Global Report: Medium (Not So) Rare
Several decades ago, Max Atienza, administrative director of the Far East Broadcasting Company’s work in the Philippines, hosted a program at 7 a.m.…
Category: Volume 34 – Issue 3
Controlling the Correspondence Monster
One of my seminary professors has jokingly said, “Missionaries are expected to ‘go into all the world and write prayer letters to every…
Behold the Ox of God?
In his books Peace Child and Eternity in Their Hearts, missionary writer Don Richardson proposed that God has placed within every cultur…
Thinking about MK Vulnerability
As an adult child of missionaries, and as the mother of four MK children, I am fascinated by literature on missionary kids. Discussions of change, sep…
What’s Happening to Missions Mobilization?
World mission mobilizers are confronted by a bewildering array of opinions, facts, and new realities.
Shaking the Dust off Your Feet
In 1991 a missionary of long tenure and I entered into a dialogue centered on the work in Somalia. Some of his comments are branded in my soul.
Hong Kong Immigrants: When the Mission Field Comes to You
The many Chinese who have immigrated to the United States and other Western nations from Hong Kong in the past couple of years present a unique challe…
The Protestant Crisis in Russia
An unbiased and honest analysis of the Protestant church of all denominations in Russia not only allows for, but demands, the conclusion that a seriou…