The Mission Matters Podcast

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.

In this episode of The Mission Matters podcast, Ted Esler welcomes guests Matthew Ellison and Denny Spitters from Sixteen:Fifteen to discuss their new book, The Sending Shepherd: Leading Churches to Disciple All Nations.
In this episode of The Mission Matters podcast, hosts Matthew Ellison and Ted Esler speak with Dr. Lawrence Oseje, a Kenyan pastor, theologian, and leader of Destiny Impact Mission International.
In this episode of the Mission Matters podcast, Matthew Ellison and Ted Esler welcome Mark Luckey, Executive Director of Every Child Ministries (ECM), to discuss how the face of missions in Africa is changing.
In this episode of the Mission Matters podcast, Matthew Ellison and Ted Esler welcome Mark Luckey, Executive Director of Every Child Ministries (ECM), to discuss how the face of missions in Africa is changing.
In this episode of The Mission Matters Podcast, hosts Matthew Ellison and Ted Esler sit down with veteran missions mobilizer Jeff Lewis to explore the deep connection between biblical disciple-making and global missions. Jeff also shares about the newly-released 30th anniversary edition of God’s Heart for the Nations, a study resource he created that has shaped thousands of students and churches.
In this episode of The Mission Matters Podcast, hosts Matthew Ellison and Ted Esler sit down with veteran missions mobilizer Jeff Lewis to explore the deep connection between biblical disciple-making and global missions. Jeff also shares about the newly-released 30th anniversary edition of God’s Heart for the Nations, a study resource he created that has shaped thousands of students and churches.
The global church is growing exponentially, but traditional training models are inadequate and inaccessible to emerging leaders.
The global church is growing exponentially, but traditional training models are inadequate and inaccessible to emerging leaders.
Many people going to the missions field have little exposure to actually sharing the gospel and need significant training. Why?
Is it possible to 'do missions' without ever sharing the Gospel?
Is it possible to 'do missions' without ever sharing the Gospel?
How are American Christians thinking about engaging non-Christians in the United States? According to recent Barna research there are 60 to 80 million Americans who don't fit the paradigm that a lot of Christians have about those outside of the church.