In this episode of The Go and Send Podcast, Cody and Mike sit down with Michael Gutierrez, VP of Finance at Multiplication Network. Michael's journey took him from a Catholic upbringing he walked away from, through a successful 16-year online business he built from scratch after 9/11, to a slow reconnection with Christ through his wife Jane — and eventually a call to leave it all behind for full-time ministry.
In this episode of The Go and Send Podcast, Cody and Mike sit down with Michael Gutierrez, VP of Finance at Multiplication Network. Michael's journey took him from a Catholic upbringing he walked away from, through a successful 16-year online business he built from scratch after 9/11, to a slow reconnection with Christ through his wife Jane — and eventually a call to leave it all behind for full-time ministry. It’s a remarkable story about surrender to God’s plans.
Michael shares how Multiplication Network is training national church planters across 70 countries — and why partnering with leaders already inside their cultures is one of the most effective and cost-efficient strategies in global missions today. He also shares the powerful story of woman whose miraculous healing, family rejection, and unwavering faith had a huge impact on her family. If you're asking the Lord what He wants from your career, your finances, or your future, Michael's story is a compelling reminder to hold your plans with an open hand.
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00:00 -- Introduction
00:39 -- Why National Leaders Are So Effective in Missions
02:12 -- The Advantages of Supporting National Church Planters
05:03 -- How Western Christians Can Best Come Alongside National Leaders
07:03 -- Michael's Background: Growing Up Catholic and Falling Away from Faith
08:57 -- Getting His Pilot's License at 16 and Changing Majors
09:34 -- Finding Finance and His First Jobs Out of College
10:54 -- After 9/11: Starting a Hair and Beauty Business from Scratch
11:54 -- Meeting Jane and a Slow Reconnection With Christ
13:44 -- Finding Faith Church and Going Through The Journey
16:01 -- Meeting John Wagenveld and Discovering Multiplication Network
17:33 -- Helping Multiplication Network as a Volunteer
19:39 -- God Closes the E-Commerce Door and Opens Another
22:27 -- Accepting the Fundraising Role and Understanding Ministry Development
24:12 -- Growing His Territory From $100K to $700K
26:03 -- The Website Crash That Changed Everything: John 15 and Pruning
31:28 -- Releasing the Business and Committing Full-Time to Multiplication Network
33:40 -- What Is Multiplication Network?
35:12 -- The 12-Module Church Planting Curriculum
36:46 -- Verifiable Ministries: Tracking Real Results
38:20 -- How the Hub System Works Across 70+ Countries
40:01 -- Different Denominations Praying for Each Other
40:46 -- The Story of Hadijah: Healing, Family Rejection, and Unwavering Faith
49:24 -- Her Entire Household Comes to Christ
50:37 -- Pastor Ronald's Church Between Two Mosques in Uganda
52:58 -- How the Solar Ministry Toolkit Became a Mobile Classroom
55:37 -- 23 Workshops and 300 Church Planter Profiles in Zimbabwe
56:41 -- Multiplication Network's 2030 Vision: 20,000 Church Planters in Training
58:34 -- The Cost Per Church Plant Is Now $415
01:00:00 -- A Global Staff Conference in Zanzibar
01:02:37 -- The Figure Eight: Stronger Churches and More Churches
01:06:21 -- Encouragement for Anyone Asking Lord, What Do You Have for Me?
01:07:56 -- Stepping In to Help His CFO Tim Through Brain Cancer
01:09:41 -- Carrying On Tim's Legacy as VP of Finance
01:14:15 -- How to Get Connected With Multiplication Network
01:18:12 -- Installing the Solar Ministry Toolkit With the Waorani Tribe in Ecuador
01:20:25 -- Dayuma's Great-Great-Grandson: A Story Decades in the Making
01:21:15 -- Closing
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