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The Coworkers Podcast
Do you want to grow in teaming with others to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ? Do you want to help others embrace their unique roles in the work? God wants to use all believers in powerful and diverse ways in His mission. In this podcast, we dig into the Bible, hear from fruitful coworkers around the world, and share practical tools from our almost 20 years of missions experience. Join us on The Coworkers Podcast... Where Every Believer is a Coworker in God's mission.
Episodes
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How Missionaries Shouldn't Be Like the Apostle Paul
We (rightly) study the book of Acts and particularly Paul's missionary journeys to learn the biblical pattern for mission work. However, in most missions…
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The Necessity of Spiritual Mothers in the Church with Christy Allen- Part 2
The church is the family of God, and spiritual mothers and fathers are necessary for the flourishing of the church. Just as biological mothers bring new life…
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The Necessity of Spiritual Mothers in the Church with Christy Allen- Part 1
Just as biological mothers bring new life into the world and nurture children, spiritual mothers procreate spiritually and nurture spiritual children. The…
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Are You Missing Out on the Fullness of the Spirit? With Joey Schwartz
No need to choose between "bible-focused faith" or "spirit-filled faith;" let's pursue both! Listen in as Joey Schwartz of livefull.org teaches on the Holy…
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Is Self Care Biblical? With Counselor Kim Day
Is self-care worldly and selfish or biblical? Listen in as biblical counselor Kim Day gives a biblical perspective on this topic. Self-care is not just a…
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When Evangelism Feels Hard: Overcoming Your Feelings to Share the Good News
We all have seasons when sharing the gospel feels hard, and actually, it IS hard! Evangelism is uncomfortable and sacrificial, and often feels harder due to…
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Building Leaders for Church Planting: Holistic, Progressive, and Focused on the Heart
How should we raise up leaders for church planting in pioneer contexts? Leadership development begins with discipleship of the entire church - "everyone gets…
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Wives, Be Subject, Have Gentle and Quiet Spirits, and Call Him Lord: Understanding and Loving 1 Peter 3:1-7
1 Peter 3:1-7 includes instructions for women that can be difficult to understand, such as be subject, have gentle and quiet spirits, be like Sarah who obeyed…
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Wives, Be Subject, Have Gentle and Quiet Spirits, and Call Him Lord: Understanding and Loving 1 Peter 3:1-7 (Part 2)
1 Peter 3:1-7 includes instructions for women that can be difficult to understand, such as be subject, have gentle and quiet spirits, be like Sarah who obeyed…
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With the Great Crowd in the Presence of the Lamb (Jesse's Sermon on Rev. 7:9-10 at The Village Church)
What will it be like to be a part of that "vast multitude that no one can number from every nation, tribe, people, and language," gathered around the throne…
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Don't Waste Your Furlough! Challenges, Purposes, and Tips for a Furlough that Will Restore Your Fervor for the Lord and Your Ministry
A furlough (or "stateside") is an extended time back in one's home/passport country at regular intervals for cross-cultural workers. Listen in as we share 4…
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All-Time Top 10 Episodes: "Am I Working Hard Enough?" Part 1
During July and August, we are highlighting our all-time top 10 episodes for you, in case you missed them! We are enjoying time with family and some needed…
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All-Time Top 10 Episodes: Prep for Goers- 8 Steps for Becoming a Missionary that Team Leaders Want on their Teams
During July and August, we are highlighting our all-time top 10 episodes for you, in case you missed them! We are enjoying time with family and some needed…
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All-Time Top 10 Episodes: Best Practices and Encouragement for Language Learning with Zach and Amy
During July and August, we are highlighting our all-time top 10 episodes for you, in case you missed them! We are enjoying time with family and some needed…
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All-Time Top 10 Episodes: Identity Part 2- How to Work Joyfully, Manage all the Responsibilities, and Fight Comparison
During July and August, we are highlighting our all-time top 10 episodes for you, in case you missed them! We are enjoying time with family and some needed…
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All-Time Top 10 Episodes: Where Does My Worth Come From? Discussing Missionary Identity with Seba V
During July and August, we are highlighting our all-time top 10 episodes for you, in case you missed them! We are enjoying time with family and some needed…
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All-Time Top 10 Episodes: The Preeminence of Christ in Suffering with Becca
During July and August, we are highlighting our all-time top 10 episodes for you, in case you missed them! We are enjoying time with family and some needed…
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All-Time Top 10 Episodes: When You Feel Tired, Numb, and Unmotivated (and Don't Know Why)
During July and August, we are highlighting our all-time top 10 episodes for you, in case you missed them! We are enjoying time with family and some needed…
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All-Time Top 10 Episodes: Matt Chandler on Fame and Fruitfulness
During July and August, we are highlighting our all-time top 10 episodes for you, in case you missed them! We are enjoying time with family and some needed…
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All-Time Top 10 Episodes: Are Movements Methods Good for Missions? (Responding to the Critics)
During July and August, we are highlighting our all-time top 10 episodes for you, in case you missed them! We are enjoying time with family and some needed…
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All-Time Top 10 Episodes: Movements Part 2- Are Movements Biblical?
During July and August, we are highlighting our all-time top 10 episodes for you, in case you missed them! We are enjoying time with family and some needed…
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Don't Overlook the Enemy and Spiritual Warfare in Your Evangelism (with Noah J)
Mission work is more than preaching the gospel; it's a spiritual battle that involves the Holy Spirit and spiritual forces of darkness. We should not be…
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Getting to the Heart: Cross-Cultural Counseling and Contextualization (with Matt and Sheryl)
How do we as outsiders learn to communicate the gospel and provide biblical counsel cross-culturally in a way that gets to people's hearts? Listen in as Matt…
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How Do I Find a National Partner: Wrong Expectations and Best Practices with Jared and Michelle
Many times, coworkers arrive on the field expecting to be handed an amazing national believer ready to partner in church-planting. In reality, national…
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20 Years Later and Still Dealing With This: A Biblical Response to Culture Stress (Part 2)
Culture stress is an inevitable challenge for sent-out ones living in foreign cultures, and it doesn't seem to go away! Listen in as we discuss some of the…
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20 Years Later and Still Dealing With This: A Biblical Response to Culture Stress (Part 1)
Culture stress is an inevitable challenge for sent-out ones living in foreign cultures, and it doesn't seem to go away! Listen in as we discuss some of the…
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Planning for Volunteer Mission Teams (Without Losing Your Mind!)
A part of our job as team leaders on the field is partnering with Stateside (home country) churches, which includes planning for and hosting short term…
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Burn-out: Symptoms, Cures, and the Unexpected Cause (with Bobby F)
Burn-out - or exhaustion due to chronic work-related stress - is a danger for everyone. Listen in as Bobby F, a missionary with 26+ years of field experience…
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"But They're Charismatic!" (Dealing With Theological Differences With Local Partners on the Mission Field)
As we engage with local believers and churches on the mission field, largely for the purposes of training, what do we do when they have different doctrinal…
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Walking in the Light:The Necessity of Accountability on the Field- with Jacob C and Will J
Jesse, Jacob C, and Will J are coworkers and brothers in our city that have been meeting weekly for the past 3 years intentionally to "walk in the light…
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Why You Need to Process Your Emotions on the Mission Field (with Elizabeth Smith)
When we fail to intentionally process our uncomfortable emotions, they pile up and come out later at unexpected times and in inappropriate ways, and we can…
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Let's Get EXCITED About Scripture Memory!! (with Laura G. and Micah C.)
Scripture memory can often feel like a duty or too much work, but when we take small steps to incorporate it into our days, it results in so much joy and fruit…
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Do Calvinists Make Good Missionaries?
Listen in as we discuss our own journey with reformed theology, and how those principles intersect with evangelism and missions. Along with embracing the…
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Better Together: Serving and Leading Together as a Couple in Family and Ministry
Serving and leading together as a married couple in our family lives and in ministry is a gift, and an area that requires ongoing intentionality. Listen in as…
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The Work Missionaries Do: Exit
The pattern of mission work that we find in Paul's missionary journeys includes laying a foundation of gospel proclamation and new churches, and then moving on…
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The Work Missionaries Do: Developing Leaders (with Lipok)
What is the key to developing fruitful and faithful leaders in the missionary task? Learn from South Asian church planter Lipok as he shares from God's Word…
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Don't Miss Out on Intimacy with God in 2024! (Part 2)
Is it realistic and biblical to expect an intimate relationship with God daily? To hear his voice and experience his presence in powerful, fresh ways often? Or…
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Don't Miss Out on Intimacy with God in 2024! (Part 1)
Is it realistic and biblical to expect an intimate relationship with God daily? To hear his voice and experience his presence in powerful, fresh ways often? Or…
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The Work Missionaries Do: Starting New Churches (Part 2 with Nathan Shank)
Listen in as we continue our discussion on church formation with Nathan Shank, a global missionary leader of 20+ years and the author of the 4 Fields Manual…
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The Work Missionaries Do: Starting New Churches (Part 1 with Nathan Shank)
Listen in as we discuss the 4th part of the missionary task, starting new churches, with Nathan Shank, missionary leader in South Asia. Nathan shares basic…
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The Work Missionaries Do: Making Disciples (with Kenny and Bethany B)
Listen in on part 3 in our series on the missionary task, on discipleship. Kenny and Bethany B, missionary leaders in South Asia, share how discipleship…
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Lacking Love for the People You Came to Reach? (Jonah and God's Great Cities)
If you've been on the field or in ministry very long, you've experienced a shortage of love for your people, and sometimes even bitterness, anger, and feelings…
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Holidays on the Field: How to Celebrate, Share, and Enjoy Meaningful Traditions with Sam G. and Micah C.
Holidays on the field come with unique challenges and opportunities! Listen in as missionary leaders Samantha G. and Micah C. share from their more than a…
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The Work Missionaries Do: Preaching the Gospel
Part 3 in our series on the missionary task - preaching the gospel. The core of the pattern in the New Testament for missions is consistent, bold, broad gospel…
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The Work Missionaries Do: Entering New Fields
What is the work missionaries do? We are going through the 6 parts of the missionary task, and in this episode we dive into the first part - entering new…
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The Work Missionaries Do: The 6 Parts of the Missionary Task
Is there a specific work that missionaries should, according to the Bible, pursue? YES! Listen in to this series as we dig into the biblical pattern of the…
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The Missionary Father: How to Be an Effective Missionary Leader Without Neglecting Your Kids (with Steven C)
How can fathers in ministry make sure their kids know they love them more than their ministry? How can fathers invest in their children, set boundaries for…
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Sickness on the Field: How to Endure and Overcome with Joe and Christy Allen
Joe and Christy Allen served for 14 years as missionary leaders in South Asia, and endured many types of sickness as a family (GI, thyroid, endemetriosis, food…
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The Danger of Unforgiveness on Our Teams: When God Revealed Bitterness in My Heart
Several years ago, God showed me (Shanee) unforgiveness in my heart towards a few friends and coworkers, from hurts that were several years old. My lack of…
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Praising Out Loud in Trauma and Suffering with Andy and Linda Barrick
In 2006, the Barrick family was struck head-on by a drunk driver and experienced life-threatening injuries. Their teenage daughter Jen was in a coma for 5…
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Motherhood on the Field: Biblical Truths and Practical Tips for Every Season with Debbie C
Motherhood on the field is particularly challenging, as moms juggle family needs, ministry, and often leadership responsibilities. Debbie C, mom of 5 and…
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Brainwashing Ourselves With a Biblical Identity (Finding Freedom from Performance, People-Pleasing, and Perfectionism)
We all have false beliefs about what gives us worth, such as worth based on our performance, people-pleasing, or perfectionism. We try to earn our worth…
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Support-Raised or Fully-Funded? Things to Consider in Choosing a Sending Org
When preparing to move overseas, choosing a missions sending organization is a big decision. What factors should be considered? What are essentials, and what…
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Is Your Love Genuine? 3 Ways to Grow in the Most Important Thing for Life and Ministry
How's your heart? Do you fall into doing work and ministry "half-heartedly?" Are you fully showing up with your whole self in your relationships? How much do…
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How Should We Be "All Things to All People?" (Principles for Contextualization)
Contextualization is incredibly important because it’s about people having meaningful access to the Gospel. As we think about contextualization, we need…
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Troy and Rachel on Multiplying House Churches Among the Next Gen in the US
Join in on part 2 of our interview with Troy and Rachel, NPL church planters that saw over 40 new churches and over 1200 baptisms in their ministry based out…
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Troy and Rachel on Raising Kids With a Heart for the Lost
Troy and Rachel have been doing disciple-making and church-planting work in the US with the NPL network for over 11 years. They have a passion for the Lord and…
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How to Go from a Bible Study Group to a Church (with Kiran- Experienced, South Asian Church Planter)
How can we turn a Bible study group into a church? What are the things we do on the front end to help the believers begin identifying as a church? What are the…
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Dying for Your Leaders (with Kiran- Experienced, South Asian Church Planter)
What are the most important principles for raising up leaders in the missionary task? How do you identify which disciples to invest in? How can Westerners in…
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Developing Female Ministry Partners with Terri N and Elle R
How do we women find and develop female national ministry partners? Listen in as Terri N from East Asia and Elle R from South/SE Asia share keys for developing…