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Send us Fan Mail Nathan Sack and John Losh explore helping others, sharing practical strategies for volunteering, avoiding over-commitment, and finding ministry lanes. They discuss service through jobs, church roles, podcasting, and media work, emphasizing prioritizing family, faith, and sustainable involvement. Examples include cleaning services, church volunteer tasks, podcast production, chaplain outreach, and creating branded ministry products. The hosts stress discerning when to say no, aligning with God’s direction, and using gifts to grow and sustain ministries in Kansas City." Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Bill Otterness joins Nathan to share how the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Kansas City became a catalyst for citywide evangelism. Hear how Bill coordinated three different teams—including a worship group from Grand Rapids, YWAM performance teams, Team Extreme, and local partners like RPOR and the Kansas City Dream Center—for prayer walks, streetcar outreach, soccer clinics, and human‑trafficking ministry. Discover how churches and visiting groups can plan impactful outreach trips to Kansas City. Website https://otternessmissions.org/ Music: Intro and Outro Music by Jerry Abah https://youtu.be/NJFQvXk36oM Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Oxygen Masks On Parents First is a 12-week Zoom group from Restoration Pathways offering parents of LGBT-identifying children practical, trauma-informed tools. Participants learn to identify triggers versus inner 'buttons,' regulate dysregulated states like fight or flight, restore life balance, and practice biblical lament and spiritual growth. Led by Kim Jones, who has personal experience with same-sex attraction the program emphasizes parental self-care, resilience building, and communication skills to improve relationships and spiritual health. Website https://www.restorationpathways.com/oxygenmaskson Music: Intro and Outro Music by Jerry Abah https://youtu.be/NJFQvXk36oM Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Faith Horizons welcomes Rick Boxx, founder of Unconventional Business Network, to share how God led him from banking into a ministry that equips Christian business leaders. Rick explains UBN’s three core focuses—events and conferences, rich biblical content and devotionals, and global forum groups that help leaders integrate faith into everyday business decisions. He also unpacks legal misconceptions about faith at work, their partnerships with Christian legal organizations, and UBN’s vision to equip over one million business leaders by 2027. Website https://unconventionalbusiness.org/ Music: Intro and Outro Music by Jerry Abah https://youtu.be/NJFQvXk36oM Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Wayne and Dianna Penner have served in international missions since the 1970s, from church planting in Cuiabá, Brazil, with Berean Missions, to teaching at the International College of Bible Ministries in Johannesburg, South Africa. Now based in Kansas City, they teach at Carver Baptist Bible College.  In this conversation, they share stories from missions, volunteer work with international students at Park University, and Diana's new book, Ruth: Building on the Firm Foundation, drawn from years of teaching Bible study. Amazon Link: Building on a Firm Foundation https://a.co/d/02JtvJhJ Music: Intro and Outro Music by Jerry Abah https://youtu.be/NJFQvXk36oM Support the show

Send us Fan Mail David and Rebecca McCorn of Salt N Light Ministries KC unpack their radical journey of faith. They share how a season of burnout and renewed prayer birthed a ministry that “adopts” high‑risk communities in South Kansas City and Grandview. "Salt n Light has really been after it for several years now their in the parks in a selected apartment community, in the schools, on the streets, at your local Dollar General. They are present with a purpose" - Nathan Hear how God led them from traditional church roles into church-in-the-park, outreach in the notorious Cloverleaf apartments, school partnerships, youth discipleship, and even selling their home and living in a fifth wheel to go full time into ministry. Website: To learn more go to: https://saltnlightkc.com/ Music: Intro and Outro Music by Jerry Abah https://youtu.be/NJFQvXk36oM Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Neil Getzlow shares his powerful journey from lifelong pornography addiction, infidelity, and blackmail to complete freedom in Christ.  In this conversation with Nathan and John, Neil unpacks how God used a crisis moment, his wife Amy’s forgiveness, and the process of confession, recovery, and discipleship to restore their marriage and launch The Gideon Factor ministry.  They also discuss Celebrate Recovery, Be Broken Ministries, and practical steps for men battling sexual sin, shame, and broken identity.  Website: To learn more go to: https://neilgetzlow.com/  Music: Intro and Outro Music by Jerry Abah https://youtu.be/NJFQvXk36oM Support the show

Send us Fan Mail From Kansas City mob enforcer to prison evangelist, “Crazy Bill” Corum’s story is one of radical transformation. In this episode, Bill shares how he went from stealing as a child, escaping a military prison, and working with the Kansas City mafia—earning his “Crazy Bill” nickname by walking into a dark bar with a running chainsaw—to becoming one of the leading cocaine dealers in the city, chasing money, power, and influence but never finding peace.  He tells how God used his praying wife, a jail cell, and a desperate late-night prayer to radically change his life, restore his family, and send him into 40+ years of prison ministry through Prison Power Ministries, impacting inmates in thousands of prisons and on over a million inmate tablets.  Website: To learn more go to: https://billcorum.com  Music: Intro and Outro Music by Jerry Abah https://youtu.be/NJFQvXk36oM Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Nathan and John sit down with Yvette Walker, host of the Positively Joy podcast, to share her powerful journey through divorce, loneliness, and healing in Christ. Yvette explains how God met her in a dark night of the soul, redefined joy through John 15, and eventually led her to launch a ministry and podcast for Christian women who are suddenly single again. She talks about forgiveness, joy as spiritual warfare, her upcoming devotional planner Beautifully Loved, and how God’s love restores identity, purpose, and hope after divorce.  Website: To learn more go to: https://positivelyjoy.com/ Music: Intro and Outro Music by Jerry Abah https://youtu.be/NJFQvXk36oM Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Mother’s Refuge in Independence, Missouri provides a safe home and long-term support for homeless, pregnant, and parenting young women.  Since 1987, they’ve offered maternity housing, transitional living, education, job support, and aftercare. In this episode, Kelsi Green shares how they break cycles of poverty and trauma for moms and their babies.  Website: To learn more go to: https://www.mothersrefuge.org/ Music: Intro and Outro Music by Jerry Abah https://youtu.be/NJFQvXk36oM Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Faith Horizons Podcast, Nathan Sack and John Losh talk with Jason Alvis, CEO of ReHope, a faith-based, trauma‑informed organization in Kansas City serving women coming out of human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Jason shares his journey from a 25‑year Army career into anti‑trafficking work, and explains how ReHope walks with survivors from crisis to long‑term restoration. In this episode you’ll hear about: Jason’s transition from a 25-year Army career to leading ReHopeReHope’s mission to elevate and empower survivors of human traffickingThe Crisis Stabilization Home: what it is, who it serves, and how women arrive thereThe role of law enforcement, healthcare, and national hotlines in referring survivorsReHope Farms and its three-phase, long-term residential programHow survivor leaders and ReHope graduates now serve as staff and peer support specialistsThe importance of trauma‑informed, faith-based care and communityThe expansion to 20 tiny homes and increased capacity for moms with childrenVolunteer opportunities: driving, tutoring, gardening, mentoring, sewing classes, and moreHow ReHope and partner organizations formed the WARS Council to respond to increased trafficking risks around the FIFA World CupPractical ways to support ReHope through prayer, giving, and volunteering Website: To learn more go to: https://faithhorizons.com/ministry/rehope/ Music: Intro and Outro Music by Jerry Abah https://youtu.be/NJFQvXk36oM Support the show

Send us Fan Mail God’s Family Ranch in Holden, Missouri is a place of rescue, rest, and revival. In this episode, John Doney shares how he and his wife care for horses and other animals, host campers and pastors, and use the ranch for evangelism, biblical counseling, and retreats for those needing refreshment and time with God.  Website: To learn more go to: https://faithhorizons.com/ministry/gods-family-ranch/ Music: Intro and Outro Music by Jerry Abah https://youtu.be/NJFQvXk36oM Support the show

Send us Fan Mail ESL Launch is a family-developed English curriculum now brought to market by Kim Okerman. Designed for teachers, it helps students learn English through action, not theory—using sentence “equations,” flashcards, and interactive lessons that move learners from basic vocabulary to complex sentences, building confidence for kids and adults.  Website: https://esllaunch.com/ Music: Intro and Outro Music by Jerry Abah https://youtu.be/NJFQvXk36oM Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Kansas City business leader Kim Okerman shares how her financial consulting practice and ESL Launch intersect with local missions. With God at the center, and her entrepreneurial spirit she becomes a multiplying affect for the people and businesses she serves  Website: https://esllaunch.com Music: Intro and Outro Music by Jerry Abah https://youtu.be/NJFQvXk36oM Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this Faith Horizons episode, Nathan Sack and John Losh talk with Fawn Brents, about how missions, business, and ministry come together in everyday work. Fawn shares how God led her from the mission field in Ecuador to founding Kansas City Real Estate, Inc., and how she discovered that real estate itself could be a powerful platform for ministry. In this episode, you’ll hear about: From Ecuador missions to Kansas City real estateHow she and her husband Charlie were inspired by Mission to the Head HuntersServing with Gospel Missionary Union (GMU/Avant) among the Quichua people in the AndesReturning to the U.S., entering real estate in the late 1980s, and quickly rising to the top 1%Seeing business as ministryStruggling with success in business while feeling she’d “missed” a life in traditional ministryA turning point in prayer where she sensed God say:“You are in ministry, if you would just recognize it, Fawn.”Starting Bible studies in her office, praying with buyers and sellers, and treating every client interaction as spiritual opportunityLaunching Kansas City Real Estate, Inc.The backstory of the kansascityrealestate.com domain her husband bought in 1994Launching her own brokerage in 2009 during the recession—losing money the first year, breaking even the second, then growingBuilding a team of about 20 full-time agents plus referral agents who love ministry first and use real estate as their vehicleEquipping churches and business leadersFawn’s vision to help churches mobilize businesspeople and to encourage Christian business ownersUsing Proverbs at business events to show that many of the best sales and leadership ideas come straight from ScriptureHelping leaders bring Christ into their business in a winsome, non-pushy way that honors customers and employeesA bigger view of workWhy work was God’s idea before the fall, not a punishmentSeeing business as ministry to customers, employees, and communityHow a healthy, profitable business can actually multiply ministry impact rather than compete with it.This conversation will challenge you to rethink your job or business and recognize how God can use your everyday work as real Kingdom ministry. Websites: Real estate & brokerage: https://kansascityrealestate.com Speaking & workshops on faith and work: https://fawnbrents.com Music: Intro and Outro Music by Jerry Abah https://youtu.be/NJFQvXk36oM Support the show