RAW Mission

In this episode Matt chats with special guest Tom Doyle, author of several excellent books: Dreams & Visions, Standing in the Fire and Killing Christians, to name a few.

He and his wife, Joann, served in many Middle Eastern countries and have written about the stories of those they have met along the way, particularly Muslims who have had dreams and visions of Jesus or have suffered for their faith.

Tom is now the President of Uncharted Ministries, who produce the excellent video series of Muslim Background Believer testimonies, called I Found the Truth.

In this episode you’ll hear stories of a martyrdom in Saudi Arabia, a miraculous deliverance from a firing squad, incredible bravery in Gaza and various dreams of Jesus. 

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This episode is the 3rd one that we have done recently with diaspora immigrants to the West (2nd or 3rd generation) who have gone overseas as church-planters. We’ve had a Nigerian Brit, a South Asian from the USA and now a Canadian of Chinese heritage. 

Dr. M describes 10 benefits/blessings of being Chinese and working among Muslims. He highlights some of the challenges of working and ministering in ‘shame & honour’ cultures. And he describes how important it is to understand that Muslims come from very different political, cultural and theological contexts.

If you would like to broaden your reading base, Dr. M recommends:
1) Watchman Nee The Normal Christian Life or Sit, Walk, Stand or The Spiritual Man

2) Wang Ming-Dao A Stone Made Smooth or A Call to the Church or Spiritual Food

3) works by Philip Teng, John Sung or Thomas Wang... the latter of these three will have more available in English than the others.

Also, to understand how to share the gospel in Honour-Shame contexts, check out The 3D Gospel by Jayson Georges and visit honorshame.com

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Dr. T grew up in the USA, but her family is from South Asia and she has several Hindu and Sikh relatives.

After becoming a medical doctor and practising in the States, she felt the Lord direct her to using her skills in the 'Muslim world'. A series of events led her to India, the land of her forefathers. 

She and Matt discuss Indian culture, medical mission and some of the challenges of 'returning' to a country where lots of your relations live!

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In this episode we meet Dr. Robert Sluka, once a missionary with Frontiers in the Maldive Islands, where his love for oceans, ocean people and marine biology all combined.

Bob and Matt discuss integral mission and how caring for the environment is very much part of our biblical mandate and God's heart for the poor.

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Visit A Rocha, the international family of Christian Conservation organisations.

Check out All Nations Christian College's advanced short course on Creation Care & Mission here.

For further reading, check out the book that Bob recommends here: Planetwise by Dave Bookless

For further resources, especially to do with microplastics - and how we can educate ourselves, change habits and protect God's world and ocean peoples, visit the A Rocha Plastics Toolbox page.

Lausanne Creation Care Network

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In this episode we hear the story of Nik Ripken.

Nik and Ruth spent over 30 years obeying Christ’s command to share Jesus across the globe. After 7 years in Malawi & South Africa, they moved to Nairobi, Kenya to begin work among the Somali people, in the context of war and famine.

Many Somali believers there suffered for their faith. Most were martyred. Near the end of the Ripken’s tenure among the Somalis, their 16-year-old son died.

One year later, the Holy Spirit led the Ripkens to begin a global pilgrimage to learn from believers in persecution how to recapture a biblical missiology of witness and house-church planting in the midst of persecution and martyrdom. Currently the Ripkens have interviewed over 600 believers in persecution, exceeding 72 countries. Sitting at their feet, the Ripkens learned from the suffering church how to thrive amidst suffering, not merely survive.

To learn more of their incredible story, or to purchase their books: The Insanity of God, The Insanity of Obedience & The Insanity of Sacrifice, visit
https://www.nikripken.com/

To watch the documentary about the persecuted church that they made, visit
https://www.insanityofgodmovie.com/

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In this episode Matt hears from Ola, a Nigerian-Brit who grew up in the UK. Expelled from school, he got caught up in the drug scene in London, before coming to Christ as a young man. He then became a rap artist, before sensing the Lord calling him to the nations.

Ola shares honestly about the difficulties of moving to the country of his parents and grandparents to do church planting, before spending many years in the Middle East. Malaria, threats of curses, debates with Imams all were challenges he had to face.

He also has a powerful word for the diaspora black churches in the West.

(Apologies for the sound quality in this episode. We've had to alter the voice somewhat to protect the identity of 'Ola' and there were some other technical issues during this interview!)

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In this episode Matt talks to Andy McCullough, a church leader and author in the UK who spent many years doing evangelism and church-planting in Turkey/Turkiye.  

He’ll be sharing about how a fellowship was started in Istanbul through a tattoo artist, his girlfriend and a series of remarkable dreams. 

Andy now works with an international network of churches called New Frontiers – not connected to our organisation, despite the similar sounding name!

For Andy's books on Amazon, click here.
His latest book comes out in July 2024.
It's called Made Flesh: John's Gospel, Mission and the Global Church

For some excellent authors from the Global South writing about God's Mission, do check out  Samuel Escobar, Rene Padilla, Yaw Perbi, Ajith Fernando, Chawkat Moucarry, Lami Bakari, Elizabeth Mburu - to name but a few!

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In this episode you'll hear the story of 'Badr' who describes himself as a fanatical Muslim in his teenage years.

Although from a Syrian family, he grew up in Yemen and came to faith when his father (hoping he'd become less fanatical) gave him a bible.

He shares the journey of how his family reacted, the difficulties of finding other believers to fellowship with and his current ministry to reach others from a Muslim background online.

For Arabic speakers, this is Badr's FB account for those interested in exploring the message of Jesus.

https://www.facebook.com/Ta3aloBeirut?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v

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In this episode we meet Andy Bannister, Director of Solas.

His ministry journey has included several years of engaging with Muslims at Speakers’ Corner in Hyde Park, doing a PhD in Quranic Studies, writing several books on Islam and evangelism, teaching and speaking in many churches in the UK and North America - and currently hosting two podcasts!

We’ll be hearing his story and some key tips on reaching Muslims from his books: “Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God?” and “How to talk about Jesus without looking like an idiot!”

To find out more about Andy and his work, do check out the following websites:

https://www.andybannister.net/dmacwtsg/

https://www.solas-cpc.org/

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In this episode we hear the story of Ruth Ripken.

Ruth and her husband, Nik, spent over 30 years obeying Christ’s command to share Jesus across the globe. After 7 years in Malawi & South Africa, they moved to Nairobi, Kenya to begin work among the Somali people, in the context of war and famine.

Many Somali believers there suffered for their faith. Most were martyred. Near the end of the Ripken’s tenure among the Somalis, their 16-year-old son died.

One year later, the Holy Spirit led the Ripkens to begin a global pilgrimage to learn from believers in persecution how to recapture a biblical missiology of witness and house-church planting in the midst of persecution and martyrdom. Currently the Ripkens have interviewed over 600 believers in persecution, exceeding 72 countries. Sitting at their feet, the Ripkens learned from the suffering church how to thrive amidst suffering, not merely survive.

To learn more of their incredible story, or to purchase their books: The Insanity of God, The Insanity of Obedience & The Insanity of Sacrifice, visit
https://www.nikripken.com/

To watch the documentary about the persecuted church that they made, visit
https://www.insanityofgodmovie.com/

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Do get in touch if you have any questions for Matt or for any of his guests.
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You can find out more about us by visiting www.frontiers.org.uk
Or, if you're outside the UK, visit www.frontiers.org
(then select from one of our national offices).

For social media in the UK:
Instagram: frontiers_uk

And do check out the free and outstanding 6 week video course for churches and small groups, called MomentumYes:
www.momentumyes.com (USA)
www.momentumyes.org.uk (UK)
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