Global Report: Major Trends in the World and the Church
Reports from around the world.
How Faith Mission Pioneers Understood Women’s Roles
Why do many evangelical groups who used women as pastors and preachers then now prohibit or discourage such ministry?
40 Years in the Andes: An Interview with Homer Firestone
Homer Firestone shares his unique insights into the task of evangelism in indigenous cultures.
The Missionary’s Ministry Prayer
We might as well not have church services on Ecuadorian holidays,” complained my friend, “because only gringos were there today.”
Anglo-American Missionaries in Europe Speak Up
After World War II, North American missionaries discovered a new mission field—Western Europe.
Europe Needs All Kinds of Church Planters
When it comes to planting churches in Europe, what should a missionary do? There are at least four possibilities.
Home Schooling in the Missions Context
Few mission agencies rigidly define how the children of their missionaries are to be educated. This doesn’t mean that they don’t care about it. On the contrary, they have a growing sensitivity to the complex issues surrounding the education of MKs (missionary kids) on the field.
What’s Holding up World Evangelization?: The Church Itself
Strange is it may seem, the church is holding up world evangelization.
Missionary Medicine Must Face the Future Now
The author discusses primary health care.