Gateway Mission Sites Yield Surprising Results
They are called “gateway” sites because they make available literally hundreds of other sites to which you can transfer by simply putting your mou…
Category: Volume 34 – Issue 1
Translating; How to Avoid Pitfalls
I once heard an American telling a Romanian congregation that things are so bad in Cuba that each Cuban has a ration of only two pounds of beans per m…
Using an Interpreter: Less than Ideal, but Not All Bad
I was a church planter in Russia for four and a half years. I hold a graduate degree in missions, and I have intently studied the culture that I have …
The 21st Century Mission: Discipling Nations
Much focus in the last two decades has been on the AD2000 and Beyond Movement. The question we must ask now is, “What kind of mission and what kind …
Second Look: Leadership as Pain-Bearing
Evangelical books and seminars make much of the concept of servant leadership. And well they should. It’s biblical.
History Reveals Questions about This Approach
This article is a response to "Courage in Our Convictions: The Case for Debate in Islamic Outreach" by Jay Smith, January 1998, EMQ.
MKs and Second Language Issues
Few missionaries forget the day they arrive on the field. It generally ranks right up there with The First Kiss, The Day Kennedy Was Shot or The Truth…
Ministering to Jesus
When I went to the emergency room of the Vanga Evangelical Hospital in the Congo one morning in 1996, I saw a strange looking man lying on one of the …
Global Report: Children at Risk: The Biggest Little Mission Field in the World?
Not long ago at a city park in Central America, Patrick McDonald spotted a group of 30 street children. Then he saw workers with a Christian ministry …
Missionaries’ Temptations
I thought I had prepared myself adequately for my first term on the mission field. I was willing to humble myself to the level of a child to learn a n…