In this episode, The Missionary-Minded Church – Part 2, we return to the church at Antioch and watch the first missionary team come home. Acts 14:26–27 tells us that Paul and Barnabas sailed to Antioch, from which they had been sent out by the grace of God to fulfill the work they had been given. This isn’t just a travel note—it’s a window into how a truly missionary-minded church thinks, prays, sends, receives, and evaluates the work of missions for the glory of God.

Pastor Seiber walks us through the powerful Greek word behind “recommended,” showing how the church didn’t simply “wish them well,” but solemnly entrusted these men to the grace of God for a specific work. This episode explores what it means for a local church to be genuinely responsible for the missionaries it sends—examining their doctrine, character, and calling, and remaining committed to pray for them and support them until the task is complete. Missions is not freelance; it is a sacred stewardship given by Christ to His churches.

We then step into the scene as Paul and Barnabas return and gather the church together to “rehearse all that God had done with them, and how He had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.” You’ll hear how biblical missionary reporting is not shallow, vague, or man-centered, but detailed, God-centered, and filled with testimony rather than self-promotion. Their report is not, “Look what we did for God,” but, “Look what God did with us.” This is missions as worship—God’s people rejoicing together over doors of faith He has opened.

From there, the episode follows the story into Acts 15, where false teaching quickly follows fruitful missions. We see why a missionary-minded church must also be a discerning church—testing spirits, guarding the gospel, and refusing to support any work that adds to Christ or confuses the message of grace. The same church that sends must also protect the purity of the gospel being preached in its name, measuring everything by Scripture, not by emotion, personality, or impressive stories.

Finally, Pastor Seiber lifts our eyes to the ultimate goal of missions: the glory of God in the salvation of sinners. From Psalm 96:3 to Revelation 5:9, we’re reminded that missions exist because worship does not—and that every church has the privilege of helping gather that blood-bought, every-tribe-and-tongue choir around the throne of the Lamb. You’ll be challenged to see your praying, giving, and discerning as real participation in God’s global purpose.

Listen in as we ask: Will we be an Antioch kind of church—church-sent, church-supported, church-accountable, Christ-centered, and God-glorifying?