When mission work gets dangerous

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Pastor Matthew Barnett saw a need in the City of Angels and followed God's call to help those on the streets. He's the Senior Pastor of Angeles Temple and co-founder of the Los Angeles Dream Center. For 30 years he's ministered to the homelessness, tackling drug addiction, domestic abuse and much more.

Welcome to Babel Undone - a podcast committed to helping Christians learn from each other, regardless of where in the world we're from.

Babel Undone is produced by Premier. For more podcasts which help Christians grow in their faith head to www.premier.plus/podcasts

This podcast is created in partnership with the Good Shepherd Church of India. For more details head to www.gsi.org

Released on 6 Sep 2024

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