The Mission Matters is a place to talk about the importance of our Mission as Christians. Mission Matters is a partnership of Missio Nexus and Sixteen:Fifteen Missions Coaching, who have a shared passion to mobilize God’s people to be a part of His mission.
For more than 50 years, Perspectives on the World Christian Movement has helped Christians see the Bible and their own lives through the lens of God’s global mission.
What happens when church growth becomes more about bigger buildings, larger budgets, and better programs than making disciples who make disciples?
What happens when people hear the Bible in their own heart language for the very first time?
What can churches and missions leaders learn from Barnabas in today's rapidly changing global missions landscape?
Women make up the majority of the global missionary workforce, yet their voices and leadership experiences are often overlooked in conversations about missions.
In this episode of the Mission Matters Podcast with hosts Ted Esler and Matthew Ellison, guest Jim Harries challenges traditional Western missions models through the concept of “vulnerable mission.”
Why are so many Gen Z students turning to tarot cards, crystals, mindfulness, and alternative spirituality while walking away from the church? In this thought-provoking conversation, Mark Matlock, Executive Director of Urbana and Senior Fellow at Barna Group, unpacks what younger generations are really searching for and why many are asking not just “Is Christianity true?” but “Is it beautiful?”
Matthew Ellison and Ted Esler sit down with Aaron Abramson, CEO of Jews for Jesus, to explore the organization’s mission of reaching Jewish people with the gospel while honoring their cultural and historical identity.
In this episode of the The Mission Matters Podcast, Matthew Ellison and Ted Esler sit down with Dennis Martin (of One Challenge's Sexual Wholeness Initiative) to address a largely unspoken issue in global missions: sexual sin/brokenness.
Matthew and Ted's conversation with Dr. Ed Stetzer explores the meaning and history of missio Dei (the idea that mission originates from God, not the church).
In this episode of the Mission Matters Podcast, Sarah Breuel shares her experience as a Brazilian missionary serving in Rome and leading a university student movement across Europe.
What is really happening inside Iran right now, and how should the Church respond?