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Dr. T grew up in the USA, but her family is from South Asia and she has several Hindu and Sikh relatives.
After becoming a medical doctor and practising in the States, she felt the Lord direct her to using her skills in the 'Muslim world'. A series of events led her to India, the land of her forefathers.
She and Matt discuss Indian culture, medical mission and some of the challenges of 'returning' to a country where lots of your relations live!Send us a text
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Do get in touch if you have any questions for Matt or for any of his guests.
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You can find out more about us by visiting www.frontiers.org.uk
Or, if you're outside the UK, visit www.frontiers.org
(then select from one of our national offices).
For social media in the UK:
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Facebook: @frontiersukfriends
And do check out the free and outstanding 6 week video course for churches and small groups, called MomentumYes:
www.momentumyes.com (USA)
www.momentumyes.org.uk (UK)
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In this episode we meet Dr. Robert Sluka, once a missionary with Frontiers in the Maldive Islands, where his love for oceans, ocean people and marine biology all combined.
Bob and Matt discuss integral mission and how caring for the environment is very much part of our biblical mandate and God's heart for the poor.
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Visit A Rocha, the international family of Christian Conservation organisations.
Check out All Nations Christian College's advanced short course on Creation Care & Mission here.
For further reading, check out the book that Bob recommends here: Planetwise by Dave Bookless
For further resources, especially to do with microplastics - and how we can educate ourselves, change habits and protect God's world and ocean peoples, visit the A Rocha Plastics Toolbox page.
Lausanne Creation Care NetworkSend us a text
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Do get in touch if you have any questions for Matt or for any of his guests.
[email protected]
You can find out more about us by visiting www.frontiers.org.uk
Or, if you're outside the UK, visit www.frontiers.org
(then select from one of our national offices).
For social media in the UK:
Instagram: frontiers_uk
Facebook: @frontiersukfriends
And do check out the free and outstanding 6 week video course for churches and small groups, called MomentumYes:
www.momentumyes.com (USA)
www.momentumyes.org.uk (UK)
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In this episode we hear the story of Nik Ripken.
Nik and Ruth spent over 30 years obeying Christ’s command to share Jesus across the globe. After 7 years in Malawi & South Africa, they moved to Nairobi, Kenya to begin work among the Somali people, in the context of war and famine.
Many Somali believers there suffered for their faith. Most were martyred. Near the end of the Ripken’s tenure among the Somalis, their 16-year-old son died.
One year later, the Holy Spirit led the Ripkens to begin a global pilgrimage to learn from believers in persecution how to recapture a biblical missiology of witness and house-church planting in the midst of persecution and martyrdom. Currently the Ripkens have interviewed over 600 believers in persecution, exceeding 72 countries. Sitting at their feet, the Ripkens learned from the suffering church how to thrive amidst suffering, not merely survive.
To learn more of their incredible story, or to purchase their books: The Insanity of God, The Insanity of Obedience & The Insanity of Sacrifice, visit
https://www.nikripken.com/
To watch the documentary about the persecuted church that they made, visit
https://www.insanityofgodmovie.com/Send us a text
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Do get in touch if you have any questions for Matt or for any of his guests.
[email protected]
You can find out more about us by visiting www.frontiers.org.uk
Or, if you're outside the UK, visit www.frontiers.org
(then select from one of our national offices).
For social media in the UK:
Instagram: frontiers_uk
Facebook: @frontiersukfriends
And do check out the free and outstanding 6 week video course for churches and small groups, called MomentumYes:
www.momentumyes.com (USA)
www.momentumyes.org.uk (UK)
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In this episode Matt hears from Ola, a Nigerian-Brit who grew up in the UK. Expelled from school, he got caught up in the drug scene in London, before coming to Christ as a young man. He then became a rap artist, before sensing the Lord calling him to the nations.
Ola shares honestly about the difficulties of moving to the country of his parents and grandparents to do church planting, before spending many years in the Middle East. Malaria, threats of curses, debates with Imams all were challenges he had to face.
He also has a powerful word for the diaspora black churches in the West.
(Apologies for the sound quality in this episode. We've had to alter the voice somewhat to protect the identity of 'Ola' and there were some other technical issues during this interview!)Send us a text
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Do get in touch if you have any questions for Matt or for any of his guests.
[email protected]
You can find out more about us by visiting www.frontiers.org.uk
Or, if you're outside the UK, visit www.frontiers.org
(then select from one of our national offices).
For social media in the UK:
Instagram: frontiers_uk
Facebook: @frontiersukfriends
And do check out the free and outstanding 6 week video course for churches and small groups, called MomentumYes:
www.momentumyes.com (USA)
www.momentumyes.org.uk (UK)
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In this episode Matt talks to Andy McCullough, a church leader and author in the UK who spent many years doing evangelism and church-planting in Turkey/Turkiye.
He’ll be sharing about how a fellowship was started in Istanbul through a tattoo artist, his girlfriend and a series of remarkable dreams.
Andy now works with an international network of churches called New Frontiers – not connected to our organisation, despite the similar sounding name!
For Andy's books on Amazon, click here.
His latest book comes out in July 2024.
It's called Made Flesh: John's Gospel, Mission and the Global Church
For some excellent authors from the Global South writing about God's Mission, do check out Samuel Escobar, Rene Padilla, Yaw Perbi, Ajith Fernando, Chawkat Moucarry, Lami Bakari, Elizabeth Mburu - to name but a few!Send us a text
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Do get in touch if you have any questions for Matt or for any of his guests.
[email protected]
You can find out more about us by visiting www.frontiers.org.uk
Or, if you're outside the UK, visit www.frontiers.org
(then select from one of our national offices).
For social media in the UK:
Instagram: frontiers_uk
Facebook: @frontiersukfriends
And do check out the free and outstanding 6 week video course for churches and small groups, called MomentumYes:
www.momentumyes.com (USA)
www.momentumyes.org.uk (UK)
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In this episode you'll hear the story of 'Badr' who describes himself as a fanatical Muslim in his teenage years.
Although from a Syrian family, he grew up in Yemen and came to faith when his father (hoping he'd become less fanatical) gave him a bible.
He shares the journey of how his family reacted, the difficulties of finding other believers to fellowship with and his current ministry to reach others from a Muslim background online.
For Arabic speakers, this is Badr's FB account for those interested in exploring the message of Jesus.
https://www.facebook.com/Ta3aloBeirut?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6vSend us a text
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Do get in touch if you have any questions for Matt or for any of his guests.
[email protected]
You can find out more about us by visiting www.frontiers.org.uk
Or, if you're outside the UK, visit www.frontiers.org
(then select from one of our national offices).
For social media in the UK:
Instagram: frontiers_uk
Facebook: @frontiersukfriends
And do check out the free and outstanding 6 week video course for churches and small groups, called MomentumYes:
www.momentumyes.com (USA)
www.momentumyes.org.uk (UK)
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In this episode we meet Andy Bannister, Director of Solas.
His ministry journey has included several years of engaging with Muslims at Speakers’ Corner in Hyde Park, doing a PhD in Quranic Studies, writing several books on Islam and evangelism, teaching and speaking in many churches in the UK and North America - and currently hosting two podcasts!
We’ll be hearing his story and some key tips on reaching Muslims from his books: “Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God?” and “How to talk about Jesus without looking like an idiot!”
To find out more about Andy and his work, do check out the following websites:
https://www.andybannister.net/dmacwtsg/
https://www.solas-cpc.org/Send us a text
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Do get in touch if you have any questions for Matt or for any of his guests.
[email protected]
You can find out more about us by visiting www.frontiers.org.uk
Or, if you're outside the UK, visit www.frontiers.org
(then select from one of our national offices).
For social media in the UK:
Instagram: frontiers_uk
Facebook: @frontiersukfriends
And do check out the free and outstanding 6 week video course for churches and small groups, called MomentumYes:
www.momentumyes.com (USA)
www.momentumyes.org.uk (UK)
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In this episode we hear the story of Ruth Ripken.
Ruth and her husband, Nik, spent over 30 years obeying Christ’s command to share Jesus across the globe. After 7 years in Malawi & South Africa, they moved to Nairobi, Kenya to begin work among the Somali people, in the context of war and famine.
Many Somali believers there suffered for their faith. Most were martyred. Near the end of the Ripken’s tenure among the Somalis, their 16-year-old son died.
One year later, the Holy Spirit led the Ripkens to begin a global pilgrimage to learn from believers in persecution how to recapture a biblical missiology of witness and house-church planting in the midst of persecution and martyrdom. Currently the Ripkens have interviewed over 600 believers in persecution, exceeding 72 countries. Sitting at their feet, the Ripkens learned from the suffering church how to thrive amidst suffering, not merely survive.
To learn more of their incredible story, or to purchase their books: The Insanity of God, The Insanity of Obedience & The Insanity of Sacrifice, visit
https://www.nikripken.com/
To watch the documentary about the persecuted church that they made, visit
https://www.insanityofgodmovie.com/Send us a text
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Do get in touch if you have any questions for Matt or for any of his guests.
[email protected]
You can find out more about us by visiting www.frontiers.org.uk
Or, if you're outside the UK, visit www.frontiers.org
(then select from one of our national offices).
For social media in the UK:
Instagram: frontiers_uk
Facebook: @frontiersukfriends
And do check out the free and outstanding 6 week video course for churches and small groups, called MomentumYes:
www.momentumyes.com (USA)
www.momentumyes.org.uk (UK)
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In this episode we meet Andres, a Latino doctor who spent many years living and working in Kurdistan and now serves in a senior leadership position in Frontiers.
What happens when the brother of one of the guys he’s discipling comes to ask for help to kill a personal enemy?
What impact did a dream have on one of the first Kurdish believers in their city?
And what are the pros and cons of being a Latino worker in the Middle East?
Send us a text
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Do get in touch if you have any questions for Matt or for any of his guests.
[email protected]
You can find out more about us by visiting www.frontiers.org.uk
Or, if you're outside the UK, visit www.frontiers.org
(then select from one of our national offices).
For social media in the UK:
Instagram: frontiers_uk
Facebook: @frontiersukfriends
And do check out the free and outstanding 6 week video course for churches and small groups, called MomentumYes:
www.momentumyes.com (USA)
www.momentumyes.org.uk (UK)
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Taken on a trip to Jordan by her father when she was 14 years old, Becky spent time with Palestinian refugees and was deeply impacted by them and the work of the missionaries there.
But it was India which captured her heart a few years later, with its incredibly friendly and hospitable people, its amazing food and, most importantly its huge need for gospel workers.
In this episode we hear about how God's love for all people and Becky's adventurous spirit have combined to shape the life of a young lady from Liverpool.
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NB. Consider this statistic that shows a significant Great Commission imbalance.
Number of Christian missionaries per million people:
Latin America receives 155
Africa receives 68
India receives only 7
https://joshuaproject.net/assets/media/handouts/why-india.pdfSend us a text
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Do get in touch if you have any questions for Matt or for any of his guests.
[email protected]
You can find out more about us by visiting www.frontiers.org.uk
Or, if you're outside the UK, visit www.frontiers.org
(then select from one of our national offices).
For social media in the UK:
Instagram: frontiers_uk
Facebook: @frontiersukfriends
And do check out the free and outstanding 6 week video course for churches and small groups, called MomentumYes:
www.momentumyes.com (USA)
www.momentumyes.org.uk (UK)
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In this episode we meet John from Canada, an intrepid adventurer turned missionary.
In his youth he rode his motorbikes across North America, Europe & the Middle East – most often sleeping under the stars. He had various accidents too, including one in which he broke his neck.But when the Lord called him to take the good news to Muslims, he ended up living in Asia for 30 years!
And there in the tropics, John's love of adventure and water sports became what God would use to establish him in business, to give him many friendships with local Muslims and no end of gospel opportunities.
His is a fascinating story of adventures, calling, unreached Muslim people groups, betrayal, deportation, redeployment & resilience.Send us a text
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Do get in touch if you have any questions for Matt or for any of his guests.
[email protected]
You can find out more about us by visiting www.frontiers.org.uk
Or, if you're outside the UK, visit www.frontiers.org
(then select from one of our national offices).
For social media in the UK:
Instagram: frontiers_uk
Facebook: @frontiersukfriends
And do check out the free and outstanding 6 week video course for churches and small groups, called MomentumYes:
www.momentumyes.com (USA)
www.momentumyes.org.uk (UK)
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The conflict between the Israeli governement and Hamas has surfaced once again these past several months - with the kidnapping of Jewish civilians, the bombardment of Gaza, the terrible loss of life, the constant fear and the international community deeply divided in how to respond.
In this episode we hear from Charlie, who lived with her family in Jordan and East Jerusalem for several years. She made friends with Arab-Israelis, Palestinians, Jews and Christians alike, praying all the time for reconciliation between 'enemies' and for many Muslims to find hope and peace in the Lord Jesus.
She also shares about returning to the UK and ministering to immigrant and refugee communities, some of whom it turned out were from the very neighbourhood she had been living in.
For ways to shape the nations through prayer, visit our Pray Now page on the website here.
To download the Pray Now app - a daily short prayer feed for the Muslim world , click here.Send us a text
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Do get in touch if you have any questions for Matt or for any of his guests.
[email protected]
You can find out more about us by visiting www.frontiers.org.uk
Or, if you're outside the UK, visit www.frontiers.org
(then select from one of our national offices).
For social media in the UK:
Instagram: frontiers_uk
Facebook: @frontiersukfriends
And do check out the free and outstanding 6 week video course for churches and small groups, called MomentumYes:
www.momentumyes.com (USA)
www.momentumyes.org.uk (UK)
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Most of our guests have been 'on the field' for years, since we at Frontiers are all about long-term engagement with unreached peoples, i.e. going deep into language and culture to be as effective as possible in making disciples and planting churches.
But today's young guests report back on a recent short-term mission trip that they went on in Turkey (Turkiye) that lasted for only a week.
Hannah and Lucy were sent out on a team to experience the 'Muslim world', to go to a remote town where there are no known believers, to pray and see who God would lead them to. Where would they stay? Would their reception be hostile or welcoming? What kind of spiritual formation would God be doing in them?
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If you would like to consider going on one of our short-term trips, click here.
To learn about the YWAM Discipleship Training School that Hannah did after leaving school, click here.
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Do get in touch if you have any questions for Matt or for any of his guests.
[email protected]
You can find out more about us by visiting www.frontiers.org.uk
Or, if you're outside the UK, visit www.frontiers.org
(then select from one of our national offices).
For social media in the UK:
Instagram: frontiers_uk
Facebook: @frontiersukfriends
And do check out the free and outstanding 6 week video course for churches and small groups, called MomentumYes:
www.momentumyes.com (USA)
www.momentumyes.org.uk (UK)
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In this episode we meet Naomi, a young Brit who has dedicated her life to sharing Jesus with Muslims in Africa.
What happens when a friend's roof is blown off in storm? Will God provide? Should Naomi give her the money for it? How should she deal with bats living in her bathroom?!
How did some of the new believers from a Muslim background show Naomi what it really means to obey and boldly live out the teachings of Jesus in their context? How should she deal with some of the men in the neighbourhood catcalling and harrassing her?
You'll certainly be inspired and challenged as you listen to Naomi's experiences of life in the desert.
“If God calls you to be a missionary, don’t stoop to become a king.” (Jordan Grooms)Send us a text
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Do get in touch if you have any questions for Matt or for any of his guests.
[email protected]
You can find out more about us by visiting www.frontiers.org.uk
Or, if you're outside the UK, visit www.frontiers.org
(then select from one of our national offices).
For social media in the UK:
Instagram: frontiers_uk
Facebook: @frontiersukfriends
And do check out the free and outstanding 6 week video course for churches and small groups, called MomentumYes:
www.momentumyes.com (USA)
www.momentumyes.org.uk (UK)
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In this episode we hear from J, who spent 11 years with his family in Northern Iraq living amongst the Kurds.
We discuss ISIS (aka Daesh / the Islamic State), the connections that the Kurds have with the ancient Medes (as mentioned in the Bible), eco-tourism and archaeology, and the role that statehood (or lack of it) has for the Kurds.
We also discuss the Californian, Roger Cumberland, a missionary to the Kurdish people who was martyred in 1938. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Cumberland
NB. Kurdistan is a term that Kurds may appreciate since it speaks of their dreams and aspirations for unity and statehood, but for others in Turkiye, Iraq, Iran & Syria it is a term imbued with a very negative political meaning, one that relates to separatism and division.
For more on the Kurds, read:
Ethnic Realities and The Church, Lessons from Kurdistan by Robert Blincoe
For J's sermon at the International Church in Dohuk, entitled What the Bible says about Kurds, click here.Send us a text
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Do get in touch if you have any questions for Matt or for any of his guests.
[email protected]
You can find out more about us by visiting www.frontiers.org.uk
Or, if you're outside the UK, visit www.frontiers.org
(then select from one of our national offices).
For social media in the UK:
Instagram: frontiers_uk
Facebook: @frontiersukfriends
And do check out the free and outstanding 6 week video course for churches and small groups, called MomentumYes:
www.momentumyes.com (USA)
www.momentumyes.org.uk (UK)
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44 years ago there were only a few hundred believers in Iran from a Muslim background. Now the number is estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands!
Iranians (or Persians) are coming to Christ in amazing ways all over the world - not only in diaspora communities, but also inside the deeply conservative Islamic Republic, in spite of the country's strict laws against owning a Farsi bible and sharing the Christian faith with others.
Often Christian leaders have been arrested, interrogated, and imprisoned in the nation’s notorious Evin prison. And our guest in this episode is one of them.
Mojtaba Hosseini has a remarkable story of coming to faith in Iran as a young man, along with some of his family members. His underground church was raided twice by officers from the intelligence services. He was arrested and spent several years in jail.
Persecution and suffering are often part of the story of the emerging church in places hostile to the good news of Jesus. But so are perseverance and mighty works of God. This is one of those stories.Send us a text
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Do get in touch if you have any questions for Matt or for any of his guests.
[email protected]
You can find out more about us by visiting www.frontiers.org.uk
Or, if you're outside the UK, visit www.frontiers.org
(then select from one of our national offices).
For social media in the UK:
Instagram: frontiers_uk
Facebook: @frontiersukfriends
And do check out the free and outstanding 6 week video course for churches and small groups, called MomentumYes:
www.momentumyes.com (USA)
www.momentumyes.org.uk (UK)
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In this episode Matt interviews 'Hope' who, with her family, has lived and served in 4 different Middle Eastern countries over the last 30 years.
Hope talks about how her Middle Eastern experiences have brought a greater understanding of the original context of the Bible, how she uses stories to bring good news to her Muslim friends and neighbours and how God's Word has sustained her and encouraged her to keep persevering even in her first decade of not seeing much fruit and through expulsions and relocations.
They also discuss cockroach infestations, karaoke and raising kids in cross-cultural environments.
A great book mentioned in this episode is:
Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes, by Kenneth Bailey 2008 SPCKSend us a text
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Do get in touch if you have any questions for Matt or for any of his guests.
[email protected]
You can find out more about us by visiting www.frontiers.org.uk
Or, if you're outside the UK, visit www.frontiers.org
(then select from one of our national offices).
For social media in the UK:
Instagram: frontiers_uk
Facebook: @frontiersukfriends
And do check out the free and outstanding 6 week video course for churches and small groups, called MomentumYes:
www.momentumyes.com (USA)
www.momentumyes.org.uk (UK)
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Emily’s husband, Stephen, had given her a well-read copy of Foxe’s Book of Martyrs on their first date. And a few years later, while they were serving in Northern Africa, he was shot and killed by Al Qaeda terrorists.
In this episode Emily shares some of her story, describing the love and mission that God had given both her and Stephen for the people of that part of the world, the tragic loss she and kids experienced when Stephen was killed, and her experience of and trust in the ongoing grace and goodness of God.
You’ll hear what happened when, a few years later, while working with a medical team in one of the local prisons, she met the man who had murdered Stephen.
To find out more, do get a copy of her book:
We Died Before We Came Here, by Emily Foreman.Send us a text
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Do get in touch if you have any questions for Matt or for any of his guests.
[email protected]
You can find out more about us by visiting www.frontiers.org.uk
Or, if you're outside the UK, visit www.frontiers.org
(then select from one of our national offices).
For social media in the UK:
Instagram: frontiers_uk
Facebook: @frontiersukfriends
And do check out the free and outstanding 6 week video course for churches and small groups, called MomentumYes:
www.momentumyes.com (USA)
www.momentumyes.org.uk (UK)
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Indonesia contains more Muslims than any other country in the world – more than 230 million. And that’s why José, a young man from Latin America, decided to join a Frontiers team there, because the need is so great.
In this episode José shares about the challenge he faced to get his church to understand God’s global vision and their role in it, the joy of being mentored well in his preparation time and some great stories from his first 4 years on the field.
What happened when his friend interrupted his basketball game to tell him there was a ghost in their apartment block? Why is it that many Christians in Indonesia have little gospel interaction with the majority Muslim community?
The Latin theologians mentioned in this episode are :
C René Padilla, whose seiminal work is Mission Between the Times: Essays on the Kingdom, 2010 and Samuel Escobar, whose writings have been helpfully summarised by the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies (OCMS) here, entitled Samuel Escobar, An Anthology
To find out more about unreached people groups and places visit https://joshuaproject.net/Send us a text
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Do get in touch if you have any questions for Matt or for any of his guests.
[email protected]
You can find out more about us by visiting www.frontiers.org.uk
Or, if you're outside the UK, visit www.frontiers.org
(then select from one of our national offices).
For social media in the UK:
Instagram: frontiers_uk
Facebook: @frontiersukfriends
And do check out the free and outstanding 6 week video course for churches and small groups, called MomentumYes:
www.momentumyes.com (USA)
www.momentumyes.org.uk (UK)
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Although we at Frontiers believe that Jesus is worth risking everything we have: our comforts, our hobbies, our wealth, our careers, our reputations and even our lives – we also are strong believers in supporting our workers on the field well and helping them to navigate the traumas, conflicts or disappointments they might face.
In this episode Matt chats with Harriet who heads the Member Care team at the British office. She and her husband lived in West Africa for many years and raised their 3 kids there, so she knows what it’s like to serve overseas in tough places.
They discuss living with the poor (without running water and electricity), sharing a home with locals, dealing with cockroaches and mosquitos, a camel that smashed into their car, driving into a ditch at night… and much more.
Send us a text
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Do get in touch if you have any questions for Matt or for any of his guests.
[email protected]
You can find out more about us by visiting www.frontiers.org.uk
Or, if you're outside the UK, visit www.frontiers.org
(then select from one of our national offices).
For social media in the UK:
Instagram: frontiers_uk
Facebook: @frontiersukfriends
And do check out the free and outstanding 6 week video course for churches and small groups, called MomentumYes:
www.momentumyes.com (USA)
www.momentumyes.org.uk (UK)
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