The GenSend Podcast

Paul Chitwood, president of the International Mission Board, shares his testimony and ministry journey with Shane and Paul. Then, the three discuss opportunities for missional work and how GenZ stewards the vision to ensure that every nation is represented around the throne.

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Mitch Tidwell, collegiate ministry associate for the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, shares his testimony with Shane and Paul and discusses the importance of ministering to Gen Z in college. Mitch encourages leaders to see college campuses as a strategic opportunity because it is in this phase of life where leaders can mold and shape a student, setting the trajectory for the rest of their life.

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After a car crash left Caleb Freeman with a brain injury, the doctors told his family he would never know them and would never walk again. But God said otherwise. Caleb and his father Jeremy share their story on today’s podcast and explain how even in the darkest, most tragic moments in our stories, God still shines his goodness and light to teach and shape us.

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Gen Z has taken the charge to rise and evangelize. Eden Benton is a 17-year old Gen Z’er who loves Jesus and boldly shares the gospel with her friends one-on-one and on social media. In this episode, Eden joins Shane and Paul to discuss the changing point in her relationship with God and what parents and church leaders need to do to reach, disciple and encourage today’s youth to remain obedient to God’s calling.

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Gabrielle Odom is a 19-year old member of Gen Z, but she’s also an evangelist and a social media influencer who has a heart to use every resource at her disposal to reach her own generation with the gospel. Beyond talking about her love for Diet Coke and avocado, Gabrielle joins Shane and Paul to share her thoughts on how to unchain this emerging generation from thoughts, ideas and false truths that have nothing to do with the gospel.

Todd Sanders, Falls Creek Program Director and Youth Ministry Specialist for Oklahoma Baptist Convention, is well known for his work with youth camps. In this episode, Todd joins Shane and Paul to discuss how strong discipleship systems and the importance on well-done student camp ministries can produce the fruit of more students making confessions of faith and being baptized.

If you’ve ever had someone run up to you and ask, “Jesus is King, yes or no?” you’ve probably met Rashawn Copeland. He’s joining the show with hosts Shane and Paul to talk about how social media doesn’t have to be avoided, but it can be leveraged as a tool for students to reach the world with the gospel. Furthermore, you’ll be inspired by his testimony of how God met him at death’s doorstep.

Brent Crowe is the Vice President of Student Leadership University, and he is wholeheartedly sold out to reaching and empowering student pastors. He joins the podcast to provide key insight on what student pastors and people interested in reaching the next generation should be preparing for in order to move their ministries forward.

The day of entertainment-and-pizza based student ministries is gone. Shane and Paul welcome Wil Moore, student pastor at Long Hollow Baptist Church, to the podcast to discuss what it means and how it looks to create a student ministry culture that exhibits the presence and power of the Holy Spirit.