Sent Life Episodes

Calling (9)

November 2020: Episode 24 What are You Going to Do with Your Life with JD Greear

January 2021: Episode 30 Seeking and Discerning the Call to Gospel Ministry

April 2021: Episode 43 What’s My Next Step to the Mission Field? The IMB (International Mission Board) Process

March 2022: Episode 64 Calling Out the Called

October 2023: Episode 104 How do I get from Calling to the Mission Field? With Rick Fraley

August 2024: Episode 128 Before You Go with Dr. Matthew Bennett

December 2024: Episode 140 Knowing and Doing the Will of God

April 2025: Episode 152 Missions as a Family Calling with Phil Bartuska

October 2025: Episode 165 How Are Southern Baptists Reaching Unreached & Unengaged People Groups? with John Pratt

Evangelism (23)

July 2020: Episode 9 Helping Your Church Engage the Community

March 2021: Episode 35 Mission as Hospitality

November 2021: Episode 54 Embracing the Discomfort of Evangelism

December 2021: Episode 58 Selfish Holidays? Or Christ-Centered Holidays?

January 2022: Episode 59 Making the Most out of a New Year

January 2022: Episode 60 Who’s Your One?

February 2022: Episode 62 Cross-Cultural Evangelism

January 2023: Episode 84 Using Evangelism to Fulfill the Great Commission

March 2023: Episode 90 Evangelism as a Team Effort

April 2023: Episode 95 Leveraging Your Easter Weekend

April 2023: Episode 96 Practical Tools for Effective Evangelism

April 2023: Episode 98 How the Church Can Engage Their Communities

May 2023: Episode 99 NAMB Evangelism Strategies with Dr. Kevin Ezell

May 2023: Episode 100 How Well is Your Church Doing with Evangelism? With Dr. Lawless

December 2023: Episode 111 Leveraging Your Christmas for the Great Commission

February 2024: Episode 113 Using the Gospel as a Filter for Ministry Relationships

March 2024: Episode 119 The Bible as our Best Evangelism Tool

April 2024: Episode 123 Cultivating a Lifestyle of Evangelism with Timothy Waters

May 2024: Episode 125 Leveraging Your Summer for the Great Commission

November 2024: Episode 139 Current Trends in Evangelism with Tim Dowdy

Engaging Cross-Culturally (6)

March 2021: Episode 38 Go and Tell ESL

December 2021: Episode 57 Reaching People from Different Cultures

March 2023: Episode 93 Evangelizing our Foreign-Born Neighbors

May 2024: Episode 124 Engaging Internationals on the Field and In Our Communities

October 2024: Episode 135 Understanding the Refugee Crisis with Walter Bowen

Discipleship (9)

October 2021: Episode 51 Using Bible in Disciple-Making

February 2023: Episode 87 Explaining Generational Discipleship with Dr. Robinson

February 2023: Episode 89 Explaining Generational Discipleship with Dr. Hirt

September 2024: Episode 131 What is a Disciple?

October 2024: Episode 133 How do we Measure Discipleship? with Walter Bowen

October 2024: Episode 134 How do we Measure Discipleship? Part 2 with Walter Bowen

March 2025: Episode 146 Discipling and Mobilizing Retirees

September 2025: Episode 161 I Shared the Gospel… Now What?

September 2025: Episode 162 Why the Next Generation Is Returning to Church with Keelan Cook and Scott Hildreth

Church Planting (8)

August 2020: Episode 12 House Church Matters

September 2020 Episode 15 Church Planting in the Times of COVID

September/October 2020: Episodes 17, 18, and 20 Church Planting in Chaotic Circumstances

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May 2021: Episode 44 All Churches Can and Should Plant New Churches

February 2024: Episode 116 How SendNC Helps Churches Plant Churches

September 2025: Episode 163 Passing the Baton: Raising Up Leaders on the Mission Field with Keelan Cook and Scott Hildreth

Leadership Development (7)

September 2020 Episode 16 Are You a Potential Church Planter?

December 2022: Episode 82 Equipping Leaders for the Missionary Task

October 2023: Episode 103 How Does Church Growth Fuel Sending? With Andrew Hopper

December 2023: Episode 110 The Crucial Role of the Church in Developing Missionaries with Meridith Graves

November 2024: Episode 137 Exploring Leadership Styles with Jimbo Stewart

March 2025: Episode 148 Training for a Theological Endeavor

April 2025: Episode 154 Sending Healthy and Sustainable Missionaries with Scott Ray

Interviews (18)

July 2020: Episode 8 One Hope

August 2020: Episodes 10-11 Getting to Know Our LDS Neighbors

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October 2020: Episode 21 Before You Vote with David Platt

December 2020: Episode 28 Lottie Moon Christmas Offering with Dr. Akin

January 2021: Episode 29 The Importance of Missions with Dr. Braswell

September 2021: Episode 47 When Doors Close with Carol Ghattas

September 2021: Episode 50 Fill the Tank Sunday with Todd Unzicker

November 2022: Episode 77 Using Advent Blocks to Glorify Christ

October 2023: Episode 102 Biblical Translation and the Great Commission with Dr. Quarles

November 2023: Episode 107 Lottie Moon: The Girl Who Reached the World with Dr. Amy Whitfield

December 2023: Episode 109 Visual Learning and Missions with Walter Bowen

March 2024: Episode 117 How to Talk to Our Kids about the Great Commission with Meredith Cook

September 2024: Episode 130 The Missional Significance of Associations with Bob Bickford

December 2024: Episode 141 The Lasting Legacy of Lottie Moon with Dr. Danny Akin

October 2025: Episode 166 When Team Feels Like Family with Elizabeth Andrews

Missionary Stories (8)

March 2024: Episode 118 Language Learning and Missions with George Watts

November 2024: Episode 138 Lessons from the Mission Field with Walter Bowen

February 2025: Episode 143 Stories of the Sent: Japan with Daniel Rice

February 2025: Episode 145 Stories of the Sent: Navigating Culture Shock with Julie

March 2025: Episode 149 Stories of the Sent: Missions in Beautiful but Dark Places with Phil Bartuska

April 2025: Episode 153 Calling, Singleness, and Medical Missions with Dr. Rebekah Naylor

May 2025: Episode 156 Stories of the Sent: The Cost of Conversoin with Owen and Myla Stoddard

May 2025: Episode 157 Our Circumstances Changed, Our Calling Didn’t: When Health Forced us to Leave

Short-Term Mission Trips (9)

June 2020: Episode 2 Critical Questions for STMs

July 2020: Episode 6 Virtual Short-term Missions

April 2021: Episode 42 Are STMs Back?

December 2021: Episode 56 How to Avoid STM Pitfalls

October 2022: Episode 75 Mobilization Through STMs

April 2024: Episode 120 The Value of STMs with Chloe and William

April 2024: Episode 121 The Value of STMs with Walter Bowen

April 2025: Episode 150 How Short-Term Teams Benefit Long-Term Strategy

April 2025: Episode 151 Mission Trips from the Students’ Perspective

Missionary Care (10)

November 2020: Episode 23 Missionary Care and Counseling

February 2021: Episode 31 Missionaries Need the Bible

October 2022: Episode 76 Realities of Overseas Missions with Carol Ghattas

November 2022: Episodes 78-81 Caring for the Mobilized

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December 2022: Episode 83 Caring for Sent Ones During the Holiday Season

November 2023: Episode 108 Identifying and Addressing Burnout in Ministry with Dr. Tate Cockrell

July 2025: Episode 159 Missionary Resilience and a Theology of Risk with Rick Fraley

Theology and Missions (24)

June 2020: Episode 1 COVID-19 and God’s Mission

June 2020: Episode 4 What Happens to Those Who Have Never Heard the Gospel

July 2020: Episode 5 Does the Great Commission Require Us to Go?

February 2021: Episode 32 Who is a Missionary?

March 2021: Episode 39 The Living Hope in Missions

April 2021: Episode 41 The Sending Church Defined

April 2022: Episode 65 Developing an Apostolic Imagination with JD Payne

October 2022: Episode 74 Redefining People and Places with Matthew Hirt

January 2023: Episode 85 What is Conversion? With Dr. McKinion

January 2023: Episode 86 How Does Conversion Happen? With Dr. McKinion

February 2023: Episode 88 What Happens if They do not Hear?

August 2023: Summer Episode, From the Four Corners: Polycentric Missions

October 2023: Episode 101 Foggy Words

November 2023: Episode 105 Foggy Words Part 2

November 2023: Episode 106 Foggy Words Part 3

February 2024: Episode 115 Foggy Numbers

June 2024: Episode 126 Culture and Worldview

July 2024: Episode 127 Diaspora Missions

September 2024: Episode 132 Challenges and Opportunities in North American Missions with Trevin Wax

February 2025: Episode 144 Beyond Borders: Virtual Reality and Digital Engagement in Japen with Daniel Rice

March 2025: Episode 147 Maximizing the Moment: Missions and the Smartphone Generation

May 2025: Episode 155 Am I Really Responsible for the Whole World?

June 2025: Episode 158 Summer Lecture Series: Is Missions Colonialism?

August 2025: Episode 160 Returning Is Part of the Missionary Journey

Prayer (6)

February 2021: Episodes 33 and 34 How can I serve with Missionaries Through Prayer?

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Part 2

March 2021: Episode 37 Do You Talk about Spiritual Warfare? With Dr. Lawless

March 2023: Episode 91 Praying for Mission Trips

April 2023: Episode 97 The Effectiveness of Prayer Walking

September 2024: Episode 129 What is Prayer Walking?

Global Church (17)

June 2020: Episode 3 The Persecuted Church

November 2020: Episode 26 Dr. David Curry Open Doors, The Persecuted Church

December 2020: Episode 27 Open Doors Int – The Persecuted Church with Ron

September 2021: Episode 48 A Citizen of Nowhere

December 2021: Episode 55 Why Developing Global Missions Partnership Matters

March 2022: Episode 63 Women Mobilized for God’s Mission – The WMU

May 2023: Summer Episode, From the Four Corners: Who are We?

June 2023: Summer Episode, From the Four Corners: Dr. Akin’s Love for the Global Church

June 2023: Summer Episode, From the Four Corners: Meet the GTI Team

June 2023: Summer Episode, From the Four Corners: Spanish Speaking Church

June 2023: Summer Episode, From the Four Corners: Brazil

July 2023: Summer Episode, From the Four Corners: Asian American Churches

July 2023: Summer Episode, From the Four Corners: Ukraine

July 2023: Summer Episode, From the Four Corners: Fastest Growing Church in the Muslim World

July 2023: Summer Episode, From the Four Corners: East and Southeast Asian American Churches

August 2023: Summer Episode, From the Four Corners: WMU

August 2023: Summer Episode, From the Four Corners: The Unassuming Evangelical Giant

Church History (2)

September 2021: Episode 49 Luther, the Call of Christ, and COVID

April 2024: Episode 122 Church History and Missions with Dr. Eccher

Cooperation/SBC (8)

May 2022: Episode 67 Together We Go: Cooperating on Missions

May 2022: Episode 68 Together We Go: Why do we Cooperate?

May 2022: Episode 69 Together We Go: How do we Cooperate?

May 2022: Episode 70 Together We Go: Cooperation from a Pastor’s Perspective

June 2022: Episode 71 Together We Go: History of Cooperation

June 2022: Episode 72 Together We Go: FAQs About the Annual Meeting

October 2024: Episode 136 Raising Support for Missions with Drew Davis

September 2025: Episode 164 An Update on Southern Baptist Cooperation with Jeff Iorg

Misc (14)

August 2020: Episode 13 Gentrification

September 2020: Episode 14 Virtual Ministry Fair

October 2020: Episode 19 Reversed Urbanization

October 2020: Episode 22 The Impact of Missionary Biographies

November 2020: Episode 25 You Asked, We Answered

March 2021: Episode 36 The Gift of Immigration for the Church

April 2021: Episode 40 You Asked, We Answered

May 2021: Episode 45 How to Have a Missional Summer

September 2021: Episode 46 To Be Seen and Heard for Jesus

November 2021: Episode 52 Welcoming Keelan Cook and Introducing Season

January 2022: Episode 61 Global Missions Week

October 2022: Episode 73 Reboot: Mapping the Future

February 2024: Episode 114 The Questions Students are Asking about Missions

February 2025: Episode 142 You Don’t Want to Miss This Season of The Sent Life!