Missions Today

Medical Missions and Medical Missionaries are nothing new. But what might be news to you is an organization that helps offset the costs of medical training and helps care for medical missionaries in the field. Join Collin this weekend as he talks to Rick Allen with MedSend. That’s this weekend on Missions Today! For more information on our guest this week and his work, please check out the links below: Rick AllenMedSend #medicalmissions #doctors #nurses #surgeons #missions #medsend #rickallen #missionstoday #faith #support #missioncare

He was born and raised in the church and came to Christ at an early age. As a young man, he had the opportunity to go on multiple mission trips to Haiti. Ultimately, he and his family were called to serve there. Though he faced being kidnapped and the ravages of natural disasters, God used him there in a powerful way. Now, he is helping people from all different careers find a way to the mission field. All professions, One Mission, this weekend on Missions Today! For more information on our guest this week and his work, please check out the links below: Luke PerkinsCrossworld #missions #crossworld #mission #professionals #career #lukeperkins #faith #christianity #missionstoday #haiti #hurricanes #kidnapping

She was raised in Indonesia with a Muslim father whose business went bankrupt. It was partly though that experience that she began an on and off relationship with God. Ultimately, He used the local church to deeply impact her life and bring her to Himself. Through a Christian college she discovered her calling and now finds herself in a position of leadership that allows her to impact tens of thousands of people. Check out Anne’s story, this weekend on Missions Today! For more information on our guest this week and her work, please check out the links below: Anne ParamithaRG Indonesia #resourceglobal #education #mission #missions #faithandwork #integratingfaith #faith #anneparamitha #career #calling #leadership #mentoring

She has faced incredible life challenges – living in a wheelchair, depression, cancer…twice, COVID and more. Yet for decades she has put Jesus first in her life and served Him and the disabled community faithfully. This week on Missions Today, a conversation with Joni Eareckson Tada. If you’re facing physical challenges, depression, or disability or know someone who is, she has something to share! That’s this weekend on Missions Today! For more information on our guest this week and her work, please check out the links below: Joni and FriendsJoni Eareckson TadaWheels for the WorldJoni’s House Disability CentersRetreats and Getaways #disability #disabilities #joni #joniearecksontada #joniandfriends #depression #camps #conferences #summercamp #mission #missions #disabled #wheelchair

She has worked at various global banks and consulting firms with strategic planning and project management. But what she really loves the most is reaching people with the gospel and equipping individuals and ministries to passionately pursue their God-given callings. A young lady with A Heart for the Nations. This weekend on Missions Today. For more information on our guest this week and her work, please check out the links below: ⁠Clara Mak⁠⁠Resource Global⁠⁠RG Hong Kong⁠ #hongkong #resourceglobal #mentoring #cohort #discipleship #mentor #business #nonprofit #entrepreneur #work #faith

In 1963 her parents began a 5-minute radio program to target people on the street – people with an emptiness in their heart that didn’t know how to connect with God. Years later, she now runs the organization and has taken that work global. Hear her story and the story of Guidelines this weekend on Missions Today! For more information on our guest this week and her work, please check out the links below: Bonnie SalaGuidelines #radio #missions #global #bonniesala #guidelines #radioprogram #faith #God #commentary #mission #devotionals #biblestudy

She’s been a church volunteer, a church missions director and an entrepreneur. Most recently she’s been selected as the new City Director for Resource Global in Los Angeles, launching in 2025. Her desire is to develop strategic connections, and foster spaces that create opportunities at the intersection of business, community and faith. That’s this weekend on Missions Today! For more information on our guest this week and her work, please check out the link below: ⁠resourceglobal.org⁠ #LA #losangeles #resourceglobal #charitymccloud #faithandwork #entrepreneur #business #missions #missionstoday #churchmissions #missionwork

Every year Open Doors releases its World Watch List. The watch list is a “Top 50” list of countries that are persecuting Christians around the globe. Just this month, following the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, Open Doors has partnered with other ministries to produce the 2024 Iran Report. 2023 ended with a new wave of persecution of Christ followers. Hear the latest in Collin’s conversation with Open Doors CEO Ryan Brown…this weekend on Missions Today! For more information on our guest this week and his work, please check out the links below: Open Doors #iran #opendoorsus #persecution #opendoors #ryanbrown #faith #bible #worldwatchlist #church #mahsaamini #abuse #control #Islam #Islamic

As a young woman she majored in architecture, but a mission trip to Zambia changed the direction of her life forever. Her heart broke for people who had not heard about Jesus. So, one day she picked up and headed to Africa. Now, she helps mobilize others to follow Jesus in their calling and mission wherever that might be. Don’t miss this powerful God-at-work story this weekend on Missions Today! For more information on our guest this week and her work, please check out the link below: African Inland Mission AIM #africa #zambia #mobilization #missions #church #churchplanting #aim #africaninlandmission #gospel #bible #teaching #training

She was raised in a Christian household but experienced a very challenging relationship with her mom. During high school, she began to reject her gender and transition to living life as a male. 9 years she lived in this lifestyle, until her mom had her build a website for her bible study group. Then things began to change. Hear the rest of this amazing transformation story this weekend on Missions Today. For more information on our guest this week and her work, please check out the links below: Laura Perry SmaltsEden’s RedemptionTransgender to Transformed *This program/podcast is not meant for younger listeners. Mature theme being discussed. #trans #transgender #lauraperrysmalts #lauraperry #edensredemption #transformed #detransition #lgtbq #faith #hope #love #loveislove

A new report from Pew Research just came out suggesting that the number of “religious nones”, those with no religious affiliation, might be leveling off. That said, almost 30% of Americans today identify themselves this way and many churches are struggling to reach them. This weekend on Missions Today, Collin speaks with a pastor in the San Fransisco area whose church is trying some new things to try to reach these people with the Gospel. Reaching the Nones…this weekend on Missions Today! For more information on our guest this week and his work, please check out the links below: Russ EwellBay Area Christian Church #bayareachristianchurch #russewell #digitalscribbler #nones #faith #agnostic #disabilities #church #mission #missions

Christopher Beth traveled with his daughter on a mission trip to the Amazon. That mission trip changed the direction of his life and his work. This week on the program, hear the story of a man whose organization shares clean water and the LIVING Water…Jesus, in over a dozen countries. From Business to Buckets, this weekend on Missions Today! For more information on our guest this week and his work, please check out the links below: Christopher BethThe Bucket Ministry #buckets #filters #cleanwater #christopherbeth #thebucketministry #missiontrips #kenya #nairobi #kiberaslum #amazon #water #livingwater #life

He is the descendant of a Hasidic Rabbi in Russia and a fifth-generation Jewish believer in Jesus. Now he runs one of the largest organizations in the world seeking to share Jesus with the Jewish people. Learn more about his work in Israel and over 10 other countries this weekend on Missions Today! For more information on our guest this week and his work, please check out the links below: David BricknerJews for Jesus #israel #jews #jewish #jewishpeople #october7th #faith #Jesus #messiah #themessiah #oldtestament #newtestament #GodsWord #bible #lifechange #history #jewsforjesus #davidbrickner

After establishing distinguished careers in the US, Echo and her husband visited a small kingdom near South Africa to see the needs of the people in the country with the highest prevalence of HIV on the globe. After witnessing the devastation, they moved to this country and launched The Luke Commission. Now they are providing over 300,000 patient interactions per year through the amazing growth of their work and ministry there. Learn more about their story this weekend on Missions Today! For more information on our guests this week and their work, please check out the links below: Echo VanderWalThe Luke Commission #eswatini #africa #AIDS #HIV #thelukecommission #echovanderwal #medicalhelp #oxygen #medicalcare #disease #healthcare #mission #missions #faith #church #Jesus

On Missions Today, we often talk about the mission of living out our faith in the workplace…integrating faith and work. But does that path look different for men and women? This week on Missions Today, Collin talks with a lady who’s been in the workforce at various levels for many years and she shares some of her experiences and how they have impacted the way she looks at her place in the workforce and what God has for her to do as she lives out her mission. Learn more about her story this weekend on Missions Today! For more information on our guest this week and her work, please check out the links below: Chelsea Sobolik Called to Cultivate: A Gospel Vision for Women and Work #work #workplace #discrimination #women #womenswork #workingwomen #workingmoms #faith #faithandwork

She was born and raised in Iran. She believes that God has already begun to work in many hearts across the nation of Iran, even within individuals who are yet to find Christ. Now, she runs an organization committed to seeing Iran transformed from the inside out. Through church-planting, disciple-making, leadership training and business development she is seeing God do amazing things. Learn more about her story this weekend on Missions Today! For more information on our guest this week and her work, please check out the links below: Lana SilkTransform Iran #iran #iranian #islam #muslim #transformiran #lanasilk #missions #churchplanting #discipleship #christian #christianity #faith #church #change #ministry #aid #leadershipdevelopment #businessdevelopment

For over 75 years, almost half of all missionary pilots have been trained by Moody Aviation, a ministry of the Moody Bible Institute. Organizations like MAF, JAARS, Ethnos 360 and others have said that the best all around, well-trained and biblically equipped pilots and mechanics come from Moody. Learn more about what it’s like to be a missionary pilot and why Moody is at the top of their game. That’s this weekend on Missions Today! For more information on our guests this week and their work, please check out the links below: Garry and Cynthia BarkmanMoody AviationMAFJARRSETHNOS 360 #aviation #missions #missionarypilot #missionaryaviation #planes #flights #gospel #supplies #landingstrip #amazon #jungles #moodyaviation #MAF #JARRS #ethnos360

She was raised in churches with a mission mindset and had the opportunity to do some short-term trips early on. Right out of college she got an incredible opportunity to learn more about missions by joining the International Mission Board. Now, she is moving into the leadership role at an organization that is helping to evangelize difficult-to-reach people groups, disciple them and establish new churches around the globe. Learn more about East-West, this weekend on Missions Today! For more information on our guest this week and her work, please check out the links below: Kristen ShulerEast-West #evangelism #salvation #evangelize #equip #disciple #discipleship #eastwest #churchplanting #plantingchurches #1040window #unreached #imb #internationalmissionboard #kristenshuler

2023 was a year packed with learning about missions, missionaries and mission organizations. From child soldiers and artificial intelligence to new Bible translations and the Asbury Outpouring…Missions Today went around the world and back to find stories of God-at-work through His people. Join Collin Lambert this weekend for some of the audio highlights from 2023. That’s this weekend on Missions Today! Please check out the links below to tune into the episodes mentioned: Joseph Kebbie – Refugee to RescuerTricia Stringer – Trauma: The Mission Field of the 21st CenturyCassidy Reese – Scarlet HopeDr. David Vanderpool – A Heart for the PoorJohn-Travis Smith – Serving Christ by Serving OthersAlan Barnhart – Profit with a Higher PurposeRichard Gamble – Eternal Wall of Answered PrayerMay Sethaphanich – Using AI for the KingdomRandy Grebe – Floating Book FairsDr. John Chesnut and Nard Pugyao – A New Translation #refugee #africa #liberia #trauma #mission #missions #missionaries #bible #GodsWord #stripclub #adultentertainment #humantrafficking #haiti #healthcare #waterwells #food #disaster #naturaldisaster #flood #fire #tornado #hurricane #Israel #giving #philanthropy #monument #UK #AI #aritificialintelligence #ship #logoshope #books #bookfair #bibletranslation

He was born and raised in a nomadic family in Mongolia. As communism fell, he became one of the first young Christians in Mongolia as a high school student and now he runs an organization that is helping the church and Christ followers in that country grow. In Part 2 of this two-part conversation, we’ll learn about the skills and giftings the Lord has given him along the way to impact leaders and businesses in Mongolia and beyond and how he has helped provide over 1 Million meals to those in need! Don’t miss this powerful story of what God can do with one person committed to Him! That’s this weekend on Missions Today! For more information on our guest this week and his work, please check out the links below: ⁠Baolerhu Ligden⁠⁠Asia Leadership Development Network⁠ #mongolia #baolerhuligden #collintalkstobaolerhuligden #missionstoday #missionstodaypodcast #missionstodaybaolerhuligden #missionsmongolia #asianmissions #asialeadershipdevelopmentnetwork