Great Commission Conversations

Bro. Mo, as we’ll call him for this interview, has ministered among the Jewish people in the land of Israel since 2015. He is a zealous and thoughtful Christian and in this first segment of a two-part interview we discuss the proper way to think about Jewish missions and striking the proper balance between the motive of covenantal blessing and faithfulness to the great commission. Bro. Mo’s perspective on this subject is insightful. But first he relates the story of his calling and preparation for mission work which included being discipled and trained under an American missionary on a different foreign field.

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Pastor Tim Ellis of Bethany Independent Baptist Church in Courtland, Mississippi lives, eats, and breathes missions. He loves to go, give, and help others do the same. In this interview, Bro. Ellis speaks about being a missions-minded pastor of a missions-minded church. 

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In follow-up to the interview with Chad Wells on serving God as a family, here's a conversation with his three sons, Trevor - age 23, Derrick - age 20, and Conner - age 19. 

This is the second part of a two-part interview with Missionary Chad Wells on serving in missions as a family. 

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Chad Wells is a second-generation missionary to the country of Papua New Guinea and his entire family has been deeply involved in the many ministries and outreaches that they've undertaken, including their Christian school, a printing ministry, a radio ministry, Religious Instruction classes in the local public school, preaching and teaching in local churches, and much more. Bro. Chad has experienced the trying experience of transitioning from a dependent with his family on the foreign field to and independent adult back in the states, and now he's navigating this same season of life with his own children. In this interview we discuss the role of the family in missionary service, the first installment in a two-part interview.

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In this week's episode I walk through the Lord's dealings with me about our family serving Him full-time in the country of Zimbabwe. 

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Our family is preparing to serve the Lord full-time in Zimbabwe, Africa. I wanted to take the opportunity to share how the Lord dealt with me about foreign missions service, but first I thought it might be helpful to interact somewhat with the concept of "a call to missions". In this episode I've tackled the subject expositionally and experientially to try to give some honest analysis of this sometimes ethereal and confusing concept of a missionary call. 

In the next episode, I'll relate more of our plans to serve the Lord in Africa. 

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On today's program we conclude our conversation with Missionary Phillip Gaddes concerning missions in Australia. This conversation includes a discussion of their church's public outreach to the nations that have flooded the city of Sydney and how Bro. Gaddes goes about dealing with such a religiously and ethnically diverse group of people. We close the conversation with Bro. Gaddes's vision for the future of the work. 

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From Smith County, Tennessee (pop. 20,000) to the sprawling metropolis of Sydney, Australia (pop. 5.3 million), our guest today, Missionary Phillip Gaddes, traces his call from rural Middle Tennessee to the cosmopolitan hub of Oceania where the Lord has allowed him to establish the Cornerstone Baptist Church of Sydney, largely through street preaching and letter boxing. In this first part of our two-part interview, Bro. Gaddes also describes some of the faithful saints that helped him along the way and some of the differences between stateside evangelism and door-to-door work in the suburbs of Sydney. 

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This is the second part of the interview with Bro. Stephen on the topic of marriage and missions. 

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