Missions Today

She has faced incredible life challenges – living in a wheelchair, depression, cancer…twice, COVID and more.  Yet for decades she has put Jesus first in her life and served Him and the disabled community faithfully. This week on Missions Today, a conversation with Joni Eareckson Tada. If you’re facing physical challenges, depression, or disability or know someone who is, she has something to share! That’s this weekend on Missions T...

How does a local church build a missions program? How involved should the pastor be? How do they choose which missions opportunities to support and which ones to let go? Short term mission trips? Longer, deeper engagement with missions partners? On this episode, learn how a local missions pastor has balanced these types of challenges over 25 years with two different churches. Learn what you can do as a church member to be a part of...

During the 1940’s and 1950’s following World War II there was an explosion of mission agencies and ministries that were birthed from a unique set of circumstances: spiritual hunger, technological advancement, geopolitical upheaval and financial capacity. Our guest this week feels we are in a similar time in world history. He says its a time for out-of-the-box thinking by missional leaders and funders. His desire is to create the sp...

FEBC is a ministry whose sole purpose is to share the Good News of Jesus Christ to the world through radio, the Internet, and emerging technologies. Last year they received 150 million listener engagements to the Gospel. FEBC broadcasts are heard in 152 languages and in 50 countries around the world aired from 260 stations and transmitters, totaling 1,571 hours of programming a day, 365 days a year. Hear the latest from FEBC on thi...

The International Mission Board (IMB) is ready to share the hope of Christ with the nations! As the 2026 Winter Olympic games are under way, IMB missionaries are in Italy teaming up with hundreds of U.S. volunteers from South Carolina, South Dakota, Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, Alabama and Georgia to reach Milan with the gospel. Teams are taking part in outreach strategies like passing out Bibles and booklets of The Go...

GoCorps is where faith meets action—mobilizing everyday believers to step into extraordinary service around the world. By equipping and sending skilled professionals into some of the most challenging places on earth, GoCorps helps meet real needs in education, healthcare, business, and community development while sharing the hope of the gospel through authentic relationships. This isn’t short-term charity; it’s long-term impact tha...

If you’re looking for a conversation that will stir your heart for what God is doing around the world, you won’t want to miss this interview with one of the leaders of Gospel Mobilization. It’s a candid, hope‑filled look at how the gospel is moving in places you might not expect, packed with stories that remind you why mission work matters and how you can play a meaningful part in it. Whether you’re already deeply involved in globa...

If you’re curious about how God is moving in some of the most unlikely places, you’ll want to hear this conversation with Dr. Hormoz Shariat. He shares an eye‑opening, hope‑filled update on the church in Iran—stories of courage, transformation, and a growing hunger for the gospel that’s unfolding despite enormous challenges. It’s a rare chance to get firsthand insight from someone who understands the region deeply and is watching G...

The Church Digital is a movement focused on equipping and mobilizing Christians to make disciples in online spaces, helping churches and individuals see the internet as a legitimate and vibrant mission field. Through resources, training, podcasts, and communities, it encourages digital missionaries to build authentic relationships, spark gospel conversations, and create meaningful discipleship pathways across platforms like Discord...

Crossroads Prison Ministries’ international outreach is a growing global movement that brings the hope of the Gospel to incarcerated men and women across more than twenty countries. Through partnerships with national ministry leaders, Crossroads equips local teams with Bible study lessons, training, and ongoing support so they can disciple students in culturally relevant and meaningful ways. Lessons are now offered in multiple lang...

The 2025 Launch Survey from Gospel Mobilization offers a revealing look into the motivations and barriers shaping today’s aspiring missionaries, drawing insights from 2,428 respondents. The analysis highlights generational differences, the factors most likely to propel someone toward international service, and the obstacles that most commonly prevent them from reaching the field. By examining both those who have already launched an...

From a mission to the public schools to missionary journalism, from reaching the unreached to AI and online missions, we have traveled the globe to find stories of God at work around the world. On this episode of Missions Today, we’ll look at five highlights from 2025 and hopefully bring a bit of encouragement to your heart about the ways God is at work in the lives of people all over the world. Check out 2025 Highlights on this we...

At one point in college she wanted nothing to do with God. Then, a special bible study opened her eyes to God’s mission in the world and the need to provide God’s Word and local churches to the least and the lost. Now, as a Director of Missions at a local church, she is seeing where and how God is on the move and how much it is impacting the people in her congregation. Local Church Missions, the focus of this week’s episode of Miss...

The Shared Foundations Initiative is a strategic collaboration launched by the People Care & Development track of the Missio Nexus Leaders Conference, in partnership with the John Powell Institute at Mission Training International. It seeks to create a unified framework for Member Care, or “People Care & Development,” across Western mission-sending organizations. This field has traditionally lacked common guidelines, which ...

He had no desire to get involved in his father's ministry. He wanted to work in finance, travel the world, spend time with friends. But God clearly communicated to him one day that he was to serve in his father's organization, and that's just what he did. Now, after his father's tenure of 36 years, he has been given the mantle of this incredible organization that brings the Good News of God's Word to hundreds of...

DOOR International is a global Christian ministry dedicated to reaching Deaf communities with the Gospel through sign language Bible translation and Deaf-led church planting. Founded in 1983, the organization partners with indigenous Deaf leaders to ensure that Scripture is accessible in the heart languages of Deaf people worldwide. With over 70 million Deaf individuals across more than 400 sign languages—and less than 2% knowing a...

This week on Missions Today: Crossroads Prison Ministry is a faith-based organization dedicated to sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ with incarcerated individuals and helping them grow as disciples. Its mission is to glorify God by fulfilling the Great Commission inside prisons, offering Bible studies, mentorship, and spiritual encouragement to those behind bars. The ministry believes that no sin is too great for God’s forgiveness...

From an early age, he was fascinated with the stories of missionaries. In college he was challenged to pray that the Lord would put a country on his heart. He had no desire to fulfill the “American Dream” but rather his desire was to “go to the hard places and do hard things” for the Kingdom. Hear the powerful story of this young man who has committed his life to the call and cause of Christ. That and more on this episode of Missio...