Episode 70 - Cross-Cultural Missions with Bryan Twombly

Conversations with Pastors · Sep 4, 2026 · 27m

This conversation is set against the backdrop of Papua New Guinea, a country of over 800 languages and a spiritual landscape shaped by animism and syncretism. The people there are not without religion. In fact, they are deeply spiritual. But as we hear, their understanding of God, the gospel, the Christian life, and even the role of a pastor is clouded by generations of fear-based thinking, where spirits must be appeased and every misfortune is the consequence of some offense. Sound familiar? It should. Because the human heart, whether in a village in the Pacific or a suburb in South Florida…