Tyler sits down with longtime missionaries and retired Gateway faculty, Don and Anne Dent. The Dents served with the IMB for over 30 years and most recently at Gateway Seminary. In this episode, they reflect on their past experiences from working in the mission field to training up new missionaries. Listen to find out what advice they would give to their younger selves.

Creative Solutions Team Leaders, Deron and Mary Beth Meilstrup, are missionaries in Sub-Saharan Africa with the IMB, who joined Tyler to talk about their work. Digital media and internet engagement are growing methods of sharing the gospel which are increasingly useful in our era of modern technology and has yet to reach its full potential.

Pray for the Meilstrups, their work in digital engagement in Africa, and that people will respond to their content. If you would like to get involved, join their team, or donate, you can contact www.imb.org/give/project/africa-on-mission-team/ or email [email protected]

Cade and Jenny Wheeler are missionaries in Eastern Europe. They have an honest conversation with Tyler about the struggles they have faced and how they have seen God work through them to the people they are serving.

Learn more and get involved at sendrelief.org and imb.org

Alex Garcia, Global Strategist for Europe, grew up as a missionary in Brazil. Cross-cultural reality has always been part of his life. He feels called to share the Gospel with the lost and says there is a higher level of darkness and lostness in Europe than people realize.

To get involved in missionary work like Alex's, talk with your local leadership and check out places to serve at imb.org.
Learn more about P3000 at www.imb.org/missionary-explorer/

David Garrison, an alumni of Gateway Seminary, has worked with IMB as journeymen in Hong Kong, was director at the Foreign Missionary Board and director at Global Gates. David has always had a love for missions. He shares about seeing lostness at a young age and wanting to serve in a place with little gospel access.

For more info: globalgates.info/
Want to hear more about David's experiences? Listen to The Maverick Podcast! www.themaverickpodcast.com/

Tyler is joined by Terry Sharp, a retired IMB director who worked as a diaspora mobilizer. They discuss Terry's missionary work in Brazil and Spain and talk about the challenges of learning new languages as well as the importance of short-term missions, and the evolution of volunteer missions within the Southern Baptist community. 

Get engaged in your community! Visit imb.org, sendrelief.org, and dmcollective.org

Tyler is joined by Andy Pettigrew, Director of Next Gen Mobilization with the IMB. Andy talks about the pivotal role of God's grace in his life, highlighting his journey from childhood faith to mission work in Africa, discussing the challenges and joys of working with young people in a different cultural context. He emphasizes the importance of critical thinking and the local church in missions, reflecting on both successes and lessons learned from cultural mishaps. Andy invites listeners to engage with IMB's Next Gen initiatives, for opportunities with short-term and long-term mission work, challenging you to consider your own role in spreading the gospel.

This week, Tyler is joined by church planters in Iberia, Mark and Hannah Bustrum. They discuss the impacts of cultural shock & stress, how to lean into discomfort and be okay, and the need to be involved in community and in the local church.

Tyler sits down with Philip and Ashley Irwin, student strategists with Asia Pacific Rim for the IMB. The Irwins reflect on the challenges of missionary work such as always being flexible and navigating living in a foreign environment, as well as the joys of missionary work like how they are able to use their spiritual giftings in ways that complement their mission work.

Listeners can get involved in mission work in many ways! Through prayer, financial support, or participating in short-term trips! Check out imb.org/students to view what programs are currently being offered!

In this first episode of a special season, 10 Questions with 10 Missionaries, Tyler is joined by missionary Kristen Lowry, International Orphan Care Consultant with Send Relief. Kristen shares her journey into missionary work, she inherited an orphanage and discovered that many children in orphanages actually had living parents. This revelation led her to focus on reuniting families, rescuing children from the streets, and changing mindsets about orphan care. She shares the unexpected lesson that she continually learns – the realization that she is not a savior and the importance of living with open hands.

If you would like to connect with Kristen or support Send Relief's efforts through the Families and Children's Fund, you can email [email protected] or [email protected] or visit her website at www.shelteryetu.org