The Overlooked Mission Field: Reaching People with Disabilities
By Hilda Bih Muluh | People with disabilities experience a range of barriers to inclusion in the church. And those who are invited in are often still …
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Facilitating Dialogue between the Global North and Global South
By Sheryl Takagi Silzer | Global mission teams are becoming more and more multicultural. This presents challenges particularly to the work and relatio…
Reimagining North American Global Missions Engagement
By Valerie Althouse | I am a White American woman who grew up in a white majority church that emphasized global missions. Eighteen years ago, I moved …
Equipping the Black Church for Global Mission
By Phyllis Johnson | The Black church has been underrepresented in global mission for more than 100 years. An appropriate educational model for missio…
Welcoming the Panta ta Ethne into Our Organizations
By Rocky Tyler | As mission organizations, how do we move “from me to we to the world?” The knowledge, skills, and attitudes of conflict competenc…
Forsaking Resource Righteousness for the Global Theological Table Fellowship
By Jessica Udall | When an extended family gathers together from far and wide to share a feast, who sits at the head of the table? Traditionally, it i…
Coming Together in Unity
By Carlos Negrón | Many North Americans are terrified to talk about diversity and mutuality. But we must be willing to talk about this, sit in our di…
On Mission Together as the Whole Body of Christ
By Linda P. Saunders | As image bearers, it is time to take our rightful place as an inclusive body of believers that reflects the foot of the cross a…
Embracing Diversity and Mutuality: A 40-Year Journey
By Abegail Lyn “Abby” A. Galzote | The mission field is changing as more foreign and national partners work together towards shared goals. The dev…
Diversity and Mutuality: The Foundation of Transformative Impact
By Heather Denson | Diversity and mutuality are foundational principles that drive the transformative impact of cross-cultural engagement and service.…