A recent study shows that 97% of America’s land mass is rural. 97%! While the majority of the population lives in urban areas, a whopping 64 million people live in rural areas – in small towns or in the country. So, the missional need in rural areas is huge, and while we often think the most effective mission is in urban areas, there are some who have responded to God’s call to live missionally in small towns and communities. Gina’s guests are living missionally in a small town in Southern Maine. Frank and Austin Catalano join Gina to share their story and to provide helpful ideas and strategies for doing mission in a small-town setting. 

On this episode of the Everyday Mission Podcast, Gina sits down with Tom and Jen Catanzaro, parents of five young children, who are making a missional difference in the San Francisco Bay area. In a city that’s not very open to the gospel, they are utilizing a powerful and effective missional weapon - their front yard! If you’re looking for ideas on how you can make a difference for God’s Kingdom in your neighborhood, then this episode is for you.

Julie Dirkse is Gina's guest on this episode of the Everyday Mission Podcast. Julie and her husband, Pat, followed God's call on their life 10 years ago to move as missionaries and church planters into one of the most dangerous cities in America - Compton, CA. She shares their story about a city and a people they have fallen in love with as they live among them as neighbors and friends. It's a story of everyday people following the Lord where He leads them and experiencing more of God's goodness and grace than they could ever have imagined!

Gina's guest is Dan Wolf, a former full-time pastor at a multi-staff church in Florida who left there to go on mission in one of the most post-Christian cities in America, Portland, Maine - right in the middle of the pandemic. His story is a story of how God is at work in powerful ways through everyday people in a city where the hard soil is seeing gospel fruit starting to break through.

Gina's guest has an incredible story to tell! Gwen Adams is an everyday mom and grandma who God called out of the church she was serving to be the church way out on the margins of society. It all started with a simple missional challenge from the Lord to pray. And those prayers have led to a profound movement of crazy church ladies who are having an amazing impact combatting sex trafficking in Alaska. 

What if your church caught the vision for seriously and intentionally equipping you and the others in your church to live everyday missional lives in your community. What if your church was so serious about this that you started hearing words and phrases like "decentralization of the church," "scattered church," and "home churches" being tossed around by your church's leadership?Gina's guest today is Shannon Colwin, a pastor who has dared to utter these words. His story is a story of ups and downs, it's a story of great joy and lots of big hurdles, it's a story that is still being written, and it's a story that is sure to encourage you and make you think about what discipleship and mission could look like in your church and in your everyday life.

In Ephesians 4, the Apostle Paul told the church in Ephesus that Christ himself gives the church "apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up." These are what many call "The 5-Fold Spiritual Gifts," and many believe that every believer has been given one of these gifts for the purpose of serving the church and building unity within it. We often think of spiritual gifting being only for adults, but Caren Hunter, who is back with us for another episode, believes that these gifts are manifested even in children - and she and her husband are serious about identifying them and helping them grow in their own four kids.

Gina's guest today is Caren Hunter - an everyday mom of 4 kids who self-identifies as an "introvert." But she and her family decided years ago to step out and set up a weekly missional predictable pattern that is simple, often involves cereal, and is making a Kingdom difference in their neck of the woods. 

On our very first episode of the Everyday Mission Podcast, host and director of 3DM North America, Gina Mueller, talks with Grace Maconochie - a woman that we think is pretty special - but like all of us, Grace is just an everyday person seeking to live her life on mission one day at a time. She's here to share her story of how in opening her home, her life, and her bathtub to her friends - God is growing His kingdom!