Global City Mission Podcast

Join Joey and Chris as we talk to GCMI board member Aaron Born about what it looks like to plant house churches from within the context of an urban mega-church. Check out the book BLESS that Aaron recommends during the podcast here.

In this week's very special Christmas episode, Joey and GCMI Executive Director, Dr. Jared Looney discuss the incarnation and how that affects ministry, mission and the church.

Joey and Chris talk about the 2022 International Conference On Mission (ICOM) and Why Cities Matter.

Join us as Chris and Joey unpack the previous episode on Cross-cultural Missional Inroads and continue the conversation about how to reach out missionaly in your community.

Join us as we look back to season one for another perspective on ethnography and reaching out cross-culturally in your city. This question of where and how to begin is one of the most asked questions we get.

Chris is joined by GCMI Executive Director Jared Looney to talk about Contextualization in ministry, how it shapes what we do at GCMI and how it can apply to other ministry contexts both in North America and around the World.

Chris and Joey continue the conversation about mobilization as we reflect on Joey's first year on the team and our first year of having an official mobilization team member.

Chris and Joey discuss what it takes to mobilize college students in 2022 for both full-time missions work and for ministry in general. This is a conversation about where we are at... feel free to join the discussion. You can email Joey or Chris to jump into the conversation. joeydurmire@globalcitymission.org or chrismarsden@globalcitymission.orgCheck out the episode on Mobilization at https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/globalcitymission/episodes/2022-03-23T05_00_00-07_00

Join us this week as Joey and Chris talk about the word mission, what it means, what GCMI means when we use it, and why we do mission the way we do.

We're back from a summer of conferences, camps, and time with the family. In this episode, Joey and Chris catch us up on all the busyness and talk a bit about campus ministry, diversity in missions, mobilizing Gen Z and a new season of ministry and the podcast.

This week we talk to Gabe and Sarah Brazle about living in a global city and the challenges and joys they've had as a young married couple, parent to 3 children, and cross-cultural missionaries in the city.

Join us this week as Joey and Chris talk with Gabe Brazle about his experiences with GCMI in cross cultural ministry and his move to Philadelphia in 2019. This is part 1 or 2 with Gabe. Next time we are joined by his wife Sarah to talk about married life and parenting while learning how to be missionaries in New York and Philly. We are switching to a twice per month publishing schedule, so look for that next episode on June 15th.

Join Chris and Joey as they talk to John Lancaster, Senior Minister at Huntsville Christian Church, about his experiences with GCMI and seeing his city through the eyes of Jesus.

In this week's episode, we are introduced to Dave Smith. Dave is a member of our team in Phoenix. He has served associate pastor of Global Missions, Church planter, professor and now missionary. Dave shares a little of his story, gives us an update on what is happening in Phoenix, and offers his thoughts on how the local church and missionaries can support each other. If you are interested in any of the resources that GCMI offers, please check us out at globalcitymission.org

Join us this week as Chris and Joey talk about getting equipped for mission and ministry.

Join us as we talking about missions training with a throwback to season 1, talking about making spiritual statements.

In this week's episode we are joined by GCMI partner and Director of Global Frontier Missions, Grant Haynes. Grant shares with us their mission training program, how ministries like GCMI partners with with them as well as offers advice for both missionaries and pastors to better work together. Learn more about Global Frontier Mission by going to globalfrontiermissions.org .

In this episode, Chris and Joey discuss what it means to engage in Catalytic Ministry work, what the word Catalyst means, and why that matters. Visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LckhUpLadcc to see the YouTube video referenced in the episode.

In today's episode, Chris talks with GCMI Executive Director, Jared Looney, about Diaspora Missions. What does it mean, why does it matter, and what gets us excited about it?

In today's episode, Joey and Chris discuss the city of Orlando, Chris's history there, joining the GCMI team, and how to begin the process of opening your eyes to the diversity around you.