When Everything is Missions Sixteen:Fifteen

Hear practical insights from a 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 church, that went through a 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 process to clarify a biblical definition and understanding of missions...  

Tune in as we chat with guests Trent Hunter, Pastor for Preaching/Teaching for Heritage Bible Church in Greer, SC. and Mark Vowels, of Bob Jones University/missions leader at Heritage Bible Church.

Join Matthew Ellison and Denny Spitters as they chat with Pam Arlund of All Nations International.
Tune in as they ask Pam how Acts 1:8 gets connected to a word like sequentialism. If the early Church had taken Acts 1:8 to mean that they couldn't move on to Judea until they reached Jerusalem, where would we be now?

Tune in for Part 2 of "Deconstructing the Great Commission" where Matthew Ellison and Denny Spitters continue their conversation with guest Ted Esler, President of Missio Nexus. They discuss the difference between the Great Commission & the Great Commandment. In an age of deconstruction, Ted contends that critical thinking goes too far when we rethink the Great Commission, making the point that it doesn’t need to be rethought, it just needs to be rediscovered.

JD Payne says: “We now live in a time when the Church thinks of itself as doing missions even if the gospel is never shared. 

Catch the newest podcast episode where Matthew Ellison and Denny Spitters chat with their guest Ted Esler, President of Missio Nexus, asking him why he makes a direct connection between missions and the gospel itself and why he feels the direct link is necessary. Aren’t there all sorts of different ways to do missions?

We’ll hear from Steve Beirn, Global Ministries pastor at Calvary Church in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Experience more than 40 years of expertise in mobilizing the church to missions. wheneverythingismissions.com

Though well intentioned, the view that everything is missions and every follower of Christ is a missionary comes with significant though unintended mission-impacting consequences.

Catch the newest podcast episode where Matthew Ellison and Denny Spitters ask their guest Jeff Jackson, Founder and Director of Shepherd’s Staff Mission Facilitators if he thinks they are blowing things out of proportion with their thoughts and conversations on the current redefinition and broadening of what missions is and who the word missionary should apply to. Is this much ado about nothing? wheneverythingismissions.com