Because International - Church Suite

Kenny Wade
  • 5.0 (4)
  • NON-PROFIT

We use products as solutions to alleviate poverty by meeting immediate needs and creating opportunities for empowerment. Our church partners are a big part of these efforts so we wanted to share people and stories with you that are inspiring us!

Episodes

  1. 03/01/2020

    Payton McGriff and the origin story of SHE (Style Her Empowered)

    Are you ready to be inspired by the entrepreneurial spirit of a low-key social justice dynamo who is getting it done? This episode with Payton is for you. My hope is as you listen the possibilities of your imagination will abound to how God calls the church to partner, collaborate, and lead the way in making things new! https://styleherempowered.org

    58 min

  2. 02/01/2020

    Greyson Kilgore - Stewarding our physical health, Tantor, young adult insights, and Spartan Race.

    Greyson has experience as a collegiate track athlete, served as a youth pastor, currently employed as a freshman guys resident director at a Christian college, and is an obstacle course racing elite competitor on the Spartan Race Pro team.

    1h 27m

  3. 12/23/2019

    Mark Yaconelli - Stealing the gems of the church

    Mark and I discuss Sabbath retreats, compassionate story telling to heal community, unclogging toilets, his dad (Mike Yaconelli co-founder of Youth Specialities), the 12 and 1 ministry, Baby Yoda, and sticking to our knitting. Enjoy!

    1h 2m

  4. 12/02/2019

    Michael Mata conversation and insights

    Michael is passionate about leadership and community development. Especially urban community and how the church can contribute significantly through relational awareness. This pastor, prof, consultant, and fellow Christ follower offers unique insights and stories to our role in God’s redemption of the world.

    55 min

  5. 11/01/2019

    Japheth Opondo Okinyo is our Because team mate in Nairobi, Kenya.

    Find out why Japheth has so many “O’s” in his name on Facebook, the impact of the TSTG in Kenya, about his family, short-term group advice, what a great guy he is, and why he is so important to our team!

    1h 15m

  6. 10/14/2019

    Eric Samuel Timm - Catching-up with EST while on tour with “W” on the road to Texarkana!

    Eric is a speaker, artist and author. More importantly he is a follower of Christ, husband, and dad! We discussed His Axe Academy “Axe Cast” (https://theaxeacademy.com) / Exploring Priorities in life / Peace as the “umpire” in our decisions / Faithfulness vs. Balance (EST juked me HARD here!) Being Vs Doing / Work and Vocation. And generally just having a great conversation with some gritty insights from EST. Enjoy!

    1h 14m

  7. 09/23/2019

    Steve Corbett: ROUND 2 (Co-author of the book “When Helping Hurts”)

    Steve Corbett and Kenny discuss changes he would make to the book “When Helping Hurts,” the one original idea they contributed to the book, his impact on consulting with the Because team, where he thinks The Shoe That Grows fits in the work of humanitarian relief work, short-term teams, and the basic building blocks for cultivating the importance of development thinking.

    38 min

  8. 09/12/2019

    Joan Endicott: Speaker, Author, Coach, world traveler, and Because networker!

    Joan spent some time with us sharing her heart and insights for life from her trade mark theme and book: I Get To! http://www.joanendicott.com She is also a Because partner and has taken The Shoe That Grows to Australia to help alleviate poverty downunder and networked for The Shoe to be taken onto Papua New Guinea and Tonga. This month (Sept 2019) Joan is taking The Shoe That Grows on her business trip to Phoenix where we are partnered with the Rescue Mission and Salvation Army for distribution. Thanks Joan!

    1h 23m

  9. 08/05/2019

    Fuzz Kitto: Kenny catches up with Australian missional church consultant & anti-slavery activist

    Fuzz and Kenny discuss StoptheTraffik.org efforts to abolish modern slavery, the progress they are making with the Australian government, how we can make a difference in our everyday lives to counter-act slavery through our consumerism, the real-life story of Vanak’s freedom from slavery, and how anti-slavery efforts engage with the process of alleviating poverty.

    53 min

  10. 07/24/2019

    Steve Corbett Co-author to “When Helping Hurts” sits down with Kenny Wade and Kenton Lee

    Steve spent a couple days consulting with the Because team on our mission, goals, and future. We could not pass up the opportunity to ask some fun and some in-depth questions. Together we discuss life, mission, Change Theory, and preferred dental fluoride flavors;)

    27 min
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We use products as solutions to alleviate poverty by meeting immediate needs and creating opportunities for empowerment. Our church partners are a big part of these efforts so we wanted to share people and stories with you that are inspiring us!

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