Joey Durmire talks with Jared Looney, looking back on his participation in the 4th Lausanne Congress.  7 months later, they discuss some of the key highlights that continue to resonate with ongoing missiological reflection.  #greatcommission #lausannesport #lausanne #globalmission #gospel #globalchurch

In this episode Dr. Jared Looney talks with Ben Cheek about ministry in post-Christendom. They explore the increase of mistrust in institutions, discipleship, and evangelism among post-religious communities.  

In Matthew 25, Jesus says to welcome the stranger is the equivalent of welcoming Jesus himself.  In this episode, Dr. Jared Looney and Joey Durmire share a discussion with Mission Catalysts, Dave Smith & Gabriel Brazle, about the Christian practice of welcoming the stranger, what it's taught them about discipleship, and the power of hospitality. 

This episode dives into a conversation with Joey Durmire, Global City Mission's Director of Mobilization, on the need & opportunity for mission among South Asians in Metro Atlanta. Joey has zero background in South Asian outreach, but he recognizes the need.  Addressing a mission gap in mission in North America, Joey shares what he's been learning and some of his reflections as he seeks to address a new arena of mission in his ministry as a mobilizer. 

Evangelism in local churches in the U.S. can be described as a crisis.  However, in this episode we speak with two church leaders that have experienced training in healthy conversational evangelism and have seen their churches experience the fruit that has resulted from equipping their members. Moving from presentation to conversation, has empowered an evangelistic impact within their churches.  

Join Joey and Chris as we talk to GCMI board member Aaron Born about what it looks like to plant house churches from within the context of an urban mega-church.

Check out the book BLESS that Aaron recommends during the podcast here. 

In this week's very special Christmas episode, Joey and GCMI Executive Director, Dr. Jared Looney discuss the incarnation and how that affects ministry, mission and the church. 

Joey and Chris talk about the 2022 International Conference On Mission (ICOM) and Why Cities Matter.

Join us as Chris and Joey unpack the previous episode on Cross-cultural Missional Inroads and continue the conversation about how to reach out missionaly in your community.

Join us as we look back to season one for another perspective on ethnography and reaching out cross-culturally in your city. This question of where and how to begin is one of the most asked questions we get.