Quarter-Miles and High-Octane Calling (feat. Jason Terrell)
What if the mission field isn't somewhere you have to travel to find? Jason Terrell's story begins with race cars, welding, motocross, and a series of relationships that shaped his understanding of discipleship. What started as a business venture eventually became a place where men gather around Scripture, prayer, community, and the person of Jesus.
Jason tells the story of leaving a ministry position, entering welding school, and eventually sensing God leading him into business with Brad, a man he barely knew. The decision required a genuine step of faith. A dream about standing on a cliff and choosing whether to jump became a picture of the decision in front of them. Ten Soldiers Race Cars began with limited resources and an uncertain future. Over time, the business grew, Brad came to faith, and the shop became a gathering place for men.
Today, the Bible study that began with a handful of people has grown significantly, with men traveling from other states to participate and satellite groups forming through Bound for Glory. The deeper lesson is not about building a large ministry. It is about recognizing the people God has already placed around us and being willing to love them there.
Key Takeaways
The mission field may already be around you. Jason challenges the assumption that meaningful missions requires traveling somewhere else.
Faith often requires a real step into uncertainty. The story of the cliff and the water captures the tension between continually evaluating a calling and actually stepping into it.
Discipleship grows through relationships. Jason points to Justin, Rick Newman, his father, his wife, and Brad as people who shaped his faith and leadership.
Business can become a context for ministry. Ten Soldiers Race Cars became more than a workplace. It became a place where men could encounter Scripture, prayer, community, and Jesus.
People need to be discipled where they actually live. The Bible study moved naturally into the environment where these men already spent their time.
Multiplication happens through ordinary people. The development of satellite men's groups demonstrates how a local gathering can become a pattern others reproduce.
Start with the people God has already put in front of you. Jason's counsel is simple: love God, love people, and ask God for eyes to see the people around you.
Chapter Markers
00:00 Can you do that in missions?
02:48 What is Tin Soldiers Race Cars?
07:46 From motocross to practical ministry
12:25 The people who discipled Jason
14:20 Leaving church ministry and finding a new direction
19:10 The cliff, the water, and the decision to jump
24:32 Why the shop became a place for men
28:01 From a small Bible study to a growing community
35:43 What does encountering Jesus actually look like?
40:25 Start where you are
42:43 Missions beyond the mission trip
Mentioned Resources
Tin Soldiers Race cars — Jason's race-car business, described throughout the conversation.
Bound for Glory — the nonprofit Jason describes as distributing Bible-study content to satellite men's groups.
Riders for Christ — Jason's teenage connection to Christian motocross ministry. The transcript describes the California ministry as no longer active, so I have not substituted a different current organization for it.
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