The Apostle Paul in Romans 12 tells all Christ followers (then and now) to "Practice hospitality." In 1 Peter 4, Peter encourages us to "offer hospitality to one another without grumbling." Evidently, grumbling was a thing back then when it came to offering hospitality! The same could probably be said for many of us today. Offering hospitality can be difficult. It can be inconvenient. And it often calls for sacrifice. But… Hospitality is to Christianity what peanut butter is to jelly. Because Go...
Sep 23, 2022•38 min•Ep. 20
On this episode, Gina has a conversation with Joe and Melissa Eastman. After they had four young children of their own, Melissa experienced a life-threatening health issue that nearly ended her life. Just before this happened, God called them to bring more kids into their home thru foster care. They are here to share their story of fostering children, adopting some of them, and walking together thru the valley of the shadow of death. Theirs is a story of courageous obedience in the midst of very...
Sep 09, 2022•47 min•Ep. 19
Have you ever considered that business could be a powerful tool for mission and ministry? Gina's guest today does because he’s ALWAYS thinking about this. As a seminary-trained pastor and church planter, Pat Dierkse, is using his catering company in Compton, CA as an intentional tool for not only making money for his family but also for providing jobs for those in his neighborhood and for making disciples. Pat and his wife, Julie, planted City Church in Compton over a decade ago, but Pat soon re...
Aug 26, 2022•34 min•Ep. 18
On this episode, Gina is joined by Cath Livesey who is a part of the 3DM UK team and the leader of an organization called Accessible Prophecy that helps local churches grow a prophetic culture. If you've been involved in the 3DM movement for any amount of time, you're probably familiar with Cath because she's the author of a book that we use called "My Sheep Have Ears" that has helped many people learn to listen to the Lord in their own lives and in the life of their missional community and chur...
Aug 12, 2022•42 min•Ep. 17
Gina is joined by Brandon Kelly who is the Lead Pastor of College First Church of God in northwest Ohio and the co-director of an organization called 5Q. 5Q provides a rich and biblical way for leaders who are committed to equipping and releasing the church to be on mission for the Kingdom of God. Some of you may be familiar with the term APEST - which is one way to remember what the five-fold gifting is that the Apostle Paul spoke of in Ephesians 4. APEST stands for Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist...
Jul 29, 2022•50 min•Ep. 16
Gina is joined by an everyday person who is leading a discipleship and house church movement in India. Josh Howard is the Director of Leadership Training and Multiplication for the Central India Christian Mission, and his story of how literally thousands of everyday people have been and are being trained to make disciples who make disciples is incredible!
Jul 15, 2022•40 min•Ep. 15
Gina is joined by three guests on this episode: Tanner Morgan, Gaelin Elmore and Kayla DeJesus Rodriguez - all of whom have deep connections with Athletes in Action. Tanner is the starting quarterback of the Minnesota Golden Gophers, Gaelin is a former NFL player and current speaker and facilitator, and Kayla is the team leader of Athletes in Action in Puerto Rico. Each guest shares what they learned about discipleship through Athletes in Action and how God is opening opportunities for them in t...
Jul 01, 2022•37 min•Ep. 14
Gina is joined by an everyday husband, dad, fund manager, and introvert who is also a neighbor on mission. Chris Gleason has been following the Lord since he was a child, but something happened when he was 8 years old that caused him to say that he would never share the Gospel with anyone ever again. That is until about 7 years ago when he blindly agreed to go to a 3DM training event that he says, "floored him." Chris' story is one of God breaking into his life in such a powerful way that he end...
Jun 17, 2022•38 min•Ep. 13
We seem to be inundated with bad news these days from our schools, but on this episode, you will be encouraged to hear about some of the ways in which God is on the move in our high schools and on our college campuses. Gina's guest is a young man named Colin Jester who, when he was a sophomore in high school, sensed God calling him to begin a missional community in his school. Colin was an athlete and ran with that crowd, but he sensed God calling him to reach out to those who were different tha...
Jun 03, 2022•34 min•Ep. 12
On this episode, Gina is joined by Mark Burgess. Mark is an Englishman who left England over 15 years ago to go on mission in Lima, Peru. He'll share a bit of that story, and he'll share the amazing thing God did for his church during Covid. But Gina's main focus with Mark is on exploring the ways in which he has learned to listen to the Lord and step out in faith in areas like prophetic words and healing.
May 20, 2022•32 min•Ep. 11
Gina's guest is Stacy Hendricks, an everyday mom of three teens who Gina discipled years ago. Stacy is someone who listens to the Lord for His missional direction, and what she heard Him tell her five years ago was quite a shock! She will join Gina to tell her about how she processed God’s surprise call on her life and how, after hesitantly stepping-in to this calling, God has used her in ways she never thought possible.
May 06, 2022•31 min•Ep. 10
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...
Apr 22, 2022•38 min•Ep. 9
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.
Apr 08, 2022•34 min•Ep. 8
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...
Mar 25, 2022•35 min•Ep. 7
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.
Mar 11, 2022•34 min•Ep. 6
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.
Feb 25, 2022•38 min•Ep. 5
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 do...
Dec 31, 2021•33 min•Ep. 4
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 Car...
Dec 31, 2021•24 min•Ep. 3
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.
Dec 31, 2021•25 min•Ep. 2
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!
Dec 31, 2021•35 min•Ep. 1
