In this episode, Mitch and Emily discuss Short Term Missions, various models and land in a place that is hopefully encouraging!

Covered in this episode: Chapter 7, Doing Short-Term Missions Without Doing Long-term Harm

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We respectfully acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands and waters of Australia, and pay respects to elders past and present. We recognise their continuing connections to land, waters, and culture.

In this episode, Mitch and Emily discuss the strengths and challenges of engaging with a participatory approach to community development. 

Covered in this episode: Chapter 6 McDevelopment: Over 2.5 Billion People NOT Served

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We respectfully acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands and waters of Australia, and pay respects to elders past and present. We recognise their continuing connections to land, waters, and culture.

In this episode, Mitch and Emily discuss Asset Based Community Development and the powerful role it can play when working with communities of all sorts.

Covered in this episode: Chapter4, Not All Poverty is Created Equal

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We respectfully acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands and waters of Australia, and pay respects to elders past and present. We recognise their continuing connections to land, waters, and culture.

In this episode, Mitch and Emily discuss the Relief, Rehabilitation and Development model of "doing mission" and the freedom of seeing our ministries through such a lens empowering the church into not needing to be all things to all people.

Covered in this episode: Chapter4, Not All Poverty is Created Equal

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We respectfully acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands and waters of Australia, and pay respects to elders past and present. We recognise their continuing connections to land, waters, and culture.

In this episode, Mitch and Emily discuss some biblical frameworks for defining poverty. They also chat about how the systems and structures we are a part of influence our action or inaction when it comes to poverty alleviation.

Covered in this episode: Chapter 2, What's the Problem? & Chapter 3, Are We There Yet?

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We respectfully acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands and waters of Australia, and pay respects to elders past and present. We recognise their continuing connections to land, waters, and culture.

In this episode, Mitch and Emily talk about their personal responses to the question "why did Jesus come to earth?" and touch on how they think about their own involvement in mission.

Covered in this episode: Introduction & Chapter 1: Why did Jesus Come to Earth?

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We respectfully acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands and waters of Australia, and pay respects to elders past and present. We recognise their continuing connections to land, waters, and culture.

In this episode, Mitch and Emily talk about Bruno and the tension of living in the now but not yet of the Revelation of Jesus.

Covered in this episode: Chapter 8, Apocolypse Now: Last Things and the Things that Last.

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We respectfully acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands and waters of Australia, and pay respects to elders past and present. We recognise their continuing connections to land, waters, and culture.

In this episode, Mitch and Emily discuss their summer reading, the letters from Paul to the church in Philippi and Corinth and how we can apply these principles in making poverty personal in discipleship.

Covered in this episode: Chapter 7, Epistles: Letters from Jail and Other Tough Places of Discipleship.

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We respectfully acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands and waters of Australia and pay respects to elders past and present. We recognise their continuing connections to land, waters, and culture.

In this episode, Mitch and Emily discuss the role of the early church in addressing poverty and the role different faith traditions play in this process.

Covered in this episode: Chapter 6, The Early Church: Standing Against Poverty Together.

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We respectfully acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands and waters of Australia, and pay respects to elders past and present. We recognise their continuing connections to land, waters, and culture.

In this episode, Mitch and Emily wrestle with what it really means to make poverty personal in our globalised, consumeristic western culture.

Covered in this episode: Chapter 5, The Gospels and Messianic Transformation.

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We respectfully acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands and waters of Australia, and pay respects to elders past and present. We recognise their continuing connections to land, waters, and culture.