By Heather Pubols | More than a billion people worldwide have disabilities, and most have never heard the gospel. However, mission agencies often overlook this community in their mobilization and ministry strategies.
By Heather Pubols | Jesus calls everyone who follows him to practice a love that transcends boundaries. Missionaries have demonstrated this for generations as they have crossed ethnic and geographic lines. In contrast, the mission force from North American mission agencies still remains remarkably monochromatic. Why is this, and how can we change it?
By Heather Pubols | Across the Americas, God is calling foreign, national, and Indigenous believers to find a place alongside and not ahead of each other as they work together to grow the kingdom of God.
By Heather Pubols | Around the world more and more people from Majority World nations are diligently working as missionaries in near and far places. At the same time, economic hardships and unrest have displaced hundreds of millions of people. Unreached and unengaged peoples are now on the doorsteps of local churches in otherwise reached nations. The skills cross-cultural missionaries acquire are increasingly needed in even rural North American towns.
By Heather Pubols | Healthcare missionaries around the world, today, follow Jesus’ example. They continue to demonstrate God’s love by relieving the suffering of many.
By Heather Pubols | From apps to AI, the increasing availability of digital technology is changing the world and the way we do missions. Practitioners working at this crossroads of missions and technology describe missions, evangelism, discipleship, churches, prayer meetings, and even metaverse mission fields all contained within digital environments.
Throughout the Scripture, we can read about the response of all creation to God’s glory. It is commanded to praise, rejoice, sing, and testify of who God is and what he has done. However, God’s creation is also permeated with the effects of our sin, and, today, that is more obvious than ever. But what does this have to do with missions? Can we consider that the work for which Christ calls us does not end with saving human souls?
By Heather Pubols | Prayer is the power and foundation of any and all participation in God’s mission. And it is as significant a part of the Great Commission as any strategies devised, or work performed.
By Heather Pubols | Gen Z is the first digital native and post-Christian generation. What does this mean as missionaries worldwide seek to develop transformative relationships with the next generation? How do we effectively engage Gen Z with the gospel and mission?
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