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Cultural 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?
Many 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.
The 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.
The 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.
From Segregation to Interaction
If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a thousand times: “Sunday is the most segregated day of the week.” When some of my brothers and sisters in Christ hear this oft-quoted statement, they assume the end game should be multiethnic churches comprised of members representing a variety of hues and ethnicities.
Into the Word
Be ready always to give an answer for the hope within you.
Seeing What They See
Diverse church, diverse mission. If the Great Commission is a calling to bring redemption in Christ into the diversity of all nations, people groups, cultures, and languages, how do we hope to be effective from where we live, from where we’ve been formed, and from what we see and don’t see?
Editor’s Note: Breaking Through Ethnic Hatred
Cultures have corporate sins. In the United States we suffer from materialism, racism and other maladies. In the Balkans the prevailing sin is division, rooted in ethnic hatred.
Read the Weekly Roundup: May 11
Southeast Asian governments always never lose elections. Malaysia’s just did … “In an astounding result” (Economist), UMNO/BN lost… Longer read in NYT … Maybe not so astounding: Mahathir used to head UMNO – NPR, NYT
Read the Weekly Roundup: May 4
India: Anti-conversion bill becomes law in Uttarakhand … can someone confirm? … India cities dominate world air pollution list … 14 Indian cities among the world’s 20 most polluted, says WHO … top cities: Kanpur, Faridabad, Varanasi, Gaya, Patna, Delhi
Sprinting Toward MPD Success
This article was originally published for Support Raising Solutions. At the Support Raising Leaders Conference, InterVarsity leaders shared their exciting results from a new “Summer of…
Read the Weekly Roundup: April 27
How China trapped Sri Lanka under a mountain of debt … now Sri Lanka is selling infrastructure projects back to China … China: Religion by the numbers – an analysis of State-published data. … Joann Pittman looks at numbers released by the government.
Fundraising on Furloughs
This article was originally published for Support Raising Solutions. It is an honor to be invited to contribute to the SRS newsletter on the topic…
Read the Weekly Roundup: April 20
Kenya: declining fish stocks, increasing populations = the problem. … … Frozen farmed imports from China = the answer? Fish exports to Kenya = $30 mln biz … Kenyans look at fish farming to try to increase competitiveness with Chinese fish
Cybersecurity in Global Missions – Article 3
Cybersecurity in the Context of Global Missions Written by Josh. Josh is a full-time worker in the global missions community. Though his specialties revolve around…
Pray for Pastor Andrew
As many in our community already know, Pastor Andrew Brunson is currently being in a Turkish prison. Andrew is an Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) leader.…
Read the Weekly Roundup: March 13
China’s oppression reaches beyond its borders … How far will China go? expanding its political ops abroad … How to make friends & influence people: inside the United Front
The Questions of the Support Spouse
by Rebecca Hopkins “And what do you do in Indonesia?” My husband and I had just finished speaking at a luncheon about our ministry with…
Read the Weekly Roundup: April 6
Bangladesh: Rohingya camps beginning to look permanent. … South Africa: Cape Town water usage stabilized. … US working to ease tensions with Turkey to get pastor released. … Rwanda closes thousands of churches in a bid for control. … Israel: new population figures, Arabs and Jews equal in population size in occupied territories.
Finances on the Field: Choosing a Missionary Banking Partner
Originally published on eccu.org Missionaries are always on the move, so choosing a bank that understands and serves your unique international needs is an important step…
Read the Weekly Roundup: March 29
Kim Jong Un visits China, his first trip out of country. … ‘visit to China fails to hide strain in relations.’ India: Hindu-Muslim riots at Hindu festival in West Bengal.
Navigating Müller’s Theology
THE MAN George Müller was born in 1805 to a family of modest wealth. His father was a tax collector and government official. By the…
Read the Weekly Roundup: March 23
Saudi Crown Prince: Liberalizer or Authoritarian? NYT Video … looks like all the liberalization is generating good will, but iron fist behind it … SArabia lightens up, builds entertainment industry from scratch – NYT
Read the Weekly Roundup: March 16
Qatar: Kidnapped royals become pawns in Iran’s deadly plot (NYT) … the story of the extreme lengths Qatar went to secure their release … a ransom deal worth $360 million that has fueled the region’s spiraling wars