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. Aug 6

    Should I Stay Or Should I Leave (the Mission Field)? with David Joannes

    Have you ever thought about leaving the mission field? Not just in a passing moment of frustration, but really thought about it? What would it actually cost you to stay? And how do you know the difference between a hard season and God genuinely closing a door? In this episode, Stephanie sits down with David Joannes, founder of Within Reach Global and 28-year missionary, for one of the most honest conversations we have ever had. This is not about grinding harder or believing bigger. This is about what the decision to stay looks like from the inside, and what faithfulness actually requires when nothing around you is working. In This Episode, You’ll Learn What the decision to stay actually costs and why the hardest seasons are often the ones that precede the greatest breakthroughHow to tell the difference between a hard season and a closed door when you genuinely cannot tell which one you are inWhy vulnerability with your supporters does not put your funding at risk and what 28 years on the field teaches you about letting people in 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/

    Should I Stay Or Should I Leave (the Mission Field)? with David Joannes

  2. Jul 23

    Missionaries, Fundraising Isn't Your Only Option with Elias Reyes

    What if the financial ceiling you've been living under was never actually real? Have you ever wondered if there's a limit to what your ministry can afford, and that limit was set the day you sent your first support letter? Have you ever felt stuck between cutting back again, asking supporters for more, or wondering if it's time to come home? In this episode, Stephanie sits down with Elias Reyes, President of Modern Day Missions, to talk about secondary streams of income for missionaries. They unpack what these look like in real life, how to know if one fits your calling, and how missionaries throughout history have used their skills and circumstances to stay in the work God called them to. This conversation might just open a door you haven't tried yet. You’ll be brimming with ideas by the end! In This Episode, You’ll Learn Why believing fundraising is your only option might be keeping you stuck when you don't have to beHow to know if a secondary stream of income fits your calling instead of competing with itWhat questions to ask yourself to find a secondary income idea that actually fits your skills and your field 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/

    Missionaries, Fundraising Isn't Your Only Option with Elias Reyes

  3. Jul 9

    The Fundraising Advice We Wish We'd Had Sooner With Danny & Stephanie Leigh Gutierrez

    What do you do when one of you is terrified of fundraising and the other one grew up doing it like it's second nature? Danny and Stephanie Gutierrez found out the hard way, over twelve years, two daughters, and one very memorable $666 support check. In this episode, Coach Ben sits down with them for a conversation about what they'd do differently, from how they divided the work, to what a “soft no” really costs, to the season neither of them saw coming until it was almost over. If you've ever felt behind on fundraising, or married to someone who fundraises nothing like you do, this is the conversation you needed a few years ago. Listen to the full episode and find more resources for your marriage and your support raising at the link in our show notes. In This Episode, You’ll Learn Why dividing fundraising by strength, not gender or tradition, changed everything for one couple's support-raisingWhat it actually takes to fundraise beyond your needs, not just up to themHow to tell the difference between a real no and a maybe that never resolvesHey 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/

    The Fundraising Advice We Wish We'd Had Sooner With Danny & Stephanie Leigh Gutierrez

  4. Jun 18

    Here's What Your Body Has Been Trying to Tell You, Missionaries with Steve & Lisa Cuss

    What does your body already know that your mind hasn't caught up to yet? What if the thing most burning you out on the mission field is not the workload, the culture shock, or the lack of support, but something else? And what if the very traits that made you say yes to the field are the same ones slowly wearing you down? In this episode, Stephanie sits down with Steve and Lisa Cuss, founders of Capable Life, to talk about the Big Five false needs and what happens when the missionary calling supercharges them. Steve is a former pastor and chaplain who hosts the Being Human podcast for Christianity Today, and Lisa is a trauma therapist who brings a clinical lens to everything they teach. Together, they unpack why your body reacts before your brain does, how false needs and false beliefs are connected, and what it looks like to begin living from the gift underneath the need rather than the need itself. By the end, you will have language for something you have been carrying for a long time, and the tools to take the next right step.   In This Episode, You'll Learn: What the Big Five false needs are and how to locate yourself in them, including the physical signal that tells you which one is running the show.Why your body and your head can believe completely different things about your faith, your calling, and your capacity, and what to do when they do.How to move from living out of a false need to operating from the real gift underneath it, with practical tools you can start using this week.  Resources Mentioned: Capable Life Free Resources Being Human Podcast with Steve Cuss (Christianity Today) SIFT by Dr. Dan Siegel 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/

    Here's What Your Body Has Been Trying to Tell You, Missionaries with Steve & Lisa Cuss

  5. 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/

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

  6. 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/

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

  7. 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/

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

  8. 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/

    Spiritual Warfare on the Mission Field Nobody Warns You About with Jacob Ebersole
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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
    155
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    © 2026 Modern Day Missionaries
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    Modern Day Missionaries

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