Modern Day Missionaries

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The “Modern Day Missionaries” podcast discusses topics that affect the lives of Christian missionaries on the mission field in the areas of faith, freedom, family, and finances. It is produced by "Modern Day Missions" and hosted by Stephanie Leigh Gutierrez. Each episode in the “Modern Day Missionaries” podcast is a conversational interview where Stephanie hosts guests who are experts in their fields and who either are or have been missionaries, or who serve in the missions space. At Modern Day, we want to help missionaries be their very best so they can give their very best! Learn more about "Modern Day Missions" https://www.modernday.org/ 

  1. When Nobody Calls to Check On You: Soul Health, Hidden Burnout, and What Missionaries Actually Need

    Jun 4

    When Nobody Calls to Check On You: Soul Health, Hidden Burnout, and What Missionaries Actually Need

    The missionaries burning out fastest are not the ones who stopped caring. They are the ones who cared the most. Mindy Caliguire, founder of SoulCare, joins the podcast to talk about what research with missionaries in the Global South revealed about soul health, the relational deficit nobody wants to touch, and what it actually takes to find your way back.   In This Episode, You'll Learn: Why the most devoted missionaries are often the most at risk, and how a can't-stop-won't-stop work mentality builds until the flywheel breaks.How prayer and Bible study can become fuel for the engine of service rather than practices for your own soul, and what finding your way back looks like.Why the relational deficit is the hardest to address, and what one accessible step looks like for the isolated missionary.  Links From the Episode: Free Spiritual Friendship Guide Monthly Retreat Guide Ignite Your Soul by Mindy Caliguire Lacey Mason research episode: Soul Care with Mindy, Episode 2 Soul Care with Mindy podcast SoulCare website Hey missionaries—how are your finances on the field? At Modern Day Missions, we make it simple for missionaries to receive donations and for donors to give. Serving 1,100+ missionaries worldwide, we free you to focus on your calling. We also offer resources like our weekly podcast, fundraising coaching, and a resource-packed newsletter. Connect with us at modernday.org Thanks for listening! Email us your questions at care@modernday.org Website: https://www.modernday.org/podcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu3ie6N7vXvESqcHrM-SRTC7-XoPEmnv6 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moderndaymissions/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moderndaymissions/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moderndaymissions X: https://twitter.com/Modern_Day LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/moderndaymissions/

    44 min
  2. Being a Woman on the Mission Field: What We All Need to Know with Denise Beck (EE)

    May 21

    Being a Woman on the Mission Field: What We All Need to Know with Denise Beck (EE)

    Two-thirds of global missionaries are women. And most of them will tell you they have never heard an episode like this one. Denise Beck, Executive Director of Velvet Ashes, has spent years sitting with women in every season of missionary life, and she is not afraid to say what most people skip over. The single woman who wonders if anyone on her team actually values what she gave up. The married woman stretched between her family and her calling. The woman who has been pouring out for so long she has stopped asking what she needs. And the extraordinary strength that exists in all of them, often unrecognized, even by themselves. This conversation goes to the places most missionary care conversations do not. We look at what it specifically costs women to serve on the field, what they uniquely bring to it, and what leaders, husbands, teammates, and fellow women can do to make sure the largest group of missionaries on the planet is actually being seen and supported well. In This Episode, You'll Learn: What single and married women on the field are actually experiencing including the specific tensions around sacrifice, comparison, identity, and feeling unseen that rarely get named out loudHow to stop running on empty and start building the rhythms and community that will actually sustain you for the long haul on the fieldWhat it looks like to practically support the women on your team, whether you are a man in leadership, a husband in ministry, or a fellow woman on the field who wants to show up better for the people around you  Hey missionaries—how are your finances on the field? At Modern Day Missions, we make it simple for missionaries to receive donations and for donors to give. Serving 1,100+ missionaries worldwide, we free you to focus on your calling. We also offer resources like our weekly podcast, fundraising coaching, and a resource-packed newsletter. Connect with us at modernday.org Thanks for listening! Email us your questions at care@modernday.org Website: https://www.modernday.org/podcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu3ie6N7vXvESqcHrM-SRTC7-XoPEmnv6 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moderndaymissions/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moderndaymissions/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moderndaymissions X: https://twitter.com/Modern_Day LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/moderndaymissions/

    1 hr
  3. What Missionary Kids Need Their Parents to Hear with Macy Gutierrez, Gabriel Gomez & Michelle Escobar

    May 8

    What Missionary Kids Need Their Parents to Hear with Macy Gutierrez, Gabriel Gomez & Michelle Escobar

    Your MK’s are watching everything. They see how you handle the hard seasons, how you hold it together when everything is falling apart, and how much space there is in your family for the hard stuff to be said out loud. But what are they actually holding inside? And what do they wish you would ask? In this episode, three young adults who grew up on the mission field sit down to share what that life actually formed in them, what they carried silently, and what they wish their parents had known. One of them is my own daughter, and I invited them all to be very honest. They were. Whether you are a missionary parent, an MK yourself, or someone who walks alongside missionary families, this conversation has something for you. In This Episode, You’ll Learn What missionary kids are actually thinking when they go quiet, and why it is rarely what their parents assumeThe unexpected thing that shapes MKs more than the mission field itself, and what parents can do with that informationWhat it looks like when a family decides to be missionaries together, not just parents on mission with kids in tow Hey missionaries—how are your finances on the field? At Modern Day Missions, we make it simple for missionaries to receive donations and for donors to give. Serving 1,100+ missionaries worldwide, we free you to focus on your calling. We also offer resources like our weekly podcast, fundraising coaching, and a resource-packed newsletter. Connect with us at modernday.org Thanks for listening! Email us your questions at care@modernday.org Website: https://www.modernday.org/podcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu3ie6N7vXvESqcHrM-SRTC7-XoPEmnv6 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moderndaymissions/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moderndaymissions/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moderndaymissions X: https://twitter.com/Modern_Day LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/moderndaymissions/

    56 min
  4. Spiritual Warfare on the Mission Field Nobody Warns You About with Jacob Ebersole

    Apr 30

    Spiritual Warfare on the Mission Field Nobody Warns You About with Jacob Ebersole

    Have you ever been in a season where everything seemed to be working against you, and you could not tell if it was spiritual warfare, burnout, or just the hard reality of missionary life? When you can tell the difference, you know how to fight. In this episode, evangelist, World Harvest founder, and Modern Day missionary Jacob Ebersole shares what spiritual warfare actually looks like on the mission field, the dramatic and the invisible, and the surprisingly practical ways missionaries can stand and fight without losing their joy in the process. You will walk away with new language for what you have already been carrying and a clearer picture of how to build the kind of team and foundation that holds when everything else is falling apart. In This Episode, You’ll Learn How to recognize the difference between overt and covert spiritual attack, and why that distinction affects how you respondWhat Jacob discovered about building the kind of team that does not crumble when the opposition gets intenseThe unexpected thing that could carry you and your team through the hardest season of your ministry Hey missionaries—how are your finances on the field? At Modern Day Missions, we make it simple for missionaries to receive donations and for donors to give. Serving 1,100+ missionaries worldwide, we free you to focus on your calling. We also offer resources like our weekly podcast, fundraising coaching, and a resource-packed newsletter. Connect with us at modernday.org Thanks for listening! Email us your questions at care@modernday.org Website: https://www.modernday.org/podcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu3ie6N7vXvESqcHrM-SRTC7-XoPEmnv6 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moderndaymissions/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moderndaymissions/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moderndaymissions X: https://twitter.com/Modern_Day LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/moderndaymissions/

    52 min
  5. The Crisis Response Plan Every Missionary Needs with Phil Cooke

    Apr 16

    The Crisis Response Plan Every Missionary Needs with Phil Cooke

    What do you do when everything falls apart on the field? When the team fractures, the funding dries up, or a decision you made starts unraveling in ways you never anticipated? What if the way you respond in the first few hours determines whether your ministry survives? In this episode, Stephanie sits down with Phil Cooke, filmmaker, media producer, PhD in theology, and one of the most sought-after crisis communications experts in the Christian world. Phil has worked in over 70 countries, walked countless ministry leaders through their worst moments, and written the definitive guide for churches and ministries navigating crisis. Together they pull back the curtain on what missionaries are almost never prepared for, why cover-ups always cost more than the crisis itself, how to build guardrails before you need them, and what to do in the first critical hours when something goes wrong. This is not a theoretical conversation. This is a plan.   In This Episode, You’ll Learn How to spot red flags in your team and your own life before they become a crisis.Why how you communicate in the first hours matters more than the crisis itself.The two phone calls Phil says every missionary needs to make when a crisis hits.  Hey missionaries—how are your finances on the field? At Modern Day Missions, we make it simple for missionaries to receive donations and for donors to give. Serving 1,100+ missionaries worldwide, we free you to focus on your calling. We also offer resources like our weekly podcast, fundraising coaching, and a resource-packed newsletter. Connect with us at modernday.org Thanks for listening! Email us your questions at care@modernday.org Website: https://www.modernday.org/podcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu3ie6N7vXvESqcHrM-SRTC7-XoPEmnv6 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moderndaymissions/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moderndaymissions/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moderndaymissions X: https://twitter.com/Modern_Day LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/moderndaymissions/

    51 min
  6. Why You Should Stop Performing for the People Who Sent You with Bob Goff

    Apr 2

    Why You Should Stop Performing for the People Who Sent You with Bob Goff

    Have you ever caught yourself angling the camera just right, choosing the words that make your ministry sound a little more impressive than it actually is? What if the pressure to perform is actually the thing standing between you and the life God designed you for? What if joy is closer to your insecurity than you ever imagined? In this episode, Stephanie sits down with author, speaker, and former ambassador Bob Goff for a conversation that is equal parts hilarious and deeply freeing. From Bob's own struggle with insecurity to why we should all aspire to be Roombas, to the time he walked into San Quentin dressed as Santa Claus, this episode will make you laugh, exhale, and give you full permission to stop spinning. In This Episode, You’ll Learn Why the most joyful people are often the most insecure, and what that means for the way you show up on the fieldHow to tell the difference between leading from love and leading from fear, and why one of them is slowly exhausting youWhy God delights in your small, bumbling, imperfect steps far more than you have been giving him credit for Hey missionaries—how are your finances on the field? At Modern Day Missions, we make it simple for missionaries to receive donations and for donors to give. Serving 1,100+ missionaries worldwide, we free you to focus on your calling. We also offer resources like our weekly podcast, fundraising coaching, and a resource-packed newsletter. Connect with us at modernday.org Thanks for listening! Email us your questions at care@modernday.org Website: https://www.modernday.org/podcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu3ie6N7vXvESqcHrM-SRTC7-XoPEmnv6 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moderndaymissions/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moderndaymissions/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moderndaymissions X: https://twitter.com/Modern_Day LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/moderndaymissions/

    34 min
  7. The Retirement Question Every Missionary Is Avoiding with Elias Reyes

    Mar 19

    The Retirement Question Every Missionary Is Avoiding with Elias Reyes

    Are you preparing for your financial future, or are you hoping it takes care of itself? What does it actually look like to invest on a missionary income? And is it even possible when support fluctuates month to month? In this episode, Stephanie sits down with Elias Reyes, president of Modern Day Missions and a financial consultant with 25+ years of experience serving missionaries and nonprofit leaders. They talk about the retirement realities most missionaries are not prepared for and simple steps they can take to get on track. This is a conversation about faith, stewardship, and practical things you can do right now, no matter where you are starting from.   In This Episode You’ll Learn: Why waiting to invest is one of the costliest decisions a missionary can make, and what the numbers actually look like over timeHow to start investing on an inconsistent income, even if you can only set aside a small amount each monthThe difference between saving and investing, and why you need both working together to protect your family's future  Resources Mentioned: Modern Day Missions: modernday.orgContact Modern Day about the Guidestone retirement account: office@modernday.orgInvestment Platforms Mentioned Fidelity: fidelity.comCharles Schwab: schwab.comTD Ameritrade: tdameritrade.comGuidestone: guidestone.org Thanks for listening! Email us your questions at care@modernday.org Website: https://www.modernday.org/podcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu3ie6N7vXvESqcHrM-SRTC7-XoPEmnv6 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moderndaymissions/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moderndaymissions/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moderndaymissions X: https://twitter.com/Modern_Day LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/moderndaymissions/

    20 min
  8. Support Raising Without Shame Or Games with Ben Ankarlo

    Mar 5

    Support Raising Without Shame Or Games with Ben Ankarlo

    In this episode, Stephanie sits down with Ben Ankarlo, fundraising coach at Modern Day Missions, to unpack what is really happening beneath the surface of support raising. Together, they explore how fear unknowingly shapes decisions, why some missionaries default to self-funding or scarcity, and how embarrassment and control can distort the way we invite others into partnership. Ben shares from lived experience as a missionary who is still actively fundraising today. You’ll learn why clarity builds trust, how to remove the awkwardness from the ask, and a simple text-to-text approach that helps you follow through with confidence. If support raising has felt emotionally draining or unnecessarily complicated, this conversation will help you approach it with steadiness, integrity, and a renewed sense of purpose. Hey missionaries—how are your finances on the field? At Modern Day Missions, we make it simple for missionaries to receive donations and for donors to give. Serving 1,100+ missionaries worldwide, we free you to focus on your calling. We also offer resources like our weekly podcast, fundraising coaching, and a resource-packed newsletter. Connect with us at modernday.org Thanks for listening! Email us your questions at care@modernday.org Website: https://www.modernday.org/podcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu3ie6N7vXvESqcHrM-SRTC7-XoPEmnv6 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moderndaymissions/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moderndaymissions/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moderndaymissions X: https://twitter.com/Modern_Day LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/moderndaymissions/

    56 min
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The “Modern Day Missionaries” podcast discusses topics that affect the lives of Christian missionaries on the mission field in the areas of faith, freedom, family, and finances. It is produced by "Modern Day Missions" and hosted by Stephanie Leigh Gutierrez. Each episode in the “Modern Day Missionaries” podcast is a conversational interview where Stephanie hosts guests who are experts in their fields and who either are or have been missionaries, or who serve in the missions space. At Modern Day, we want to help missionaries be their very best so they can give their very best! Learn more about "Modern Day Missions" https://www.modernday.org/ 

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  • Creator
    Modern Day Missions
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    151
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