Who’s Turning the Mission Field Upside Down?
We grew up hearing about sending missionaries to reach people overseas, and now they are living here. It seems our North American world of “missions…
Category: Volume 37 – Issue 1
Virtual missionary care?
Intentional care of missionaries as an integral part of a mission agency's mandate is a growing reality. ...Does the World Wide Web have a role in fos…
Conversing the Gospel
We teach a Bible study Tuesday evenings at a Quechua congregation four kilometers outside of Sucre. Recently after the study, one of the brothers s…
Biblical Principles for Missionary Leadership
Only by God’s grace did I become an area administrator for the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. When asked to fill th…
Training for Purpose
When I asked a new missionary how he was doing after being on the field for a year, he replied, "Lewis, I don't have a clue what I'm doing."
Gaps in Beliefs of Thai Christians
Whether they be Christians for one year or for 20, whether they be farmers in the northeast or office workers in Bangkok, the majority of Thai Christi…
Mixed Messages: New Testament Metaphors and the Christian mission
The author considers the use of metaphors in the New Testament to address the character and tone of the language used to motivate people to mission an…
God’s Army: Missionaries at the Box Office
This is the best evangelistic and pre-evangelistic film I have ever seen.
Touring the Terrain: An International Sampler of Member Care Literature
My wife and I work out of a mission center nestled at the base of the Jura mountains, not too far from Geneva. Lining the walls of our office are book…
Survival of the Fittest
Ten principles that may be of help to others facing missionary challenges in Spain.