#12minconvos with Jesus Believers

Engel Jones

4,242 podcasts and 2 countries down. 349 Face to Face Interviews across North America. 195 countries to go. My family and I are on a mission to interview 5,000 Jesus Believers by December 2031. Experience the power of a conversation. "However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace." - Acts 20:24

  1. Wally Long: Finding God in the Midst of Unimaginable Family Tragedy

    7 HR AGO

    Wally Long: Finding God in the Midst of Unimaginable Family Tragedy

    At the age of 17 Wally came to know Jesus as Savior and a short time later, Wally felt called to ministry in some capacity. He did not know exactly how that would look but he surrendered to serve however and wherever God led him. Wally attended the Liberty Bible Institute in Lynchburg, Virginia for two years. In the summer of 1979, after his first year at LBI, Wally met the love of his life, Sylvia, while they served together ministering at the Treasure Island Children's Summer Camp through Thomas Road Baptist Church. They were married the next summer. Although vocational ministry did not happen right away, Wally began to minister in music, teaching, or preaching wherever he and his small family found themselves. He enlisted in the US Marines in 1980 and served 10 years until December 1990. In 1991, Wally started a career with the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Springfield, Missouri. Throughout their travels, Wally continued to minister in the churches where he and his wife were members. Wally retired from the Federal Bureau of Prisons and in 2014 was called to pastor a small Baptist church in Mount Vernon, Missouri, where he has been since. Wally is involved in ministry to veterans and first responders through Peterson Outdoors Ministries. He spends a week each summer preaching at Ponca Bible Camp in Ponca, AR to 9th and 10th grade students. He and his church are also involved in ministering to those in the community who are in addiction recovery programs. Wally and his wife, Sylvia, have 8 children and 9 grandchildren. In 1988, they began homeschooling their oldest daughter and continued the journey of homeschooling until their youngest daughter was enrolled in their local high school in 2020, where she graduated with honors in 2024. In March 2024, Wally published his first book, Why Me, Lord? In this book he shares the lessons he learned through a series of tragedies that struck his family. Wally Long - Author & Speaker | Why Me, Lord? Long, Wally Wally Long

    7 min
  2. Ron Cantor: A Jewish Believer's Radical Encounter with Jesus

    6 DAYS AGO

    Ron Cantor: A Jewish Believer's Radical Encounter with Jesus

    I serve as President of Shelanu TV, the only 24.7, Hebrew-language TV channel sharing the message of Yeshua. I was born into a Jewish home, circumcised and Bar Mitzvah'd, but I did not know God! I realized at age 17, there must be more. This led me on a journey where I discovered that Yeshua (Jesus), whom I thought was for the Gentiles, was in fact, the Jewish Messiah. ​ I hold a master's degree from King's University and a doctorate from Liberty University. I served as the Associate Rabbi at Beth Messiah Messianic congregation in Rockville, MD, until my family and I moved to Odesa, Ukraine, to work in the Messianic Jewish Bible Institute as Jewish people were coming to Yeshua in droves. In Ukraine, we birthed a congregation in Bedichev, the city upon which Fiddler on the Roof was based. We then moved to Budapest, Hungary. ​ In 1999, we accepted an invitation to teach Jewish Roots at the Brownsville Revival School of Ministry. In 2003, my wife Elana, a native Israeli, and I, along with our girls, made aliyah (moved to Israel). I served as the co-pastor and interim senior pastor of the King of Kings Community in Jerusalem. ​ During this time, we birthed the Isaiah 2 Initiative, taking Israeli young adults to third-world nations to preach the message of Yeshua. In Nigeria, these young adults saw many miracles, and tens of thousands profess faith in Yeshua. ​ In 2013, I agreed to become the lead pastor of Tiferet Yeshua, a Hebrew-speaking congregation in Tel Aviv. Three years later, we turned the congregation over to a native-born Israeli, while still functioning as an elder there to this day. ​ In 2020, GOD TV partnered with several Messianic Israeli leaders to birth Shelanu TV. I was asked to become the president. ​

    10 min
  3. Lori Ann Wood: Trading What You Can't Keep for What You Can Never Lose

    28 APR

    Lori Ann Wood: Trading What You Can't Keep for What You Can Never Lose

    Lori Ann Wood lives with her husband in an empty nest in beautiful Bentonville, Arkansas. Having discovered a serious heart condition almost too late, Lori Ann writes and speaks to encourage deep faith questions along the detours of life. She has been awarded the Frederick Buechner Narrative Essay Award, and awards from the Evangelical Press Association as well as from Colorado Christian Writers, Next Generation, Illumination, and Bookfest. Her work has been published in several anthologies and dozens of print and online venues, including The New York Times, The Christian Century Magazine, The Joyful Life Magazine, Just Between Us Magazine, Bella Grace Magazine, Truly Magazine, and Pepperdine University Press. Lori Ann's multi-award-winning book, Divine Detour: The Path You'd Never Choose Can Lead to the Faith You've Always Wanted, was published by CrossRiver Media, and is available at https://www.amazon.com/Divine-Detour-choose-always-wanted/dp/1936501759/. Learn more and read the first chapter free at https://loriannwood.com/books/. Connect with her on her website, on Instagram or on Facebook. Living with a chronic illness and struggling with deep faith questions, Lori Ann knows that sometimes we want to give God the silent treatment. If you are on a detour, and find it difficult to communicate with God, get her free gift, 5 Prayers & Promises When You Can't Talk to God at https://loriannwood.com/hope/.

    10 min

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4,242 podcasts and 2 countries down. 349 Face to Face Interviews across North America. 195 countries to go. My family and I are on a mission to interview 5,000 Jesus Believers by December 2031. Experience the power of a conversation. "However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace." - Acts 20:24