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Hosts Kevin Parker and Rick Brittain and their guests talk about church health and church missions topics that can help churches experience stronger health, reach people, build spiritual champions, and mobilize church members who live out God’s Great Commission assignment in…
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Episode 30 – What Kind of Home Support Matters to Believers Serving Internationally, Part 2 (opens the original)
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Discover how your church “go deeper” into missions, meaningfully. Kevin, Matt, and Lance continue the previous episode’s conversations about life and church planting in another country. Lance offers firsthand, from-the-field perspectives. The trio explores how fear affects missions and how “rightly placed fear” keeps people in God’s task. They also explore the sources that shape fears and how believers can identify those sources. The episode wraps up with tips on loving neighbors and supporting
Episode 29 - An Overseas Church Planter Describes His Work and Setting, Part 1 (opens the original)
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Podcast host Kevin Parker joins Matt Thackerson for a conversation with ”Lance,” a church planter in Central Asia who is trying to reach a very lost country discover faith in Jesus Christ. With frank honest, he tells his story and describes his situation and work. This is the first part of a two-part conversation.
Episode 28 - The Staff Slacker Discovers One-Day Registration (opens the original)
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Thriving Church Podcast hosts Rick Brittain and Kevin Parker team up with fellow BCNM team leader Matt Thackerson to out a staff slacker who had not registered for One Day until the podcast recording. In a lighthearted, playful, passionate episode, they walk through One Day registration process complete with details, how-to explanations, and the background behind the experience. After explaining how and why, they encourage listeners to join the slacker and say “Yes” to One Day.
Episode 27 - How One Day Matters to Its Host Churches (opens the original)
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Roswell Pastor Chris Lethgo and Estancia Pastor Jonathan Richard join Matt Thackerson and podcast hosts Rick Brittain and Kevin Parker to talk about their cities, their churches, and why One Day 2026 matters to them and their cities. They weave their personal stories and their ministry stories with their churches’ stories to paint a picture of God’s people with a big vision and a hope for others to come help them for a day to advance God’s mission.
Episode 26 - Why and How Should Churches Work Together in Local Baptist Associations? (opens the original)
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Is cooperation practical? What can churches do to involve themselves in the shared work of churches in Baptist Associations. How can groups of Baptist believers cooperate in God’s work with other groups of Baptist believers? Podcast host Kevin Parker and Director of Missions Stephen Baum explore the “how” and the benefits of cooperation in Baptist Associations.
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