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SEASON 2
Season 2 Episodes
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S2 Ep1: Power and Partnership in Global Missions
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?
In today’s espisode we take the first steps to answer this question as we hear from Forrest Inslee (USA), Dela Adadevoh (Ghana), Lazarus Phiri (Zambia), Layo Leiva (Ecuador), Chong Hiok Chan (Singapore), Mary Lederleitner (USA), Alfie Mosse (USA), Steve Addision (Australia).
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.
S2 Ep2: Recognizing Power
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?
In this episode, we continue our journey learning around this topic of power and partnership in global missions. As we hear from Andy McCullough (UK), Julie Mosse (USA), Milan Michalko (Czech), Layo Leiva (Ecuador), Alfie Mosse (USA), Barry Remple (USA), Brian Virtue (USA),and Greg Lillestrand (USA), we find our understanding of power in global missions to be challenged and expanded.
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.
S2 Ep3: Removing the Power Hat
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?
In this episode, we continue our journey learning around this topic of power and partnership in global missions. As we hear from Madan & Deepali Valvi (India), Barry Remple (USA), Steve Addison (Australia), Greg Lillestrand (USA), Elvis Filote (Romania), Andy McCullough (UK), Milan Michalko (Czech), we wrestle with the humility required to partner well.
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.
S2 Ep4: The Pace of Good Partnership
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?
In this episode, we continue our journey learning around this topic of power and partnership in global missions. As we hear from Milan Michalko (Czech), Julie Mosse (USA, Beatrice Tse (Hong Kong), Andy McCullough (UK), Slavko Hadzic (Bosnia), Mark Byrom (USA), Charmaine Lillestrand (USA), Greg Lillestrand (USA), they shine the spotlight on “relationship” and its place in global missions.
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.
Season 2 Guests
Alfie & Julie M | USA
Alfie and Julie have served with SEND International since 2001. Before moving back to the states in 2018, they and their three children, served in Kyiv (3 years) and Odessa (12 years) in the areas of church planting and theological education. Julie currently serves as the Director of Mobilization to Eurasia for SEND. Alfie currently serves as Director of Theological Education for Eurasia and as a staff member of SEND U (SEND’s missionary training arm).
Andy McCullough | UK
Andy McCullough was born and raised in Cyprus, is married to Jessica, who is South African, has four children who were born in London, and lived in Turkey from 2009-2016. He has a Master’s Degree in Contextual Theology with Mission from All Nations Christian College, and currently works as Teaching Pastor for Reading Family Church in the UK. He is passionate about cross-cultural church planting, and is involved in coaching and developing churches and leaders, mostly in the Eastern Mediterranean/West Asia region. He leads the Unreached Network, facilitating best practice in cross-cultural mission across the wider Newfrontiers family. Andy is the author of Global Humility: Attitudes for Mission and The Bethlehem Story: Mission and Justice in the Margins of the World and the forthcoming (2024): Made Flesh: John’s Gospel, Mission and the Global Church.
Barry Rempel | USA
Barry serves as the Director of Global Collaboration with SEND International, leading their efforts to train and mobilize people from outside North America, sending them to unreached people groups around the world. In his 37 years with SEND, Barry has been involved in church planting and other ministry efforts and training in Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
Beeatrice Tse | Hong Kong
Beatrice Tse lives in Hong Kong, where she has served with SEND International’s East Asia Sending Council for 12 years, where she is currently a Mission Coach and Missionary Care Coach. Her passion is to walk alongside people to discover their call to engage the unreached. As an INFP, she loves learning new skills, cooking, and art appreciation.
Brian Virtue | USA
Brian Virtue has been on staff with Cru since 1998 and has served on campus at Stanford University, in Global Missions, and in Leadership Development for Epic Movement. He and his wife Christine and three kids lived in Manila, Philippines from 2013-2021 as they served on the faculty of IGSL, the International Graduate School of Leadership. He graduated from UCLA with degrees in history and political science, completed an MA in Transformational Leadership and MDiv from Bethel Seminary, and finished his Ph.D. in Peace Studies from IGSL and the Asia Graduate School of Theology in 2022. His dissertation research explored how leadership negotiation in cases of power asymmetry leads to either flourishing or diminishing outcomes, with the United States and Southeast Asia in view. Brian continues to teach leadership and peacemaking at IGSL virtually, while also serving currently as the Director of IGSL’s Advanced Degree Programs, which include doctoral programs in Leadership, Peacemaking, and Theology.
Chong Hiok Chan | Singapore
“CCH” experienced a call to ministry at Explo ‘74 in Seoul, Korea. Since then, he has served and led in many ministry strategies and types, including high school and college, military, professionals, executives/marketplace, church ministry, and theological education. He has served at the local, national, and regional level. He is currently the President of East Asia School of Theology (EAST) in Singapore, and during the COVID years, founded LEAD Academy in Manilla with a vision for evangelism, discipleship, and transformational leadership among all sectors of society.
Elvis Filote | Romania
Elvis is co-owner at Synergic Team, Global Leader Strategy & Insights at LeaderImpact, trainer & coach on leadership development & team performance. He is passionate to empower executives and multinational teams to explore motivating solutions, accelerate performance and achieve remarkable results driven by a motivating vision and a collaborative environment. Elvis is dedicated to help build communities of influential leaders who serve as change agents for positive impact and mentors for emerging leaders.
Forrest Inslee | USA
Rev. Dr. Forrest Inslee is the Associate Director of Circlewood, and the host of the Earthkeepers podcast. He has also served as a graduate professor of international community development for 20+ years at Northwest University. He earned a BA, MA, and PhD from Northwestern University in Chicago, and an MA in Theology from Regent College. He is the co-editor with Angel Burns of the book Re-Imagining Short-Term Missions.
Greg & Charmaine Lillestrand
Together, Greg and Charmaine share a passion for people to experience the joy of living all out through freedom in Jesus. They have made His name known leading teams and living in Serbia, Russia, Italy, Berkeley, Austin, and Orlando where for 10 years they were National Directors of the Worldwide Student Network, which launched 367 new ministry locations in 66 countries. Most recently Greg was Vice President of Cru USA, and served three years on the FamilyLife Board of Directors and is now the Chief Growth Officer for FamilyLife. In addition to leading in Family Life, Charmaine is coaching leaders and consulting teams in their productivity. The Lillestrands have two young adult kids, and live in Carlsbad, California.
Jim Reed | USA
Jim Reed is an elementary school teacher who founded Two Pennies Ministry in 2011 with his wife Stephanie and friend Moses Kofie. Jim and Stephanie have three teenage children. Through their work with Two Pennies, they have led projects to train pastors and teachers, build a business to promote local jobs in Ghana, they have worked with schools to raise funds for a medical clinic, maternity ward, cassava mill, computer lab, and library. Their home church helped start Two Pennies and funds projects every year. Forty individuals have gone on Journeys, with over half of those taking multiple trips. We are currently working to start a training center that teaches business principles, computer skills, and automotive repair.
Justin O'Malley | New Zealand
Justin serves as the National Director for Tandem Ministries (Cru in New Zealand) and the Regional Director for Cru South Pacific. He came to the U.S. on a tennis scholarship to play at Butler University and came to know Jesus as a twenty-year-old through Cru. Justin and his wife Heather have now served with Cru for 25 years, with 21 devoted to reaching Justin’s home country of New Zealand. They also pioneered a campus ministry in Provence, Southern France, and spent a few years working on the Indianapolis campus team in Heather’s home state of Indiana.
Layo Leiva | El Salvador
Layo Leiva, originally from El Salvador, is currently the facilitator for Latin America and the Caribbean of Cru’s Leader Strategies Network. For 45 years, Layo has developed, mentored, and served as a coach, teacher, and life coach to multiple generations of students, professionals, and entrepreneurs, helping them become principled leaders and make a transformational impact in their areas of influence. His international work has led him to reside, in addition to his native country, in Mexico, the United States and for the last 10 years, in San José, Costa Rica.
Madan & Deepali Valvi | India
Madan & Deepali Valvi are Global Partnership Directors for South Asia for Cru City Global. They have served with Cru for 16 years out of 32 years of ministry among International community. Both were born and brought up in North India and are blessed with four children and a grandchild. They live in the U.S. and Madan ministers among CEOs, CFO’s and professionals in the Marketplace. Madan holds MA degree in Ministry Leadership and MDiv in Bible and Theology from Alliance Theological Seminary, NY. He is gifted in Evangelism and Leadership Training. In his free time Madan enjoys reading and running. Deepali holds MA degree in Intercultural Studies from Alliance Theological Seminary., NY. She facilitates studies among Women and travels globally along with Madan for ministry. She loves meeting women from different cultures and chats over a coffee. She enjoys gardening and cooking. When home Madan & Deepali cherish their time over long walks and spending time with their children.
Mark Byrom | USA
Mark has spent more than 30 years in ministry, and fourteen of those years were in Bosnia-Herzegovina as an international worker with the Christian & Missionary Alliance. Over the last 11 years Mark has been Missions Pastor at Alliance Church in Appleton, WI. Years of ministry in Europe, traveling the world, and being a church mission-mobilizer have given Mark a focus on connecting the global church with the local church. Mark and his wife, Debbie, have raised three young women and now navigate the empty-nesting lifestyle together. When he gets a chance, he enjoys hiking in beautiful locations and visiting new places around the globe. Mark enjoys hanging with friends over a great cup of coffee along with reading and seeing a great movie.
Mary Lederleitner | USA
Mary Lederleitner, PhD, is the Executive Director of Missional Intelligence LLC. She worked for Wycliffe for 20 years in a number of global leadership positions. She has taught graduate ministry courses at Wheaton College and in the M.Div. Program at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. She currently teaches as an Adjunct Professor in Trinity’s D.Min. Program. She chairs the Global Board of Operation Mobilization and serves on the board of Catalyst Services. She is the author of Cross-Cultural Partnerships; Women in God’s Mission; and she was the lead editor for Formation in Mission: Discipleship and Identity for Emerging Adults.
Milan Michalko | Czech
Milan and Zdenka are founders and leaders of CityChurch.cz. They live in Ostrava / Czech Republic. They have 4 adult children and 5 grandchildren. God‘s call on their lives is establishment of new churches in the Czech Republic and Central and Eastern Europe.
Slavko Hadžić | Bosnia and Herzegovina
Slavko Hadžić lives in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he has pastored a local evangelical church for 17 years. He is married to Sanja and they have two grown up children. His passion is evangelism and preaching. Slavko is a Langham Preaching Associate Director for Europe & Caribbean, President of the “Good News” Association and chairman of the Feuer (Fellowship of Evangelists in the Universities of Europe). He is co-author of the evangelistic book “Cross on a hill”.
Sophia Wang | USA
Sophia Wang serves with SEND International as a Mission Catalyst in the area of Church Engagement. She previously served in Spain for 7 years. Sophia shares her journey as an American-born Chinese woman called into full-time ministry, so that the Church might develop into a greater, fuller picture of God’s heart for the world and mission. She is a learner and teacher, with her MA in Education, a Perspectives instructor, Simply Mobilizing mobilizer and Head Facilitator, and has also recently studied at Fuller Theological Seminary. She is working on launching a new project with Asian Americans to create spaces of contextualized Kingdom discipleship to empower each one to work out and walk fully in their God-designed calling. Sophia looks forward to seeing God multiply and unify His diverse global workforce sent into His harvest field — followers of Jesus from every tongue, tribe, and nation, to here, beyond, and to the ends of the earth, until the Church reflects fully the vision given in Revelation 7.
Steve Addison | Australia
Steve is a catalyst for movements that multiply disciples and churches, everywhere. Steve has written five books, including Your Part in God’s Plan: 40 Days from Genesis to Revelation. Steve’s most recent book is Acts and the Movement of God: From Jerusalem to the Ends of the Earth. You can connect with Steve here.