In this episode of The Go and Send Podcast, Cody and Mike sit down with Naomi Frizzell, President and CEO of Audio Scripture Ministries. Naomi's journey took her from dreaming of being a foreign correspondent for CBS News, to leading communications for the Lausanne Movement and Our Daily Bread Ministries, to now overseeing a global ministry that records and distributes God's Word in the heart languages of the least reached people on earth.
In this episode of The Go and Send Podcast, Cody and Mike sit down with Naomi Frizzell, President and CEO of Audio Scripture Ministries. Naomi's journey took her from dreaming of being a foreign correspondent for CBS News, to leading communications for the Lausanne Movement and Our Daily Bread Ministries, to now overseeing a global ministry that records and distributes God's Word in the heart languages of the least reached people on earth. Along the way, she lost her voice for six months following a ministry trip — and what God taught her in that silence became one of the most defining seasons of her life.
This conversation is full of remarkable stories that will challenge your faith and expand your vision for global missions. Naomi shares how Audio Scripture Ministries is reaching unreached people groups, nomadic communities, and prisoners across Africa and beyond — placing God's Word in the hands of people who have never heard the gospel in their own language. If you care about the Great Commission, Bible translation, heart language ministry, or simply want to hear how God moves in impossible places, this episode is for you.
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00:00 -- Introduction
00:41 -- How Naomi Follows the Lord's Leading: It Starts With Prayer
01:29 -- Consistency in Prayer Changes Your Heart
03:07 -- Growing Up in a Faith-Filled Family
04:18 -- Curiosity About the World: Ships, Flags, and a Love of Geography
05:32 -- Missions Conferences and Missionary Biographies
06:33 -- Dreaming of Being a Foreign Correspondent for CBS News
07:41 -- God Redirected Her to Tell an Even Better Story
09:01 -- Leaving Olivet Nazarene for a Radio Job in Michigan
10:54 -- KTIS Minneapolis and Meeting the Head of the Lausanne Movement
11:46 -- The Mission America Coalition: The Whole Church, the Whole Gospel
12:28 -- Learning Communications, Messaging, and Early Web in 1994
14:07 -- What Is the Lausanne Movement?
14:49 -- Joining Lausanne as Head of Communications
15:03 -- Cape Town 2010 and 200 Volunteers From 20 Countries
17:52 -- Leading Through Change: The Importance of Relationships and Trust
19:11 -- Cross-Cultural Communication: Listen Before You Speak
21:19 -- Moving to Our Daily Bread Ministries as VP of Global Media
23:30 -- Vision Synergy and a Season That Was About to Change Everything
25:23 -- A Ministry Trip to Jakarta — and Losing Her Voice for Six Months
27:00 -- What God Taught Her Through Silence: Exodus 14:14
29:16 -- Surgery, Surrender, and Finding Audio Scripture Ministries
31:13 -- What Is Audio Scripture Ministries?
32:24 -- "Now I Can Believe — God Speaks My Language"
33:18 -- The Bloody Audio Bible and the Terrorist Who Came to Faith
37:22 -- Pastor Simon in East Africa: Faithful Through War and Attack
39:51 -- Pastor David and Helen: Reaching Nomadic People Whose Church Is Their Camels
42:08 -- Getting God's Word Into Prisons — and a Hostile Warden Who Disappeared
44:01 -- Gospel Momentum 2030: ASM's Vision for the Least Reached
46:29 -- Spiritual Warfare: Recognizing the Battle Behind the Barriers
51:06 -- Why the West Doesn't See Spiritual Opposition as Clearly
54:20 -- Don't Pray for the Persecution to Be Removed — Pray to Be Made Strong
58:24 -- Encouragement for Anyone Considering Missions: What's in Your Hand?
01:00:07 -- Recommended Resources
01:02:36 -- Closing and How to Connect With Audio Scripture Ministries
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