Advancing the Mission

Episode 229: Identify my ministry with Gary Haugen, IJM founder

On Advancing the Mission this week, we continue our series on the 5 I's of a Jesus-Centered Life by talking with Gary Haugen. Gary is the founder and current President of the International Justice Mission. Before founding IJM in 1997, Gary was a human rights attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, where he focused on crimes of police misconduct. In 1994, he served as the Director of the United Nations investigation into the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide.
Listen as we talk with Gary about his motivations behind starting IJM and how "identifying his ministry" was paramount to this decision.  
 
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Episode 228: Integrate God into all of life with Steven Kozak

On Advancing the Mission this week, we continue our series on the 5 I's of a Jesus-Centered Life by talking with Steven Kozak.  Steven and his family recently took a large leap of faith and sold everything to share Jesus with those they interact with in the youth racing circuit.  Listen and learn about how they are integrating God into all of life.  
If you'd like to learn more about what the Kozak's are doing you can check out these links:
Youtube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@RacingandMinistry
Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/2527708ca76b/trackside-update
Motor Racing Outreach: https://www.go2mro.com/mroa/steven-kozak
Substack: https://stevenkozak.substack.com/
Eman Racing:  https://www.emanracing.com/racingandministry
 
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Episode 227: Influence Those Far from God with Zach and Audrey Langford

On Advancing the Mission this week, we continue our series on the 5 I's of a Jesus-Centered Life by talking with Zach and Audrey Langford. The Langfords have been serving as missionaries in Birkenhead, UK, for several years. Listen as they talk about their ministry and how they influence those far from God in a post-Christian cultural context.
If you'd like to learn more about what the Langfords are doing, you can check out these links:
Ministry Page: https://chogglobal.org/team/zalangford/
Newsletter: https://chogglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/newsletter-langfords-february-2024.pdf
 
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Episode 226 : Intro to the Five I's with Pastor Dane Kruse

On Advancing the Mission this week, we begin a 6 week series on the 5 I's of a Jesus-Centered Life by talking with Connections Pastor, Dane Kruse.  The connections ministry at County Line touches at least three of the five I's so Dane is a great guest to help us review them and talk about how his ministry helps achieve our vision to Multiply the love and joy of Jesus throughout a hurting world...one life at a time.  
 
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Episode 225 - REPLAY: County Line Podcast Network

On Advancing the Mission this week, we talked with Stacey Zeisloft, Family Ministries Pastor at County Line.  Stacey has been a part of the Jesus-Centered Family Podcast and is now working to make some new and exciting changes for 2025.  Advancing the Mission will also be making some changes as we go from 2024 to 2025.  Listen as we talk through these changes and what we are looking forward to in 2025.  
 
Jesus-Centered Family Podcast links:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jesus-centered-family-podcast/id1779584143
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4uziRH6UbI8iKPjs6HfqbD?si=c3f306fafed140a7
Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/b49d4abf-bec1-470b-9f04-ac72af9b75cb/the-jesus-centered-family-podcast

Episode 224 - County Line Podcast Network (starting in 2025)

On Advancing the Mission this week, we talked with Stacey Zeisloft, Family Ministries Pastor at County Line.  Stacey has been a part of the Jesus-Centered Family Podcast and is now working to make some new and exciting changes for 2025.  Advancing the Mission will also be making some changes as we go from 2024 to 2025.  Listen as we talk through these changes and what we are looking forward to in 2025.  
 
Jesus-Centered Family Podcast links:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jesus-centered-family-podcast/id1779584143
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4uziRH6UbI8iKPjs6HfqbD?si=c3f306fafed140a7
Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/b49d4abf-bec1-470b-9f04-ac72af9b75cb/the-jesus-centered-family-podcast
 

Episode 223: Joy to the World - interview with Kelly and Rhonda Phillips

This week on Advancing the Mission, we interviewed Kelley and Rhonda Phillips. They recently moved to Cairo, Egypt, from Germany and are serving as missionaries there. Listen as they talk about their recent move and give us some background on the church in Egypt and the incredible growth and health they have seen over the last twenty years.  

Episode 222: Joy to the World - interview with Dr. Latif Ramses

This week, on Advancing the Mission, we continue talking to those with whom Pastor Chris interacted while in Egypt.  This week, he interviews Dr. Latif Ramses.  Dr. Latif is the National Leader of the Church of God in Egypt and the President of the General Assembly there.  This is a great conversation to learn more about what is happening in Egypt and the long-term vision for the Church of God there.

Episode 221: Joy to the World Intro - Nate Tatman

This week on Advancing the Mission, I interviewed Nate Tatman, the Regional Coordinator for Europe and the Middle East, as part of the Three Worlds team. I interviewed him on site in Egypt as we drove around to some of the different churches there. This is a great opportunity to hear about where our Joy to the World offering will be going for 2024 and to hear from Nate, who has seen the growth of the Church of God in Egypt over the last decade.

Episode 220: Egypt Recap Part 2

This week on Advancing the Mission, I continue talking through my most recent trip to Egypt. Here we get into some of the details of each church that we visited and the way God is specifically impacting those communities!