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  • What Pastors Really Want Missionaries to Know With Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden

    What Pastors Really Want Missionaries to Know With Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden
    2025/01/27

    Do you know what your pastor is looking for in a missionary? In this week's episode, Alex travels to Ft. Myers, Florida to visit the studios of Founders Ministries and interviews Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden. Together they discuss the office of pastor in the church, what pastors should look for in missionaries, and how the work of evangelism is integral to both pastors and missionaries.

    Tom Ascol is President of Founders Ministries and The Institute of Public Theology. He also serves as pastor at Grace Baptist Church in Cape Coral, Florida. Graham Gunden has held a variety of roles with Founders Ministries, serves as Dean at The Fletcher School, and is Assistant Pastor at Grace Baptist Church in Cape Coral, Florida. Together, Tom and Graham host a weekly podcast called The Sword and The Trowel

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    37 分
  • Essential Lessons From Pastors to Missionaries

    Essential Lessons From Pastors to Missionaries
    2025/01/22
    The Missions Podcast goes on the road! This week Alex talks with Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden from Founders Ministries in their studio to talk about essential lessons and traits of pastors that translate to missionary work. Listen to the full episode on Sunday at 7:00PM! Do you love The Missions Podcast? Have you been blessed by the show? Then become a Premium Subscriber! Premium Subscribers get access to: Exclusive bonus content A community Signal thread with other listeners and the hosts Invite-only webinars A free gift! Support The Missions Podcast and sign up to be a Premium Subscriber at missionspodcast.com/premium The Missions Podcast is powered by ABWE. Learn more and take your next step in the Great Commission at abwe.org. Want to ask a question or suggest a topic? Email alex@missionspodcast.com.
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  • Telling Effective Missionary Stories with Tim Keesee

    Telling Effective Missionary Stories with Tim Keesee
    2025/01/20
    How do you effectively tell Christian stories from around the world? In this episode of The Missions Podcast, Alex sits down with Tim Keesee, founder of Frontline Missions and Writer/Producer of several Christian documentaries. Together, they talk about how Dispatches From The Front got started, the importance of building trust in telling stories of believers, and why missionaries have the greatest story to tell. Tim Keesee is founder of Frontline Missions International. He is the Writer/Producer of Dispatches From The Front, a docu-series on Christian believers around the world. Tim has traveled to over 100 countries in his quest to tell compelling stories of the gospel breaking through in tough places. Want more of the conversation? Become a Premium Subsciber and get access to our bonus Overtime episode where we discuss key components of missionary storytelling and the importance of crafting your message. Get access at missionspodcast.com/premium. With over 3 billion people
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    36 分
  • Missionary Stories the Church is Hungry for

    Missionary Stories the Church is Hungry for
    2025/01/15
    In this week's episode of The Missions Podcast, Alex sits down with Tim Keesee, Writer/Producer of Dispatches From The Front docu-series and founder of Frontline Missions International to talk about the necessity of effective storytelling in missions. Do you love The Missions Podcast? Have you been blessed by the show? Then become a Premium Subscriber! Premium Subscribers get access to: Exclusive bonus content A community Signal thread with other listeners and the hosts Invite-only webinars A free gift! Support The Missions Podcast and sign up to be a Premium Subscriber at missionspodcast.com/premium The Missions Podcast is powered by ABWE. Learn more and take your next step in the Great Commission at abwe.org. Want to ask a question or suggest a topic? Email alex@missionspodcast.com.
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  • Top 10 Missions Books to Read in 2025 with Chris Howles

    Top 10 Missions Books to Read in 2025 with Chris Howles
    2025/01/13
    What missiology books belong on your bookshelf? In this week's episode of The Missions Podcast, Alex and Scott sit down with Chris Howles for the 2025 edition of essential reads in global missions. Chris offers a knowledgeable, diverse, and thought-provoking list of books that any serious missions-minded person should be reading. Top Missiology Books. 10. The Sending Church Applied by Bradley Bell, Mike Easton, Larry McCrary & Nathan Sloan (Upstream Collective, 2024) 9. People Vision - Reimagining Mission to Least Reached Peoples by Leonard Bartlotti (William Carey Publishing, 2024) 8. Africa Bears Witness: Mission Theology and Praxis in the 21st Century by Harvey Kwiyani (Langham Global Library, 2024) 7. Window on the World - An Operation World Prayer Guide by Jason Mandryk and Molly Wall (IVP, 2018) 6. People On The Move by Sam George (Lausanne Movement, 2024) 5. Knowing God To Make Him Known by Ed Scheuerman (Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2021) 4. Why Eva
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    45 分
  • Essential Books on Missions

    Essential Books on Missions
    2025/01/08
    In this week's episode of The Missions Podcast, Alex and Scott sit down with returning guest, Chris Howles, as he talks about the must-read books for any missions-minded reader in 2025. Do you love The Missions Podcast? Have you been blessed by the show? Then become a Premium Subscriber! Premium Subscribers get access to: Exclusive bonus content A community Signal thread with other listeners and the hosts Invite-only webinars A free gift! Support The Missions Podcast and sign up to be a Premium Subscriber at missionspodcast.com/premium The Missions Podcast is powered by ABWE. Learn more and take your next step in the Great Commission at abwe.org. Want to ask a question or suggest a topic? Email alex@missionspodcast.com.
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  • The Best of 2024 – Year End Wrap Up

    The Best of 2024 – Year End Wrap Up
    2025/01/06
    What have we learned from studying giants of the faith in 2024? In this special episode of The Missions Podcast, Alex and Scott analyze key takeaways from their favorite guests and topics in 2024. They discuss important figures in missions history, impactful guests on the show, and reveal their 2025 theme for the podcast. Episodes featured: Medieval Missions Explored: Boniface, Patrick, and More With Glenn Sunshine More Modern Lessons From Medieval Missions With Glenn Sunshine Andrew Fuller and Combating Hyper-Calvinism With Jared Longshore Who Was John Nevius? Joshua Bowman on the Missionary to China and Three-Self Missiology What You Didn’t Know About D.L. Moody The Gospel Worth Dying for - The Testimony of John and Betty Stam With Andrew Montonera Why Have the Missionary Conference? Brooks Buser | Missionary 2024 The State of Christianity in Africa With Conrad Mbewe | Missionary 2024 The Truth About the Crusades and ‘Radical’ Islam With Raymond Ibrahi
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    38 分
  • What We Learned This Year

    What We Learned This Year
    2025/01/01
    In this week's episode, Alex and Scott reflect on the theme for 2024 of "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants" and all of the things they've learned by talking about heroes of the faith. Do you love The Missions Podcast? Have you been blessed by the show? Then become a Premium Subscriber! Premium Subscribers get access to: Exclusive bonus content A community Signal thread with other listeners and the hosts Invite-only webinars A free gift! Support The Missions Podcast and sign up to be a Premium Subscriber at missionspodcast.com/premium The Missions Podcast is powered by ABWE. Learn more and take your next step in the Great Commission at abwe.org. Want to ask a question or suggest a topic? Email alex@missionspodcast.com.
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