MAPS Global Podcast

In this podcast episode, we discuss the roadmap for the blueprints for "Antioch Sending Centers.” God is raising up a wineskin across the earth in this generation of Presence-Centered families that are multiethnic, multigenerational, and are developing and sending laborers to neighborhoods and nations. These blueprints can be found in what Luke records in Acts chapters 11 and 13 concerning the church in Antioch. Listen as R.A. Martinez introduces twelve distinct characteristics of these ”sending centers” and why were are launching "The Blueprint" series. 

In today’s podcast episode, we have special guests from overseas! Listen to the leaders of our Middle East Missions Base discuss life, ministry, and lessons learned as a missionary family on the field. This conversation is full of wisdom for prospective missionaries, singles in ministry, families, and more.

Many people are building churches with the primary goal of getting more people in the room. What would happen if we built church with the goal of getting more of God in the room? In this conversation, we take a deep dive into the biblical concept of “Ministry to the Lord” and how it is expressed within the New Testament priesthood of believers. The dignity given to man in the Garden of Eden to minister directly to God is still our chief vocation and the end goal of our lives.

We are experiencing an accelerated rate of trends coming and going within the Body of Christ. This can leave people disillusioned with a sense of emotional and spiritual whiplash when it comes to what it is they believe and what is priority in the Christian life. R.A. Martinez sits down with a few of our staff members and shares his perspective from almost 20 years in ministry. We discuss how to hold our hearts and build healthy communities through the rise and fall of trends. Play the long game and lay the ground work of your life so that in 20, 30, or 50 years, you will be more in love with Jesus than you were when you started.

There are many things that come to mind when someone mentions “the prayer movement”. Some are good, some are not so good. In this episode, R.A. Martinez discusses the sociology of movements, especially in church history, and tries to bring clarity to the modern prayer and worship phenomenon. We also tackle the characteristics of cults and the difference between movements, networks and denominations. If you’ve never been quite sure what it means when someone says “the prayer movement” then this one is for you!

R.A. Martinez sits down with Kimberly Hager, our Global Worship Advisor for MAPS Global, to discuss our worship culture. We believe our worship must expand as our work in the nations expands. So what does it mean to “expand our worship”? Listen as we explain 7 practical ways to expand your worship personally as well as in the ministries and contexts you’re leading.

Sit down with R.A. Martinez and Chris Carter, Senior Vice President of Care, at MAPS Global to discuss how we honor our and others’ sacred stories. Our lives are a tapestry being spun together by God and we get to choose how we participate and affect those stories by how we use our words. Listen as they address the “toxic sludge”of gossip and slander and dialogue about how to build an environment with our words where people are honored, healed and have their destinies repaired.

R.A. Martinez sits down to answer some commonly asked questions about the relationship between the God of the Old Testament and Jesus in the New Testament. Did God change? Did Jesus save humankind from the angry, judgmental God in the Old Testament? Does the Bible have anything to say about this? Listen as we travel back to second century heresies and Church councils as well as address modern phrases that could be leading us to some dangerous conclusions.

We just signed the contract on a 6-acre property that will be the future home of MAPS Global! Over the years, God has spoken to us about a beautiful campus that would be the place where thousands of lives would be transformed, worship and prayer would never stop, and hundreds of missionaries would be trained and sent into the 10/40 Window. Listen as R.A. Martinez and special guest Luke Jeffery, Senior VP of Finance and Operations, talk about the journey and leadership lessons learned along the way to buying the future campus of MAPS Global. Visit www.mapsglobal.org/campus to learn more.

We just signed the contract on a 6-acre property that will be the future home of MAPS Global! Over the years, God has spoken to us about a beautiful campus that would be the place where thousands of lives would be transformed, worship and prayer would never stop, and hundreds of missionaries would be trained and sent into the 10/40 Window. Listen as R.A. Martinez and special guest Luke Jeffery, Senior VP of Finance and Operations, talk about the journey and leadership lessons learned along the way to buying the future campus of MAPS Global. Visit www.mapsglobal.org/campus to learn more.