In the Church Planting series of the Serve Asia Podcast, we’re unpacking what it takes to establish local communities of believers in East Asia.

For this first episode, host Chris Watts chats to Adam journey of God’s leading that brought him and his family to serve in Southeast Asia. We examine the tension between his gifts and passions for church ministry and the restrictions there are on these in his current context in Asia. Adam shares how he learned to be about the building up of God’s Church no matter the location, and how he is learning to surrender his own plans so that others can flourish. He explains the term ‘unreached people’ and the importance of being ready to serve in all circumstances.

In the Church Planting series of the Serve Asia Podcast, we’re unpacking what it takes to establish local communities of believers in East Asia.

For this first episode, host Chris Watts chats to Adam journey of God’s leading that brought him and his family to serve in Southeast Asia. We examine the tension between his gifts and passions for church ministry and the restrictions there are on these in his current context in Asia. Adam shares how he learned to be about the building up of God’s Church no matter the location, and how he is learning to surrender his own plans so that others can flourish. He explains the term ‘unreached people’ and the importance of being ready to serve in all circumstances.

OMF (UK) Content & Books Coordinator Reuben Grace was recently a guest on the 10ofthose podcast. He chatted to 10ofthose CEO Jonathan Carswell about the latest OMF release ‘To a Different Drum’.

Chris Wright, author of “⁠The Mission of God⁠” joins us to talk about mission. What even is mission? Is it biblical? If it is what does it mean for each of us as followers of Jesus and what does it mean for the churches we each belong to?

Sandra Richter explains why she is passionate about creation care and believes that all who take the Bible seriously as their rule of faith and praxis should be too. Our conversation with Sandra is largely based on her book Stewards of Eden. Sandra shares her own experience of speaking and teaching on this subject and why she started getting interested in it in the first place.

Peter Rowan, Co-national director of OMF (UK), was interviewed earlier in the year by Eddie Arthur. Drawing on experience his experience in Malaysia, Peter shares some of his thinking about how the gospel of Jesus, through the local church, is a powerful agent for reconciliation across societal and cultural divides.

In the Unexpected Series, we are chatting to people whose plans for serving Jesus didn’t quite turn out as they expected. In episode three, we chat to Sam about his time in Thailand with his wife and two young children. Sam works with an assistance dog charity and speaks British Sign Language (BSL). It turns out these skills and experience made him the perfect fit to support their friends in what they were preparing to do in Thailand. The Bennett’s story is full of twists, turns, and the unexpected from beginning to end.

Ten years ago, if you’d asked Sarah what she thought she’d be doing today she would have told you she hoped to be in East Asia, living in a city of millions with a desire to make Jesus known to people who do not know him. Instead, today she lives in the North of England and her life and ministry look completely different. It was great to chat to her about how this unfolded, all she learned along the way, and how she has found new ways to be involved in making Jesus known across the street and across the world.