Want to know how to assess risk in missions and properly prepare?  Have you considered your strategy for dealing with our hyper-connected culture and what to do with smartphones while overseas?  

Guest Brian Becker is the Director of International Ministries at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego, CA.  Part of this role is creating and implementing many international mission trips each year for up to 200 students to go and serve all over the world. Called the LoveWorks program, they send well-trained volunteer mission teams to serve alongside hosts as Christ's hands and feet.

Brian also organizes ministry internships and mission opportunities for students after graduation. He is passionate about following Jesus as a lifelong learner and in intentional formative relationships with others. 

Listen in as we cover:

• Developing a mission philosophy for short-term missions
• The power of making calculated risks for the sake of loving and learning
• Harrowing stories while he spent a few years serving in the Democratic Republic of Congo
• How to address smartphone usage for teams
• Top tips on building community quickly within a missions team
• The challenges of communications in a hyper-connected age...and the real risks to missions.

Connect with Brian here:

BrianBecker@pointloma.edu