Ministry At Scale

In episode 41 we speak with Adrian Reid, the founder of Victory Gardens of the Caribbean. Adrian is an entrepreneur at heart and has started several ministries. Adrian has long had a passion both for entrepreneurship and for the church. For a long time, he wondered if the two passions were compatible, or if he was alone in his calling. Listen as he shares how God has empowered him to use both to create new ministries and to encourage others like him.

Resources:

Ultimate Intention by Devern Fromke

Contact Adrian via his Victory Gardens Facebook page

In episode 40 we speak with Josh Wilson, who is a serial entrepreneur, the founder of Kingdom Syndicate, The Deal Scout Podcast, and many other ventures. Josh has a ton of experience in scaling businesses. Josh shares with us his journey of going from a roofer in his family business to an investor and all the highs and lows that brought him to where he is today.

Be sure to listen to the full episode to hear Josh share his story, including how to find your calling, how failure helps drive success, the 3 keys to scaling your ministry and so much more.

Resources:

Connect with Josh on LinkedIn

Kingdom Syndicate

The Deal Scout Podcast

Book: My Life in Scientific Advertising by Claude Hopkins

Register for the 2021 Digital Ministry Conference

In episode 39 we spoke with Eric Brown, author of the book Creatives Lead. The idea for this book came from his own personal experience as he shifted from a doer and implementer to a leadership role he realized how different those skill sets are. In his time in leadership positions, he became intentional about helping others grow and noticed that it is common for talented people who are used to doing the work struggle to make the transition to leaders. That generated a passion in Eric to build this framework.

Be sure to listen to the full episode to get all the insights Eric shares on leaderships, growing leaders, and more, and there's a special offer at the end!

Resources:

Creatives Lead by Eric Brown

Free excerpt of Creatives Lead

The Cure for Groups - TrueFace ministries

Two Roads - Robby Angle

Intersection by Milan Gunther

In episode 38 we speak with Dr. Jens Unger, the President of Impact Week, an organization that uses design thinking to build entrepreneurship opportunities within developing countries. 

Impact Week started in partnership between a Church in Germany and universities in Kenya. The professors in Kenya were looking for an opportunity for their students to gain employment after graduation even though there were not many opportunities readily available. Impact Week is run as a 7 day long design sprint, focused on solving local issues. The Universities provide areas of focus, then the students use the sprint to develop a working prototype of their solution to pitch by the end of the 7 day sprint.

Resources:

Impact Week

Ted Talk: Kids Can Teach Themselves

Free Book Chapter: Lessons learned from a virtual Design Thinking challenge in Nepal

In Episode 37 we speak with Gabe Handy, the Director of Digital Strategy at the Jesus Film Project. Gabe has worked with the Jesus Film Project for nearly 15 years. He started with a computer science degree and jumped into the workforce right out of college, but eventually, he felt a calling to give more than finances to God, but also use his technical skills and talents to grow the kingdom. 

When the iPhone came out he was challenged with the idea of what it would look like to get the Jesus Film on their phone. Which lead to the challenge of focusing on accessibility and distribution. Be sure to listen to the full episode to hear more about how Gabe and his team drive engagement and with scripture digitally.

Resources:

Jesus Film Project

Do You Ever Wonder Series

Joshua Project

Mobile Ministry Forum

Gospel for Enneagram

Contact Gabe

7 Day Personalization Challenge

In Episode 36 we speak with Tabitha Kapic, the Director of Innovation at the Chalmers Center. Tabitha, shares how she’s seen God’s guidance in her career path that seems to be a winding path, from a lab in Chicago, through Insurance in Florida and even working in an embassy in London, all the way to where she is now, focused on innovation and design thinking.

Working at the Chalmers center she gets to work with ministries and nonprofits to address the root causes of poverty.

Be sure to listen to the full episode, to hear Tabitha share about the design thinking model, taking it from human centered design to God centered design, how to handle failure and more.

Resources:

The Chalmers Center

• www.chalmers.org
• Becoming Whole: Why the Opposite of Poverty isn't the American Dream https://www.moodypublishers.com/becoming-whole/
• Rethink Poverty https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rethink-poverty/id1455134965
• Tabitha Kapic: [email protected]

Design Thinking Resources

• IDEO University: https://www.ideou.com
• Podcasts:
• WireFrame (by Adobe) - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wireframe/id1437677219
• Wireframe: Episode: "Good Design is Human" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wireframe/id1437677219?i=1000421408404
• 99% Invisible: Episode on Invisible Women https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/363-invisible-women/id394775318?i=1000519252488
• Cautionary Tales: Episode on Bowing, Jazz and the Unplayable Piano: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bowie-jazz-and-the-unplayable-piano/id1484511465?i=1000460268778

Other Podcasts:

Unlocking Us https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unlocking-us-with-bren%C3%A9-brown/id1494350511

In Episode 35 we speak with Tessie DeVore, the President of the Bible Media Group, an organization who provides Gospel content in nearly 1,000 languages worldwide through collaboration with over 170 ministries. Tessie shares with us how collaboration is critical among kingdom minded organizations, as well as some encouraging stories of how God is working through Bible Media Group to change lives around the world.

Be sure to listen to the full episode and subscribe so you don't miss a single story.

Links:

The Lumo Project

Change Your World

Holy Vulnerability

In episode 34 we spoke with Nathan Johnson, the Director of Online Marketing for Turning Point with David Jeremiah. Nathan grew up listening to David Jeremiah as a kid, and actually has the Joseph series on cassette tape, so his passion for the ministry runs deep personally. When he got to college age he decided to move out to San Diego, and started working in the warehouse are Turning Point Ministries, and over the years has moved into the marketing role he has now.

Listen to the full episode to hear all of Nathan's insights on social media, fundraising and micro sites. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast so you never miss an episode.

Resources:

Turning Point with David Jeremiah

Explicit Gospel by Matt Chandler

Digital Growth Strategy

In episode 33 we speak with Denise Godwin, President of International Media Ministries. Denise and her husband always thought missions would be part of their lives, but never expected to be missionaries full time. However, God’s plans sometimes differ from ours, and Denise and her husband were appointed missionaries, allowing her to take her experience in secular media to become the President of International Media Ministries. International Media Ministries got their start in 1979, with a group of forward thinking believers who wanted to leverage media to help nationals become evangelistic. As media has evolved, their mission has become to get Jesus on Every Screen.

Listen to the full episode to hear how Denise and the International Media Missions team accomplishes this vision, and be sure to subscribe so you don't miss an episode.

Links:

International Media Missions

Leading with a Limp by Dan Allender

In episode 32 we spoke with Shea Houdmann, the Founder and CEO of Got Questions Ministries. Got Questions is an apologetics ministry that has answered over 650,000 questions about the Bible since they started in the early 2000’s. It is one of the highest trafficked faith based websites.

Shea, graduated from Seminary with a degree in theology, but didn’t feel called to traditional ministry, so he and his wife spent time praying that God would give him a calling into ministry. He decided to start a website where people can ask any question they want about the Bible. They started this as a hobby they could do, while they were trying to figure out what their ministry was going to be. They found they were getting more and more questions and people were thanking them for answering the burning questions they had been wrestling with their whole lives. Since then GotQuestions.org has grown to the 3rd largest Christian Website, with over 12 million visitors per month.

Listen to the full episode to hear the whole story.

Links:

Got Questions Ministries

Fault Lines