UNREACHED

We share how East-West Ministries fuels church-planting movements in the spiritually darkest places and why local ownership, simple training, and courageous witness are building lasting fruit. Stories of persecution, collaboration, and measurable faith goals show practical ways to engage now.

• vision rooted in Revelation 7 and the need among 7,000+ unreached people groups
• early callings to missions and the path from...

We reconnect with pastor and linguist Jason Peters to trace how God redeemed a life shaped by addiction and turned it toward the unreached. We share why our strategy shifted from short-term projects to adopting people groups until churches and Bibles in heart languages exist.

• every tribe and tongue as the guiding vision
• host and guest testimonies of surrender and discipleship
• mentors, study habits, and learni...

We walk the path of Waha as we seek to create reproducible discipleship that reaches the unreached by equipping ordinary people to lead Bible-centered groups that multiply across languages and borders. Jeff Peterson shares stories from MENA to Mauritius showing how God draws people and how simple tools help us obey.

• the gap between conversion and discipleship
• why missions struggles to scale without simple tools

We trace the hidden network that carried William Tyndale’s English New Testament from German presses to English hands, revealing how merchants, widows, lawyers, and pastors risked everything to move the word across borders. Eric Weathers shows why accuracy from the original languages still shapes healthy churches and how marketplace skills can fuel the Great Commission today.

• Tyndale’s translation grounded in Greek and H...

We trace Henry Kaestner’s path from startup grit and an IPO to faith-driven community building, redemptive investing, and a practical roadmap for stewarding capital to reach the unreached. Along the way, we unpack righteous risk, local partnership, and excellence in public and private markets.

• learning from 40 venture rejections to build durable growth
• how identity in Christ steadies leaders beyond stock volatility...

We trace Eric Long’s path from American Dream career to a redemptive tech mission that brings thoughtful connectivity to remote workers reaching the unreached. A field-tested pilot in Papua New Guinea shows how mesh networks can lift isolation, support families, and enable care.

• vision of all nations and the task remaining
• college friendship becomes a faith-fueled partnership
• ritual faith challenged by loss a...

A mountain village with no written language now reads Scripture, forms elders, resolves conflict biblically, and plans outreach to nearby villages. We share how literacy, translation, discipleship, and tested leadership turned an unreached people into a sending church.

• creating an alphabet and literacy from field linguistics
• translating Scripture and building a full curriculum
• Junior and Jess’s conversion and...

Dr. Todd Ahrend delivers a thought-provoking comparison between Christianity and major world religions, demonstrating the fundamental uniqueness of Jesus Christ among religious founders and belief systems. Through engaging stories and clear explanations, he dismantles the popular notion that all religions teach essentially the same truths while revealing the distinctiveness of Christianity's message, founder, and holy book.

Chris Clayman, CEO of Joshua Project, shares the surprising journey from the organization's humble beginnings to becoming the definitive resource for tracking unreached people groups worldwide. Though it has informed global missions strategy for 30 years, Joshua Project has operated with minimal staff and resources while maintaining the world's most trusted database of unreached peoples.

• Chris's personal j...

GSI stands out as "the Navy SEALs of the mission world," going where it's hardest to reach with the gospel and facing daily persecution and risk to share God's word with unreached people groups in closed countries.

• Growing up in missionary families versus discovering missions as adults
• Learning multiple languages to effectively share the gospel
• The challenge of reaching people in places en...

Jake Carlson shares how his AI-powered chatbot is revolutionizing global evangelism by providing biblical answers in 192 languages across 125+ countries. His journey from missionary kid in China to tech innovator demonstrates how cutting-edge technology can be harnessed for the Great Commission, particularly in reaching unreached people groups.

• Built Apologist.ai after years in software development at Oracle and Apple

Steve Richardson and Nathan Burns from Pioneers share their organization's extraordinary journey of bringing the gospel to unreached people groups around the world. Through personal stories and strategic insights, they reveal how cross-cultural understanding, team-based approaches, and innovative methods are accelerating global mission work.

• Founded 46 years ago, Pioneers now has 3,000 workers serving in over 100 co...

Rodion shares his powerful journey from Ukrainian dentist to missionary serving Ukrainian refugees in Austin, Texas.

• Grew up in a small Ukrainian village where American missionaries introduced him to Christ as a teenager
• Served as worship leader in his Ukrainian church for 15 years before war forced his family to flee
• Describes the traumatic experience of leaving everything behind with just an hour to pack

Steve Sanford, leader of Ethnos 360, shares his powerful journey of bringing the gospel to the previously uncontacted Joti tribe in South America, and how this isolated people group developed into a mature, evangelistic church community.

• Growing up as a pastor's son, Steve developed a passion for reaching remote tribes
• The Joti were one of the last uncontacted people groups in northern South America
• Desp...

Dr. Todd Ahrend takes us deep into understanding the mission of God from Genesis to Revelation, revealing how we are called to prioritize reaching the 7,000 unreached people groups around the world with the gospel.

• God's mission begins in Genesis 12 when He promises to make Abraham into a great nation that will bless all nations
• Israel was meant to be God's "treasured possession," "kingdom ...

Craig Bradley, founder of AO Lab, introduces the revolutionary Seed Bible platform that enables communities to create customizable, shareable digital Bible experiences with integrated multimedia content and collaborative features.

• Creating digital Bibles that communities can fully own and customize
• Building technology that works globally and offline through web-based solutions
• Enabling "playlists" o...

Nick Ripken shares his 30+ year missionary journey into the heart of persecution and suffering, confronting the profound question: Is Jesus worth it? His experiences in Somalia during civil war and the tragic loss of his son transformed his understanding of faith and led him to document the stories of persecuted believers worldwide.

• Defining a true missionary as someone sent to engage those with little or no access to th...

Joan shares her incredible journey of faith as she serves among unreached people groups in South Asia, highlighting the challenges, triumphs, and the spiritual battles encountered along the way. Her focus on empowering children as catalysts for community transformation underlines the deep compassion and love flowing through her mission work.

• Joan's personal crisis amid health emergencies 
• The call to mission from a...

This episode ignites a passionate conversation about bridging the gap between the mission force and mission field, highlighting collaborative efforts to reach unreached communities. Our guests share their inspiring journeys and innovative approaches that combine faith, skills, and community engagement for sustainable impact. 
• Discussing the vision of reaching unreached people groups 
• Introduction to Switchboard as a con...