Life On Mars

"Zero Areas" are places where unengaged, unreached people live. Rick returns to LOM to share about the creative ways his team is working in these regions. Rick's team works with tribal groups in isolated areas in Asia.  

"We don't have to feel guilty that the world has changed" In modern day missions, we're no longer packing our things in coffins on the way over or burning our boats once we arrive on the field. We can fly to most places in the world with relative ease and be in remote areas in a matter of hours. Moving overseas for a few years or even a year is commonplace, and we don't need to feel guilty about that. Out of their experience serving on and leading one-year teams overseas, Don and Todd cover four red flags and three green lights to answer the question, "Should I decide to stay for another year or head back home?" Enjoy!

Leaving teams is hard for both the people leaving and the teams left behind. The reality of missions work is that many of us go through "gospel goodbyes" on a regular basis. Don and Todd give practical examples of good and not-so-good goodbyes, and offer tools to successfully transition off of a team.

"We have these enormous pockets of believers where the number of people going from these groups is incredibly small." Scott and Aaron return to speak about their work on the mission field of mobilizing the nations to go to their unreached neighbors. They live in a sprawling city that sits in close proximity to relatively large nomadic people groups, none of which have known churches. Their goal is to raise up the existing church to be sent to the hundreds of ethnic groups without churches within their own borders.

Life On Mars listeners – we are back after a long hiatus! Thank you for your patience with us. Our goal is to bring you high-quality content from the front lines of church planting work in unreached areas. We hope Season Four will encourage and challenge you to consider bringing the gospel to the world. […]

In this episode of Life On Mars, we sit down again with James to get his insights and feedback regarding theological education as it relates to missions. Regardless of what your opinion and experience of seminary might be, we believe this episode will provide great fodder for thought. Enjoy! You can listen to this episode […]

If you could go to the unreached or spend your time equipping local believers, which would you do? Tune in as James, a missionary in an unreached area, walks us through this very hot topic in the missions world. You can listen to this episode below or by searching for "Life on Mars podcast" on […]

In this episode, we dropped in to have a conversation with Caleb & Joy, who are serving faithfully among the unreached without a sending organization. Join in as we discuss why they made this decision and what benefits and drawbacks they've experienced. You can listen to this episode below or by searching for "Life on […]

In this bonus episode to wrap up season 2 of Life On Mars, we had the opportunity to catch Frank for a conversation just as he was leaving the missions field. Frank is a good friend of the podcast who has served faithfully on a church planting team among Muslims for many years. Join in […]

When you're on the missions field, communicating with family back home can be really tough, for more reasons than we could even try to list out. In this episode, Maggie shares her unique experience interacting with her family and engaging them in the Lord's work overseas. We had a lot of fun recording this episode […]

In this episode of Life On Mars, we have some straight talk with Abbey about figuring out what sending organization to go with and what team to join. From a sea of seemingly endless options to serve overseas, how do you even begin to narrow them down? Abbey is a missionary on a team seeking […]

In this episode of Life On Mars, Chris provides three pros and three cons of doing missions with teams. Chris has over 8 years of experience leading teams focused on reaching the unreached and was kind enough to sit down with us. The questions and advice in this episode are crucial to think through as […]

In this episode of Life On Mars, George and Tom, who both serve on a church planting team among Muslims, tell us about how ministry changes over time. They share about some unexpected circumstances that have altered their personal ministry, including taking in a disabled orphan to live with Tom and his wife. We also […]