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Today we're discussing international ministry with Jay Fast. Josh and Jay share their top ten excuses that they've heard for not taking missions trips, we talk about some best practices for international trips, and look at Jesus exampe of cross-cultural ministry.
Jay is the Iternational Ministries coordinator with Sonlife and has been leading overseas trips with teams in the U.S. and Latin America.
Show Links:
Fusion
Equipping Cross-Culturally (Blog)
Email Jay

This week we're talking about building relationships with Nathan Glover of Urban Impact. We discuss the win, build, equip, multiply model that they have used and the importance of training others to make disciples.
Nathan is the director of training center with Urban Impact. He has been either in or leading Urban Impact programs since he was 7 years old. He spent time participating and volunteering throughout his childhood before joining the staff in his early twenties. 
 
Episode Links:
Urban Impact Youtube
Urban Impact website
Urban Impact misstion trip
Master Plan for Evangelism

We're talking about gospel conversations with Jeff Polen on today's episode of Everyday Disciple Makers. We discuss how Jeff started participating in an activity his brother was interested so that they could spend time together and Jeff shares his heart for ministry, music, and making disciples. Jeff is husband, father, speaker, and worship leader based in Ohio. He is a musician and a writer with a heart for the local church.
Show links:
Jeff's website
Weekly Worhsip Thoughts (Jeff's book)
Sonlife's 5 booklets

Today we're discussing perseverance in youth ministry with Bill Winton. Bill has been the middle school pastor at his church for 22 years and has leaders on his team that have been with him for over a decade. We discuss middle school ministry and the power of win, build, equip, multiply.
Bill is the Middle School Director and Director of Missions at Christian Family Chapel in Jaxonville, FL.
Show Links:
Christian Family Chapel
Email Bill
How Jesus Made Disciples

Today we talk about reaching Gen Z with Jordan Whitmer. Jordan is a Gen Z leader with a heart for leading his generation to Christ. We talk about what works in reaching Generation Z and his experience in ministry to this generation.
Jordan is leading the HowToLife Movement and taking the hope of Jesus to his generation. The movement started when he was 16 and empowers students to share the good news of Jesus.
Show Links:
HowToLife website
Jordan's Instagram
Barna's Gen Z resources

This week we sit down to talk about strategic investment in the next generation with Doug Holliday. We cover Sonlife's roots as a youth ministry disciple-making organization and how we are refocussing on the prayer of being part of transforming the culture of youth ministry in North America and restoring it to the disciple-making heart of Jesus.
Doug is the Executive Director of Sonlife and serves on the lead team with Concentric which is a global alliance of ministries that provide Biblical leadership equipping based on Jesus’ model and strategy
Links from this episode:
More about Doug
Sonlife's training