Global Report: Bug Bite
Missionaries can have a lot to worry about. Should they add the “Year 2000 Bug” to the list?
Category: Volume 35 – Issue 1
Publishing without Perishing
Most Western missionaries overseeing publishing houses abroad would love to see effective indigenous leaders emerge and then move the missionary-initi…
Measuring Fruitful Ministry
During a home ministry assignment several years ago, it was my privilege to mow a friend’s “postage stamp-sized” lawn. After finishing, I experi…
Bribery: Coming to Terms with a Moral Dilemma
Cathy Thornberg of the Russian-American Christian University, Moscow, interviews Cliff Harder, Campus Crusade for Christ.
A Case for Bribery: Giving versus Taking
I sat sipping coffee, listening to a missionary, recently arrived in Ukraine, telling a common story. After he rented an auditorium, the director of t…
Editorial: What Happened to the Uttermost Parts?
“Uttermost” simply meant everyone everywhere. To people like me, it clearly defined the scope of missionary outreach.
Persecution: Hype or Help?
Interest in persecution of Christians, symbolized by the annual International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (most recently held on November …
The CACTUS Kit for Building Resilent Teams
There are three sure ways to undermine a team—or a family. In a phrase—don’t talk, don’t share feelings, and don’t trust.
Reviewing the Place of Western Missionaries for the Third Millennium
At the end of the second millennium since Christ’s birth, we have near equality in the number of missionaries sent from the Western world—the nati…