Summary: <p>Folks, a couple things to note up front. First, Pastor Toby Sumpter will be at the 2018 Shepherds’ Conference in February. For more details, see our upcoming events below. Secondly, Gabe will be in Dallas/Forth Worth and will be at a pub at 8pm on Monday the 22nd: Christ, Culture, and Beer. Thirdly, pay attention to our sponsors during the commercial break. We are grateful for their support and partnership. To find out more about our partnerships (limited number) and advertising packages, please email us at contact@crosspolitic.com. Lastly, the best way you can help us out is to <a href="http://crosspolitic.com/crosspolitic-club/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">join our club membership</a>!</p> <h1 class="null">Show Notes:</h1> <p>This week we’re joined by two guests. First, Dr. Joost Nixon of Training Leaders International joined us to discuss TLI’s work training pastors in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Here is their hot-sheet of pressing needs for teachers:</p> <p>Non-formal (2018)<br> · Gospel of John in Ethiopia in March<br> · Hermeneutics in Liberia in March<br> · Galatians or Mark in Tanzania in May<br> · Genesis in Liberia in August</p> <p>Formal sites (2018)<br> · Exegesis of an OT book in Uttar Pradesh in October of 2018.<br> · Synoptic Gospels, Togo, in late May<br> · Worldviews/Comparative religion in Serbia in late April<br> · Exegesis of an OT prophetic book in Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 2018</p> <p>If you are interested, we would love to speak with you. Email Joost.nixon@trainingleadersinternational.org</p> <p>Our second guest this week is Csaba Leidenfrost, a missionary to the Bakwe people in Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Africa. To find out more about this work, please visit <a href="https://www.christkirk.com/bakwe-mission/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p> <p>In CrossPolitic news, we discuss Trump’s recent controversial comments on immigration. What else is new.</p> <p>You can stream live from our website <a href="http://crosspolitic.com/episodes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>, or you can find our newest episode in the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/crosspolitic/id1158923632?mt=2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">iTunes store</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=2#/ps/Ifw7i5oecjsbcgxkwytdvsop6mq" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Google store</a>.</p> <hr> <h2 style="text-align: center;">Upcoming events to note:</h2> <hr> <p>1) <a href="http://calledconference.ninja" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CALLED</a><a href="http://calledconference.ninja/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Conference</a> July 16th through 20th– a conference that will challenge Christian high school students to become the next generation of cultural leaders, because they are CALLED…<br> → to put on the whole armor of God<br> → to engage culture<br> → to advance the Kingdom</p> <p>2) Trinity Reformed Church Epiphany Lectures are March 2nd and 3rd. <a href="http://trinitykirk.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Followup website for details.</a></p> <p>3) Grace Agenda: Enraging Culture April 13th and 14th in Moscow, Idaho. <a href="https://graceagenda.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Register here!</a></p> <p>4) Good Shepherds’ Conference: Toby will be in Bloomington, Indiana February 21st through th</p>
