Short-term Missions for Long-term Partnership
The author asks, “Are we tourists or are we God’s missionary people?” Rickett shares why many STMs are not working and how we can make them more…
Category: Volume 44 – Issue 1
Proclaiming the Scandal of the Cross: Contemporary Images of the Atonement
Few themes trigger a neuralgic reaction among evangelicals more quickly than the atonement. The atonement is the bedrock of Christian faith. In Jesus …
Contrasting Worldviews and Their Implications for Missions in Spain
Spanish and typical Western worldviews are quite different, thus creating challenges for effective long-term ministry.
The Rest of God: Restoring Your Soul by Restoring Sabbath
Written to the American churchgoer, Buchanan’s message is even more urgent for frontline cross-cultural workers laboring under the “tyranny of the…
The Trendy Giant Wounds: Some Lessons from the Church in Africa
Careful and adequate pre-mission training needs to be done in preparing westerners to engage the cultural context of Africa in short-term missions.
To Give or Not To Give? Rethinking Dependency, Restoring Generosity & Redefining Sustainability
Dependency and sustainability are the new buzzwords. The order of the day is, “Support indigenous ministry, but be very careful how you give.” Joh…
Are National Schools a Viable Option?
A survey of 142 college-age MKs reveals the benefits and challenges of missionaries using national schools to educate their children.
WorthKeeping: Global Perspectives on Best Practice
The insights on missionary retention in WorthKeeping equal or exceed the contributions on missionary attrition in Too Valuable to Lose, …
Event-speech as a Form of Missionary Education
A brief look at the teachings of Jesus and the early Church show that event-speech (responding to immediate events through Spirit-guided speeches) …
Clean and Dirty: Cross-cultural Misunderstandings in India
A veteran missionary and scholar challenges westerners to reexamine their beliefs of “clean” and “dirty” as viewed in the Indian context.