The Great Commission, the one from Matthew 28, is often as part of our vocabulary as John 3:16, but pastor David Sanders at Bethel Methodist Church in Dawsonville, GA had to reevaluate his ministry several years back when he realized that he had never really been a disciple. And since he hadn't really been a disciple, making disciples was even more difficult. Hear how a journey with a group called Narrow Gate from North Georgia has transformed his ministry, and the community through intentional discipleship. It is the long game, the thing that takes years of time and develiopment, but where he has seen so much growth personally, and in the lives of those in his community.

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To be a truly global church is not just aspirational, but a reality within the Global Methodist Church. Bishop John Pena Auta, raised in a small Nigerian village now travels the globe to serve 6 Annual Conference, with more potentially on the way. Hear how Bishop Auta experienced Christ for the first time, the call to ministry, the realities within the current Nigerian church, and what he was looking forward to most at his first full Annual Conference in the United States! It was such a blessing to sit down with Bishop Auta for this week's episode just before North Georgia Global Methodist Church's 2025 Annual Conference. To hear more of the Global Methodist Voices: Stories from North Georgia, be sure to follow the podcast!

Annual Conference 2025 was an incredible time of worship, holy conferencing, and connection for Clergy and Laity alike. Hear from a wide variety of folks from across the conference as we went to the streets of Annual Conference at First Methodist Church of Greensboro - Lake Oconee Campus. Our audio is not as great this time, but the excitement, joy, and love that flows should be apparent that this was a blessed gathering. We want to extend a huge thank you to the host church of First Methodist Church of Greensboro, the Annual Conference Committee, and the town of Greensboro for being incredible hosts of this event! It was worship over business, and business as worship!

Essential to the life of Jesus, and now the life of believers is prayer. Communion with God through intentional time with God is critical to a relationship with God. It is also a way that has united the North Georgia Prayer Committee, led by Rev. John Moore and joined by Bethany Ross. Hear about the passion of prayer in the formation of the North Georgia Conference, the excitement to join in prayer with others around the globe, and so much more. To submit a prayer request, head over to https://ngagmc.org/prayer/!

"The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” - Matthew 9:37b-38 Well, Jeff Jernigan read that and took it seriously in 2010 when there was an opportunity to go and see what God was doing, and how there could be a holistic view of the Gospel that could be shared in one of the fastest growing, harvest-ready areas in the world. Persecution is always present. The economy is not great. Infrastructure is still way behind. And yet God is showing up in new and powerful ways all the time in the GMC Conferences in Nigeria!

To give, head over to https://ngagmc.org/give/ and take a look at the options to give to the work in Nigeria! If you want to go, reach out on the Missions page on the conference website. But definitely pray for the people and the work happening in Nigeria.

Could the next Great Awakening be happening? Well, there are 2 passionate College Campus Pastors who are seeing the transformed lives of students on college campuses here in North Georgia! Nathan Dickens at the University of North Georgia in Dahlonega and Tate Welling at Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville are seeing an awakening through Awakening Campus Ministries! This pan-Wesleyan campus ministry is focused on discipleship, community, and scriptural holiness on college campuses as students walk through some of the hardest and most pressing choices that they have made up to this point in their lives. Hear how they tackle the challenges that arise on the campuses and how they get to walk through the college journey with students!

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Worship Over Business! Prayer before everything! A Holy Spirit discerned location! North Georgia Global Methodist Church Annual Conference 2025 is set to be incredible with a focus on the local church, worship, development, connection, and so much more, thanks to Annual Conference Chair Tina Kirkland! Take a listen and let us know what you are looking forward to at this year's Annual Conference? Who would have thought that there could be a "business meeting" that you actually wanted to invite others to be a part of?!? If you haven't already, register at https://ngagmc.org/!!Be sure to subscribe and hit the notifications for new episodes of the Podcast Each Week!

Global Methodist Voices: Stories from North Georgia is a NEW THING and exciting in this season! We believe that God is at work in the life of the Global Methodist Church in North Georgia and to the ends of the Earth! Hear from our Conference Superintendent, Rev. Andy Postell as he shares some vision for this Podcast, some hopes and expectations for Annual and General Conference gatherings, and hopes and prayers for the Annual Conference in this season!How are you seeing God at work in this season? Is God doing something new in your life, or in the life of your church? Leave us a comment and let us know!!