In this unique episode, R.A. Martinez interviews seven of our missionaries who share stories of what God did this Spring when we sent teams of 70+ people across four locations in the Middle East to do 50 Hours of prayer and worship with indigenous believers. You don't want to miss these testimonies!
What does it mean to be a "priest?" In this podcast episode, R.A. Martinez discusses how prayer, worship, and ministry to the Lord are central to the call of the believer, and how we can cultivate atmospheres that are presence-centered and modeled after heaven. This conversation also shares details about the launch of our School Of Prayer And Worship.
In this episode, R.A. Martinez talks with two of our MAPS Global missionaries to discuss the unique calling, language, experience, and challenges surrounding the black missions movement. Listen as they share their personal journey pursuing God's call to missions as a black man and black woman. Hear them cast vision for the mobilization of "black arrows" and the building of healthy, multicultural training environments for missionaries of every race & ethnicity to be launched into the nations.
R.A. Martinez gives commentary on our current sermon series, "With Jesus on the Mountain." Recorded in Matthew 5-7, the Sermon of the Mount is Jesus' first public and longest recorded sermon in the gospels. Jesus' main focuses in these chapters are what we belong to (the Kingdom), who we belong to (the Father), and how we interact with both (love and obedience). It is the constitution of the "upside-down Kingdom". Here, losing is winning, suffering is joy, and enemies are loved. We discuss how this is the only way of life for the Church. What does it look like to be a disciple of Jesus? Listen to this discussion! (You can find the actual weekly sermons on our Weekend Services Podcast.)
Continue listening to the conversation between R.A. Martinez and his wife Kaitlin as they answer some deeper theological questions about marriage and ministry.
You asked…we answered! R.A. Martinez sits with his wife Kaitlin to tell the story of their fourteen years of marriage and answer your questions about marriage and ministry! They discuss rhythms of life, navigating different personality types and things to consider on the road to marriage.
Sitting down with R.A. Martinez this week is the Director of our Global Prayer Room here in Richmond, VA. Together, they discuss what Paul was talking about when he admonished two different churches to "address one another in Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs." They define each of these terms, discuss the differences between them, and wrap up with some practical ways to incorporate them into your worship culture.
In this bonus episode, we get into the nitty gritty details of how, when, and where to pray for healing. R.A. Martinez and Sherrie Moore share best practices of how to heal from decades of experience. We hope this 5 step guide helps you grow in confidence and boldness as you step out in faith to pray for healing.
R.A. Martinez and Sherrie Moore continue their conversation about divine healing. In this episode they tackle the hard questions like, "Is it always God's will to heal?" and "what hinders healing from happening?". Listen as they lay out a biblical case for the pursuit of healing and New Testament expectation about when, where and how healing takes place.
Listen as R.A. Martinez and Sherrie Moore start a conversation about their individual journeys with divine healing! These powerful backstories set the stage for the prophetic storyline of our MAPS Global family concerning the promises of supernatural power, signs, wonders and miracles. These experiences and stories prepare our hearts for the second episode of our conversation where we ask, "Is it always God's will to heal?" and "what hinders healing from happening?".
R.A. Martinez sits down to interview our beloved host for her final conversation on the podcast before moving overseas to lead the launch of our third missions base. Listen to her testimony about how she went from living an LGBTQ+ lifestyle to moving to an unreached nation as a missionary.
Prayer is the means by which weak humans communicate with the uncreated God. This is the great wonder: every morning we wake up and stumble into cosmic significance because the Sovereign King of the universe has chosen to talk to us. When we engage in that conversation, He accomplishes His will in each of us personally and realizes His purposes on the earth. This then begs the question: "What is Prayer, and how do we do it?" In this podcast, R.A. Martinez sits down to define three different types of prayer and how to engage in each of them to build a vibrant and powerful life of prayer.
Every November we spend a whole month focused on how Jesus eradicated shame! R.A. Martinez sits across the table with leaders at MAPS Global to discuss the origin of "No Shame November". God wants His church to be a shame-free environment where we are connected to God, connected to ourselves and connected to others in freedom and authenticity.
We had the pleasure of sitting down with Brandon Hampton for a raw conversation about authentic worship, intimacy in relationship with God, and how worship cultures are formed. Listen to this discussion for a fresh outlook on worship, trends, and how to pursue the unique sound that God is drawing out of you and your community.
Continuing the discussion on the dangers between legalism and lawlessness, R.A. Martinez sits down with a few of our MAPS leaders to discuss the distinction between personal conviction, pastoral exhortation and biblical prohibition. How we respond to each of these is important as we seek to "walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him: bearing fruit in every good work…" What does the Bible say about our conscience and its role in discerning what is permissible for the Christian? This in-depth conversation teases out topics of discussion that are often either ignored or banned by leaders.
R.A. Martinez sits down with a few of our MAPS leaders to discuss a very important topic. The New Testament exhorts us to walk along the narrow road between lawlessness and legalism. We are warned of the dangers of both but we tend to ardently resist liberalism when it knocks on our front door but sometimes fail to recognize legalism when creeps in the back. It is time for us to have in-depth conversations about how to avoid both in our leadership environments.
We sit down to interview a family who started as listeners to our podcast! They joined our Frontier Missions School, trained with us, deployed for 90 days in the Middle East and are now leading teams back to the frontier! There are many more like them who God is calling to get in the game with the Great Commission. If you're one of those people, we pray that this conversation gives you courage to say yes to the journey that Jesus is leading you on.
We did it! One hundred episodes full of leadership lessons, hard conversations, bible talk, and banter. We have so enjoyed releasing these episodes over the past four years. We hope that they have served you well. Thank you to everyone who has enjoyed the ride with us!
Listen to the continuation of the discussion on "Antioch Sending Centers" as R.A. Martinez walks through five "convergence points" found in Antioch and the elements we can expect to hold in tension as we build presence centered families.
In the third episode of this conversation on "Antioch Sending Centers," we talk about the tensions that laborers are formed in to be robust, internally strong and have longevity. The environment that became the Apostolic hub of the New Testament was filled with tensions as it became a place of convergence and confluence.