Strike the Match with J. D. Payne

Craig Ott is my guest on this episode of Strike the Match. Craig is a professor of Mission and Intercultural Studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

We talk about ecclesiology and missiology as we focus on Craig’s book The Church on Mission: A Biblical Vision for Transformation among All People. The Church is central to God’s work in the world. The Church is not an afterthought. The Church is not just some pragmatic tool God uses in the world. The Church is the Bride of Christ!

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Gene Daniels and Warrick Farah are my guests on this episode of the podcast. Many of us are familiar with the Five Pillars of Islam and the faith’s generalities learned in our comparative religion classes. However, our world is comprised of a Muslim mosaic not a monolithic Islam. My guests and I talk about understanding this reality as we engage the Muslim world with the gospel.

Daniels and Farah are the editors of Margins of Islam: Ministry in Diverse Muslim Contexts. This excellent book takes readers on a global journey revealing multiple expressions of the Islamic faith. Their work–and our discussion–challenges us to know our contexts and allow such insight to shape contextualized strategies and methods.

Gene Daniels may be reached through: MissionBooks.org.

Warrick Farah writes at Circumpolar found at MuslimMinistry.Blogspot.com

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The first Sunday in November marks the Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. On this special episode of Strike the Match, Dr. Gregory Cochran is my guest. Greg is a professor of theology at California Baptist University and author of Christians in the Crosshairs: Persecution in the Bible and around the World.

We discuss what the Bible says about persecution, the top countries were persecution occurs, and three reasons why the West should be concerned about persecution.

For more information on the Church in persecution, see the following links:

Voice of the Martyrs

Open Doors along with the Global Watchlist

Nik Ripken Ministries

My conversation with Nik Ripken on Strike the Match

You may find Greg at GregoryCCochran.com, @doccochran, and on Facebook HERE.

Christians in the Crosshairs may be purchased HERE.

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The gospel has often advanced on the wings of Kingdom innovation. While the Church is not in the business of getting a better product to market faster than the competitor down-the-street, Spirit-led innovation is a divine blessing and necessity in a radically changing world.

Jon Hirst, Director of Program Innovation at SIL International, is my guest on this episode of Strike the Match. What is Kingdom innovation? How should the Kingdom citizen think about innovation? What are some characteristics of innovative leaders? These are a few questions we attempt to answer in this episode.

Here are the links to the resources we mention in the episode:

6 Videos on Innovation and Mission found at KingdomInnovation.Info

GenerousMind.com

TheFutureShapers.com

InnovationInMission.com

Jon may be found @JonHirstTalks and on his author’s page at Amazon HERE.

My guest in this episode is Nik Ripken, missionary, author, and founder of Nik Ripken Ministries. Ripken is one of the world’s leading experts on the topic of Christian persecution and missions. His travels have taken him to 72 countries where he has interviewed over 600 believers living in persecution.

His writings include The Insanity of God, which was made into a movie, The Insanity of Obedience, and his most recent book The Insanity of Sacrifice.

During our conversation, Ripken shares about his latest book and a few of the most important things he has learned from his travels, research, and ministry related to Christians in persecution. You may find him on-line at NikRipken.com and @NikRipken.

Conversations about sexual immorality and pornography are often challenging to have within the Church’s fellowship. My guest in this episode is Dr. David Parks, Director of the Global Center at Beeson Divinity School. We address the impact of the pornification of societies on the Church and Her mission.

Why is this a missiological matter? Why are there few conversations regarding this topic? Is the pornification of societies truly a global issue? If so, how are Majority World Church leaders addressing this matter? How do honor-shame cultures respond to this reality? These are some of the questions we discuss in this episode.

HERE is the link to the conversation Dr. Parks had with Traylor Lovvorn addressing mission in the midst of a global pornography epidemic.

You may find Dr. Parks on Twitter @david_parks4.

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Winfield Bevins is my guest on this episode of Strike the Match. Dr. Bevins is Director of the Asbury Seminary Church Planting Initiative.

We discuss his latest book Marks of a Movement: What the Church Today can Learn from the Wesleyan Revival.

You may find Dr. Bevins on-line at winfieldbevins.com, @winfieldbevins, Facebook, and Instagram. The book has a resource website too: MarksofaMovement.com.

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Season 5 has finally arrived! It is going to be a great one concerning missions, innovation, and Kingdom leadership!

What have I been doing since Season 4? Here you go. Join me as I share about the stewardship of pilot initiatives, YouTube, mission and innovation, my next two books with Lexham Press and Baker Academic, Evangelical Missiological Society, and training students for the nations at Samford University. Wow! That’s a lot!

If you are returning to Strike the Match, then welcome back! If you are new here, welcome first-timer! Regardless, thank you very much for listening! I greatly appreciate it. Please subscribe and consider rating us.

It will be a great season!

Steve Addison is my guest in this final episode of season 4. Whether the conversation is about disciple making movements or church planting/multiplication movements, missionary conversations often revolve around the topic of movements. Steve is an expert on this topic. And we need to hear from him.

Steve is the author of three books on movements and leads MOVE, a mission agency focused on multiplying disciples and churches. He is also a podcast host.

In this episode, we talk about his forthcoming book The Rise and Fall of Movements: A Roadmap for Leaders. Why study movements? Why do movements eventually decline in growth rates? How can movements experience a rebirth and avoid decay?

You may find out more about Steve at movements.net, Facebook, or on Twitter @movementsnet.

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Canada is home to the 6th largest number of unreached people groups in the world. Global Gates is one organization that is passionate about reaching such groups that have migrated to places such as North America. In this episode, Chris Carr, director of Global Gates Canada, is my guest. We talk about the amazing ethnic diversity that exists throughout the country and what Global Gates is doing to reach the ends of the earth through Canadian gateway cities.

Questions about Global Gates? Check out their site at globalgates.ca or contact them at [email protected].

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