Missioning

Here is an audio version of issue 43 of our Resonate magazine. It's the same content as the magazine, just another way to engage with it! Here's what's inside... Australian Intercultural Team feature: Stories and ministry update Passionate Missional Leaders: Responding to an urgent need of the global Church Two weeks in South Asia: What stays with you after a Global Exposure trip? Peace Bridges: Sharing stories of peacemaking in Cambodia Want a printed copy of Resonate mailed to you? Subscribe to Resonate here: www.baptistmissionaustralia.org/Resonate ............... Episode Links:  Partner with our Australian Intercultural Team: www.baptistmissionaustralia.org/AIT Watch the full Across the Street interview: www.baptistmissionaustralia.org/AcrosstheStreet/Hobart Discover more about Peace Bridges Organisation: www.baptistmissionaustralia.org/PeaceBridges Share your feedback, questions or thoughts! Support the show

This is the first episode in a new resource called Across the Street: Local Mission Stories. Through this series, we will meet leaders from Australian Baptist Churches who are engaging with their local community in creative ways. We celebrate that the world has come to Australia and yet recognise that this brings additional complexities as we seek to share God's love across cultures, languages and backgrounds.  For this first episode, our Executive Director Scott Pilgrim sat down with the team at Citywide Baptist and Hobart Nepali Church, Matt, Paul, Jivan and Dan. Across cultures and multiple campuses, this is a church passionate about loving their community and each other.  In this conversation, you'll hear about the driving school, how the Nepali and Citywide congregations came together, and how they navigate the ongoing complexities of being one church.  Discussion questions: What surprises, challenges or inspires you in this story? How are you seeing your local community evolve? (Culturally, socially, religiously, economically etc.) How is this change impacting the way your church runs and reaches out? What are the needs of your local community? How are you responding to these needs? Are there any new missional opportunities God is leading your church to engage in?  How is your church community intentionally seeking to be one, unified in Jesus? What has the potential to sow division and undermine unity? As you reflect on this example of active love, welcome and one-ness, what questions are being prompted about your church's local and global mission engagement?   Episode links: Video of the full conversation Video on the Learner Driver Mentor program Video of Matt sharing about being one church  Share your feedback, questions or thoughts! Support the show

Our guests for the fourth and final episode of the More Like Jesus series are Arthur, Josie and Robyn. Josie and Arthur are passionate team members of our South Asia team, and Robyn is the wonderful mission rep of Wonthaggi Baptist Church - one of Arthur and Josie's faithful partner churches.  Together with host Susan Campbell, the trio explore the idea of partnership in God's mission, sending and being sent, prayer and Jesus' model of collaboration. Arthur and Josie share encouraging stories from their ministry and reflect on our team's journey with our partner NGO in South Asia, and how this partnership has evolved over the decades.  Robyn, Josie and Arthur also share what they are learning from Jesus' words of familial welcome in Mark 3:31-35.  As you listen, be encouraged that your partnership with our teams and ministry around the world is making a difference! Episode links: More Like Jesus resources Arthur and Josie's profile page Rural Income Generation Project (RIGP) Partnership opportunities Share your feedback, questions or thoughts! Support the show

Our guests for this third episode of the More Like Jesus series for May Mission Month 2025 are Eliza and Darren. Eliza serves with David and their children in the Silk Road Area, and Darren is a Pastor at the their sending church and long-term family friend.  Throughout their conversation, Eliza and Darren reflect on their leadership journeys, the people who encouraged them to step out and how they are intentionally investing in emerging leaders. Eliza also shares from her experiences navigating the cultural dynamics of leading in the Silk Road Area. And together, they explore Mark 3:13-19 and draw out lessons from Jesus' model of leadership. It's an insightful conversation that we pray encourages you as you invest in people and encourage emerging leaders. Episode links: More Like Jesus resources Eliza and David's profile page Short video on leading more like Jesus   Share your feedback, questions or thoughts! Support the show

In this second episode of the More Like Jesus series for May Mission Month 2025, we hear from Ngoc and Mark who serve with Baptist Mission Australia in Vietnam.  Through their conversion with host Susan, Mark and Ngoc share insightful and honest reflections on what 'doing the works of Jesus' means for them in their day to day life. They share stores from their work with our mission partner who train, employ and empower people with disabilities. They also explore Jesus' example of discipleship and reflect on the power of love.   Enjoy this conversation and come back next week for the third More Like Jesus episode on leadership development and investing in people. Episode links: More Like Jesus resources Mark and Ngoc's profile page Thematic prayer video from Mel   Share your feedback, questions or thoughts! Support the show

Welcome to the first episode of the More Like Jesus podcast series for May Mission Month 2025. And welcome to the 50th episode of our Missioning podcast! Susan Campbell is returning as our series host, and in this episode she is joined by Mel who serves in the Silk Road Area, and Jivan from Hobart Nepali Church who is also part of our Australian Intercultural Team.  Mel and Jivan share what it means for them to grow as authentic followers of Jesus, the role of the Holy Spirit in guiding them and how they are seeing God at work in their very different contexts. Through the lens of exploring Mark 1:16-20, Mel also shares from her experiences of moving to the Silk Road and seeking to build meaningful friendships in another language and culture. And Jivan speaks about his journey from Nepal to Sydney to Hobart, and the inspiring work of Hobart Nepali church in reaching out in love to the growing Nepalese community of their city.  Jivan and Mel are passionate people who love God and love people! Enjoy this conversation and come back next week for the next More Like Jesus episode with Mark and Ngoc in Vietnam. Episode links: More Like Jesus resources Mel's profile page Jivan's profile page Prayer video from Botta and Kirsten   Share your feedback, questions or thoughts! Support the show

This is the fourth and final sermon in Scott Pilgrim's More Like Jesus series. Drawing from Mark 3 where Jesus calls all who do the will of the Father His family, Scott highlights the importance of partnership in mission. God calls us on mission together.  Key passage: Mark 3:31-35 Watch the video of Scott's sermon: https://vimeo.com/1080746516 Discover the full range of More Like Jesus resources: www.baptistmissionaustralia.org/MoreLikeJesus Share your feedback, questions or thoughts! Support the show

This is the third sermon in Scott Pilgrim's More Like Jesus series. At the heart of Jesus ministry is the way He invested in people. In this sermon, Scott explores the passage of Jesus appointing the twelve, drawing out principles of leadership development and sharing stories of emerging faith leaders from around the world. Key passage: Mark 3:13-19 Watch the video of Scott's sermon: https://vimeo.com/1076557145 Discover the full range of More Like Jesus resources: www.baptistmissionaustralia.org/MoreLikeJesus Share your feedback, questions or thoughts! Support the show

This is the second sermon in Scott Pilgrim's More Like Jesus series. Here, he explores the unbreakable link between the proclamation and the demonstration of the Gospel, as seen through the snapshots of Jesus ministry in Mark 1. In sharing the good news of Jesus, our words and our actions must be telling the same story.   Key passage: Mark 1:21-42 Watch the video of Scott's sermon: https://vimeo.com/1072435280 Discover the full range of More Like Jesus resources: www.baptistmissionaustralia.org/MoreLikeJesus Share your feedback, questions or thoughts! Support the show

This is the first sermon in Scott Pilgrim's More Like Jesus series. Here, he explores Jesus calling of some of the disciples and the invitation that is extended to all of us to join with God in His restorative vision for the world. Key passage: Mark 1:16-20 Watch the video of Scott's sermon: https://vimeo.com/1071273339 Discover the full range of More Like Jesus resources: www.baptistmissionaustralia.org/MoreLikeJesus Share your feedback, questions or thoughts! Support the show

Here is an audio version of issue 42 of our Resonate magazine. It's the same content as the magazine, just another way to engage with it! Cambodia: Stories and ministry update Mending: Examples of what this means for people in different contexts Future Directions: Exploring how the world and church is changing South East Asia: The far reaching impacts of teaching a child to read Want a printed copy of Resonate mailed to you? Subscribe to Resonate here: www.baptistmissionaustralia.org/Resonate ............... Episode Links:  Partner with the team in Cambodia: www.baptistmissionaustralia.org/Cambodia Mending! resources: www.baptistmissionaustralia.org/Mending Creation Care project in South East Asia: www.baptistmissionaustralia.org/SEAcreationcare Prayer for the world video: www.baptistmissionaustralia.org/WorldPrayer Support the show

This is the fourth and final episode in our Mending! podcast series for May Mission Month 2024. In this episode, meet Mal and Chris who serve part-time with our Outback Australia team alongside their ministry as Pastors in a Baptist church in Darwin. As Mal and Chris explore the theme of responding, they share the journey of invitation into mission and ministry that God has led them on over the past decades. Chris and Mal reflect on God's faithfulness and kindness, and the opportunities He has opened up to them as they have said "yes" to His leading. (But as they share in the conversation... it hasn't always been a "yes"!) As you listen to these humble and passionate followers of Jesus, consider how God is inviting you to join with Him in mending a beautiful, broken world. How are you responding? Explore the full suite of May Mission Month resources: www.baptistmissionaustralia.org/MMMresources Support the Show.

This is the third episode in our Mending! podcast series for May Mission Month 2024. In this episode, hear from Lisa, who is part of our South Asia team, and Jimmy, who is a Baptist Pastor on the Gold Coast, as they explore the theme of 'Restoring: It's about the whole Gospel for the whole world'. Lisa and Jimmy share engaging stories and reflections on what sharing the whole Gospel means for them in their ministry contexts - one in a community on the other side of the world where our partner organisation responds to the great needs of the poor, and the other in a suburban Australian church who is seeking to reach out to those on the margins in their community. This is an uplifting conversation with two guests who are passionate about joining with our mending God in His restorative vision for the world. .................................. The next episode in our Mending! podcast series will be out on Friday 3 May and focus on the theme of 'Responding: It's about availability'. Explore the full suite of May Mission Month resources: www.baptistmissionaustralia.org/MMMresources  Support the Show.

This is the second episode in our Mending! podcast series for May Mission Month 2024. In this conversation, team mates Simon and Dave dive into the theme of 'Relating: It's always about relationships'.  Simon is from South East Asia and Dave has been serving there for almost 25 years, so they both bring rich but varied experiences of serving in this community. Throughout the episode, they share what they are learning about building authentic relationships, loving people and sharing the good news in ways that makes sense. In particular, they draw from their experiences with the local staff at the Education Foundation - a ministry where God is at work! Dave and Simon's humility, heart for God's Kingdom to grow and love for people shines through this conversation. Be encouraged!  .................................. The next episode in our Mending! podcast series will be out on Friday 26 April and focus on the theme of 'Restoring: It's about the whole Gospel for the whole world'. Explore the full suite of May Mission Month resources: www.baptistmissionaustralia.org/MMMresources  Support the show

Welcome to the first episode of the Mending! podcast series for May Mission Month 2024! Our host is Susan Campbell, Baptist Mission Australia's Associate Executive Director. Our guests are Belle and Luke, two of our intercultural team members serving in Thailand. And our theme is 'Renewing: It starts  with us'. In this conversation, Luke and Belle share what it means for them to live in step with the Spirit and how God is growing the fruits of Spirit in them. They also share about their journey of discernment which has led them to step into a new ministry space, partnering with another organisation in Thailand and working alongside young Thai entrepreneurs. Listen for an honest and encouraging conversation. .................................. The next episode in our Mending! podcast series will be out on Friday 19 April and focus on the theme of 'Relating: It's always about relationships'. Explore the full suite of May Mission Month resources: www.baptistmissionaustralia.org/MMMresources Support the show

This is the fourth and final sermon in Scott Pilgrim's Mending! series for May Mission Month 2024. In this message, Scott  explores how we can live with a posture of availability, attentiveness and action as we respond to God's missional leading. But we don't it alone! As we pray, give and act - we partner together in mission across the street, and across the world. Key passage: John 1:35–42 Watch the video of Scott's sermon: https://vimeo.com/929744117 Explore more Mending! resources: www.baptistmissionaustralia.org/MayMissionMonth Support the show

This is the third sermon in Scott Pilgrim's Mending! series for May Mission Month 2024. Here, Scott explores how we can follow Jesus example of having a heart broken for the pain of the world, a heart captivated by God's restorative vision for the world, and a heart that welcomes missional collaboration as we work together in God's mission.  Key passage: Luke 4:14–21 Watch the video of Scott's sermon: https://vimeo.com/929407784 Watch without opening scripture: https://vimeo.com/929413754/01c013f7ca Explore more Mending! resources: www.baptistmissionaustralia.org/MayMissionMonth Support the show

This is the first sermon in Scott Pilgrim's Mending! series for May Mission Month 2024. Here, he explores the contest of the Spirit and the flesh that Paul highlights in Galations 5, the way God's Spirit cultivates fruit in us and our need for community as we walk with Jesus.  Key passage: Galatians 5:16–17, 22–26 Watch the video of Scott's sermon: https://vimeo.com/928956838 Watch without opening scripture: https://vimeo.com/928962222/e78a07931c Explore more Mending! resources: www.baptistmissionaustralia.org/MayMissionMonth Support the show

This is the second sermon in Scott Pilgrim's Mending! series for May Mission Month 2024. In this message, Scott explores how Jesus embeds relationship into ministry, and how we can follow His example of relational proximity, partnership and potential. Key passage: Matthew 4:18–22 Watch the video of Scott's sermon: https://vimeo.com/928984804 Watch without opening scripture: https://vimeo.com/928989901/f0d372cf5f Explore more Mending! resources: www.baptistmissionaustralia.org/MayMissionMonth Support the show

Here is a short Christmas message from our Executive Director, Scott Pilgrim. In our broken, hurting and chaotic world. In the midst of our lives – the mountain-top, the messy and the mundane. In a world where we see so much darkness, the beautiful season of Advent reminds us that love, hope and peace are coming anew! May you and your family have a wonderful, joyous Christmas season. Thank you for your partnership in sharing the amazing love of Jesus across the world. Watch or download a video version of this message: https://vimeo.com/897357676 With captions: https://vimeo.com/897357663/60a1f61318 Support the show