GC Talk with Boe Ellis https://gctalk.podbean.com Talking missions with church planters and missionaries locally, nationally, and around the world. Come along with Great Commissions Partnerships’ Executive Director, Boe Ellis, in search of insights and inspiration from Christians called to “GO… and make disciples of all nations.” For the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Visit us online at gcpartnerships.org. WHERE WILL YOU GO?

]]> Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:46:32 -0400 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2026 All rights reserved. Religion & Spirituality:Christianity 1440 episodic We are talking missions with church planters and missionaries locally, nationally, and around the world. Come along with Great Commissions Partnerships’ Executive Director, Boe Ellis, in search of insights and inspiration from Christians called to “GO… and make disciples of all nations.” For the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Visit us online at gcpartnerships.org. WHERE WILL YOU GO? Great Commission Partnerships Great Commission Partnerships No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/21880921/GCTalk-Logo-2048.jpg GC Talk with Boe Ellis https://gctalk.podbean.com 144 144 #009 Dan Pokharel — Following Christ from Nepal to the U.S. and Back #009 Dan Pokharel — Following Christ from Nepal to the U.S. and Back https://gctalk.podbean.com/e/the-title-of-2026-0213-dan-pokharel/ https://gctalk.podbean.com/e/the-title-of-2026-0213-dan-pokharel/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:46:32 -0400 gctalk.podbean.com/b2641bca-f353-323d-af6f-f50087345638 He grew up in Nepal with 33 million Hindu gods. Little g, false gods. At age 20, he met Jesus Christ, the One True God. And that changed everything for him.

His name is Dr. Dan Pokharel, and he is a pastor, church planter, missionary, and the executive director of Global Mission Nepal based in Charlotte, NC.

More recently he founded the National Baptist Convention of Nepal as the first denominational organization of its kind in country that only received the Gospel of Christ in the 1950s.

It was fifty years later, in the early 2000s that Dan came to US as a young Christian to study and prepare for ministry, thinking he would go back to Nepal. But God had other ideas, and Pastor Dan has been planting Nepali-speaking churches in Texas, in Boston and New England, Charlotte and Nepal ever since.

In fact, since 2013, he has led Global Mission Nepal to plant 167 churches across the entire country. And he is only getting started. 

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Dallas 1 Construction and Development, Tampa, FL — d1cd.com 

Cornerstone Project Management, Tampa, FL — www.cornerstonepmp.com

Link to Pastor Dan — https://globalmissionnepal.org/

]]> He grew up in Nepal with 33 million Hindu gods. Little g, false gods. At age 20, he met Jesus Christ, the One True God. And that changed everything for him.

His name is Dr. Dan Pokharel, and he is a pastor, church planter, missionary, and the executive director of Global Mission Nepal based in Charlotte, NC.

More recently he founded the National Baptist Convention of Nepal as the first denominational organization of its kind in country that only received the Gospel of Christ in the 1950s.

It was fifty years later, in the early 2000s that Dan came to US as a young Christian to study and prepare for ministry, thinking he would go back to Nepal. But God had other ideas, and Pastor Dan has been planting Nepali-speaking churches in Texas, in Boston and New England, Charlotte and Nepal ever since.

In fact, since 2013, he has led Global Mission Nepal to plant 167 churches across the entire country. And he is only getting started. 

Show Supporters: 

Dallas 1 Construction and Development, Tampa, FL — d1cd.com 

Cornerstone Project Management, Tampa, FL — www.cornerstonepmp.com

Link to Pastor Dan — https://globalmissionnepal.org/

]]> Great Commission Partnerships false No 2277 9 full #008 Bob Magruder — Creating a Culture of Disciple Making #008 Bob Magruder — Creating a Culture of Disciple Making https://gctalk.podbean.com/e/the-title-of-2026-0403-bob-magruder/ https://gctalk.podbean.com/e/the-title-of-2026-0403-bob-magruder/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:49:38 -0400 gctalk.podbean.com/7d050f7a-f7f8-3eb7-83e5-15a2ab835d5a He heard the Great Commission as a command. So he just did what Jesus said: "Go, therefore, and make disciples."

And for Dr. Bob Magruder, he's been doing it for 40 years since, as a pastor in just about every role you can imagine, and now, in a new role as the full-time Executive Director of Multiplying Culture Ministries. He is co-author of Multiplying: Creating a Culture of Disciple-Makers, which he wrote with his wife Barbie. He is a discipleship coach. He is a mentor for leaders who want to make disciples.

He is also discipling men. Always has. Whether that's one-one-one or in small groups, it has been the experience gained through those groups that has provided the inspiration for the book, and a desire to share what he's learned with others.

Supporters:

Dallas 1 Construction and Development, Tampa, FL — d1cd.com

Cornerstone Project Management, Tampa, FL — www.cornerstonepmp.com

Link to Pastor Bob — https://multiplyingculture.com

On Amzon —Multiplying: Creating a Culture of Disciple Makers

]]> He heard the Great Commission as a command. So he just did what Jesus said: "Go, therefore, and make disciples."

And for Dr. Bob Magruder, he's been doing it for 40 years since, as a pastor in just about every role you can imagine, and now, in a new role as the full-time Executive Director of Multiplying Culture Ministries. He is co-author of Multiplying: Creating a Culture of Disciple-Makers, which he wrote with his wife Barbie. He is a discipleship coach. He is a mentor for leaders who want to make disciples.

He is also discipling men. Always has. Whether that's one-one-one or in small groups, it has been the experience gained through those groups that has provided the inspiration for the book, and a desire to share what he's learned with others.

Supporters:

Dallas 1 Construction and Development, Tampa, FL — d1cd.com

Cornerstone Project Management, Tampa, FL — www.cornerstonepmp.com

Link to Pastor Bob — https://multiplyingculture.com

On Amzon —Multiplying: Creating a Culture of Disciple Makers

]]> Great Commission Partnerships false No 2376 8 full #007 Marc Corradino — Thailand to Tampa to the Space Coast #007 Marc Corradino — Thailand to Tampa to the Space Coast https://gctalk.podbean.com/e/the-title-of-2026-0330-marc-corradino-final/ https://gctalk.podbean.com/e/the-title-of-2026-0330-marc-corradino-final/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:51:52 -0400 gctalk.podbean.com/5586430f-c777-3ec5-ab31-247b84d6880b He has served in Thailand with the International Mission Board; he has served as a missions and sending pastor in Tampa. And now, who better to serve as the new Associational Missions Strategist for the Brevard Baptist Association on the Space Coast of Florida? His name is Pastor Marc Corradino.

And if you have ever wondered how one guy can balance all the responsibilities of making disciples, equipping leaders, serving partners, leading trips, while still caring for his wife and three daughters at the same time, you are not alone. Join us for a practitioners conversation about life on Mission working in concert with a life spent planting churches and serving the Church. 

Pastor Marc is also the champion who led South Tampa Fellowship to become one of GCP's biggest supporters, and a champion of missionaries not just through the SBC's Cooperative Program, but supporting dozens of missionaries directly through their MissionConnect partnerships. 

Show Supporters:   

Dallas 1 Construction and Development, Tampa, FL — d1cd.com  Cornerstone Project Management, Tampa, FL — www.cornerstonepmp.com

Link to Pastor Marc — https://www.bbatoday.org/

]]> He has served in Thailand with the International Mission Board; he has served as a missions and sending pastor in Tampa. And now, who better to serve as the new Associational Missions Strategist for the Brevard Baptist Association on the Space Coast of Florida? His name is Pastor Marc Corradino.

And if you have ever wondered how one guy can balance all the responsibilities of making disciples, equipping leaders, serving partners, leading trips, while still caring for his wife and three daughters at the same time, you are not alone. Join us for a practitioners conversation about life on Mission working in concert with a life spent planting churches and serving the Church. 

Pastor Marc is also the champion who led South Tampa Fellowship to become one of GCP's biggest supporters, and a champion of missionaries not just through the SBC's Cooperative Program, but supporting dozens of missionaries directly through their MissionConnect partnerships. 

Show Supporters:   

Dallas 1 Construction and Development, Tampa, FL — d1cd.com 
Cornerstone Project Management, Tampa, FL — www.cornerstonepmp.com

Link to Pastor Marc — https://www.bbatoday.org/

]]> Great Commission Partnerships false No 2499 7 full #006 Dr. Terry Dorsett — Growing the State Convention in New England #006 Dr. Terry Dorsett — Growing the State Convention in New England https://gctalk.podbean.com/e/the-title-of-2026-0402-terry-dorsett_1/ https://gctalk.podbean.com/e/the-title-of-2026-0402-terry-dorsett_1/#comments Sat, 04 Apr 2026 22:22:20 -0400 gctalk.podbean.com/1f2942bb-d928-38b5-a916-322795cdd48f He is a church planter. So, he packed his wife and kids in the minivan and moved to New England to plant a church in 1994 and he never left.

 

In fact, God used Dr. Terry Dorsett and his family to plant multiple churches in Vermont. They went on to lead the Green Mountain Baptist association. They relocated again to plant churches in Connecticut, and eventually, they followed a call in 2015 to move again, this time, to lead the Baptist Convention in New England (the BCNE) — which is the state convention encompassing all six New England states.

 

They called a church planter to lead the convention. And in 11 years now, Dr. Dorsett has a number of notable accomplishments, one in fact, involved changing the name of the convention to the Baptist Churches of New England. But, that is not all that's changed. Under Dr. Dorsett's tenure, Southern Baptists in New England have seen amazing results in church planting, and baptisms, and giving, and growth. All for God's glory.

 

All because a church planter who said at the time that he was not qualified, but called. And, he trusted God to help him figure it out. Today, his team is as diverse as the culture, and they continue to pray for another Great Awakening to come soon to New England.

 

Show Supporters: 

 

Dallas 1 Construction and Development, Tampa, FL — https://d1cd.com 

Cornerstone Project Management, Tampa, FL — https://cornerstonepmp.com

 

Link to Dr. Dorsett — https://bcne.net

]]> He is a church planter. So, he packed his wife and kids in the minivan and moved to New England to plant a church in 1994 and he never left.

 

In fact, God used Dr. Terry Dorsett and his family to plant multiple churches in Vermont. They went on to lead the Green Mountain Baptist association. They relocated again to plant churches in Connecticut, and eventually, they followed a call in 2015 to move again, this time, to lead the Baptist Convention in New England (the BCNE) — which is the state convention encompassing all six New England states.

 

They called a church planter to lead the convention. And in 11 years now, Dr. Dorsett has a number of notable accomplishments, one in fact, involved changing the name of the convention to the Baptist Churches of New England. But, that is not all that's changed.

Under Dr. Dorsett's tenure, Southern Baptists in New England have seen amazing results in church planting, and baptisms, and giving, and growth. All for God's glory.

 

All because a church planter who said at the time that he was not qualified, but called. And, he trusted God to help him figure it out. Today, his team is as diverse as the culture, and they continue to pray for another Great Awakening to come soon to New England.

 

Show Supporters: 

 

Dallas 1 Construction and Development, Tampa, FL — https://d1cd.com 

Cornerstone Project Management, Tampa, FL — https://cornerstonepmp.com

 

Link to Dr. Dorsett — https://bcne.net

]]> Great Commission Partnerships false No 2805 6 full #005 Hilario Polanco — Helping Kids Fly High in Brazil #005 Hilario Polanco — Helping Kids Fly High in Brazil https://gctalk.podbean.com/e/the-title-of-2026-0128-hilario-polanco-final/ https://gctalk.podbean.com/e/the-title-of-2026-0128-hilario-polanco-final/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:07:13 -0400 gctalk.podbean.com/1fade742-2ce5-39ae-9117-1c7bcc718b60 Pastor Hilario Polanco couldn't adopt just one kid, so he adopted the whole neighborhood. Well, not exactly, but what he did to create a safe, Gospel-centered before-school / after-school place for kids has transformed hundreds of lives and families, and the whole town for Christ.  From Bible camps, and games, to martial arts, music and violin lessons, Voando Alto (The Flying High Foundation) is a Brazilian NGO with an all-volunteer staff that provides supplies and resources, food and health care, and most of all, a loving environment where kids from mostly poor, single-parent homes can grow. Ongoing and future projects include an on-site dental clinic, and finishing up construction of a gym and job-skills center that will double as a neighborhood community center and a launching pad for microbusinesses. Show Supporters:  Dallas 1 Construction and Development, Tampa, FL — d1cd.com 

Cornerstone Project Management, Tampa, FL — www.cornerstonepmp.com

]]> Pastor Hilario Polanco couldn't adopt just one kid, so he adopted the whole neighborhood. Well, not exactly, but what he did to create a safe, Gospel-centered before-school / after-school place for kids has transformed hundreds of lives and families, and the whole town for Christ. 

From Bible camps, and games, to martial arts, music and violin lessons, Voando Alto (The Flying High Foundation) is a Brazilian NGO with an all-volunteer staff that provides supplies and resources, food and health care, and most of all, a loving environment where kids from mostly poor, single-parent homes can grow.

Ongoing and future projects include an on-site dental clinic, and finishing up construction of a gym and job-skills center that will double as a neighborhood community center and a launching pad for microbusinesses.

Show Supporters: 

Dallas 1 Construction and Development, Tampa, FL — d1cd.com 

Cornerstone Project Management, Tampa, FL — www.cornerstonepmp.com

]]> Great Commission Partnerships false No 1945 5 full #004 Bart Azzarelli — Running Your Business for Christ #004 Bart Azzarelli — Running Your Business for Christ https://gctalk.podbean.com/e/the-title-of-2026-0319-azzarelli-full/ https://gctalk.podbean.com/e/the-title-of-2026-0319-azzarelli-full/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2026 11:28:12 -0400 gctalk.podbean.com/d0976621-301b-38ca-897f-17d405b7511e God told him to start a business that puts Jesus first. So he did.

 

Of course, being from Illinois and starting a business in Tampa, he named it Dallas 1 Construction. And 40 years later Bart Azzarelli Jr's business is a $30M-a-year company with the mission of "Serving Christ through Construction."

 

He plastered Proverbs 3:5-6 on every truck and trailer. He started Bible studies and shared Christ with his employees, operating Dallas 1 according to Biblical principles.

 

And he did it with the help of other Christian CEOs meeting together monthly to equip each other in the faith, and in the day-to-day of running a company for Jesus. And as a result, hundreds have to Christ though the business-ministry of Dallas 1.

 

Show Supporters: 

 

Dallas 1 Construction and Development, Tampa, FL — d1cd.com 

Cornerstone Project Management, Tampa, FL — www.cornerstonepmp.com

 

]]> God told him to start a business that puts Jesus first. So he did.

 

Of course, being from Illinois and starting a business in Tampa, he named it Dallas 1 Construction. And 40 years later Bart Azzarelli Jr's business is a $30M-a-year company with the mission of "Serving Christ through Construction."

 

He plastered Proverbs 3:5-6 on every truck and trailer. He started Bible studies and shared Christ with his employees, operating Dallas 1 according to Biblical principles.

 

And he did it with the help of other Christian CEOs meeting together monthly to equip each other in the faith, and in the day-to-day of running a company for Jesus. And as a result, hundreds have to Christ though the business-ministry of Dallas 1.

 

Show Supporters: 

 

Dallas 1 Construction and Development, Tampa, FL — d1cd.com 

Cornerstone Project Management, Tampa, FL — www.cornerstonepmp.com

 

]]> Great Commission Partnerships false No 2378 4 full #003 Joe Pardo — Celebrating Life in Puerto Rico #003 Joe Pardo — Celebrating Life in Puerto Rico https://gctalk.podbean.com/e/the-title-of-2026-0205-joe-pardo/ https://gctalk.podbean.com/e/the-title-of-2026-0205-joe-pardo/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2026 17:33:14 -0400 gctalk.podbean.com/00eb0bc1-fdef-3896-95d3-4381b325def4 He prayed that God would send someone else. And, God sent him instead.

It was that kind of Jonah calling that moved Joe Pardo with his wife and kids from Tampa to Puerto Rico in 2015; not to plant a church, but to plant Hope Women's Clinic, San Juan's first evangelical women's crisis pregnancy center.

And in ten years since, they have been celebrating life. And the Lord has grown Joe's family, and grown the ministry to two locations with 13 employees who are sharing the love of Christ and providing resources and support for women to choose life.

And in the process, the lives of women and children and families are being transformed, and the Gospel is multiplying across Puerto Rico and beyond, all because one family answered the call. Because one family said yes. 

Contact Joe and Daisy at pregnancypr.com

Show Supporters: 

 

Dallas 1 Construction and Development, Tampa, FL — d1cd.com 

Cornerstone Project Management, Tampa, FL — www.cornerstonepmp.com

]]> He prayed that God would send someone else. And, God sent him instead.

It was that kind of Jonah calling that moved Joe Pardo with his wife and kids from Tampa to Puerto Rico in 2015; not to plant a church, but to plant Hope Women's Clinic, San Juan's first evangelical women's crisis pregnancy center.

And in ten years since, they have been celebrating life. And the Lord has grown Joe's family, and grown the ministry to two locations with 13 employees who are sharing the love of Christ and providing resources and support for women to choose life.

And in the process, the lives of women and children and families are being transformed, and the Gospel is multiplying across Puerto Rico and beyond, all because one family answered the call. Because one family said yes. 

Contact Joe and Daisy at pregnancypr.com


Show Supporters: 

 

Dallas 1 Construction and Development, Tampa, FL — d1cd.com 

Cornerstone Project Management, Tampa, FL — www.cornerstonepmp.com

]]> Great Commission Partnerships false No 1893 3 full #002 Josh Rowley — Pastoring Cross-Culturally in New England #002 Josh Rowley — Pastoring Cross-Culturally in New England https://gctalk.podbean.com/e/002-josh-rowley/ https://gctalk.podbean.com/e/002-josh-rowley/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2026 20:30:54 -0500 gctalk.podbean.com/cea60234-588a-31a9-90b1-6d44237667e1 He moved to New England for an internship, and he never left.

And in just 10 short years since, that unmarried, English-speaking gringo has become fluent in Portuguese, has married his Brazilian pastor's daughter, has become father to a new baby; he is also a school teacher, and a co-pastor of a Portuguese-English-speaking, Brazilian congregation in Boston, MA.  Meet Josh Rowley. One of the leaders of the Celebration Church Planting Network, and the Celebration Church campus in Middleton MA in the North Shore, just 20 minute north of downtown on US 1.

Pastor Josh is a native of Springfield MA. He is a Liberty University graduate who didn't originally set out to be a missionary or a pastor, but God had a different idea.  Josh has been meaningfully engaged in discipling second-gen, next-gen students and adults to be about the work and the mission of Christ in New England, in the US and in Brazil.

Show Supporters: 

Dallas 1 Construction and Development, Tampa, FL — d1cd.com 

Cornerstone Project Management, Tampa, FL — www.cornerstonepmp.com

 

]]> He moved to New England for an internship, and he never left.

And in just 10 short years since, that unmarried, English-speaking gringo has become fluent in Portuguese, has married his Brazilian pastor's daughter, has become father to a new baby; he is also a school teacher, and a co-pastor of a Portuguese-English-speaking, Brazilian congregation in Boston, MA. 

Meet Josh Rowley. One of the leaders of the Celebration Church Planting Network, and the Celebration Church campus in Middleton MA in the North Shore, just 20 minute north of downtown on US 1.

Pastor Josh is a native of Springfield MA. He is a Liberty University graduate who didn't originally set out to be a missionary or a pastor, but God had a different idea. 

Josh has been meaningfully engaged in discipling second-gen, next-gen students and adults to be about the work and the mission of Christ in New England, in the US and in Brazil.


Show Supporters: 


Dallas 1 Construction and Development, Tampa, FL — d1cd.com 

Cornerstone Project Management, Tampa, FL — www.cornerstonepmp.com

 

]]> Great Commission Partnerships false No 2061 2 full #001 Pastor Mike Kahn — Leading in the Local Association #001 Pastor Mike Kahn — Leading in the Local Association https://gctalk.podbean.com/e/the-title-of-2026-0118-mike-kahn-final-audio/ https://gctalk.podbean.com/e/the-title-of-2026-0118-mike-kahn-final-audio/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:50:04 -0500 gctalk.podbean.com/387bbba4-5802-3b5b-be22-77582df77504 Mke Kahn is pastor to the pastors — more than 150 pastors in the Tampa Bay Baptist Association.

Since taking on the role of Mission Strategist in 2013, Pastor Mike has led out of a vision to "encourage, equip and multiply" first the man and then the leader with specific emphases in evangelism, in prayer and discipleship.

Pastor Mike was an engineer who pursued seminary training at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary after completing his undergrad. He went to serve on staff with Pastor Ken Whitten at Idlewild Bapsit Church in Lutz (Tampa Bay) for 19 years, before answering the call to lead the TBBA. 

Today, he partners with the Florida Baptist Convention and the SBC to shepherd and steward a staff, signific real estate and other assets, and a $500K annual budget. But, most of all, Pastor Mike is about leading and growing men who are called to shepherd and lead in the local church, investing in their lives, their wives and families, and in their and ministries.

GCTalk Show Supporters: 

Dallas 1 Construction and Development, Tampa, FL — d1cd.com 

Cornerstone Project Management, Tampa, FL — www.cornerstonepmp.com

]]> Mke Kahn is pastor to the pastors — more than 150 pastors in the Tampa Bay Baptist Association.

Since taking on the role of Mission Strategist in 2013, Pastor Mike has led out of a vision to "encourage, equip and multiply" first the man and then the leader with specific emphases in evangelism, in prayer and discipleship.

Pastor Mike was an engineer who pursued seminary training at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary after completing his undergrad. He went to serve on staff with Pastor Ken Whitten at Idlewild Bapsit Church in Lutz (Tampa Bay) for 19 years, before answering the call to lead the TBBA. 

Today, he partners with the Florida Baptist Convention and the SBC to shepherd and steward a staff, signific real estate and other assets, and a $500K annual budget. But, most of all, Pastor Mike is about leading and growing men who are called to shepherd and lead in the local church, investing in their lives, their wives and families, and in their and ministries.

GCTalk Show Supporters: 

Dallas 1 Construction and Development, Tampa, FL — d1cd.com 

Cornerstone Project Management, Tampa, FL — www.cornerstonepmp.com

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