Relentless Pursuit Podcast Pioneers-USA

Raising support is one of the biggest obstacles to new missionaries heading to the field. How do we cultivate a godly perspective on this important task? Listen in as Andrew shares about the deep spiritual and relational blessings of partner development.
 
In this episode, we discuss:
What partner development is
Is asking for money unspiritual?
The biblical foundation for raising support
The obstacle of awkwardness
Andrew’s personal story
 
Books that Andrew recommends on support raising are:
The God Ask by Steve Shadrach
Funding Your Ministry by Scott Morton
You can learn more about the training program Radius International here. 
You can learn about our other training program partners International Project and Global Frontier Missions too.
 
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Content warning: violence, death, and infant lossAm I willing to lay down the American dream and embrace suffering for God’s glory and the sake of others? There is a cost to taking the gospel to the nations and God is worthy of that cost. Elijah relates how God repeatedly brought this truth home to him and his wife as they served in two north African countries.
 
In this episode, we discuss:
The precious process God uses to move our hearts to where He wants us to go
Stories of the challenges Elijah and Emma faced and how neighbors got to see the beauty of the gospel through those situations
What it is like to serve among Muslims
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John and Pat Hazelwood currently serve as marriage coaches on Pioneers-USA pre-field ministry team. Before that, they served in southeast Asia as marriage coaches. 
 
In this episode we discuss:
Common issues in marriage
How to protect against common issues in marriage
Advice on how to have your marriage thrive on the mission field
Resources:
Check out the Hazelwood's marriage ministry https://www.yesmarriageworks.com/  and the book The Prodigal Marriage.
 
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Our God is the God who sees! Listen in as Elyse shares a beautiful story of Jesus healing and delivering a young woman in South Asia. There are so many amazing layers to God’s work in and through this young woman’s life – all in the middle of an intense Covid-19 lockdown. God's power is unmatched.
In this episode, we discuss:
Storytelling as an effective means of sharing the gospel cross-culturally
Particulars of sharing the good news in the South Asian cultural context
Encouraging and releasing new believers to follow the Holy Spirit’s guidance
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In what ways has God gifted you? Have you ever thought about how you might offer those gifts back to Him? Today, Jaden shares how God has used his love of photography to bring the faces of the unreached to the Church’s attention. He challenges us with the truth that our infinitely creative God has a place to use each of us with our unique experiences, gifts, and skillsets to expand his kingdom among the nations.
In this episode, we discuss:
How the camera can be a bridge 
Amazing stories of how God led Jaden in what seemed like a hopeless search for people of a certain persecuted minority group
How traveling in difficult places and taking photos has furthered the Kingdom
You can take the Next Steps Quiz at https://nextsteps.pioneers.org/

What is it like to trust that feelings will follow obedience? Listen in to how a three-minute conversation over a satellite phone drastically changed Jake and his high school sweetheart, Melissa’s, lives. Hear how God wove together relationships and experiences, giving them a holy discontentment that led them to an amazing and challenging season in south Asia.
In this episode, we discuss:
Discerning God’s voice
Impact of a short-term Edge mission trip
How to reach south Asians with the good news
Resources:
Jake talks about the impact of his short-term Edge trip with Pioneers. You can find out more about Edge here!