Rethink Missions Podcast

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My name is Jeremy Wardlaw. My wife and I are aspiring church planters in West Africa. We are passionate about missions, but we know that we have much to learn from those who have gone before. I invite you to follow along with me as I gather stories and life lessons from frontier church planters and…

Jeremy Wardlaw

  • Jan 28, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
  • every other week NEW EPISODES
  • 40m AVG DURATION
  • 19 EPISODES
  • 2 SEASONS


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Latest episodes from Rethink Missions Podcast

10. Pete Humphreys: Manhui Church Plant, Contrastive Teaching & Life Example

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2021 41:57


Pete Humphreys tells the story of how the Manhui first came to understand the gospel. Through his story he shares an important lessons about contrastive Bible teaching and the church planter's life example.  This story and lessons are also in a book you can find here: https://www.goodseed.com/in-ka-hai-how-sweet-it-is.html

09. Penny Warner: Going Where God Leads & Not Leaving Until He Says So.

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2021 38:58


Penny Warner has been working as a church planter and Bible translator in West Africa for 38 years. Through many trials she has remained faithful to what God has directed her to do. Listen to why she has stayed and served all those years. 

08. Lisa Kappeler Uriay Church Plant & Discourse Analysis

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2020 60:14


Lisa Kappeler shares her church planting story among the Uriay people of Asia Pacific. She also shares some important principles for Bible Translation. 

07. Arnie Johnson Reaching the Unreached as a Part of the Local Church

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2020 61:31


Arnie has served in Southern Africa for over 10 years as a church planter. At first he was a part of a church planting team that saw slow growth, but now thousands are being impacted. Now he has joined another church planting team in a different people group. He is implementing some key lessons learned from the first church plant that he shares in this episode

06. Vern & Holy Dyck share Principles for Going from Baby Church to Maturing Church & Homeschooling

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2020 41:50


Vern and Holy tell their story of the church plant among the "P" people group. Vern shares some essentials for nurturing a baby church into a maturing church. Holy challenges us to consider God's call to missions as being for regular people with varying talents. She also shares some tips from her experience of homeschooling their 5 children. 

05. Mr. Jungle The Role of Doctrine & a Teaching Framework for Effective Church Planting

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2020 44:11


Mr. Jungle shares from his 25 + years of church planting and training church planters on the role of Biblical doctrine in a church plant. He also shares helpful teaching principles and a framework that Bible teachers can implement. 

04. Joel McMartin The Role of a Host Family and Host Church in Culture Acquisition

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2020 55:16


Joel McMartin shares from his experience of first adapting to West Africa. He highlights the role of a host church and host family for the new cross-cultural servant to integrate well. 

03. Joel & Andi McMartin Adapting to the National Language and Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2020 29:12


Andi and Joel share their story of first adapting to West Africa. Then Andi shares some language learning principles in her current role as a language consultant. 

02. Dr. Don Pederson on Discourse Analysis & Church planting Tools

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2020 42:10


Dr. Don invested his life to help cross cultural servants communicate clearly. He shares some key elements in discourse analysis for clear and accurate translation. He also starts the conversation about the merits of a curriculum called Firm Foundations: Creation to Christ. 

01. Jeremy & Kimberly Wardlaw Review Their First Year in West Africa and Introduce Season 2

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2020 30:45


We kick off Season 2 by recapping our first year of language learning and culture adaptation in West Africa. Though this year was full of challenges, God's faithfulness was on full display for us. 

09. Finances, Raising Support, Managing Funds, John Schmidt

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2020 42:53


John Schmidt shares a Biblical perspective on raising support and wisely managing finances. Finances can be a great tool in our world, but there are some common pitfalls to avoid. 

08. Mrs. Jungle, Vine Village, Literacy in Church Planting

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2020 27:46


Mrs. Jungle shares from her experience the role of literacy in church planting among unreached people groups. 

07. Martin Lamb, Opportunities, Challenges with Church Engagement

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2019 40:34


Martin Lamb shares from his experience and ministry on the greatest opportunities and difficult challenges with church engagement. 

06. Wana Church Plant, Steve & Linda Rosengren, Suffering, Eternal Perspective, Translation

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2019 40:47


Steve & Linda Rosengren share their story of church planting among the Wana. They experienced unimaginable suffering, but God was faithful to them and even leveraged their suffering for good. 

05. Kathy Whatley, Managing Stress, Burnout, Moi Church Plant

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2019 30:07


Kathy tells her story of serving among the Moi people. She also shares some lessons learned about managing stress and burnout. 

04. Tim Whatley, Moi Church Plant, Sacrifice & Sustainability

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2019 32:48


Tim Whatley shares from his story serving among the Moi people. He gives some advice concerning the sacrifice and sustainability that is required to effectively serve in an isolated community. 

03. Wes & Brenda Dyck, Embalho Church Plant, Lives Transformed

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2019 34:41


Wes & Brenda Dyck share their story and give some lessons from their church planting experience in Asia Pacific. 

02. Mr. Jungle, Vine Village church plant & Worldview Teaching Principles

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2019 40:27


Mr. Jungle shares some fundamental lessons from his 30 years of experience church planting and training church planters. 

01. Jeremy & Kimberly Wardlaw Introduce the podcast, unreached people groups, and their hearts to serve

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2019 25:12


This is Episode 01 of Season 1. We introduce ourselves and our heart for the podcast. More interesting content will be coming shortly! 

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