Least Reached Peoples: How the Gospel Restores Dignity and Transforms Communities with Dr. Mary Ho & Lisa

In this episode of the Lausanne Movement Podcast, Dr. Mary Ho and Lisa, co-catalysts of Lausanne’s Issue Network for the Least Reached Peoples, share their personal stories of transformation and how God is at work among the least reached. Together, they discuss the importance of dignity, community, and how every believer can participate in global missions.

Main Points:

Transformation through Grace: Personal testimonies of healing and freedom that illustrate the transformative power of God’s love.
Dignity in Mission: The gospel not only saves but also restores dignity, especially among women and marginalized communities.
Understanding the Least Reached: A deep dive into what it means to engage with the least reached peoples and how to respect their dignity.
Jesus Already at Work: Encouraging stories of how Jesus is revealing Himself through dreams and visions among those who have never heard His name.
Practical Steps to Get Involved: How listeners can join the mission to reach the least reached, and why mission work is a communal journey, not an individual task.

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Links & Resources:

The Lausanne Movement: https://www.lausanne.org
Least Reached Issue Network: https://lausanne.org/network/least-reached-peoples

Guest Bio:

Dr. Mary Ho – https://lausanne.org/leader/mary-ho
Lisa – https://lausanne.org/leader/z-l

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Guests in This Episode

Mary Ho

Mary Ho is the international executive leader of All Nations, a global Christian missions organization with workers making disciples and planting churches in 45 countries. She also serves as an adjunct professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, co-leading a three-year doctoral program on 'Mission, Development and Leadership in the Global Christian Context'.

Dr. Ho is passionate about finishing the Great Commission in this generation by sharing the love of God among every people and in parts of the world where the name of Jesus Christ is little or not known. She received her Doctor of Strategic Leadership degree from Regent University in Virginia (US), in 2016. She is married to John and they have two young adult sons.

Z.L.

Z.L. is a Theologian and Psychologist who has been involved in church planting, discipleship and community transformational development for the past 30 years in North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. She’s is serving on the Steering Group of the Hikma Partnership and holds leadership positions within different organizations, such as COMIBAM and PMI as well as serving on various mission boards and networks. Z.L. embodies a relational, integrated, values-based approach to life and ministry which emphasizes authentic collaboration and partnership in God’s mission.

She loves to see the Church flourishing through people coming to know Jesus and having their dignity affirmed in Christ. Z.L. is passionate about sharing the Gospel in love and humility. Her belief is that the Lord has gone ahead of us in even the most remote places: “We do not bring Jesus. Jesus is already working in these places. By going we are following Him and acknowledging His presence already at work in these places and contexts.”