Missions Pulse, Episode 50: 2019 Year in Review

Missions Pulse 50: Year in Review

David Joannes highlights the top 5 most popular interviews on Missions Pulse in 2019. Every interview on Missions Pulse was unique and riveting in its own way, but some episodes stood out more than others, gaining internet popularity and surprising YouTube watch-time.

Below are the top 5 most popular Missions Pulse episodes of 2019, followed by a recap of every interview in 2019.

1: Eugene Bach

Movement leader at Back to Jerusalem and host of the Back to Jerusalem podcast.

Here’s what we talked about:

A new era of Bible distribution in hostile places, a pill-sized hologram Bible, the Back to Jerusalem Movement, Brother Yun: The Heavenly Man, and what the history of China’s persecution has to teach us.

Short clips on YouTube:

Eugene Bach Talks About Their New Pill-Sized Hologram Bible!
Eugene Bach Talks About Brother Yun and China’s Back to Jerusalem Movement
Eugene Bach Says Persecution in China Is the Worst It’s Ever Been, But…
Eugene Bach on Napa Valley Wine, Lazy Grapes, and the Persecuted Church
David Joannes Meets Pastor Samuel Lamb Who Was Imprisoned For 21 Years in China

2: Nik Ripken

The author of The Insanity of God, The Insanity of Obedience, and The Insanity of Sacrifice, and the world’s leading expert on the persecuted church in Muslim contexts.

Here’s what we talked about:

What persecuted Christians have to teach us, the insanity of God, persecution is good soil for Gospel growth, Jesus loves ISIS and Al Qaeda members, sharing the Gospel freely in closed-access countries, and the joy of suffering for Christ’s sake.

Short clips on YouTube:

Nik Ripken’s Rhetorical Question: Is Persecution a Bad Thing?
Nik Ripken Says He Can Share the Gospel Freely in Saudia Arabia and North Korea
Nik Ripken Says That Jesus Would Still Leave the 99 for One ISIS or Al Qaeda Member
David Joannes Asks Nik Ripken What Believers in Chains Have To Say To the Western Church
Christians Identify With the Persecutors of Christianity When They Stay Silent About Jesus

3: David Eubank

Founder of Free Burma Rangers (FBR), a multi-ethnic humanitarian service movement working to bring help, hope, and love to people in the conflict areas of Burma, Iraq, and Sudan.

Here’s what we talked about:

Who are the Free Burma Rangers?, a family on mission in war-torn, conflict areas of the world, rescuing a girl in the Battle of Mosul in Iraq, true love is never crazy, the Commander’s intent, how to be a happy warrior, and living for God not for man.

Short clips on YouTube:

Who Is David Eubank?
Who Are the Free Burma Rangers?
David Eubank Saved a Girl at the Battle of Mosul in Iraq
David Eubank Says That Love Is Never Crazy and It’s Never a Waste
David Eubank Talks About the Commander’s Intent
David Eubank Says He Works For God Not For Men
Happy Warrior, David Eubank, Talks About a Posture of Expectancy
People Are Waiting at the Other End of Our Obedience

4: Dwight Martin

Founder of eStar Foundation and the gatekeeper for the FJCCA movement in Thailand where in the last 2 years, over 13,432 Thai people have made confessions of faith in Jesus Christ.

Here’s what we talked about:

A miraculous, Holy Spirit-led movement that is taking place in Thailand, the role of Western missionaries, ditching Christianese, and the yet unfinished task of bringing the Gospel to Thailand’s Gospel-deprived people.

Short clips on YouTube:

How One Movement’s Church Planting Structure Is Changing Thailand
Is There Still a Place for Western Missionaries?
What Happens When the Holy Spirit Raises Baby Christians?
Ditch the Christianese and Reveal the Living God

5: Kanita Benson

Founder of She Saves a Nation, Christian recording artist, global prayer mobilization strategist at American Bible Society, missions director at New Directions Bible Fellowship, and leader of cultural missions ministry at Without Walls.

Here’s what we talked about:

Where are all the African American missionaries?, short-term missions: the good, bad, and ugly, what She Saves a Nation is doing in Kenya, the exploitation of young girls, female genital mutilation, how The Mind of a Missionary book impacts goers, and how humanism is at the root of every major religion except Christianity.

Short clips on YouTube:

Where Are All the African American Missionaries?
How The Mind of a Missionary Impacted Kanita Benson
Kanita Benson on Buddhist Temples, Humanism, and the Great Commission
Kanita Benson Says That Young Girls Are Being Sexually Exploited For as Low as a Dollar
Short Term Mission Trips: Good, Bad, or Ugly? Kanita Benson Weighs In
Kanita Benson Talks About the Reality of Female Genital Mutilation

And now for a complete recap of 2019 Missions Pulse episodes. We had some incredible conversations and noteworthy appearances. Below you will find links to every Missions Pulse guest from 2019. Binge watch our short clips on YouTube and relive each powerful conversation. Enjoy!

Kanita Benson, Bevin Ginder, Craig Greenfield, Asian Rough Rider, Brian Britton, Larry Andrews, Justin Long, Eugene Bach, Amani Mustafa, Nik Ripken, Gabriel Jackson, Ron Luce, Brian Hogan, Alex Kocman, Scott Dunford, Todd Ahrend, Andrea di Meglio, David Jacob, Jean-Luc Trachsel, J. D. Payne, Dan Scribner, Jonathan Trotter, Elizabeth Trotter, Matthew Ellison, Andrew Cannon, Ann Dunagan, Lindy-Ann Hopley, Solomon Lujan, Kanita Benson, Kendall Cobb, Dan Cornelius, Ben Fa’alafi Jones, Jeannie Marie, Greg Livingstone, Chris Harrison, Todd Powers, Micah Wood, Derry Gambill, David Eubank, Jimmy Shaw, Kristi Hambrice, Dwight Martin, Bevin Ginder, Jenni Sue Jessen, Krish Kandiah, Bishop Efraim Tendero, Sonnie Gitonga, Yonas Demeke, Rebecca Nhep, Dr. David Lim.

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