All In! Living the Mission of God

Hey everybody! This week we have Ted Vail on the podcast. He is the assistant director of Foursquare Missions International and the area Missionary for North America. He is also the pastor of a local church in Colorado and helps with Urban and Multicultural Ministry. Ted has been on the podcast before; if you missed that episode you can find the show notes here and catch up. Today, we're talking about some of the obstacles and challenges that arise while presenting the Gospel, and how they can actually be great opportunities for us. This episode is one I believe you will listen to several times and take away something new each time. Enjoy!

Recommended Resources:

• Speaking of Jesus: The Art of Non-Evangelism by Carl Medearis
• Theirs Is the Kingdom: Celebrating the Gospel in Urban America by Robert D. Lupton
• Many Colors: Cultural Intelligence for a Changing Church by Soong-Chan Rah
• Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times by Soong-Chan Rah
• The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Cultural Captivity by Soong-Chan Rah

If you're enjoying this podcast, spread the word by sharing it with your friends and leaving a review on iTunes. I encourage you to send me your feedback or suggestions for an interview. Help me help you. You can email me at [email protected], or direct message me on Facebook. You can also submit any feedback or questions here. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes or Stitcher so you don't miss an episode.

As always, you can connect with me on Facebook or Twitter. It's your life, now go live it!

I am among the more than two dozen missionaries supported by the Foursquare Missions International Global Missions Fund. To support our global missions efforts, visit The Global Missions Fund.

Post may contain affiliate links. All proceeds are used to support the missions work. Thanks for listening!

Hey everybody! This week I'm interviewing Church Health Coach and Assistant District Supervisor of the Hawaii District, Kiha Pimental. We chat about Hawaii, self-care and the importance of boundaries as a Church leader. I hope you enjoy!

Recommend Resources:

• Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii by Samuel Kamaku
• Perpetuated in Righteousness: The Journey of the Hawaiian People From Eden (Kalana i Hauola) to the Present Time by Daniel Kikawa
• Hawaii by James Mitchener
• Henri Nouwen
• Leading on Empty by Wayne Cordero
• Matthew the Poor
• Cloud- Townsend Resources
• Mindsets by Carol Dweck
• Bob Goth

If you want to get in touch with Kiha email him at [email protected] or find him on Facebook.

If you're enjoying this podcast, spread the word by sharing it with your friends and leaving a review on iTunes. I encourage you to send me your feedback or suggestions for an interview. Help me help you. You can email me at [email protected], or direct message me on Facebook. You can also submit any feedback or questions here. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes or Stitcher so you don't miss an episode.

As always, you can connect with me on Facebook or Twitter. It's your life, now go live it!

I am among the more than two dozen missionaries supported by the Foursquare Missions International Global Missions Fund. To support our global missions efforts, visit The Global Missions Fund.

Post may contain affiliate links. All proceeds are used to support the missions work. Thanks for listening!

Hey everybody! This week, I have the great privilege of interviewing my good friends Steve and Kim Cecil. They are currently serving as full-time missionaries in St. Petersburg, Russia. They just recently planted a church with a team of 20 people that moved from Chelyabinsk to St. Petersburg. God has done an amazing work in Steve and Kim's hearts and I'm excited for you to hear from them.

If you would like to get in contact with Steve and Kim, you can contact them on Facebook.

If you're enjoying this podcast, spread the word by sharing it with your friends and leaving a review on iTunes. I encourage you to send me your feedback or suggestions for an interview. Help me help you. You can email me at [email protected], or direct message me on Facebook. You can also submit any feedback or questions here. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes or Stitcher so you don't miss an episode.

As always, you can connect with me on Facebook or Twitter. It's your life, now go live it!

I am among the more than two dozen missionaries supported by the Foursquare Missions International Global Missions Fund. To support our global missions efforts, visit The Global Missions Fund.

Post may contain affiliate links. All proceeds are used to support the missions work. Thanks for listening!

Hey everybody! This week, I have the great pleasure of interviewing my dear friend, Jonathan Hall. Jonathan was a missionary to Brazil and the former director of Foursquare Missions International. Today I want to explore some ways that we can be engaged and expand the mission of God outside of the traditional confines of mission and church planting. Is there such thing as Business as Mission?

Recommend Resources:

• BAM Think Tanks
• Kingdom Calling by Amy Sherman

If you want to connect with Jonathan you can email him: [email protected].

If you're enjoying this podcast, spread the word by sharing it with your friends and leaving a review on iTunes. I encourage you to send me your feedback or suggestions for an interview. Help me help you. You can email me at [email protected], or direct message me on Facebook. You can also submit any feedback or questions here. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes or Stitcher so you don't miss an episode.

As always, you can connect with me on Facebook or Twitter. It's your life, now go live it!

I am among the more than two dozen missionaries supported by the Foursquare Missions International Global Missions Fund. To support our global missions efforts, visit The Global Missions Fund.

Post may contain affiliate links. All proceeds are used to support the missions work. Thanks for listening!

Hey everybody! Back in episode 35, I started an experiment with a couple that had not yet gone public with the news they would be moving to the UK to become missionaries. I have interviewed them several times, at different stages in this process. Episode 36 was just after they announced to their church, and episode 42 was an interview I did with Sarah's parents about how they handled the news. Today, we're getting an update from the road. Jonathan and Sarah have sold everything they own, and are now living out of a van. They are traveling all over the states, building relationships and gaining partners as they prepare to deploy to the UK.

If you want to connect with Jonathan and Sarah and keep up with them on this journey, sign up for their Newsletter.

If you're enjoying this podcast, spread the word by sharing it with your friends and leaving a review on iTunes. I encourage you to send me your feedback or suggestions for an interview. Help me help you. You can email me at [email protected], or direct message me on Facebook. You can also submit any feedback or questions here. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes or Stitcher so you don't miss an episode.

As always, you can connect with me on Facebook or Twitter. It's your life, now go live it!

I am among the more than two dozen missionaries supported by the Foursquare Missions International Global Missions Fund. To support our global missions efforts, visit The Global Missions Fund.

Post may contain affiliate links. All proceeds are used to support the missions work. Thanks for listening!

Hey everybody! This week, I'm giving you 5 ways your church can be relevant to global missions regardless of size or location. God has issued to you and to me, the commandment to put our hand to the plow and to not look back. Missionary work is not the job of the missionary, it is the job of the local church. If you do these 5 things, you will be amazed at what God does in you, in your local church and through you to transform nations.

If you're enjoying this podcast, spread the word by sharing it with your friends and leaving a review on iTunes. I encourage you to send me your feedback or suggestions for an interview. Help me help you. You can email me at [email protected], or direct message me on Facebook. You can also submit any feedback or questions here. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes or Stitcher so you don't miss an episode.

As always, you can connect with me on Facebook or Twitter. It's your life, now go live it!

I am among the more than two dozen missionaries supported by the Foursquare Missions International Global Missions Fund.

To support the Global Missions Fund, click here.

To support our work directly, click here.

Post may contain affiliate links. All proceeds are used to support the missions work. Thanks for listening!

Hey everybody! This week's episode was inspired by an article I wrote a while back. Here are 7 easy steps to having a miserable life.

If you're enjoying this podcast, spread the word by sharing it with your friends and leaving a review on iTunes. I encourage you to send me your feedback or suggestions for an interview. Help me help you. You can email me at [email protected], or direct message me on Facebook. You can also submit any feedback or questions here. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes or Stitcher so you don't miss an episode.

As always, you can connect with me on Facebook or Twitter. It's your life, now go live it!

I am among the more than two dozen missionaries supported by the Foursquare Missions International Global Missions Fund.

To support the Global Missions Fund, click here.

To support our work directly, click here.

Post may contain affiliate links. All proceeds are used to support the missions work. Thanks for listening!

Hey everybody! I've been thinking about a radical question lately, what if God is really just like Jesus?

A few years ago I started going through a transformation in my thinking about the nature of God; who he is and the message we proclaim. I've been wrestling with some things lately that make me uncomfortable, sometimes the God that I have preached or have heard preached sounds more like Isis then it does Jesus. There is a deep well of theology both historically and present theory that is unpacking how God is far more gracious and far more loving than we could ever imagine. Back in the middle of December I was doing a search on Amazon along these lines, and I found a book by an author I had read before. The book is called "A More Christlike God, A More Beautiful Gospel." I read it within a couple of days, and absolutely loved the book. I reached out to the author asking if he would be willing to come on the podcast. So this week I'm interviewing Dr. Bradley Jersak. I encourage you to check out his sermon on YouTube for an abbreviated version of the book if you'd like to get up to speed on what we're talking about.

Reccomened Resources:

• The Gospel in Chairs by Brad Jersak
• Beauty Will Save the World by Brian Zahnd
• Archbishop Lazar Puhalo
• Robert Webber
• Vladimir Lossky
• Orthodox Prayer Life by Matthew the Poor

You can connect with Brad on Facebook or Twitter, or at his blog.

If you're enjoying this podcast, spread the word by sharing it with your friends and leaving a review on iTunes. I encourage you to send me your feedback or suggestions for an interview. Help me help you. You can email me at [email protected], or direct message me on Facebook. You can also submit any feedback or questions here. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes or Stitcher so you don't miss an episode.

As always, you can connect with me on Facebook or Twitter. It's your life, now go live it!

I am among the more than two dozen missionaries supported by the Foursquare Missions International Global Missions Fund.

To support the Global Missions Fund, click here.

To support our work directly, click here.

Post may contain affiliate links. All proceeds are used to support the missions work. Thanks for listening!

Hey everybody! Today is the first recording of 2016! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Years. At the beginning of every year, Debbie and I take a getaway. Part of this time is setting my goals for the year. While I've been doing this preparation and planning for my year, and thinking about the podcast, it intersected quite well with what was on my heart as I was praying. I wanted to talk about the necessity of growing in your daily prayer life. We have as a tagline for this podcast "helping you fulfill the Mission of God in your life and around the world." If we really want to engage and begin to fulfill that mission, we really need to tap into the power of prayer. So I wanted to walk you through what I've discovered in the past 30 year pursuit of developing a prayer life.

Recommend Resources:

• 5 Days to Your Best Year Ever by Michael Hyatt
• "Every Praise" by Hezekiah Walker
• Book of Common Prayer: Daily Office Reading App
• Moleskin Journal
• My Upmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers

If you're enjoying this podcast, spread the word by sharing it with your friends and leaving a review on iTunes. I encourage you to send me your feedback or suggestions for an interview. Help me help you. You can email me at [email protected], or direct message me on Facebook. You can also submit any feedback or questions here. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes or Stitcher so you don't miss an episode.

As always, you can connect with me on Facebook or Twitter. It's your life, now go live it!

I am among the more than two dozen missionaries supported by the Foursquare Missions International Global Missions Fund.

To support the Global Missions Fund, click here.

To support our work directly, click here.

Post may contain affiliate links. All proceeds are used to support the missions work. Thanks for listening!

Hey everybody! This week we are going to talk about how to thrive as a bi-vocational pastor. For the first 10 years of being a pastor, I was bi-vocational. I felt this need to overcome this obstacle, and become a "successful" full salaried pastor. When I look back to those times I was working and pastoring, it was some of my richest times of ministry. The average American church has less than 90 people in it, with 40% of pastors being bi-vocational. The reality is that being a bi-vocational pastor is normal and isn't something to be overcome.

When I reached out to both Dave Veach and Gabe Barreiro for someone to interview on the podcast, both recommend Brian and Jacqueline Jackson. They are a true testimony of thriving as a bi-vocational pastor. They are Pastors at Preach the Word Christian Center in the greater Seattle area. Brian and Jacqueline originally started Preach the Word Christian Center as an outreach ministry. It later became a church and they have been there ever since. Brian has worked full-time for King County Metro as a bus-operator for the past 7 years, and Jacqueline retired from working 25 years in the beauty industry. I hope you find this interview inspiring and encouraging!

If you want to reach out to Brian and Jacqueline, you may email them at: [email protected].

If you're enjoying this podcast, spread the word by sharing it with your friends and leaving a review on iTunes. I encourage you to send me your feedback or suggestions for an interview. Help me help you. You can email me at [email protected], or direct message me on Facebook. You can also submit any feedback or questions here. Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast in iTunes or Stitcher so you don't miss an episode.

As always, you can connect with me on Facebook or Twitter. It's your life, now go live it!

I am among the more than two dozen missionaries supported by the Foursquare Missions International Global Missions Fund.

To support the Global Missions Fund, click here.

To support our work directly, click here.

Post may contain affiliate links. All proceeds are used to support the missions work. Thanks for listening!