Listen to the latest episodes of Unconventional Ministry, featuring interviews with ministry leaders who share the unique and unexpected ways they put the love of Christ on display in their communities and around the world.
Episode 43
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1/28/20 – Farah Saada (Part 2/2)
1/21/20 – Farah Saada (Part 1/2)
Ms. Saada is the Chief Operating Officer at Hope for Ishmael. She is the daughter of Tass Saada, a former Fatah fighter and sniper under Yasser Arafat. She tells his story of how he...
1/10/20 – Dan Meers
Mr. Meers comes to work every day in a suit and tail, working as the Kansas City Chiefs football mascot KC Wolf. He has donned the wolf suit for over 30 years, traveling across...
12/10/19 – Eirinn Abu
Mr. Abu is a well-known saxophone player who has combined his love of music with ministry in more recent years. He graduated from Shepherd College and James Madison...
12/3/19 – Pastor Dan Lloyd
Pastor Dan is the lead pastor of the newly formed Cascadia Church in Federal Way, WA. He was born in Alaska and came to Washington State with his parents as a child...
11/26/19 – Jeannie Marie
Ms. Marie is an author, nonprofit strategy mobilizer, speaker, and nonprofit board member. Her most recent book is titled “Across the Street and Around the World” released in...
11/19/19 – Charles Jones
Mr. Jones is the Senior Area Director for Europe, the Middle East, and Liberia for the International Ministry (IM) of the American Baptist Churches. He was raised in Liberia...
11/12/19 – Dave Vander Veen
Mr. Vander Veen is the Executive Director at Manna Media Inc., a nonprofit which produces Christian media with a goal of pointing people to Christ...
11/5/19 – Andrew Hart
Mr. Hart is the founding CEO of the newly formed ministry PAK-7, a partner ministry to SAT-7. He gained experience in leading a ministry through working with SAT-7 as COO...
10/29/19 – Juliana Sfeir
Ms. Sfeir is the SAT-7 ACADEMY Brand Manager. She received a Master’s in Communication from Oxford and currently lives and works in Beirut, Lebanon. She got...
10/15/19 – Dr. Antoine Richardson
Dr. Richardson is the President of Carver Baptist Bible College in Kansas City, MO. He has a background of teaching in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Missouri...
10/8/19 – Ted Esler
Mr. Esler is the CEO of Missio Nexus, an organization that focuses on missions leaders coming together in support for making the Gospel known around the world. Mr. Esler...
10/1/19 – Ruth Kramer
Ms. Kramer is the Executive Producer and anchor for Mission Network News. She previously worked with the West Michigan Bureau for Metro News and Family Life Radio.
9/24/19 – Pastor Jalil Dawood
Pastor Dawood is the lead pastor of the Arabic Church of Dallas, TX. He had to flee violence in Iraq at the age of 18 and went to Italy for refuge. He had known about the...
9/17/19 – Nancy Lucenay
Mrs. Lucenay is a writer and blogger who has a missions background living and serving in Hong Kong for 13 years. She went to Hong Kong in 2003 with her husband, who pastor...
9/10/19 – Nancy Stafford
Ms. Stafford is an actress best known for her role of Michelle Thomas on the show Matlock. She has a background in journalism and began acting when she was hired to be in...
9/3/19 – Fares Abraham
Mr. Abraham is the founder of Levant Ministries based in Washington DC. Having grown up in Palestine, he has a first-hand knowledge of the culture of Middle Eastern...
8/27/19 – Dr. Allan Hedberg
Dr. Hedberg is a clinical psychologist in Fresno, California who is also a published author and podcaster. He has been working in the field of psychology for 50 years...
8/20/19 – Rev. Issa Kabar
Rev. Issa Kabar is the Associate Pastor of The Arabic Church of Houston. He has worked with the church for almost 6 years and has experience as a Gospel singer recording...
8/13/19 – Rick Boxx
Mr. Boxx is the CEO and Founder of Unconventional Business Network. He has previous experience as a CPA, entrepreneur, and banker. Inspired by the faith of a boss...
8/6/19 – Dr. Bill Rudd
Dr. Rudd is the author of the 2018 book “Should Women Be Pastors and Leaders In Church? My Journey to Discover What the Bible Says About Gender Roles.” He has...
7/30/19 – Pastor Dave Bertolini
Pastor Dave is the Lead Pastor of Grace Community Church in Dallas, OR. He graduated from Western Baptist College and was a youth pastor...
7/23/19 – Kurt Buchholz
Mr. Buchholz is the Chairman and CEO of Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM), one of SAT-7’s Partner ministries. He is one of three leaders representing all SAT-7 Partners...
7/16/19 – Todd Nettleton
Mr. Nettleton is the Chief of Media Relations and Message Interpretation at Voice of the Martyr (VOM). He produces and hosts the VOM Radio program, which launched...
7/9/19 – Dennis Wiens and Ray Heinen
Dennis and Ray are two of the staff of SAT-7 involved with church connections and development in the US. Dennis, the VP of Ministry Partnerships, joined SAT-7 14 years...
7/2/19 – Tami Heim
Ms. Heim is the President and CEO of Christian Leadership Alliance (CLA), an organization specializing in professional nonprofit leadership development...
6/25/19 – Pastor Ara Torosian
Pastor Ara is the Senior Pastor of Grace Iranian Church in Los Angeles. He and his wife came to live in the US nine years ago as refugees, and he became a US citizen...
6/18/19 – Essam Nagy
Mr. Nagy is a Christian television producer and director who worked with SAT-7 to uncover the media story of the refugee girl named Myriam back in 2014...
6/11/19 – Clint Hall
Mr. Hall is the Director of Church Relations for The Sending Project, which focuses on local and global missions. As a retired pastor, he has a passion for missions...
6/4/19 – Howard Salter
Mr. Salter has a background in military service (in the infantry in Iraq) and ministry. In his earlier years, he and his wife came out of a cult, which ended up becoming transformed...
5/28/19 – Rev. Scott Shaw
Rev. Scott Shaw is currently the Senior Pastor at Shore Harvest Presbyterian Church in Easton, MD. He has a background in education and administration, teaching...
5/21/19 – Judy Douglass
Ms. Douglass is the Director of Women’s Resources with Campus Crusade for Christ International. She co-leads CRU with her husband Steve Douglass and has worked...
5/14/19 – Dr. Tom Nash
Dr. Nash is a Professor Emeritus (retired) from Biola University with a background in broadcasting and media. He helped start a major at the school for radio, television, ...
5/7/19 – Greg Yoder
Mr. Yoder is the Executive Director of Keys for Kids Ministries. He has been in radio announcing and news for many years. He worked at Mission Network News...
4/30/19 – Rex Rogers
Dr. Rogers is the President of SAT-7 USA and is a speaker and author of several books. He has 34 years of experience in Christian higher education, ...
4/23/19 – David McIver
Mr. McIver is the Executive Director of PraiseLive, a radio program based in the Midwest that has a global presence. PraiseLive has a partnership...
4/16/19 – Pastor Pam Millington
Pastor Millington is the Pastor of Missions and Outreach Ministries at Crossings Community Church in Oklahoma, City, OK. She has experience volunteering...
4/9/19 – Pastor Nate Archer
Dr. Archer is the Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church of Middleville, Michigan. Previously he worked as a Youth Director and did church discipleship work as well. He graduated from Moody Bible Institute, completed his seminary from Grand Rapids Theological Seminary...
4/2/19 – Rita El-Mounayer
Ms. El-Mounayer has been with the ministry of SAT-7 since its inception in 1996. She has had a heart for children due to having a difficult childhood herself being raised in a war-torn...
3/26/19 – Pastor Don Reed
Pastor Reed retired from ministry after serving with Converge, formerly the Baptist General Conference, for 43 years. He has spent a lifetime in ministry with roles in local church...
3/19/19 – Dr. Ken Canfield
Dr. Canfield is a father of five kids and grandfather to twelve. He started the National Center for Fathering and is currently working with the National Association for Grandpar...
3/12/19 – Pastor Jeff Isaacs
Pastor Isaacs came from a difficult past and has a testimony of dealing with pornography and challenges in his marriage because of it. His story centers on breaking free from addiction through repentance...
3/5/19 – Pastor Bob Bakke
Pastor Bakke completed a seminary education in college and served for 12 years as Executive Director of the Evangelical Free Church of America promoting spiritual awakening...
