The Gospel’s Global Advance (Tim Keesee)

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🗓️ 10 June 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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In this interview, Tim Keesee shares from his own experiences talking with Christians around the globe, reflecting on his work as a missions journalist, the reality of persecution, and the best way to approach a short-term mission trip. Tim Keesee is the author of A Company of Heroes: Portraits from the Gospel's Global Advance. Read the full transcript. If you enjoyed this episode be sure to leave us a review, which helps us spread the word about the show!

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0:00.0	The first bit of advice I would have for someone going on a short-term team,
0:07.0	I almost don't even want to call it short-term missions.
0:10.0	They should go as a short-term learner.
0:13.0	Just really go with a posture of what can I learn,
0:16.0	and how can I see God at work?
0:18.0	Not I'm going to go and I'm going to help the missionary because I'm going
0:22.1	to paint or do this ministry, distribute these tracks. It's really better if they go and say,
0:28.2	look, I have so much to learn. Welcome to the Crossway podcast, a show where we sit down with
0:34.3	authors each week for thoughtful interviews about the Bible, theology,
0:38.2	church history, and a Christian life.
0:40.9	I'm Matt Tullion.
0:41.8	Today I'm talking with Tim Kiz.
0:43.8	Tim is the founder and executive director of Frontline Missions International.
0:48.3	He's also the executive producer and host of the DVD documentary series Dispatches
0:53.4	from the Front and the author of A Company
0:56.2	of Heroes, Portraits from the Gospel's Global Advance with Crossway. Today, Tim and I discuss
1:02.3	what God has taught him about the global church through his interactions with God's people in over 80
1:06.9	countries. He reflects on the role that Western Christians will play in world missions in the
1:11.2	future, what he thinks about short-term mission trips, and how we can pray for our persecuted
1:16.3	brothers and sisters in Christ in places like China and the Middle East. Let's get started.
1:24.2	Well, thank you for joining us on the CrossFit podcast, Tim. Yeah, thank you, Matt.
1:28.1	So you're probably best known for your documentary series Dispatches from the Front.
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