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We’ve been working on something special behind the scenes. We’re relaunching our podcast! New name, same inspiring content, in a fresh new format. Thank you to everyone who has listened to the Advancing Native Missions Podcast over the years. We’re excited to share a new season of powerful testimonies and missions insights to inform your global perspective and inspire your Christian faith. Listen in for more details on the new show!

Meseret did everything a committed Christian should do — pray, fast, go to church — but something was missing. In this episode, she and her husband, Tilahun, talk about growing up in Ethiopia and coming to personal faith in Jesus in a place where the institutional church often opposed evangelical believers.

ANM President Oliver Asher looks back on the year no one saw coming, and he refocuses our attention on the Lord as we enter 2021.

What is the state of missions today? ANM's International President P.R. Misra and his wife, Anju, talk about — ministry during the pandemic how "business as mission" is revolutionizing global outreach their recent trip to India, extended by COVID-19 lockdowns and more about global missions today

"God knows each one of us ... and He used that event to stir me up and wake me up and set me on a journey I never would have dreamed of taking."Marlou Barredo grew up in the Philippines, then left her career and her homeland to follow the Lord's call to the United States with her husband, ANM co-founder Bo Barredo, and their young family.This is her story of faith, courage, and how God leads each one of us personally.

"I just lost control of everything ... My lack of discipline was killing me." Warren Stewart shares his testimony in this inspiring bonus conversation about God redeeming a life.

More than 70 million people live in Central Asia, a vast and often forgotten region that includes countries like Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. In this episode, Warren Stewart talks about what makes this region unique and how God is working there today.

Michael Holder says, "I was just a boy from the bush," but God opened the door for him to become the chaplain of the Liberian Senate. Hear how his passion and humility combined to make Michael a powerful worker in God's kingdom.

Alex and Lena saw so much hopelessness in the young people around them, so they decided to do something about it. God is using their ministry to bring hope, opportunity, and new life to the country's neglected young people. This story will inspire you as you see God at work in the midst of life's challenges.

Sokhon and Esther didn't want to just talk about Jesus with those who were already Christian. Instead, they answered God's call to show the love of Christ to anyone who hadn't yet experienced it. Through their expansive church-planting network in Cambodia, they are making a difference in the lives of the poor and the lost. Here's the story of how they came to Christ themselves and started living for the Lord.

Malliga wasn't serious about the Christian faith she grew up in until her arranged marriage to a Hindu man. Then she realized that she needed to re-orient her life. In this episode she shares her journey of faith through economic hardship, moving overseas to find work, ministry, and a calling to help at-risk children in her native India.

Ministry leader Stephen and his co-worker Paco share stories about their work in parts of Mexico where the drug cartels dominate.

Slavko and Sanja Hadzic share their story of growing up in Bosnia and answering the Lord's call to bring hope to that country's people.

Timothy Kinyua leads Cornerstone Evangelistic Ministry in Kenya, with hundreds of missionaries preaching the gospel and starting churches among the country's rural tribes. On this episode, he and his wife, Yvonne, talk about ministry, their journey together, the threats of Somalia's Islamic militants, and God's enduring faithfulness to His people.

A ministry in Myanmar (Burma) started with a death-bed conversion and for decades has served people no one else was paying any attention to. Be inspired by their vision for the lost in this episode, and hear live performances from the artist known as the Jimi Hendrix of Southeast Asia (he's also one of the ministry's leaders).

Israel has a long history of pro-abortion culture. Sandy Shoshani leads an organization that supports young mothers as they choose life and care for their children.

The government of Cuba does everything it can to restrict the actions of Christians, but churches continue to grow and reach out in boldness and faith. One church leader speaks about what it takes to embody God's kingdom in Cuba.

For many people, "Vietnam" means war, hardship, communism, and political and social turmoil. Here's a story you've probably never heard. Experts estimate that the church in Vietnam grew 600% in the last ten years. Our guest, a rising leader in the national Christian movement, shares the story of revival in this communist country. If the mention of Vietnam takes you back to the 1960s and '70s, get the good news from this episode.

Sister Baigalmaa is a leader in the Mongolian church-planting movement that has taken Christianity in that country from fewer than 10 in 1990 to more than 50,000 today. She discusses that amazing growth, her personal story of coming to faith and beginning a lifetime of ministry, and what the future holds for Christianity in this corner of Asia. 

Kodjo Bossou doesn't know a stranger. In this episode I interview Kodjo, his wife Abla, and Ron and Carla Thompson, who've traveled with Kodjo on the mission field in West Africa. We talk about missions, relationships, and reaching children with the love of Christ.