Welcome listeners to the newly launched B4M Podcast by the Short-Term Mission staff. We celebrate our one year anniversary.                                    We have surpassed 2,000 downloads in 13 months!!!

You can find the podcast at:

• Bridges For Mission (B4M)
• Apple podcast, searchable by typing B4M
• Spotify, Google & Amazon podcasts searchable by Bridges for Mission

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We are so glad you tune in from all corners of the world, from Australia, New Zealand, Denmark to Lebanon, Mexico, Canada, Nepal, Serbia, Zimbabwe and many more places who subscribe and download episodes of B4M.

As of late October 2021, our subscription has reached over 2,000 followers. Praise The Lord! Thank you to all of you who follow us. Don’t forget to rate the episodes. In this broadcasting world, ratings are important.

The Short-Term Mission Staff, Rev. Sandra Dorsainvil and Minister Nicole Cox are the creative minds and co-producers of this podcast. The sound engineer is Jennifer Samp. The unique and at times informal chats with guests, draw listeners even more into the conversations. Season 1 & 3  feature voices of MKs (Missionary Kids),  global servants who host volunteer teams, theologians  and well known co-author, Steve Corbett of When Helping Hurts.

The episodes in Season 2  are hosted by a few Special Assistants to the Short-Term Mission desk, like Rev. James Williams from the Philadelphia Baptist Association, Lynne Punnett from the Michigan region, Rev. Michele Turek from the California region, Rev. Dr. Cassandra Jones from ABCOTS region and Rev. Dr. John Grisham from the Great Rivers region.

Season 4 calls forward Emerging Leaders. The episodes feature high school youth and young adult seminarians who seek to make a significant impact in Kingdom building. Tim Dedrick from Touch The World shares more about their ministry with youth, students and young adults, and the intentional choice made not to travel virtually or in-person during the pandemic. Season 4 has helped us launched the new initiative, Emerging Leaders. for more information please contact Minister Nicole Cox at elc@internationalministries.org

Season 5 opens with Tory Ruark, COO of Standards of Excellence (SOE) who speaks of elevating the voice of the global church, staying God-centered as short-term volunteers strive to understand servants’ identity in Christ. Then in episode 2, we quickly invite listeners to criss-cross the globe, as we start conversations with colleagues from the Canadian Baptist Ministries. The episodes that follow will have you travel to South Africa, Kenya, Thailand and beyond. You are invited to listen to our partner PHARP in Kenya, who speaks of peace and conflict transformation, to hear the impact coffee has had on economic development for hill tribes in Thailand and how poultry ministry is a tool for evangelism.

The short-term mission movement is evolving. Some conventions and associations prefer action verbs when they refer to short-term mission. Missiologists like Dr. Jay Matenga speak of embracing “Xenophilia” as sending agencies and servants break away from colonial thinking.

We thank all our listeners who follow this podcast. We hope you engage and imagine yourselves, servant-leaders, followers, emerging leaders, volunteers moving from a transactional mindset into a covenantal relationship with hosts when serving in Kingdom building as God’s ambassadors globally.

Episodes of B4M, Bridges For Mission, enlighten, challenge, and remind all of us of our calls on earth. Thank you for journeying with us.

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Thank you~~~Merci~~~Gracias~~~Gracie