Episodes
Sept. 12, 2024
144: A Moment With a Missionary: J's Experience Pioneering a Black Missions Movement
Somebody has to say ‘yes’ and by God’s grace, I said ’yes.’” In this moment with a missionary, Aaron interviews J on her experience pioneering a black missions movement in an unreached nation. Listen to how she found a place…
Sept. 6, 2024
143: A Moment With a Missionary: Pioneering Prayer and Worship in Eurasia
During AG24, we got to sit down with some of our incredible family members from around the globe to hear what God is doing in their nations. In this episode, a missionary to Eurasia shares some of her experience, her process…
June 13, 2024
138: The Whole Earth Is Full Of His Glory
Today's topic includes an exciting announcement. In this episode, R.A Martinez and Aaron Custalow cast vision for why we gather every year in August as a spiritual family. Listen as they share what they feel the Lord is sayi…
May 30, 2024
Episode 137: Throne Room Worship
In this episode, listen as R.A. Martinez discusses the biblical characteristics of the worship happening in the throne room of heaven. What are the sights, the sounds, the movements, and the songs being sung around the thron…
May 16, 2024
136: Mercy for the Middle East, How worship and prayer open the door for Missions
Listen to this podcast recapping the recent 50 Hours trip that took place and how worship and prayer open the door for missions.
May 2, 2024
135: The Time is Urgent
In the final episode of this series, R.A. Martinez shares the third reason that MAPS Global exists: the Time is Urgent.
April 11, 2024
134: 50 Hours: Insights From Frontier Missionaries
You won't want to miss this one! In this episode we sit down with our overseas missions base directors as well as our planting missions base director to the Himalayas. These frontier missionaries share their hearts for what …
March 28, 2024
133: The Gospel is Powerful
In this episode, R.A. Martinez talks about the second reason that MAPS Global exists: the Gospel is Powerful.
March 14, 2024
132: A 10/40 Window Prayer Meeting
Check out this new podcast episode featuring R.A. Martinez & Aaron Custalow talking about the origin story of 50 Hours prayer meetings. Countless peoples and places have been profoundly impacted by the past ten years of 50 h…
Feb. 29, 2024
131: What is Jesus Worth?
At the core of everything we do here at MAPS Global is this fundamental truth: Jesus is Worthy. But what does it mean when we ascribe “worth” to Jesus? Many times we can be prone to religious rhetoric when we say the word “w…
Dec. 20, 2023
130: Wrapping up 2023: More on Pipelines + A 300k Match
Following up from the last podcast about pipelines vs. buckets: as we wrap up 2023, we have exciting news to share about how you can double your end of year gift for the Great Commission. R.A. Martinez shares about this incr…
Dec. 6, 2023
129: Pipelines vs. Buckets: Why Are You Still Tithing?
R.A. Martinez sits down to discuss questions that come up often: what is tithing, should I do it and is it different than New Testament giving? In this episode, we walk through both the Old and New Testaments, looking at the…
Nov. 22, 2023
128: Team Work Makes The Dream Work (No Lone Rangers) Pt.2
God is a team and teams are a reflection of His glory. Jesus sent teams, the Apostles worked on teams, New Testament churches were led by teams, and sent out teams. Diverse and highly functioning teams are essential for lead…
Nov. 8, 2023
127: Team Work Makes The Dream Work (No Lone Rangers) Pt.1
God is a team and teams are a reflection of His glory. Jesus sent teams, the Apostles worked on teams, New Testament churches were led by teams and sent out teams. Diverse and highly functioning teams are essential for leade…
Oct. 25, 2023
127: The Israel/Gaza War- Through The Lens of Mercy and The Great Commission
R.A. Martinez sits down and discusses our perspective on the current war in the Middle East. Many are only seeing it from a geo-political perspective and seeking to take "sides". However, there is another perspective to look…
Oct. 11, 2023
126: Not is Not Enough: Dating, Sex, and Purity Culture
R.A. Martinez sits at the mic with his better half to talk about a topic relevant to building a healthy church community. Kaitlin and Randy open up a conversation that they've been having in their marriage for years about he…
Sept. 27, 2023
125: Repairing Broken Relationships
Following up from the initial conversation titled “Help, I’m Angry and I Don’t Know Why”, R.A. Martinez and Mimi talk through Matthew 5 and Matthew 18, discussing how to approach the reparation of a broken relationship, both…
Sept. 13, 2023
124: Help, I'm Angry and I Don't Know Why
Unresolved anger is like a weed in the garden of our souls… AND it is a liability to our destinies. Listen to R.A. Martinez and new host “Mimi” chat through the dangers of unresolved anger and how to identify it within ourse…
Aug. 30, 2023
123: Missionary Care: Stress, Families, Longevity, and Attrition…
R.A. Martinez sits in the host seat to discuss missionary care with special guest Alberta Wray. Ms. Alberta Wray is a member care specialist with decades of experience walking thousands of workers through the transitional pr…
Aug. 16, 2023
122: Q&A With Leaders about Presence-Centered Churches
You’re listening to a Q&A panel that happened back in August at AG23, MAPS Global’s Annual Gathering. During this live panel, Billy Humphrey, Michael and Lorisa Miller, and our very own R.A. Martinez fielded questions from o…