Lessons from a Merger
Seven lessons learned from the successful merger of AEF and SIM.
Category: Volume 43 – Issue 4
Mission Handbook 2007-2009: U.S. and Canadian Protestant Ministries
The Mission Handbook is an essential book for at least two reasons: first, as the key directory and reference tool for our North American missi…
The Effectiveness of Defectiveness
An indigenous perspective of how one faithful missionary impacted the lives of many through her obedience.
More Than Serving Tea: Asian American Women on Expectations, Relationships, Leadership and Faith
Five Asian female authors write eloquently with exceptional honesty and courage about how each of their own cultures fashioned them and how God uses t…
Relationships between Native and Non-native English-speakers for Missions
Studying the value of NEST/NNEST relationships in schools that teach English as a foreign language.
The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South
Philip Jenkins demonstrates how close the thought world of the global South is to that of the first century culture of the Bible.
Unlocking Worldview as a Means of Empowering Evangelistic Outreach
A veteran of the mission field in Latin America shares how he and others used death rituals to better understand the local people and culture.
Mission-Church Relations in Post-Soviet Central Asia: A Field Study
It is time to make “new mistakes” in church planting and in dealing with indigenous ministries.
Personal Contact: The sine qua non of Twenty-first Century Christian Mission
Statistics from the World Christian Encyclopedia appear to indicate that less than sixteen percent of non-Christians know a Christian; however, the…
Discovering the Joy of Tithing in Zimbabwe
The common assumption that churches in developing countries will
continue to need outside help must increasingly be challenged.