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Inside Missions

Hosted by Maranatha Volunteers International · religion · EN-US

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An in-depth look at the people, cultures, and countries where Maranatha is working. Thanks for listening! Please subscribe, rate and review, and share!

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What is Inside Missions about?

An in-depth look at the people, cultures, and countries where Maranatha is working. Thanks for listening! Please subscribe, rate and review, and share!

Who hosts Inside Missions?

Inside Missions is hosted by Maranatha Volunteers International. The show has published 48 episodes to date.

What has Inside Missions covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Episode 49 - Critiques of Short-term Missions - Savior complexes, spiritual tourism, and economic effects: a transparent discussion on the history of short-term missions, its evolution, and how we can continue improving our impact responsibly." (26 October 2026, 91 minutes), "Episode 48: High Schoolers Share Raw Mission Trip Experiences in the DR" (15 October 2026, 42 minutes), and "Episode 47 - Three Decades in India Comes to a Close" (28 September 2026, 64 minutes).

How often does Inside Missions publish?

Inside Missions publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 63 minutes across 48 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Inside Missions?

Booking probability for Inside Missions is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Inside Missions requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Inside Missions's contact route on record: public web form.

Who should pitch Inside Missions?

The strongest fits for Inside Missions are Religion & Faith. Inside Missions has a religion audience.

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Maranatha Volunteers International hosts Inside Missions, a religion podcast with 48 episodes published.

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    Episode 49 - Critiques of Short-term Missions - Savior complexes, spiritual tourism, and economic effects: a transparent discussion on the history of short-term missions, its evolution, and how we can continue improving our impact responsibly.

    Oct 26, 20261h 31m

    Are short-term missions genuinely helping host communities, or could they be causing unintentional harm? Maranatha’s VP of Marketing, Julie Lee, leads a transparent discussion that addresses the most pressing ethical...

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    Episode 48: High Schoolers Share Raw Mission Trip Experiences in the DR

    Oct 15, 202642 min

    What is it really like to go on a mission trip for high schoolers? Hear from teens Audrey Welty, Ezri Emmanuel, and Jonah Cicle as they give an unfiltered look at Ultimate Workout 36 in the Dominican Republic. From...

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    Episode 47 - Three Decades in India Comes to a Close

    Sep 28, 20261h 4m

    We reflect on Maranatha’s 28-year history in India as we prepare to close our effort there. Since opening a field office in 1998, Maranatha has completed approximately 3,600 projects across the country, including...

  • Inside Missions

    Episode 45 - Ultimate Workout 36 - Dominican Republic - Maranatha’s mission trip for high schoolers

    Aug 17, 20261h 3m

    We dive into the heart of Ultimate Workout (UW), Maranatha’s mission project for teens, fresh off the 36th iteration of the longstanding project. For more than three decades, UW has been a defining experience for high...

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    Episode 44 - Decades in the DR - Maranatha’s long history of working in the Dominican Republic

    Jul 24, 20261h 9m

    Explore Maranatha’s profound, decades-long history in the Dominican Republic. Tracing the journey from early post-Hurricane David relief in the 1980s to the pivotal "Santo Domingo ’92" project, the team discusses how a...

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    Episode 43 - Origins of Ultimate Workout - How Maranatha’s annual high school mission trip began

    Jul 13, 20261h 7m

    In this episode we uncover the origin story of one of Maranatha’s most iconic mission trips: our annual high school project, Ultimate Workout (UW). Long-time UW leader Steve Case and the visionary for the project, Chris...

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    Episode 41 - Maranatha Mythbusters - Volunteering - Does Maranatha only use volunteer labor? Do short term missions yield sustainable results? Are there any limits on who can volunteer? Do you have to live in rough conditions for a mission trip to count?

    Jun 5, 202656 minS0

    <p>Staff from our volunteer department dismantle common misconceptions about volunteering with Maranatha, including four major myths. Does Maranatha only use volunteer labor? Do short term missions yield sustainable...

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    Episode 40 - Miracles in the Mission Field - Skepticism, supernatural stories, and how western minds process the supernatural compared to global counterparts

    May 27, 20261h 9mS0

    <p>Long-time Maranatha leader and adjunct professor at Andrews University, Dr. Steve Case, joins the show for a discussion on one of the most compelling and confounding topics about the mission field: miracles. The...

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    Episode 39 - Maranatha Mythbusters - Is Maranatha an Adventist Church entity or receive funding from the Church? Does Maranatha pick where we work? Do we only work overseas? Do we do disaster relief like ADRA or ACS?

    May 13, 20261 hourS0

    <p>Four vice presidents of Maranatha get together to talk about some of the most common myths they hear about the organization. They tackle some common general questions like “Is Maranatha an Adventist Church entity?”...

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    Episode 38 - Mission Trip Leaders’ Playbook - Behind the scenes of short-term mission trip organization. From pre-trip planning, to the daily schedule, to the unseen challenges of a leader, this conversation reveals how mission trip coordinators do their

    Apr 24, 20261h 8mS0

    <p>Volunteer leader Jennifer Trujillo joins the crew to share her experience leading short-term mission trips with Maranatha, fresh off a project in India. They talk about what drives their motivation to lead this...

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    Episode 37 - The Art of Storytelling in the Mission Field - Having a detailed plan but staying open to God’s lead, building rapport with interview subjects, how pre-trip preparation pays off, and one woman’s tearful reaction to visualizing her new church

    Apr 10, 20261h 20mS0

    <p>Julie Lee and Sidney Needles share details of their recent trips to India and the Dominican Republic, and the stories they were sent to capture. Julie describes what travel is like in the northeast Indian state of...

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    Episode 36 - Don and Laura Noble - Our most difficult projects ever, including a remote desert in Kenya and Communist Cuba, and Don’s first Maranatha project involving a plane crash, circumventing a war, and breaking down in the middle of the ocean.

    Mar 27, 20261h 7mS0

    <p>Don and Laura Noble join the show to talk about some of the most problematic projects, countries, and situations we’ve had to deal with over the years, and why Maranatha chooses to push through these roadblocks, when...

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    Episode 35 - Teen Transformation on Ultimate Workout - Josue Quispe - Life change for youth, quitting his job for missions, and finding his wife on a mission trip

    Mar 13, 202656 minS0

    <p>What started as a one-time translation job for a Maranatha volunteer project turned into a lifelong passion of service, and bringing others along for the ride. Josue got his first introduction to Maranatha on our...

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    Episode 34 - Making Responsible Impact - Monty Jacobs - Ethical gift giving, serving on Maranatha’s board, and the importance of partnerships in local communities

    Feb 27, 202657 minS0

    <p>Maranatha board member and Executive Director of Global Missions at AdventHealth, Monty Jacobs, joins the crew for a conversation about engaging volunteers in meaningful, ethical service. Monty talks about his first...

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    Episode 33 - Career Path to Missions - Kenneth Weiss - Turning down a career in D.C. for Maranatha, the impact of Maranatha employment on our children, and our expanded worldview of what it means to be Adventist

    Feb 12, 20261h 15mS0

    <p>Our chief operating officer joins the team for the first time in the show’s new format, sharing some of his personal journey to missions after 30 years working for Maranatha. Growing up in a missionary family, there...

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    Episode 32 - Serving in Africa - David Woods - Why he loves Africa, learning local languages, and miracle stories

    Jan 30, 202651 minS0

    <p>Our country director for North America and Zambia makes his second appearance on the show, this time with our group of hosts in the new format. He shares stories from his time in Africa that he never told in Episode...

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    Episode 31 - Mission Field TV. Our producers talk international media production, travel, finding stories, and conducting interviews through interpreters.

    Jan 13, 202657 minS0

    <p>** NEW FORMAT! Going forward our TV producers will be regulars each episode, discussing a wide variety of topics related to missions, and sometimes bringing guests into the conversation.** <br/><br/>What’s it like...

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    Episode 30 - Erton Köhler - President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

    Oct 20, 202557 minS0

    <p>President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Erton Köhler joins us in-studio in one of his first long-form interviews since being elected during the General Conference Session in July 2025. Pastor...

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    Episode 29 - Elmer Barbosa - Jungle church construction, starting from scratch in a new country, and leading a large mission trip for teens

    May 29, 20251h 10mS0

    <p>Our country director for Peru and Paraguay returns as the show’s first repeat guest after an abbreviated first appearance in Episode 5. Elmer shares how the work in the Amazon jungle region of Peru progressed since...

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    Episode 28 - Eddie Heinrich - Breaking his neck on a mission trip and why he keeps taking youth on projects

    May 12, 202541 minS0

    <p>As Youth and Pathfinder Director for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Northern California, Eddie has decades of experience taking youth on mission trips around the world. He recounts his first experiences with...

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