Life on Mission

This past November, I had the privilege and pleasure to teach for a third year in a row at Odessa Theological Seminary. It was a week long intensive class on Mission and Leadership. The students are all from Ukraine and will be going to numerous countries Central and East Asia as well as Africa. Dr. Ray Trantham oversees the program and he has done a remarkable job in making Odessa Seminary have what I think is one of the best outcome based missionary leadership programs anywhere. If you are interested in supporting Ray, the seminary or the students click on the links below. Enjoy this second part of a two part podcast! http://partnersinmission.org http://en.odessasem.org http://www.odessamissions.org http://www.odessasem.org

This past November, I had the privilege and pleasure to teach for a third year in a row at Odessa Theological Seminary. It was a week long intensive class on Mission and Leadership. The students are all from Ukraine and will be going to numerous countries Central and East Asia as well as Africa. Dr. Ray Trantham oversees the program and he has done a remarkable job in making Odessa Seminary have what I think is one of the best outcome based Missionary leadership programs anywhere. If you are interested in supporting Ray, the seminary, or the students click on the links below. Enjoy the podcast! http://partnersinmission.org http://en.odessasem.org http://www.odessamissions.org http://www.odessasem.org

Ryan Kuja is a missiologist, counselor, spiritual director, writer & global citizen with a background in international mission, relief & development. He has lived on the front lines of shalom in fifteen cities and rural areas on five continents. Ryan writes and teaches on the integration of missional praxis, developing intercultural competency, spiritual formation, psychology, and the transformation of individuals and communities. His writing has been published in a variety of theological journals as well as at Sojourners, Red Letter Christians and Missio Alliance. His first book, From the Inside Out: Reimagining Mission, Recreating the World released in 2018. https://www.amazon.com/Inside-Out-Reimagining-Mission-Recreating/dp/1532616392/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=ryan+kuja&qid=1559572974&s=gateway&sr=8-1

Bob Hyatt is the co-author of Eldership and the Mission of God. Bob, is the founding pastor of The Evergreen Community ( evergreenpdx.org ) in Portland, OR and currently serves as the Director of Equipping and Spiritual Formation for the Ecclesia Network (ecclesianet.org) in Boise, ID. Bob's passion is to help churches become a Jesus-focused successes in ministry- success being defined not by numbers but by clarity around and achievement of personal, spiritual and ministry goals. His book lays out both the importance of eldership in regard to the development of a missional ethos but also the pragmatic in regard to who can be an elder and how to identify potential elders. More information about Bob can be found at bobhyatt.info

In this interview, Dr. Marcel Mitchell interviews Dr Ross Lockhart about his recently released book titled Beyond Snakes and Shamrocks - St. Patrick's Missional Leadership Lessons for Today. Dr. Lockhart is the founding director of The Centre of Missional Leadership at St Andrew's Hall at the University of British Columbia. The book looks at the "cultural Christianity" of Roman Britain in which St. Patrick was raised, the transformation of his life while in captivity in Ireland, and after escaping slavery, his training for ministry in France. Some years later because of "Vox Hibernia" (The Call of Ireland) St Patrick returns to Ireland and leads one of the greatest national conversions to Christianity recorded in history. Dr Lockhart takes this interesting bit of 5th and 6th Century Irish / British history, the missionary work of St Patrick and compares it with the Post-Christian culture of the Cascadia region of North America. Through this comparison Dr Lockhart addresses the contemporary missional lessons that can be learned. This is the best missional book I have read to date!

Geoff Hartt is a pastor in Wilsonville, Oregon and is also the Executive Director of Hispanics for Christ.  Hispanics for Christ has a none-traditional missionary approach of advancing the Kingdom of God through a greater use of indigenous workers via in-country leadership development.  The result has been amazing! Indigenous church leaders have be able to advanced the Kingdom in the global-south far more greatly than through the traditional means of supporting Western missionaries and sending them.  Additionally, western nations, where Christianity in serious decline, can learn a great deal from the Hispanics for Christ model.  If you would like to know more about Hispanics for Christ, and Geoff Hartt, or support their work then please click here.

Greg Henson joined the staff and faculty of Sioux Falls Seminary in 2014 as president.  In his time there, he has helped the seminary become one of the fastest growing seminaries in North America through an innovative outcome-based educational format called, The Kairos Project.  This educational format has given the seminary a global reach in training missional church leaders in such diverse places as Dubai and Buenos Aires.  Click here for more information about Sioux Falls Seminary.  To contact president Greg Henson for more information about Sioux Falls Seminary and the Kairos Project click here. 

Traci Warnberg - Lemm is the founder of Social Motion, a company dedicated to helping busy leaders with innovation, collaboration and systemic change. Traci is a coach, consultant, trainer and speaker who has over 20 years of experience in serving communities in the United States and abroad. She brings knowledge and skills in: program administration, strategic planning, resource and organizational development, learning, community organizing, small and large group facilitation, government and community relations, collaboration, social entrepreneurship, leadership development and coalition building. To access your free download, '10 Ways Leaders Can Build a Culture of Learning and Why They Should." CLICK HERE

A sermon that I did in February of 2014 from 1 Peter 1:6-12 about the glory of God given joy.

A sermon I did in August of 2015 on spiritual depression.

A Sermon from January of 2015 that introduces a sermons series that I did on Romans.

Traci Warnberg - Lemm is the founder of Social Motion, a company dedicated to helping busy leaders with innovation, collaboration and systemic change. Traci is a coach, consultant, trainer and speaker who has over 20 years of experience in serving communities in the United States and abroad. She brings knowledge and skills in: program administration, strategic planning, resource and organizational development, learning, community organizing, small and large group facilitation, government and community relations, collaboration, social entrepreneurship, leadership development and coalition building. To access your free download, '10 Ways Leaders Can Build a Culture of Learning and Why They Should." CLICK HERE

​Daniel Gomez is the founder of Daniel Gomez Enterprises, a company devoted to developing and strengthening organizations and individuals. Daniel is a dynamic John Maxwell Certified Speaker with 14 years experience in the arena of Leadership Development, Team Building, Sales Mastery, and Confidence Coaching. He is the International Best Selling Author of "You Were Born to Fly", a book written to inspire and give people the high-performance habits and confidence needed to be the leaders of their own destiny. Daniel is not just a motivational keynote speaker, he gives your organization the success principles, leadership skills, and champion's mindset to develop and build a winning team. He encourages them to "Be Original", to love and believe in themselves at all times, to value their own opinion, and to step out of their comfort zones.​ In part two of Daniel's podcast interview, he speaks about the necessity of persistence and forgiveness as essential in one's leadership development.

Daniel Gomez is the founder of Daniel Gomez Enterprises, a company devoted to developing and strengthening organizations and individuals. Daniel is a dynamic John Maxwell Certified Speaker with 14 years experience in the arena of Leadership Development, Team Building, Sales Mastery, and Confidence Coaching. He is the International Best Selling Author of "You Were Born to Fly", a book written to inspire and give people the high-performance habits and confidence needed to be the leaders of their own destiny. Daniel is not just a motivational keynote speaker, he gives your organization the success principles, leadership skills, and champion's mindset to develop and build a winning team. He encourages them to "Be Original", to love and believe in themselves at all times, to value their own opinion, and to step out of their comfort zones.

Alan Goff has coached and equipped thousands of professionals around the world to improve everyday strategies and identify keys to unlocking peak performance. He has coached grass-root start-ups, entrepreneurs and Fortune 500 companies, and everything in between. In this second part of a two part Life on Mission series, he joins Marcel Mitchell to talk about the 4 1/2 most common, and deadliest, goal setting mistakes.

​Alan Goff has coached and equipped thousands of professionals around the world to improve everyday strategies and identify keys to unlocking peak performance. He has coached grass-root start-ups, entrepreneurs and Fortune 500 companies, and everything in between.​  In this first of two Life on Mission podcasts, he joins Marcel Mitchell to talk about the 4 1/2 most common, and deadliest, goal setting mistakes.

In part 2 of this series called Boundaries for Leaders, Marcel and Ingrid Mitchell look at the 5 boundaries that every leader must make to keep their productivity up and the workplace safe.

Every workplace has that one person that brings the productivity of an organization down.  In this Life on Mission podcast we look at setting boundaries for leaders.  We look at what a boundary is, why boundaries are so important and how to implement boundaries.

Dr. Rainer Kunz is a Leadership Coach based in Poulsbo, Washington. In this podcast, Dr. Marcel Mitchell interviews Dr. Kunz who has been a coach for 30 years. Together they discuss, what leadership coaching is, the value of coaching, why we all need a leadership coach.

Dr. Rainer Kunz is a Leadership Coach based in Poulsbo, Washington. In this podcast, Dr. Marcel Mitchell interviews Dr. Kunz who has been a coach for 30 years. Together they discuss, what leadership coaching is, the value of coaching, why we all need a leadership coach.