Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
What is the real cost of saying "yes" to God’s call to the nations?
In this episode of Open Bible. Open Life., Pastor Kyle sits down with a veteran missionary couple (referred to in this episode as Bonnie and Clyde for security purposes) who spent over a decade serving in the Lord in South Asia.
The couple shares their candid story of coming to faith in their late 20s and 30s, leaving behind ordinary lives in North Carolina, and responding to God's heart for unreached people groups. From initial vision trips to Africa and China to facing intense culture stress, physical danger, and even arrest in South Asia, their testimony illustrates God’s sustaining grace and unwavering providence.
Pastor Kyle and the couple also explore the critical relationship between sending churches and missionaries, highlighting why long-term endurance, local church partnerships, and steadfast faith are necessary to see multiplying house churches planted among the unreached.
In this episode, you’ll hear about:
- From Disbelief to Salvation: How a persistent church secretary and a home visit from a local pastor brought a non-believing couple to faith.
- The Impact of Short-Term Trips: How short-term mission trips to Kenya and China exposed spiritual lostness and reshaped their lives' trajectory.
- Discerning the Call to South Asia: Transitioning from ordinary careers to full-time cross-cultural ministry among unreached people groups.
- Faith Amidst Persecution: A firsthand account of facing opposition, arrest, and imprisonment for sharing the Gospel, and the encouraging letter that provided strength in jail.
- God’s Mission in Scripture: Key biblical passages (from Genesis to Revelation) that demonstrate God's heart for all nations and the role every believer plays in the Great Commission.
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What is the real cost of saying "yes" to God’s call to the nations?
In this episode of Open Bible. Open Life., Pastor Kyle sits down with a veteran missionary couple (referred to in this episode as Bonnie and Clyde for security purposes) who spent over a decade serving in the Lord in South Asia.
The couple shares their candid story of coming to faith in their late 20s and 30s, leaving behind ordinary lives in North Carolina, and responding to God's heart for unreached people groups. From initial vision trips to Africa and China to facing intense culture stress, physical danger, and even arrest in South Asia, their testimony illustrates God’s sustaining grace and unwavering providence.
Pastor Kyle and the couple also explore the critical relationship between sending churches and missionaries, highlighting why long-term endurance, local church partnerships, and steadfast faith are necessary to see multiplying house churches planted among the unreached.
In this episode, you’ll hear about:
- From Disbelief to Salvation: How a persistent church secretary and a home visit from a local pastor brought a non-believing couple to faith.
- The Impact of Short-Term Trips: How short-term mission trips to Kenya and China exposed spiritual lostness and reshaped their lives' trajectory.
- Discerning the Call to South Asia: Transitioning from ordinary careers to full-time cross-cultural ministry among unreached people groups.
- Faith Amidst Persecution: A firsthand account of facing opposition, arrest, and imprisonment for sharing the Gospel, and the encouraging letter that provided strength in jail.
- God’s Mission in Scripture: Key biblical passages (from Genesis to Revelation) that demonstrate God's heart for all nations and the role every believer plays in the Great Commission.
Subscribe for more conversations like this!
