The Age of the Sage in Missions
A new and exciting trend is developing in missions today. Many Christians, in retirement, are fanning out across the world as short-term missionaries…
Category: Volume 39 – Issue 3
My Athiest Students
The Czech Republic is considered one of the most secular nations on earth. Most Czechs view God as pragmatically and psychologically irrelevant, while…
The Other Side of Ministry
As a young pastor, I spent an afternoon with an elder of our local church who meant to encourage me after a particularly difficult season of ministry.…
Issues for Women in Church Planting
You’ve been in church planting for twenty-one years and you’re still alive (and smiling) to talk about it?” I chuckled inside. “This is one in…
A Floating or Focused Missions Program at Your Church?
If you were to ask pastors and informed lay persons of most churches if they have a missions program, most would answer in the affirmative.
Latin America and Missions on the Web
With the missions rush into the former Soviet Union a decade ago, followed by the focus on the 10/40 Window, Latin America seems to have been overlook…
Islam, Christianity and the West: A Troubled History
In this survey Armour describes the spread of Islam, the first Christian response from criticism to martyrdom and the largely—though not exclusively…
The Future of Christianity
Alister McGrath woke me from my globalized stupor in Starbucks in Singapore with the question “Will the twenty-first century be better for Christian…
A History of the Church in Africa
The Western church and missions need to fully awaken to the church in Africa. Historically, the Western church seems like a teenager in contrast to th…
African Friends and Money Matters
One of the most challenging tasks for Western missionaries to Africa is fitting into the local rhythms of money management. At the core of the misund…