I just got off a call with a former Anderson Consulting executive who coaches aspiring cross-cultural workers how to start legitimate businesses in countries where religious visas don’t exist. And I thought — he is not at all what I imagined a global goer would look like.

That’s what this episode is about. After a lifetime of living among cross-cultural workers and walking alongside hundreds of families moving overseas, I’ve noticed that there are five distinct types of global goers. Five different motivations. Five different ways God wires people to make a difference in the world.

If you’ve ever thought “I’m not sure I’m the right TYPE of person for this” — this episode is for you. And if you’re a church leader or mobilizer trying to find and recruit the right people — this one’s for you too.

In this episode:

• Why your image of a global goer might be way too small
• The difference between community development and pioneering disciplemaking movement work (and why it matters)
• Why knowing your Global Goer Type gives you permission to be who God wired you to be
• How mobilizers and church leaders can use the five types as a recruiting tool
• A full walk-through of all five types:
  • The Bleeding Heart,
  • The Strategic Thinker,
  • The Meaning and Purpose Champion,
  • The Adventure Seeker,
  • and The Obedient Disciple
• A behind-the-scenes peek at the book I’m writing about this

Resouces:

Take the Global Goer Quiz (before you listen — seriously, do it first!):

Free Chapter 9 download — Wrestling With Calling, Gifting and Personalities

Across the Street and Around the World (my book):

Listen to:

• Episode 14: Discerning Your Calling — Part 1 How to Know if You Should Go (Apple Podcast)
• Episode 15: Discerning Your Calling — Part 2 Called to a Who, Not a Where (Apple Podcast)
  
  

Find me on Instagram and DM me — which Global Goer Type are you?

And is the Five Global Goer Types book something you’d want to read? I really want to know.

This is Part 2 of my two-part series on discerning your calling as a Global Goer. If you haven't listened to Episode 14 yet, I recommend you start there first.

In this episode I tackle the question that trips most people up once they think they might be called: where? I make the case that calling is probably not a where first — it's a who. And once you know your who, the where starts to take care of itself.

In this episode I cover:

• Why asking "where" might be the wrong first question
• Paul's example — apostle to the Gentiles, not apostle to Rome
• How to narrow your "who" and let the "where" follow
• The difference between a calling and your next directional step
• The green light vs. red light framework for moving forward

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Breakthrough Prayer Course
• Across the Street and Around the World book

Connect with Jeannie Marie:

🌐 Website: www.jeanniemarieacademy.com

📱 Instagram: @jeanniemmarie (DM me which of the 15 resonated most!)

📖 Take the Global Goer Quiz: www.jeanniemarieacademy.com/quiz

🎥 Watch the free one-hour training: Share Jesus Naturally With the Nations Near You

What's Next:

Next week: Episode 16 - Change the Way God Wired You with The Five Global Goer Types

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A couple of years ago, I sat in a room with about 50 cross-cultural workers living in South Asia — veterans, people with 20+ years on the field. We asked the ones who stayed: what kept you here? Every single one of them said the same thing: calling. Not strategy, not a great organization — a deep sense that God had called them to a specific people, a specific work, and hadn't released them yet.

I know that people going to the field for the first time know they need a calling. But often they're searching for it so much that they don't even go — because they don't know what it looks like, or how to define it, or even what a calling actually is. So that's what I'm talking about in this two-part series.

In this episode I cover:

• What apostolic yearning is and how to recognize it in yourself
• What apostolic conviction is and why one long-term worker said he'd rather see conviction than calling
• The difference between spiritual gifting and personality (and why it matters)
• Why ordinary people — not superstars — are the ones who end up on the field
• A practical listening prayer exercise you can do today
• What to do with your language fears

This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Part 2 — Called to a Who, Not a Where — drops next week.

Links mentioned in this episode:

• Free Chapter 9 download — Wrestling With Calling, Gifting and Personalities:
• Across the Street and Around the World book:
• Uncharted Mission — stories of workers discovering and living out their calling:
• The Raw Mission Podcast

Connect with me!

🌐 Website: www.jeanniemarieacademy.com

📱 Instagram: @jeanniemmarie

📖 Take the Global Goer Quiz: www.jeanniemarieacademy.com/quiz

🎥 Watch the free one-hour training: Share Jesus Naturally With the Nations Near You

What's Next:

Next week: Episode 16 - Discerning Your Calling Part Two: Called to a Who, Not a Where

Leave a Review and Subscribe:

If this episode helped you discern your calling, would you leave a review on Apple Podcasts? It helps others who are considering the journey find this show! New episodes drop every Tuesday. Don't miss one!

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🎤 Spotify