Inside Out and Outside In: The Radically New Society Described in Ephesians 2
Have you ever felt like an outsider? Of course! Perhaps you were the last one picked for a game in the school yard? Or maybe you were the only one of …
Category: Volume 41 – Issue 3
To Everyone an Answer: A Case for the Christian Worldview
“The world is now being constructed on reclaimed land from the sea of faith in which we seek common values without finding common reasons from which…
Changing Traditional Missions: The Law of the Boomerang Effect
Recently I reached the milestone of a decade of leadership at CBInternational (CBI). It gave me pause to reflect on changes in the mission world since…
Yours to Finish the Task: The Memoirs of W. Cameron Townsend from 1947-1982
Unconventional, innovative and prayerful. Yours to Finish the Task conveys this portrait of William Cameron Townsend, in this fourth and final install…
What Do You Do When Sins Seem Ignored
After months of internal wrangling, the denominational pastors board finally reached a decision. Despite the objections of some national pastors, the …
Ugly Americans or Ambassadors of Christ?
Missionaries are ambassadors representing Christ. They either present the ugly face of the home culture as a mask for the gospel or present the glorio…
Between the Dark and the Daylight
Almost all missionaries have been told to respect culture at one time or another. A veteran missionary introduced me to the idea in an anthropology co…
Building Teams, Building Walls
The modern mission compound is alive and well. Its walls aren’t of stone or mud brick, but they are just as real. The distance between missionary…
Dos and Don’ts in Speaking to ESL Audiences
“You’ve gotta take the bull by the horns,” I declared. The students looked puzzled. As an “English as a First Language&rdqu…
Improving Missions Websites
One of the earliest editions of “Missions on the Web” offered tips and techniques for those developing their agency’s first website. Surprisingl…