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    Strategies for Managing Stress in Urban Mission Contexts

    By John E. White | As the world urbanizes, more missionaries are living and ministering in cities. Therefore, more missionaries are encountering the s…
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    Recovering Monastic Values for Mission Today

    By Edward L. Smither | In this article, I explore two values of historic monastic mission – study and simplicity – that contributed to missionary …
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    Healing the Wounds of Trauma

    By Harriet Hill | In 2001, a small group met in Nairobi to put together materials to respond to traumatized people in war zones across Africa. This pr…
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    Toward a Wider View of Healing Missions

    By Jim Ritchie | Healthcare missions suffers from a dichotomy of purpose. Is medicine alone an adequate motive as a ministry of compassion? Or are we …
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    Culturally Informed Mental Health Care

    By Sofia Locke | Mental health is a growing area of need. Christians have an opportunity to step into this space to bring holistic healing. However, w…
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    Holistic Ministry: Prioritizing Relationships

    By Glen Bagley | This article examines how churches can move beyond temporary relief toward transformation in ministry to the poor and homeless. Based…
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    Faithful Innovation: Lessons from the Tension of Saving Souls and Saving Lives

    By Thad Hicks | How can Christians respond to disaster with both compassion and conviction? This article explores the tension between evangelism and h…
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    Welcome to the Land of Goshen – A Biblical Model of God’s Provision for Climate Migrants

    By David Kimiti, Safia Kimiti, and Ian Ratcliff | Genesis 47 outlines the way that God provided for the people of Israel in response to a climatic eve…
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    Proclaiming the Holistic Gospel: Communicating the gospel appropriately for people from diverse cultures in the US

    By Soo Min (James) Park | The US, like many nations, is not a mono-cultural mission field. Beneath the surface, immigrant, refugee, minority, and youn…
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    Prioritizing Relationships over Resources

    By Terry Jackson | This article emphasizes that while resources are abundant and valuable, their effective application depends on relationships. Relat…
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