MAPS Global Podcast

Join R.A. Martinez and various guests as they discuss the convergence of the prayer and missions movement in this generation. From theological discussions to practical leadership lessons, the MAPS Global Podcast delivers engaging content for those interested in being involved in the modern missions movement in the Church today. Start listening and join the story!

162: Conversations With a Rabbi 06/20/2025

162: Conversations With a Rabbi This week on the podcast, R.A. Martinez welcomes his good friend, Rabbi David, for a powerful conversation about Jesus, the Bible, and faith through a Messianic Jewish lens. Together, they explore the intersection of Jewish tradition and belief in Jesus as the Messiah, offering deep insights, thoughtful dialogue, and a unique perspective you won’t want to miss.Register for AG25: /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/37093870

161: Non Negotiables: Personal Growth 06/07/2025

161: Non Negotiables: Personal Growth Here at MAPS Global, we have built a robust culture of health in our community and missions work. One of the key facets of our culture is our Non Negotiables: Joy, Presence of God, Servant Leadership, and Personal Growth. Tune into this series as we dive into each topic and why it is Non Negotiable for MAPS Global! /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/36937790

160: Non Negotiables: Presence 05/23/2025

160: Non Negotiables: Presence Here at MAPS Global, we have built a robust culture of health in our community and missions work. One of the key facets of our culture is our Non Negotiables: Joy, Presence of God, Servant Leadership, and Personal Growth. Tune into this series as we dive into each topic and why it is Non Negotiable for MAPS Global! /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/36694005

159: Non Negotiables: Servant Leadership 05/07/2025

159: Non Negotiables: Servant Leadership Here at MAPS Global, we have built a robust culture of health in our community and missions work. One of the key facets of our culture is our Non Negotiables: Joy, Presence of God, Servant Leadership, and Personal Growth. Tune into this series as we dive into each topic and why it is Non Negotiable for MAPS Global! /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/36474680

158: Non Negotiables: Joy 04/24/2025

158: Non Negotiables: Joy Here at MAPS Global, we have built a robust culture of health in our community and missions work. One of the key facets of our culture is our Non Negotiables: Joy, Presence of God, Servant Leadership, and Personal Growth. Tune into this series as we dive into each topic and why it is Non Negotiable for MAPS Global! /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/36299115

157: 5 Ways to Hear the Voice of God 03/28/2025

157: 5 Ways to Hear the Voice of God Foundational to walking out the Christian life is discerning the Father’s voice and following in obedience. Often, we have difficulty discerning God’s voice because He is not speaking about what we want to talk about or in the manner in which we want to hear him. Whether in difficult decisions, various seasons, or in the daily mundane of life, we must learn how to hear God speak. Jump into this episode with us as we discuss FIVE ways to hear the voice of God! /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/35909180

156: 50 Hours: A Desert Bloom 03/13/2025

156: 50 Hours: A Desert Bloom In this episode, R.A. Martinez & Aaron Custalow talk about the upcoming 50 Hours of Worship and Prayer, happening April 10-12 across seven locations in the 10/40 Window. As worship rises, the rain falls—bringing life to dry and weary places, causing the desert to bloom. What happens when songs and prayers cover the land for 50 hours? How does worship prepare the ground for something new to take root? Join the conversation as they share the heart behind this movement and what’s stirring during this special event. /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/35685680

155: Faith Under Fire: A Missionary’s Calling in Conflict 03/06/2025

155: Faith Under Fire: A Missionary’s Calling in Conflict In this powerful episode, we sit down with a missionary serving at the Levant Missions Base for MAPS Global. She shares her firsthand experience of choosing to stay in a war zone to serve the local people, even as conflict erupted around them. With over a million displaced people in the region, her team worked passionately —distributing meals, hygiene supplies, and bedding to those in need. Yet, their mission didn’t stop there. In the midst of chaos, they remained steadfast in prayer, keeping the prayer room open as a place of hope and intercession. Tune in to hear her incredible testimony of faith, sacrifice, and the unwavering love of God in the hardest of places. /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/35550980

150: The Final Battle: Unoffended Hearts 02/06/2025

150: The Final Battle: Unoffended Hearts R.A. Martinez continues our series on the “End Times” with this fourth and final episode. In this conversation, R.A. And Mimi talk about how to cultivate supernatural love and hold your heart in the face of bitterness, betrayal and hatred. Enduring in love is the final battle of the end of the age. /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/35189695

153: Why Mission Trips Matter 01/23/2025

153: Why Mission Trips Matter Short Term Trips! Jump into this episode with us as we discuss the whys and the hows behind short-term mission trips. Exclusive: hear a never before told testimony in this episode! /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/35029265

152: End Times (Continued) 12/19/2024

152: End Times (Continued) Check out the third Episode in our series about the End Times. You’ll want to listen to episodes #148 & #149 to catch up! Listen as we continue to dive into what Jesus has to say about the signs of the approaching End of the Age. /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/34537355

151: Annual Report 2024 12/05/2024

151: Annual Report 2024 Imagine Darkness turning to Light...this is what’s happening across the 10/40 Window through the power of worship and prayer. We just released our MAPS Global Annual Report! In this podcast, we talk about what God has done this year, telling the impact stories from our HQ and Missions Bases. Thanks for tuning in! Read the Annual Report here: /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/34301975

150: Understanding the Signs of the End Times 11/18/2024

150: Understanding the Signs of the End Times Following the previous discussion in Episode #149, R.A. Martinez & Mimi continue the conversation around Matthew 24 & 25. In these passages, we see that Jesus is neither confused nor unclear about the End Times. And guess what? He wants us to have clarity about this essential topic, too! Listen as we dive into what Jesus has to say about the signs of the approaching End of the Age /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/33973972

149: Signs or Conspiracies? 10/31/2024

149: Signs or Conspiracies? When it comes to the Gospel and the Great Commission, do eschatology, the end of the age, and apocalyptic Bible verses really have any value? In this episode of the MAPS Global Podcast, listen as R.A. Martinez discusses what the Scriptures have to say about how important the end times are to the fulfillment of the Great Commission. /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/33711782

148: Singing Isaiah 61 with Aiva Jenkins 10/16/2024

148: Singing Isaiah 61 with Aiva Jenkins We caught a special moment to chat with Aiva at Annual Gathering after she spontaneously decided to release an original song during one of the AG24 worship moments. Listen as Aiva shares some nuggets of wisdom and inspiration that songwriters and prophetic singers can glean from. /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/33490612

147: A Moment with a Missionary: Songwriting in the Desert 10/09/2024

147: A Moment with a Missionary: Songwriting in the Desert /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/33395602

146: A Moment with a Missionary: Muslims in Africa Healed by Jesus 10/02/2024

146: A Moment with a Missionary: Muslims in Africa Healed by Jesus Tune in to hear stories of Muslims being healed and saved from the leaders of a young adult praying & worshipping community in the Middle East. This bold spiritual family is seeing the Lord move in signs and wonders in their nation in East Africa. “She was completely healed…she started praying…‘Jesus I give you my life’...” Hear the full testimony in this special podcast episode! /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/33299797

145: A Moment with a Missionary: Moms in Missions 09/20/2024

145: A Moment with a Missionary: Moms in Missions /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/33147452

144: A Moment With a Missionary: J's Experience Pioneering a Black Missions Movement 09/12/2024

144: A Moment With a Missionary: J's Experience Pioneering a Black Missions Movement Somebody has to say ‘yes’ and by God’s grace, I said ’yes.’” In this moment with a missionary, Aaron interviews J on her experience pioneering a black missions movement in an unreached nation. Listen to how she found a place in her assignment to be completely herself serving the church in the Levant. “I’m living cross-culturally, living who God made me to be, in the midst of crisis…full of Joy. /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/33026507

143: A Moment With a Missionary: Pioneering Prayer and Worship in Eurasia 09/06/2024

143: A Moment With a Missionary: Pioneering Prayer and Worship in Eurasia During AG24, we got to sit down with some of our incredible family members from around the globe to hear what God is doing in their nations. In this episode, a missionary to Eurasia shares some of her experience, her process, and testimonies of worship & prayer in Eurasia. If your heart is burdened for missions, tune in to hear what God is doing in one of the largest unreached Muslim nations in the world! /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/32948317

142: The Antioch Blueprint 08/19/2024

142: The Antioch Blueprint /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/32637927

141: Navigating the Prophetic (Continued) 08/01/2024

141: Navigating the Prophetic (Continued) /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/32416857

140: Navigating the Prophetic 07/18/2024

140: Navigating the Prophetic /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/32205167

139: What to do When Leaders Fail 06/27/2024

139: What to do When Leaders Fail /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/31916672

138: The Whole Earth Is Full Of His Glory 06/13/2024

138: The Whole Earth Is Full Of His Glory Today's topic includes an exciting announcement. In this episode, R.A Martinez and Aaron Custalow cast vision for why we gather every year in August as a spiritual family. Listen as they share what they feel the Lord is saying this year leading up to AG24, MAPS Global's worship and missions conference. August 8-11. /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/31732587

137: Throne Room Worship 05/30/2024

137: Throne Room Worship In this episode, listen as R.A. Martinez discusses the biblical characteristics of the worship happening in the throne room of heaven. What are the sights, the sounds, the movements, and the songs being sung around the throne? And how should this impact and inform the culture of our worship today? Tune in to hear! /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/31534247

136: Mercy for the Middle East, How Worship and Prayer Open the Door for Missions 05/16/2024

136: Mercy for the Middle East, How Worship and Prayer Open the Door for Missions Listen to this podcast recapping the recent 50 Hours trip that took place and how worship and prayer open the door for missions. /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/31342992

135: The Time is Urgent 05/02/2024

135: The Time is Urgent In the final episode of this series, R.A. Martinez shares the third reason that MAPS Global exists: the Time is Urgent. /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/31088733

134: 50 Hours: Insights From Frontier Missionaries 04/11/2024

134: 50 Hours: Insights From Frontier Missionaries You won't want to miss this one! In this episode we sit down with our overseas missions base directors as well as our planting missions base director to the Himalayas. These frontier missionaries share their hearts for what God is doing in the 10/40 Window and give insight on how He's moving in the time leading up to the 50 Hours. Tune in for testimonies and faith building stories as we prepare to host God's presence for the 10th annual 50 Hours. /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/30780353

133: The Gospel is Powerful 03/28/2024

133: The Gospel is Powerful In this episode, R.A. Martinez talks about the second reason that MAPS Global exists: the Gospel is Powerful. /episode/index/show/mapsglobal/id/30585538

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