Jonathan Matthews is a missionary to Brazil where he has served with his wife and children for the past eighteen years. He told us about his work as a church planter and how the same Gospel approach he uses in Brazil could work here in the US.

0:00 - Introduction
1:11 - Who is Jonathan Mathews?
2:15 - Jonathan's upbringing in a missionary family
7:21 - Rejecting the victim mentality
11:45 - Realizing his call to ministry on a trip to Brazil
15:31 - Dealing with fear of the mission field
20:25 - How do you know what God has called you to?
23:47 - Jonathan’s time in Brazil
29:03 - Jonathan’s church-planting strategy
33:28 - Planting the gospel vs. planting a church
38:42 - First, we must be in the field.
47:02 - Do we have a story to share?
51:45 - Approaching Scripture as for obedience rather than just knowledge
59:45 - How to engage complacent Christians
1:06:19 - From a gathering of Christians to an organized church
1:14:47 - What does the future look like for Jonathan?
1:16:40 - Closing comments

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For more information on Jonathan's mission work:
https://converge.org/missions
https://www.thesoutherncone.org