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The podcast for Christians who feel called to go far and want to set people free.

(Aaand for everyone who feels like the safe plan is a slow death.)

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Braeden Parsons, host of Far and Free
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KINGDOM EXPLORER/ˈkɪŋdəm ɪkˈsplɔːrər/noun

One who left
something behindto set someone free.

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Every week you'll hear:

  1. 1What they left behind. The career, the country, the comfort.
  2. 2What it cost them, and why they kept going.
  3. 3Who they set free. Spiritually, financially, physically.
  4. 4How they funded the mission without begging for donations.
  5. 5Why you're more qualified to go than you think.
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What I Left BehindSolo · Braeden's story
400,000 vs. 10 MillionSolo · The funding problem
The Kingdom ExplorerSolo · Who this show is for

Your host

Hey, I'mBraeden.

I'm not a journalist. I'm a fellow explorer.

I left everything and went nomad in Ireland and Scotland during the hardest season of my life. I came back a different person.

Now I sit down with missionaries, pastors, founders and nomads. I ask from the intersection of faith, psychology and strategy. I don't want the highlight reel. I want the part most interviewers skip: the moment they decided to leave.

Braeden is a marketing architect for category kings and the founder of Missionary Coffee. He hosts Far & Free from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

Who you'll hear from

Take your message far.Set people free.

  • Missionarieswho left home to go
  • Pastorswho lead people to freedom
  • Founderswho fund the mission
  • Adventurerswho chose the unknown
  • Agency leaderswho send others out

Read this slowly

This is forthe explorers.

You have felt it your entire life. The pull toward something you cannot name, in a direction no one around you understands. You sit in rooms full of people who are satisfied, and you wonder what is wrong with you.

Why the stable job feels like a cage. Why the safe plan feels like a slow death. Why something inside you keeps whispering that you were built for a fight you have not entered yet.

You are not broken. You are not restless for no reason. You are an explorer born into a world that rewards staying put. This is for the explorers who refuse to conform.

This is Far & Free.

What every guest proves

Episodes break1 of 3 lies.

Lie No. 1The mission

"Missions only run on support letters and begging for donations."

THE TRUTH
The vehicle isn't charity. It's commerce with a mission. Sell something people already buy, like coffee, and the funding sustains itself.

Lie No. 2You

"I'm not radical enough or qualified enough to be called."

THE TRUTH
Every explorer on this show started ordinary, broken, or unqualified. The calling doesn't require perfection. It requires obedience.

Lie No. 3The world

"The world is too far gone. One person can't make a dent."

THE TRUTH
The problem isn't a lack of organizations. It's a lack of systems. One person with the right system changes everything.

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Have Braeden speak at your church, conference, missions event or retreat, or interview him on your podcast.

What he talks about:

  • The Kingdom Explorer. Why the safe plan feels like a slow death, and how to answer the pull to go.
  • Funding the mission without begging. Commerce with a mission instead of support letters.
  • Faith, psychology and strategy. What it takes to leave something behind and set someone free.
  1. 1Tell me about your event or show.
  2. 2If we're a good fit, we'll set up a conversation.
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Missionaries, pastors, founders, nomads and missionary agency leaders. If you left something behind to set someone free, your story belongs here. We record virtually. 60 minutes. I handle everything else.

Every guest says yes to all three:

  • You left. Comfort, a career, a country, an identity.
  • You set someone free. Spiritually, financially, physically.
  • You explored. You stepped into the unknown and came back changed.

Guest spots are not guaranteed.

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I listen to every one and pick the questions that fit the show. If yours is picked, your voice plays on an episode and I spend the rest of it answering you.

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