?

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025: Reaching Our Muslim Friends and Neighbours

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024: Myths and Truths of Risk in Missions

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023: The Globalization of Missions: From Everywhere to Everywhere

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022: How to Debrief a Short Term Mission Team

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021: How to Build a Mission Committee

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020: Doing Cross Cultural Partnerships Well

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019: How Can I Know God’s Will for Me?

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018: Moving In

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017: How to Help Without Hurting

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016: Urbana15

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015: Orality, Bible Translation and Its Impact

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014: What is the Perspectives Course?

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013: The Canadian Church and Global Poverty

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012: How to Create a Mission Strategy

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011: How Can We Support Missionary Kids?

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010: How Can We Pray for Missions?

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009: 6 Trends Affecting Missions (Part 2)

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008: 6 Trends Affecting Missions (Part 1)

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007: What is the Kairos Course?

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006: Creating Leaders for Short Term Missions

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005: Relationship Building in Your Neighbourhood

246

004: Reaching our New Neighbours

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003: Understanding the Basics of Business as Mission

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002: Standards of Excellence for Short Term Missions

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001: Leading Short Term Missions Trips for Adults