Cutting the Purse Strings: How to Avoid and Overcome Paternalism
The author offers a list of guidelines missionaries should and should not do when supporting any type of mission effort.
Rereading Acts 6:1-7: Lessons for Multicultural Mission Organizations
The conflict in Acts 6:1-7 may have multiple implications for multi-cultural mission organizations in the twenty-first century.
Muslim-friendly Christian Worship
If followers of Christ want Muslims to feel comfortable in Christian worship services, they need to consider at least seven issues.
How Cultures Work: A Roadmap for Intercultural Understanding in the Workplace
The author asks what effective and efficient multinational partnership looks like and how multinational teams can function practically.
Daniel as a Model for Godly Living in Creative Access Countries
Four stories from the Book of Daniel serve as examples to those serving God in creative access countries.
Toward a Cross-cultural Identity of Forgiveness
The author looks at individualistic and collectivistic worldviews and explains how the Church can move toward a cross-cultural identity of forgiveness in respective cultures.
Fixing the Problem of Face
Missionaries and national leaders can make face a subject of theological investigation, working together to develop a biblically-specific, biblically-informed understanding of face and face practices.
Language and Labels
Can the Church be a thought-leader in shaping language that ascribes and affirms human dignity by recognizing the God-given identity of all humanity?
The Audacity of Hype…and Humility
With all due respect to politicians and members of the mission community, isn’t exaggeration and truth-shading something to be avoided?