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Why a $10,000 Buffer Isn’t Enough
This article was originally published for Support Raising Solutions by Doug Christensen. Being fully funded means more than just being at full monthly support. It also…
DANCING THROUGH TRANSITIONS: The adjustments and readjustments of having a husband that travels
Introduction My husband and I worked for sixteen years as church planters in rural South America. The church was based out of our home, as…
Progress In Your Top 3 Priorities?
Progress In Your Top 3 Priorities? Written by Wendy Wilson Wendy Wilson is one of our nine Mission Advisors focused on assisting the Missio Nexus…
Practice What You Preach
This article was originally published for Support Raising Solutions by DeNail Sparks. I was riding with my local campus minister and good friend “Mark” as he…
Insurance Updates
Missio Nexus is pursuing offering health insurance plans to members. As an association, we represent a community of about 32,000 staff globally. This means that…
Mission Mobilization
Seizing This North American Mobilization Moment Written by Mark Stebbins Mark Stebbins is one of our nine Mission Advisors focused on assisting the Missio Nexus…
Read the Weekly Roundup: June 19
Why do we prioritize the unreached? Don’t the people in Dallas need missionaries as much as the ones in Djibouti? Here’s an explanation that you can use with people who don’t get a lot of missionary jargon.
We’re Changing our Address
June 14, 2018 Missio Nexus decided some time ago to shed both our rented and owned real estate, lowering our overhead substantially. Shortly after…
Read the Weekly Roundup: June 8
Can we use the Internet to reach everyone and finish the Great Commission?
Lifetime of Service Award – Don Richardson
On June 7th, Missio Nexus presented Don Richardson with the Lifetime of Service award. We rejoice with him in a life well lived in service…
Orality Missiology
Orality Missiology: Lessons from the Original Jesus Movement Written by Jerry Wiles Jerry Wiles is one of our nine Mission Advisors focused on assisting the…
Will we be lazy in heaven?
By David Cross Perhaps it is a strange question, but a similar question could be asked about the opposite end of the timeline. Were Adam…
Read the Weekly Roundup: June 1
Vietnam: documenting Hanoi’s postwar evolution … ‘a photographer’s quest to capture a city’s transformation, along with its people’
Does the Church Need a Reformission?
Does the Church Need a Reformission? Written by Matthew Ellison. Matthew is one of our nine Mission Advisors focused on assisting the Missio Nexus association…
Read the Weekly Roundup: May 25
USA, North Korea summit canceled: NYT, Economist … NightWatch: “NKor overreach, NKor response conciliatory, seeks ‘do-over'” … Yes, North Korea demolished its nuclear testing site … but the site was too unstable to use anyway
Read the Weekly Roundup: May 18
Myanmar: UNHCHR ‘deeply concerned’ over escalation in Kachin, Shan states … over 100,000 civilians displaced, many trapped in the midst of active fighting … also: “A road back to war in Myanmar”: kills hope for peace
Men and Women Leading Together: Pursuing Godly Partnerships
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Members onlyThe Last Word
Passionate Admirers In Every People Group
Members onlyTurning Points
Anthology is not merely meant to inform. We want to encourage, provoke, and stir up action among our readers.
Members onlyThe Frog in His Pond Sneers at the Ocean
Challenging ministry leaders to see the world in a way that is much broader than our own ethnic circles.
Members onlyCultural Awareness
What can we do to promote greater acceptance of cultural diversity in the church and to recognize and change aspects of our organizational structures and policies that exclude Christians from other cultural traditions?
Members onlyMany Ethnicities, One Race
The idea of “races” is fiction. There is but one human race descended from one parentage, all of whom are created in the image of God spiritually, rationally, morally, and bodily. Our failures at unity is a failure to ground our ideas of ethnicity and “race” in the person and work of Christ Jesus.
Members onlyThe Sin of Racism
The history of humanity is a history of racism. Human sin, a supernatural devil, and an evil world system collude to weave pride, greed, fear, lust, and racism into all human institutions. Only where the gospel of Jesus breaks the power of this darkness does the fabric of sin begin to unravel.
Members onlyThe African American Missions Manifesto
It has been over ten years since the following manifesto was signed in Columbia, SC. The work done on this manifesto continues to be relevant to the North American missions community.