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Navigating Career Pivots and Grit with Milo’s Avni Patel Thompson 26:18

19 days ago26:18

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How do you know when it’s time to make your next big career move? With International Women’s Day around the corner, we are excited to feature Avni Patel Thompson, Founder and CEO of Milo. Avni is building technology that directly supports the often overlooked emotional and logistical labor that falls on parents—especially women. Milo is an AI assistant designed to help families manage that invisible load more efficiently. In this episode, Avni shares her journey from studying chemistry to holding leadership roles at global brands like Adidas and Starbucks, to launching her own ventures. She discusses how she approaches career transitions, the importance of unpleasant experiences, and why she’s focused on making everyday life easier for parents. [01:26] Avni's University Days and Early Career [04:36] Non-Linear Career Paths [05:16] Pursuing Steep Learning Curves [11:51] Entrepreneurship and Safety Nets [15:22] Lived Experiences and Milo [19:55] Avni’s In Her Ellement Moment [20:03] Reflections Links: Avni Patel Thompson on LinkedIn Suchi Srinivasan on LinkedIn Kamila Rakhimova on LinkedIn Ipsos report on the future of parenting About In Her Ellement: In Her Ellement highlights the women and allies leading the charge in digital, business, and technology innovation. Through engaging conversations, the podcast explores their journeys—celebrating successes and acknowledging the balance between work and family. Most importantly, it asks: when was the moment you realized you hadn’t just arrived—you were truly in your element? About The Hosts: Suchi Srinivasan is an expert in AI and digital transformation. Originally from India, her career includes roles at trailblazing organizations like Bell Labs and Microsoft. In 2011, she co-founded the Cleanweb Hackathon, a global initiative driving IT-powered climate solutions with over 10,000 members across 25+ countries. She also advises Women in Cloud, aiming to create $1B in economic opportunities for women entrepreneurs by 2030. Kamila Rakhimova is a fintech leader whose journey took her from Tajikistan to the U.S., where she built a career on her own terms. Leveraging her English proficiency and international relations expertise, she discovered the power of microfinance and moved to the U.S., eventually leading Amazon's Alexa Fund to support underrepresented founders. Subscribe to In Her Ellement on your podcast app of choice to hear meaningful conversations with women in digital, business, and technology.…

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Regular reflections and conversations about the obstacles and emerging best practices of cross-cultural urban ministry. Visit our website to find out more at http://www.globalcitymission.org/

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#Religion #Ministry #Discipleship #Faith #Global City Mission Initiative #Christianity #Urbanism #Evangelical #Mission

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Regular reflections and conversations about the obstacles and emerging best practices of cross-cultural urban ministry. Visit our website to find out more at http://www.globalcitymission.org/

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65 episodes

#Religion #Ministry #Discipleship #Faith #Global City Mission Initiative #Christianity #Urbanism #Evangelical #Mission

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Episode 2: S5E2: South Asians in Atlanta 20:05

2 days ago20:05

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This episode dives into a conversation with Joey Durmire, Global City Mission's Director of Mobilization, on the need & opportunity for mission among South Asians in Metro Atlanta. Joey has zero background in South Asian outreach, but he recognizes the need. Addressing a mission gap in mission in North America, Joey shares what he's been learning and some of his reflections as he seeks to address a new arena of mission in his ministry as a mobilizer.…

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Episode 1: S5E1: Equipping Church Members for Evangelism 26:18

16 days ago26:18

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Evangelism in local churches in the U.S. can be described as a crisis. However, in this episode we speak with two church leaders that have experienced training in healthy conversational evangelism and have seen their churches experience the fruit that has resulted from equipping their members. Moving from presentation to conversation, has empowered an evangelistic impact within their churches.…

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Episode 10: S4E1: New Thoughts On Planting House Churches 42:41

2 years ago42:41

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Join Joey and Chris as we talk to GCMI board member Aaron Born about what it looks like to plant house churches from within the context of an urban mega-church. Check out the book BLESS that Aaron recommends during the podcast here .

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Episode 9: S3 E9: How the Incarnation affects Mission and the Church. 34:43

2 years ago34:43

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In this week's very special Christmas episode, Joey and GCMI Executive Director, Dr. Jared Looney discuss the incarnation and how that affects ministry, mission and the church.

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Episode 8: S3E8: Why Cities Matter and ICOM Debrief 38:04

2 years ago38:04

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Joey and Chris talk about the 2022 International Conference On Mission (ICOM) and Why Cities Matter.

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Episode 7: S3E7: Missional Inroads - A continuing conversation 57:48

2 years ago57:48

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Join us as Chris and Joey unpack the previous episode on Cross-cultural Missional Inroads and continue the conversation about how to reach out missionaly in your community.

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Episode 6: S3E6: Cross-cultural Missional Inroads 14:32

2 years ago14:32

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Join us as we look back to season one for another perspective on ethnography and reaching out cross-culturally in your city. This question of where and how to begin is one of the most asked questions we get.

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Episode 5: S3E5: The Importance of Contextualization 48:32

2 years ago48:32

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Chris is joined by GCMI Executive Director Jared Looney to talk about Contextualization in ministry, how it shapes what we do at GCMI and how it can apply to other ministry contexts both in North America and around the World.

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Episode 4: S3E4: A Year In at GCMI 44:03

2 years ago44:03

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Chris and Joey continue the conversation about mobilization as we reflect on Joey's first year on the team and our first year of having an official mobilization team member.

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Episode 3: S3E3: Mobilizing College Students for Mission and Ministry 40:03

2 years ago40:03

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Chris and Joey discuss what it takes to mobilize college students in 2022 for both full-time missions work and for ministry in general. This is a conversation about where we are at... feel free to join the discussion. You can email Joey or Chris to jump into the conversation. joeydurmire@globalcitymission.org or chrismarsden@globalcitymission.org Check out the episode on Mobilization at https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/globalcitymission/episodes/2022-03-23T05_00_00-07_00…

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Episode 2: S3E2: What does mission even mean? 35:39

3 years ago35:39

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Join us this week as Joey and Chris talk about the word mission, what it means, what GCMI means when we use it, and why we do mission the way we do.

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Episode 1: S3E1: We're Back 36:02

3 years ago36:02

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We're back from a summer of conferences, camps, and time with the family. In this episode, Joey and Chris catch us up on all the busyness and talk a bit about campus ministry, diversity in missions, mobilizing Gen Z and a new season of ministry and the podcast.

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Episode 14: S2E14: Life and Ministry in a Global City: Brazle conversation part 2 53:48

3 years ago53:48

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This week we talk to Gabe and Sarah Brazle about living in a global city and the challenges and joys they've had as a young married couple, parent to 3 children, and cross-cultural missionaries in the city.

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Episode 13: S2E13: Moving to Philly - A conversation with Gabe Brazle - Part 1 36:03

3 years ago36:03

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Join us this week as Joey and Chris talk with Gabe Brazle about his experiences with GCMI in cross cultural ministry and his move to Philadelphia in 2019. This is part 1 or 2 with Gabe. Next time we are joined by his wife Sarah to talk about married life and parenting while learning how to be missionaries in New York and Philly. We are switching to a twice per month publishing schedule, so look for that next episode on June 15th.…

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Episode 12: S2E12: Seeing Your City 39:35

3 years ago39:35

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Join Chris and Joey as they talk to John Lancaster, Senior Minister at Huntsville Christian Church, about his experiences with GCMI and seeing his city through the eyes of Jesus.

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