The Mission Matters

“When it comes to missions in the church, the pastor either holds the key to the front door or holds the padlock.” While members of a congregation can be a catalyst for missions envisioning, without the engagement of church leaders, mobilizing a church is tough sledding.  Even missions pastors and missions teams that operate without buy-in from key church leaders often struggle to build momentum.  In most churches, until senior and lead pastors have embraced a missions vision for their churches, missions will likely remain in the margins. So how do we crack the code of pastoral engagement in missions? Tune in with guests Larry Hansen, Missions Pastor and Brian Bell, Senior Pastor of Calvary Murrieta as they share their insights.

It’s your money. Except that it isn’t. The worldview of your financial planner matters. Tune into this episode on The Mission Matters as Matthew and Ted have a conversation with Virgil Dugan – President of the National Christian Foundation Southwest and John Moore, Principal at John Moore and Associates where they will share insights on how to manage our portion of God's portfolio properly and how “giving” is a “fundamental spiritual discipline”.

Join Matthew and Ted as they have a conversation with Jason Mandryk, Editor of Operation World.  Learn about the history and the future of the definitive global prayer handbook that has been used by more than a million Christians to pray for the nations. Whether you are an intercessor praying behind the scenes for world change, a missionary abroad or simply curious about the world, Operation World will give you the information necessary to play a vital role in fulfilling the Great Commission.

God is moving in a powerful way in and through His people in Nigeria, a missions awakening is underway. Tune into this episode on The Mission Matters as Matthew and Ted chat with Adegbite Olanihun, of the Nigerian Evangelical Missions Association, about the awakening, challenges and opportunities of the Nigerian missions movement.

On The Mission Matters, Matthew and Ted chat with Gideon and Sarah, African American missionaries to North Africa, about how many missions fields in Africa are becoming missions forces. 

We talk with President of Frontiers, Bob Blincoe. Bob will shed light on whether or not churches should still be sending missionaries to unreached.

We talk with missions innovator Andrew Scott, of Scatter Global, who sounds a call for a new era of missions. Andrew will not only share his ideas for innovation in the missions model, but also share examples of churches that are finding a fresh missions model.

The issue of social justice has certainly been on the forefront of our minds as cultures around the world have wrestled with issues around race. Our guest today is Pastor Adrian Reeves the conference director of the National African American Missions Conference.

This episode of the Mission Matters looks at missions trends in a post COVID-19 world with guest Amy Young from Global Trellis.

On this episode Matthew and Ted are joined by Pam Arlund, and will look at the recent sacrifice of the life of a Christian in a hostile situation. We will consider how local church mission leaders can communicate about an event like martyrdom on a mission.