Leader + Mission
Conversations
for global impact
Exploring leadership, mission, and crosscultural partnership through books, articles, and podcast conversations shaped by thoughtful global engagement.
About
Josh Irby
Josh is an author and leader who has engaged in mission and crosscultural partnership for almost three decades. He is endlessly curious about how people, teams, and organizations can serve with wisdom, humility, and lasting global impact.
This site brings together his writing, podcast conversations, and featured books, including the upcoming release The Barnabas Factor: How Crosscultural Partnership Amplifies Global Mission.
He loves conversations about:
- Leadership development
- Mission strategy
- Crosscultural collaboration
- Global partnership insights
Books
Coming Soon
The Barnabas Factor
In today’s new era of global mission, we need more people like Barnabas. Discover a fresh approach to global collaboration that fosters healthier and more effective crosscultural mission partnerships.
Cross on a Hill
A personal, historical, and Biblical look at the true meaning of a controversial symbol. Co-written with Bosnia pastor and leader Slavko Hadžić.
Meeting Miss Irby
Enter into the story of Adeline Paulina Irby, a Victorian noble-woman who gave up the privileges of London for the mission field of Ottoman Bosnia.
mission shift Podcast
Exploring the Changing Face of Missions
Mission Shift is a narrative podcast hosted by Carita Chen and Josh Irby exploring the changing face of global missions.
Season 1 explores what is happening in global missions and the role past mission fields play as missionary forces.
Season 2 explores power dynamics and partnership in global missions.
Season 3 (Releasing Soon) contains roundtable conversations with the authors of The Barnabas Factor.
Articles
