Tell Me Your Secret
By Melody Garrido, SEND International, missionary from the Philippines We arrived in Taiwan from the Philippines in 2011. We moved to our new apartment and…
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Missions Partnering with the Body of Christ
By Mark Stebbins, The Navigators How should we prioritize partnering with other missions’ sending organizations who want to recruit collegiate laborers to their work? Every month or…
Freedom Through Facebook
By Josie Oldenburg, SEND International Bill and Joan Ginther know that switching on the news or scrolling through Facebook just might change their lives. “If you…
The Mystery and Beauty of Chaotic Missions Mobilization
By Mark Stebbins, The Navigators The goal of bringing order to missions mobilizing is probably over-rated, not to mention beyond reach. Chaos can be a wondrously…
Get the Most
by Ted Esler Conferences have a long history in the Christian tradition, going all the way back to Acts chapter 15. Later this week the…
Who is my “Cousin?”
by Marv Newell I have just returned from visiting two countries in Southeast Asia where I repeatedly heard Western Christian workers use the code word…
All Models are Wrong
by Ted Esler Within missiology there is much talk about “models.” Models of communication, models of church planting, models of culture, and so on. These…
Engaging Women in Mission Leadership
By Wendy Wilson, Professional Services Group consultant for Missio Nexus, and founder of the Women’s Development Track. As an increasing number of mission agencies desire to…
Creative Teams – Making Art Within the Organization
By Ted Esler, PhD Sometimes you need to accomplish a job and you can’t do it with the usual list of suspects. These are tasks…
Prayer Softens Hearts – More Prayer Breaks Them!
by Ruth P. Harbour Eighty-five year old A-Pi has aged the four years we have been her neighbors in rural Taiwan. She’s looking rather gaunt…