Mission Shift Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Season 2, Episode 8: Becoming a Person Who Partners Well

Coming out of Season 1 of Mission Shift, we were left with a nagging question: In this new era of missions–when mission engagement is from everywhere to everywhere–how do we in the West partner well with believers in locations traditionally labeled as mission fields?

Once again, we set out to learn from missions leaders and practitioners from all over the globe. We interviewed 22 men and women engaged in sending and receiving missions to learn about partnership and power dynamics in global missions. Their voices are intertwined across the 8 episodes of this season as–together–we learn and grow.

As we wrap up this season, we take a look inside and consider what it takes to become a person who partners well as we hear from Mary Lederleitner (USA), Andy McCullough (UK), Brian Virtue (USA), Steve Addison (Australia), Slavko Hadžić (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Forrest Inslee (USA), Jim Reed (USA), Justin O’Malley (New Zealand), Greg Lillestrand (USA), Sophia Wang (USA).

The rest of Season 2, as well as bios and links for our hosts and guests can be found at https://www.Cru.org/MissionShift

Mission Shift is a narrative podcast, so we encourage you to listen to each season in order so you catch the full range of voices and wisdom, of encouragement and growth, as we listen to missions leaders and practitioners from around the world. 

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Mission Shift is hosted by Carita Chen and Josh Irby.

Mission Shift is a production of Cru's City Global team. We would love to journey with you as you explore and engage in the changing face of global missions. Reach us at MissionShift@Cru.org. 

S2, Ep 7: Viewing Short Term Missions through the Lens of “Greater Together”

Coming out of Season 1 of Mission Shift, we were left with a nagging question: In this new era of missions–when mission engagement is from everywhere to everywhere–how do we in the West partner well with believers in locations traditionally labeled as mission fields?

Once again, we set out to learn from missions leaders and practitioners from all over the globe. We interviewed 22 men and women engaged in sending and receiving missions to learn about partnership and power dynamics in global missions. Their voices are intertwined across the 8 episodes of this season as–together–we learn and grow.

In this episode, we continue our journey learning around this topic of power and partnership in global missions, specifically, the role of short term missions in a Greater Together approach to global missions. Much of today’s episode centers around our learning and conversation with Forrest Inslee, co-editor of Re-Imagining Short Term Missions.

Bios and links for our hosts and guests can be found at Cru.org/MissionShift.

Mission Shift is a narrative podcast, so we encourage you to listen to each season in order so you catch the full range of voices and wisdom, of encouragement and growth, as we listen to missions leaders and practitioners from around the world. 

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Mission Shift is hosted by Carita Chen and Josh Irby.

Mission Shift is a production of Cru's City Global team. We would love to journey with you as you explore and engage in the changing face of global missions. Reach us at MissionShift@Cru.org. 

This episode is more of our interview with Delanyo (Dela)  Adadevoh. Dela contributed to episodes 1, 2, and 5 of our first season.

Dela is Cru’s Vice President of Global Leadership. He originally hails from Ghana, but now lives in Orlando. Dela’s past roles have included National Director of his home country of Ghana, Director of Affairs for Southern and Eastern Africa, International Director and later Vice President for Leadership Development, and Vice President for Africa, the Middle East and Central Asian Republics. 

Dela has authored several books, including Leading Transformation in Africa, Transforming Africa Inside-out, Empowering Leadership, Revival and Spiritual Awakening, Approaches to Christianization in Africa, and Religion and Government in Africa.

In the interview, Josh mentioned Dela’s poemI See a New Africa, which you can read here.

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As we release these Bonus Episodes from Season 1, we are also working on Season 2, which will explore power and partnerships in global missions.

Mission Shift is a podcast where we learn from our brothers and sisters around the world as we explore the changing face of global missions. If you’re new to our podcast, we encourage you to start with episode 1 of our first season. Mission Shift is a narrative podcast, where each episode builds on the concepts discussed in the previous episode. 

If you find our material beneficial, would you subscribe, leave a positive review, and share the podcast with a friend or pastor? This will help more and more people find our content.

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Mission Shift is hosted by Carita Chen and Josh Irby, and is a production of Cru’s City Global team. We would love to journey with you as you explore and engage in the changing face of global missions. Reach us at MissionShift@Cru.org.

Season 1 Bonus Episode: Interview with Jake Abraham

This episode is more of our interview with Jake Abraham. Jake was featured in episodes 3, 4, and 5 of our first season.

Jake is the Executive Director of City, an adult-discipleship ministry of Cru. Born in India, Jake has also lived in the Philippines, Australia, and the US. Jake makes wonderful contributions to the topic of how global missions involvement go hand in hand with our own growth as followers of Jesus, and speaks directly to the role of western missions as past mission fields grow into powerful missionary forces.

Mission Shift is a podcast where we learn from our brothers and sisters around the world as we explore the changing face of global missions. If you’re new to our podcast, we encourage you to start with episode 1 of our first season. Mission Shift is a narrative podcast, where each episode builds on the concepts discussed in the previous episode. 

If you find our material beneficial, would you subscribe, leave a positive review, and share the podcast with a friend or pastor? This will help more and more people find our content.

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Mission Shift is hosted by Carita Chen and Josh Irby, and is a production of Cru’s City Global team. We would love to journey with you as you explore and engage in the changing face of global missions. Reach us at MissionShift@Cru.org.

Today we hear from Paul Borthwick (USA), Lazarus Phiri (Zambia), Derek Seipp (USA), Steve Addison (Australia), Adegbite Olanihum (Nigeria), Marek Wyrzykowski (Poland), Greg Huguley (USA), Ron & Star Nelson (USA), and Cas Monaco (USA). In this episode, we look back on where we've traveled so far, reflect on what we've learned, and discuss what some possible next steps might be.

This is our last episode for now. If you started listening part way through the season, we strongly encourage you to start with Episode 1 and catch up to where you started. Over the coming weeks and months we will release fuller versions of the interviews we drew on for this season, as well as the occasional special episode, right here on the podcast channel.

If this podcast has been helpful for you, we would appreciate you sharing it with your pastor, missions pastor or team, missionaries you are connected with, and other followers of Jesus interested in what He is doing around the world. 

Bios and links for our hosts and guests can be found at Cru.org/MissionShift.

Mission Shift is hosted by Carita Chen and Josh Irby.

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Mission Shift is a production of Cru's City Global team. We would love to journey with you as you explore and engage in the changing face of global missions. Reach us at MissionShift@Cru.org. 

Ep7: New Era, New Approach, Part 2

Today we hear from Dela Adadevoh (Ghana), Ron & Star Nelson (USA), David & Susan Rice (USA, Adrian de Visser (Sri Lanka).  This is the second of a two-part episode in which we explore a new approach for engaging in global missions in this new era. Today’s episode focuses on how full-time missionaries are engaging with a new approach; last week’s episode focused on opportunities for everyday followers of Jesus to make global contributions in this new era.

Ron & Star mentioned the Perspectives course, a highly-respected and very powerful missions class. You can learn more about the course, where you can take it, and how you can host it at https://perspectives.org.

Bios and links for our hosts and guests can be found at Cru.org/MissionShift.

Our journey exploring the changing face of global missions will span eight episodes, and then we will begin releasing longer versions of our interviews with the guests we hear from throughout the eight episodes.

Mission Shift is hosted by Carita Chen and Josh Irby.

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Mission Shift is a production of Cru's City Global team. We would love to journey with you as you explore and engage in the changing face of global missions. Reach us at MissionShift@Cru.org.

Ep7: New Era, New Approach, Part 1

Today we hear from Greg Huguley (USA), Adrian de Visser (Sri Lanka), Jeff Reams (USA), Matt* (USA), and Elaine Shannon (USA). This is the first of a two-part episode in which we explore a new approach for engaging in global missions in this new era. Today’s episode focuses on opportunities for everyday followers of Jesus to make global contributions; next week’s episode focuses on how full-time missionaries are engaging with a new approach.

Bios and links for our hosts and guests can be found at Cru.org/MissionShift.

Our journey exploring the changing face of global missions will span eight episodes, and then we will begin releasing longer versions of our interviews with the guests we hear from throughout the eight episodes.

Mission Shift is hosted by Carita Chen and Josh Irby.

* We are using a pseudonym and disguised his voice to protect his identity due to the sensitive nature of the work he is doing in some locations. 

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Mission Shift is a production of Cru's City Global team. We would love to journey with you as you explore and engage in the changing face of global missions. Reach us at MissionShift@Cru.org. 

Episode 6: Mission Without Empire

Today we hear from Adrian de Visser (Sri Lanka), Lazarus Phiri (Zambia), Dela Adadevoh (Ghana), Marek Wryzykowski (Poland), Paul Borthwick (USA), Carlos Abarca (Costa Rica), and Derek Seipp (USA). Our conversation with all these leaders centers on the reality that though the center of gravity of Christianity has shifted out of the west, the center of power has not. What does that mean for engaging together in God’s global mission?

This episode's name comes from a talk Dr. Lazarus Phiri gave at Missio Nexus' Innovate 2021 Conference. You can find the full talk here.

Bios and links for our hosts and guests can be found at Cru.org/MissionShift.

Our journey exploring the changing face of global missions will span eight episodes, and then we will begin releasing longer versions of our interviews with the guests we hear from throughout the eight episodes.

Mission Shift is hosted by Carita Chen and Josh Irby.

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Mission Shift is a production of Cru's City Global team. We would love to journey with you as you explore and engage in the changing face of global missions. Reach us at MissionShift@Cru.org.

Episode 5: A New Invitation

Today we hear from Adrian de Visser (Sri Lanka), Paul Borthwick (USA), Dela Adadevoh (Ghana), Adegbite Olanihum (Nigeria), Jake Abraham (India/USA), and Derek Seipp (USA). This is both a challenging and encouraging conversation as we receive an invitation and encouragement to work together in global missions in new ways. 

Bios and links for our hosts and guests can be found at Cru.org/MissionShift.

Our journey exploring the changing face of global missions will span eight episodes, and then we will begin releasing longer versions of our interviews with the guests we hear from throughout the eight episodes.

Mission Shift is hosted by Carita Chen and Josh Irby.

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Mission Shift is a production of Cru's City Global team. We would love to journey with you as you explore and engage in the changing face of global missions. Reach us at MissionShift@Cru.org. 

Episode 4: God’s Mission Unshifted

Today we hear from Steve Addison (Australia), Cas Monaco (USA), and Jake Abraham (India/USA). In our conversations with them, we explore the stability that God’s unchanging mission gives us as we engage in His global mission in a changing world.

You can find Steve Addision’s book, Your Part in God’s Plan: 40 Days from Genesis to Revelation, on Amazon at https://amzn.to/36vWM3i. You can connect with Cas at https://casmonaco.squarespace.com/ 

Bios and links for our hosts and guests can be found at Cru.org/MissionShift.

Our journey exploring the changing face of global missions will span eight episodes, and then we will begin releasing longer versions of our interviews with the guests we hear from throughout the eight episodes.

Mission Shift is hosted by Carita Chen and Josh Irby.

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Mission Shift is a production of Cru's City Global team. We would love to journey with you as you explore and engage in the changing face of global missions. Reach us at MissionShift@Cru.org.