{"id":9758,"date":"2018-10-06T00:54:23","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T21:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=9758"},"modified":"2018-10-13T11:35:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-13T08:35:00","slug":"what-is-missions-mobilization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/what-is-missions-mobilization\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Missions Mobilization? |Season 4 Episode 13"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is missions mobilization and how do mission <span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">agencies really help churches and missionaries do the work of missions?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In this episode of &#8220;Now Is the Time&#8221; I talk with Scott Dunford,\u00a0Vice President of Mobilization and Communications for ABWE and Alex Kockman, Director of Long-Term Missionary Mobilization at ABWE about their roles in a mission agency.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">I invite you to also take a listen to Scott and Alex&#8217;s podcast &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/missionspodcast.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Missions Podcast.<\/a>&#8221; Their interview with me called\u00a0&#8220;What Is a Missionary Calling?&#8221;\u00a0 is coming soon.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Also in case you missed it, my book is now available for preorder on Amazon Kindle.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2P7ygIl\" style=\"background-color:#20bbdb\">Preorder on Kindle<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FNIST_S04E13.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2Fwhat-is-missions-mobilization%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/NIST_S04E13.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?powerpress_pinw=9758-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/NIST_S04E13.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NIST_S04E13.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 33:08 &#8212; 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