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.
Category: Volume 44 – Issue 1
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.
Introducing “CrossGlobal Link” and “The Mission Exchange”: IFMA and EFMA Change Names, Foci
Marvin Newell, executive director of CrossGlobal Link, and Steve Moore, president and CEO of The Mission Exchange, discuss the changes their associati…
The Pros and Cons of Preaching with an Interpreter
Missionaries often find themselves in situations which necessitate an interpreter, regardless of their time on the field.
Discussions about Missions and Money
In this edition of Missions on the Web, we point you to some of the key documents and sites where you can catch up on discussions in an essential aren…
A Vision of the Possible: Pioneer Church Planting in Teams
In this practical church planting guide, Daniel Sinclair draws from years of experience working as both a field director for a major missions agency, …