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Join Leah Mix and R.A. Martinez as they discuss the convergence of the prayer and missions movement in this generation. From theological discussions to practical leadership lessons, the MAPS Global podcast delivers engaging content for those interested in being involved in the modern missions moveme…

MAPS Global


    • May 23, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 1h AVG DURATION
    • 177 EPISODES

    4.9 from 64 ratings Listeners of MAPS Global Podcast that love the show mention: missions, earth, god, always, recommend.


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    The MAPS Global Podcast is an exceptional resource for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the Great Commission and the modern mission movement. The podcast approaches the Bible with a servant's heart, focusing on the true purpose of spreading the Good News and taking up one's cross to follow Jesus. This perspective sets it apart from other American pastors who often take passages out of context to promote success and prosperity. Instead, MAPS Global emphasizes the importance of prayer, worship, and evangelism in reaching the world's most unreachable places.

    One of the best aspects of this podcast is its timeliness and relevance. The episodes are always on point, providing exactly what listeners need to hear when they need to hear it. Each episode is both encouraging and inspiring, offering practical and biblical insights into what God is doing on Earth today. The hosts break down different aspects of missions in depth, making it easily accessible for listeners to understand and apply to their own lives. It is evident that a tremendous amount of thought and research goes into each episode.

    While this podcast has received rave reviews so far, there can always be areas for improvement. One potential downside is that there have only been three episodes posted at the time of this review. However, this can also be seen as exciting because it leaves listeners hungry for more content. It would be beneficial for the podcast team to release episodes more frequently in order to keep up with listener demand.

    In conclusion, The MAPS Global Podcast is truly a game-changer in the realm of mission-related podcasts. It offers unique perspectives on missions strategy through prayer, worship, and evangelism. Listeners will undoubtedly grow in their understanding of God's work in reaching the nations through this insightful resource. Whether you're new to missions or well-versed in the topic, I highly recommend subscribing to this podcast as it will challenge your perspective and inspire you to get involved in spreading the Gospel across the world.



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    Latest episodes from MAPS Global Podcast

    160: Non Negotiables: Presence

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 61:30


    Here at MAPS Global, we have built a robust culture of health in our community and missions work. One of the key facets of our culture is our Non Negotiables: Joy, Presence of God, Servant Leadership, and Personal Growth. Tune into this series as we dive into each topic and why it is Non Negotiable for MAPS Global!

    Non Negotiables: Servant Leadership

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 62:30


    Here at MAPS Global, we have built a robust culture of health in our community and missions work. One of the key facets of our culture is our Non Negotiables: Joy, Presence of God, Servant Leadership, and Personal Growth. Tune into this series as we dive into each topic and why it is Non Negotiable for MAPS Global!

    158: Non Negotiables: Joy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 61:18


    Here at MAPS Global, we have built a robust culture of health in our community and missions work. One of the key facets of our culture is our Non Negotiables: Joy, Presence of God, Servant Leadership, and Personal Growth. Tune into this series as we dive into each topic and why it is Non Negotiable for MAPS Global!

    157: 5 Ways to Hear the Voice of God

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 63:28


    Foundational to walking out the Christian life is discerning the Father's voice and following in obedience. Often, we have difficulty discerning God's voice because He is not speaking about what we want to talk about or in the manner in which we want to hear him. Whether in difficult decisions, various seasons, or in the daily mundane of life, we must learn how to hear God speak. Jump into this episode with us as we discuss FIVE ways to hear the voice of God!

    156: 50 Hours: A Desert Bloom

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 44:09


    In this episode, R.A. Martinez & Aaron Custalow talk about the upcoming 50 Hours of Worship and Prayer, happening April 10-12 across seven locations in the 10/40 Window. As worship rises, the rain falls—bringing life to dry and weary places, causing the desert to bloom. What happens when songs and prayers cover the land for 50 hours? How does worship prepare the ground for something new to take root? Join the conversation as they share the heart behind this movement and what's stirring during this special event. http://www.mapsglobal.org/50hours

    155: Faith Under Fire: A Missionary's Calling in Conflict

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 48:36


    In this powerful episode, we sit down with a missionary serving at the Levant Missions Base for MAPS Global. She shares her firsthand experience of choosing to stay in a war zone to serve the local people, even as conflict erupted around them. With over a million displaced people in the region, her team worked passionately —distributing meals, hygiene supplies, and bedding to those in need. Yet, their mission didn't stop there. In the midst of chaos, they remained steadfast in prayer, keeping the prayer room open as a place of hope and intercession. Tune in to hear her incredible testimony of faith, sacrifice, and the unwavering love of God in the hardest of places.

    150: The Final Battle: Unoffended Hearts

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2025 56:39


    R.A. Martinez continues our series on the “End Times” with this fourth and final episode. In this conversation, R.A. And Mimi talk about how to cultivate supernatural love and hold your heart in the face of bitterness, betrayal and hatred. Enduring in love is the final battle of the end of the age.

    153: Why Mission Trips Matter

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 71:54


    152: End Times (Cont)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 65:08


    Check out the third Episode in our series about the End Times. You'll want to listen to episodes #148 & #149 to catch up! Listen as we continue to dive into what Jesus has to say about the signs of the approaching End of the Age.

    151: Annual Report 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 62:52


    Imagine Darkness turning to Light...this is what's happening across the 10/40 Window through the power of worship and prayer. We just released our MAPS Global Annual Report! In this podcast, we talk about what God has done this year, telling the impact stories from our HQ and Missions Bases. Thanks for tuning in! Read the Annual Report here: https://mapsglobal.org/ar23-24

    150: Understanding the Signs of the End Times

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 61:29


    Following the previous discussion in Episode #149, R.A. Martinez & Mimi continue the conversation around Matthew 24 & 25. In these passages, we see that Jesus is neither confused nor unclear about the End Times. And guess what? He wants us to have clarity about this essential topic, too! Listen as we dive into what Jesus has to say about the signs of the approaching End of the Age

    149: Why the “End Times” Matter for Missions

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2024 62:52


    When it comes to the Gospel and the Great Commission, do eschatology, the end of the age, and apocalyptic Bible verses really have any value? In this episode of the MAPS Global Podcast, listen as R.A. Martinez discusses what the Scriptures have to say about how important the end times are to the fulfillment of the Great Commission.

    148: Singing Isaiah 61 with Aiva Jenkins

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024 15:02


    We caught a special moment to chat with Aiva at Annual Gathering after she spontaneously decided to release an original song during one of the AG24 worship moments. Listen as Aiva shares some nuggets of wisdom and inspiration that songwriters and prophetic singers can glean from.

    147: A Moment with a Missionary: Songwriting in the Desert

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2024 21:57


    A Moment with a Missionary: Muslims in Africa Healed by Jesus

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 18:55


    Tune in to hear stories of Muslims being healed and saved from the leaders of a young adult praying & worshipping community in the Middle East. This bold spiritual family is seeing the Lord move in signs and wonders in their nation in East Africa. “She was completely healed…she started praying…‘Jesus I give you my life'...” Hear the full testimony in this special podcast episode!

    145: A Moment with a Missionary: Moms in Missions

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2024 44:00


    144: A Moment With a Missionary: J's Experience Pioneering a Black Missions Movement

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2024 16:45


    Somebody has to say ‘yes' and by God's grace, I said 'yes.'” In this moment with a missionary, Aaron interviews J on her experience pioneering a black missions movement in an unreached nation. Listen to how she found a place in her assignment to be completely herself serving the church in the Levant. “I'm living cross-culturally, living who God made me to be, in the midst of crisis…full of Joy.

    143: A Moment With a Missionary: Pioneering Prayer and Worship in Eurasia

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2024 16:07


    During AG24, we got to sit down with some of our incredible family members from around the globe to hear what God is doing in their nations. In this episode, a missionary to Eurasia shares some of her experience, her process, and testimonies of worship & prayer in Eurasia. If your heart is burdened for missions, tune in to hear what God is doing in one of the largest unreached Muslim nations in the world!

    142: The Antioch Blueprint

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 66:23


    141: Navigating the Prophetic (Continued)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2024 71:32


    140: Navigating the Prophetic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2024 64:49


    139: What to do When Leaders Fail

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2024 64:18


    138: The Whole Earth Is Full Of His Glory

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2024 59:23


    Today's topic includes an exciting announcement. In this episode, R.A Martinez and Aaron Custalow cast vision for why we gather every year in August as a spiritual family. Listen as they share what they feel the Lord is saying this year leading up to AG24, MAPS Global's worship and missions conference. August 8-11.

    137: Throne Room Worship

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2024 68:10


    In this episode, listen as R.A. Martinez discusses the biblical characteristics of the worship happening in the throne room of heaven. What are the sights, the sounds, the movements, and the songs being sung around the throne? And how should this impact and inform the culture of our worship today? Tune in to hear!

    136: Mercy for the Middle East, How Worship and Prayer Open the Door for Missions

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 68:58


    Listen to this podcast recapping the recent 50 Hours trip that took place and how worship and prayer open the door for missions. 

    135: The Time is Urgent

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024 63:42


    In the final episode of this series, R.A. Martinez shares the third reason that MAPS Global exists: the Time is Urgent.    

    134: 50 Hours: Insights From Frontier Missionaries

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2024 69:46


    You won't want to miss this one! In this episode we sit down with our overseas missions base directors as well as our planting missions base director to the Himalayas. These frontier missionaries share their hearts for what God is doing in the 10/40 Window and give insight on how He's moving in the time leading up to the 50 Hours. Tune in for testimonies and faith building stories as we prepare to host God's presence for the 10th annual 50 Hours. 

    133: The Gospel is Powerful

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2024 63:17


    In this episode, R.A. Martinez talks about the second reason that MAPS Global exists: the Gospel is Powerful.

    132: A 10/40 Window Prayer Meeting

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2024 68:20


    Check out this new podcast episode featuring R.A. Martinez & Aaron Custalow talking about the origin story of 50 Hours prayer meetings. Countless peoples and places have been profoundly impacted by the past ten years of 50 hours prayer meetings across the 10/40 Window. Hear what we are looking forward to for our TENTH ANNUAL 50 Hours prayer meeting this April 2024!

    131: What is Jesus Worth?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2024 68:57


    At the core of everything we do here at MAPS Global is this fundamental truth: Jesus is Worthy. But what does it mean when we ascribe “worth” to Jesus? Many times we can be prone to religious rhetoric when we say the word “worthy”. It is not just the right answer to a Sunday School question. “Jesus is Worthy” is a cost statement that demands a response. In this episode, R.A. Martinez talks about the first “why” at MAPS; the matchless worth of the Lamb of God that is the fuel and the finish line of all we do.

    130: Wrapping up 2023: More on Pipelines + A 300k Match

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2023 91:59


    Following up from the last podcast about pipelines vs. buckets: as we wrap up 2023, we have exciting news to share about how you can double your end of year gift for the Great Commission. R.A. Martinez shares about this incredible opportunity as we prep to move into 2024 with strength. Keep listening as the episode transitions into a sermon about pipelines from R.A. Martinez at First Friday in June 2023. P.S. we are taking a podcast hiatus and will return in February with a whole new set of guests and discussions...See you next year!

    129: Pipelines vs. Buckets: Why Are You Still Tithing?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2023 73:13


    R.A. Martinez sits down to discuss questions that come up often: what is tithing, should I do it and is it different than New Testament giving? In this episode, we walk through both the Old and New Testaments, looking at the examples of what God requires of his people when it comes to generosity. We believe that God is raising up pipelines for His purposes, not buckets for personal blessing.

    128: Team Work Makes The Dream Work (No Lone Rangers) Pt.2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023 50:02


    God is a team and teams are a reflection of His glory. Jesus sent teams, the Apostles worked on teams, New Testament churches were led by teams, and sent out teams. Diverse and highly functioning teams are essential for leadership and for the fulfillment of the Great Commission. Join us on this podcast as we sit down with R.A. Martinez to discuss the non-negotiable of team leadership and keys that he has found to build successful teams. 

    127: Team Work Makes The Dream Work (No Lone Rangers) Pt.1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2023 73:46


    God is a team and teams are a reflection of His glory. Jesus sent teams, the Apostles worked on teams, New Testament churches were led by teams and sent out teams. Diverse and highly functioning teams are essential for leadership and for the fulfillment of the Great Commission. Join us on this podcast as we sit down with R.A. Martinez to discuss the negotiable of team leadership and keys that he has found to build successful teams. 

    127: The Israel/Gaza War- Through The Lens of Mercy and The Great Commission

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2023 79:12


    R.A. Martinez sits down and discusses our perspective on the current war in the Middle East. Many are only seeing it from a geo-political perspective and seeking to take "sides". However, there is another perspective to look from and pray from. As a spiritual family we are praying and responding through the lens of God's heart for mercy and the Great Commission. Jesus is inviting us to contend for mercy in the midst of increasing conflict in the nations and to open a door in the region for the Gospel.

    Not is Not Enough: Dating, Sex, and Purity Culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2023 95:46


    R.A. Martinez sits at the mic with his better half to talk about a topic relevant to building a healthy church community. Kaitlin and Randy open up a conversation that they've been having in their marriage for years about healthy relationships and what it truly means to be "pure". Listen to this podcast for an open, honest discussion about the purity culture generation and what the Bible says about dating, sex, and marriage. 

    125: Repairing Broken Relationships

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2023 74:57


    Following up from the initial conversation titled “Help, I'm Angry and I Don't Know Why”, R.A. Martinez and Mimi talk through Matthew 5 and Matthew 18, discussing how to approach the reparation of a broken relationship, both from the perspective of the offender and the offendee. How do you get to the place that reconciliation can happen with the outcome being mutual love and a path forward? Great Q! Listen to this episode to learn how.

    124: Help, I'm Angry and I Don't Know Why

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2023 62:01


    Unresolved anger is like a weed in the garden of our souls… AND it is a liability to our destinies. Listen to R.A. Martinez and new host “Mimi” chat through the dangers of unresolved anger and how to identify it within ourselves. In a worldly culture which condones anger, we must free ourselves from unresolved anger, living not by the world's standards, but by the countercultural Word of God.

    123: Missionary Care: Stress, Families, Longevity, and Attrition…

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2023 56:53


    R.A. Martinez sits in the host seat to discuss missionary care with special guest Alberta Wray. Ms. Alberta Wray is a member care specialist with decades of experience walking thousands of workers through the transitional processes of becoming missionaries, staying healthy on the field, and debriefing well. R.A. and Alberta cover a wide range of helpful topics related to singles and families who desire to serve as missionaries or who already have experience on the field and are in need of wisdom to help them thrive in their assignments. Church members and senders can highly benefit from this conversation and learn how to better pray for and send individuals to the mission field as they catch a glimpse into the untold backstories of missionary stress and life.  

    Q&A With Leaders about Presence-Centered Churches

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2023 84:46


    You're listening to a Q&A panel that happened back in August at AG23, MAPS Global's Annual Gathering. During this live panel, Billy Humphrey, Michael and Lorisa Miller, and our very own R.A. Martinez fielded questions from our host about valuable leadership lessons and what it actually means to steward a presence centered community. There's something in this Q&A pannel for everyone to glean from!

    121: Failures of a Young Leader: Leadership Lessons from R.A. Martinez.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2023 97:22


    R.A. Martinez sits down with a brand new voice to talk about leadership failures. R.A. shares his personal experiences and mistakes as a young leader, to hopefully equip and exhort others who could learn from his mistakes. 

    120: The Power of Prophetic Movement

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2023 91:11


    R.A. Martinez sits in the host seat to discuss the power of prophetic movement with a former dancer and familiar voice. R.A. and Joles discuss the authority that dance carries in ministry to the Lord while giving practical tips for how to engage in movement in worship.

    119: Senders & Sowers-Stewardship in the Kingdom

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2023 73:27


    In this special episode, our host sits down with Luke Jeffery, MAPS Global's Vice President of Finances and Operations to discuss partnership, investments, stewardship, and more. Two other guests join in from different spheres of the finance world to tease out what it means to surpass a limited view of stewardship. This clarifying conversation brings greater understanding to the dignity of partnership with God in the church's mandate to finish the Great Commission.

    118: From LGBTQ+ to the Levant Pt.2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2023 85:44


    R.A. Martinez sits down to interview our beloved host for her final conversation on the podcast before moving overseas to lead the launch of our third missions base. Listen to her testimony about how she went from living an LGBTQ+ lifestyle to moving to an unreached nation as a missionary.

    117: From LGBTQ+ to the Levant

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2023 67:59


    R.A. Martinez sits down to interview our beloved host for her final conversation on the podcast before moving overseas to lead the launch of our third missions base. Listen to her testimony about how she went from living an LGBTQ+ lifestyle to moving to an unreached nation as a missionary.

    116: Missionary Testimonies from our 50 Hours Trip

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2023 84:39


    In this unique episode, R.A. Martinez interviews seven of our missionaries who share stories of what God did this Spring when we sent teams of 70+ people across four locations in the Middle East to do 50 Hours of prayer and worship with indigenous believers. You don't want to miss these testimonies!

    115: Priestly Ministry — the Calling of Every Believer

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2023 65:07


    What does it mean to be a “priest?” In this podcast episode, R.A. Martinez discusses how prayer, worship, and ministry to the Lord are central to the call of the believer, and how we can cultivate atmospheres that are presence-centered and modeled after heaven. This conversation also shares details about the launch of our School Of Prayer And Worship.

    114: Mobilizing a Black Missions Movement

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2023 95:33


    In this episode, R.A. Martinez talks with two of our MAPS Global missionaries to discuss the unique calling, language, experience, and challenges surrounding the black missions movement. Listen as they share their personal journey pursuing God's call to missions as a black man and black woman. Hear them cast vision for the mobilization of “black arrows” and the building of healthy, multicultural training environments for missionaries of every race & ethnicity to be launched into the nations.

    113: The Only Way of Life for the Church

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2023 63:42


    R.A. Martinez gives commentary on our current sermon series, “With Jesus on the Mountain.” Recorded in Matthew 5-7, the Sermon of the Mount is Jesus' first public and longest recorded sermon in the gospels. Jesus' main focuses in these chapters are what we belong to (the Kingdom), who we belong to (the Father), and how we interact with both (love and obedience). It is the constitution of the “upside-down Kingdom”. Here, losing is winning, suffering is joy, and enemies are loved. We discuss how this is the only way of life for the Church. What does it look like to be a disciple of Jesus? Listen to this discussion! (You can find the actual weekly sermons on our Weekend Services Podcast.)

    112: Marriage & Ministry (Continued)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2023 60:35


    Continue listening to the conversation between R.A. Martinez and his wife Kaitlin as they answer some deeper theological questions about marriage and ministry.

    111: Marriage & Ministry

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2023 67:15


    You asked…we answered! R.A. Martinez sits with his wife Kaitlin to tell the story of their fourteen years of marriage and answer your questions about marriage and ministry! They discuss rhythms of life, navigating different personality types and things to consider on the road to marriage.

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