Finding Your People—How Friendship Contributes to Sanctification
One afternoon, I was coaching a small group as we did a team-building ropes course, and everyone (including me!) was frustrated.
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Pursuing Partnership Part 8: Seeing What They See
Diverse church, diverse mission. If the Great Commission is a calling to bring redemption in Christ into the diversity of all nations, people groups,…
Missions in a COVID Crisis: Journalism Implications
A looming global economic crisis caused by COVID-19 promises a likely outcome of reduced giving to missional causes. Traditional missions agencies fac…
Theology of Risk
Feeling overwhelmed with weighing all the risks of a pandemic? We don’t have to depend on contemporary understanding alone.
Pursuing Partnership Part 7: A Leadership Profile: Shesnarda Rivera
Shesnarda Rivera has learned to walk and talk twice in her life. She’s adjusted to several different versions of her own face.
When to Say “No” to Raising Support
When I met Jessie, everything indicated he would be a star in his ministry. The ministry he was aiming for was at the center of his passions. It was …
How to Revitalize Global Ministry and Engage the Church with Stories
Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who from the …
Does Africa Need More Bible Colleges?
As I travel around East Africa and North America for my work, I meet many generous and visionary church members, pastors, and foreign missionaries. Ve…
Pursuing Partnership Part 6: Limping through Mixed Messages
I (Eva) grew up in a missionary home, with mixed messages regarding women. At home I saw my parent's version of the “husband head of the house and s…
How to Get the Most Out of Your Coaching Experience
Since 2010 I have trained hundreds of missionaries in partnership development and during this time there has not been a week that I was not in a coach…