Discovering God’s Prior Work in Bringing People to Himself
About three years ago, a university lecturer invited me to share the gospel with about a dozen research scholars from China. What was the result of th…
Category: Volume 41 – Issue 1
Beyond Fragmentation: Integrating Mission and Theological Education
Ott provides an introduction to European mission training schools and a look at the challenges that face evangelical theological educators.
Creative Access Platforms: What Are They and Do We Need Them?
I recently had lunch with a veteran tentmaker missionary whom I shall call “Bill,” who has served twenty years in East Asia. We shared an interest…
On Revival, A Critical Examination
Few words in the Christian lexicon of the early twenty-first century are as exhilarating as “revival.” The word causes one to think of cleansing f…
In the Right Gear
We met friends at an Indian restaurant. As we munched warm flatbread with these missionaries, they told us how their mission agency was reckoning w…
Short Term Missions Workbook: From Mission Tourists to Global Citizens
Dearborn wrote this interactive workbook to resolve his own question of whether most short-term trips reflect one’s commitment to Christ or personal…
Europe and Missions on the Web
Europe remains perhaps the most overlooked mission field in the world today. Even the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches admitted, in …
Asian Church and God’s Mission
With the increasing shift in mission personnel from Western to non-Western countries, how do Asian “mission-ed” churches grow up to become “miss…
The Passion of the Christ-like
Any American who wasn’t on Mars for the past year is aware of the enormous impact Mel Gibson’s film, The Passion of the Christ, has had on …
Should We Send Missionaries to France?
If missions are about bang for the buck, France is a bad deal.