Mack and Ryan discuss how local churches consider strategic missions priorities with Robert Cline and Jeffrey Timmons.

What is the relation between God's Sovereignty and our role in Missions? Ryan and Mack talk to AJ Gibson about this important theological understanding and what the Bible teaches.

Resources Mentioned:

Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God by J.I. Packer
A Vision for Missions by Tom Wells
For the Sake of His Name by Dave Doran
An Inquiry into the Obligation of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens by William Carey

In this live episode from RTIM's Sending Church Summit, Ryan and Mack discuss the new volume, Prioritizing Missions in the Church, with its authors, Aaron Menikoff & Harshit Singh.

Resources Mentioned:
Prioritizing Missions in the Church by Aaron Menikoff and Harshit Singh

In this episode, Ryan, Mac, Matt, & Hunter discuss what aspiring missionaries and their local churches should consider when preparing for overseas ministry.

In this season opening of Missions Talk, Ryan and Mack talk with Jonathan Leeman about Church Centered Missions—highlighting how healthy local churches with a strong ecclesiology are vital for training missionaries, shaping strategy, and planting churches.

Learn more about Church Centered Missions here: https://www.churchcenteredmissions.org

In this episode of Missions Talk, Ryan, Mack, and TJ explore the marks of a healthy indigenous church, highlighting key practices like regular gatherings and faithful preaching, while addressing the challenges missionaries face in establishing churches that are both biblically sound and culturally rooted.

Ryan and Mack talk with Elliot Clark and Caleb Greggsen about the complexities of contextualization in missions—how to faithfully communicate the gospel across cultures with clarity, humility, and cultural sensitivity.

Resources Mentioned
Evangelism as Exiles by Elliot Clark
Mission Affirmed by Elliot Clark
The Culture Map by Erin Meyer

Ryan and Mack talk with Matt Tyler and Daniel Davison about missions work in Bangkok, the need for healthy churches, and gospel opportunities in Thailand.

Resources Mentioned

• Bangkok City Baptist Church 
• Systematic Theology, Vol. 1 by Stephen J. Wellum
• Great Commission Council (GCC) Articles

In this episode, Ryan & Mack speak with two missionaries serving in Uganda about ministry there and the state of the church in the country.

In this episode, Ryan Robertson and Mack Stiles speak with Scott Logsdon, pastor of Union Church in Istanbul about the importance of various elements of healthy gospel infrastructure for missions strategizing — including church planting, theological education, and pastoral training, amongst others.

Resources Mentioned

• The Joshua Project
• Book: Evangelism by J. Mack Stiles
• Resources on Worship by Bob Kauflin