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I live in Peru, where I started the Christian Motorcycle Association (CMA). I wanted to visit the CMA in Argentina and in Paraguay. Henry, a member of one of the clubs I visit in Lima, wanted to travel to Rio de Janeiro, so we decided to journey together on our “iron horses.”

This past year, we solicited articles from Christian workers all over the world. We asked, “How is God touching the hearts of people where you work—and how has it impacted your faith?” We called this our #Iwitness campaign and received dozens of responses covering almost every continent of the world. Our goal was to inspire you to work faithfully and patiently for God where he has called you. We have included seven stories here. You can read the rest here. 

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“I have read your three articles on the Roma people,” she wrote me from California in September of 2013. “I now have the burden to encourage the Chinese Church to care about the Roma people.” 

At least 1.3 billion people (one-sixth of the world’s population) still does not have a translation of the complete Bible in the language they speak best.  After nearly two thousand years since the completion of the Christian canon, why are there still languages on our planet without translations of God’s word?

“Don’t make ripples, make waves” said Van, an elderly, Californian, ocean-loving product of the Jesus Movement. Van mentored a number of hippies who would “go into the world to make disciples of all nations.” My passion for the Church in the Global South and its role in missions began with those words when I was serving in Mexico. 

Drawing on my field research, I wanted to create a definition of goals for BAM activities and begin the process of identifying concepts for a measure of spiritual transformation.

I was making my way across Cuba in a Tico, which has the interior space the size somewhere in between a toaster and a VW beetle. My companion was Otoniel Martinez and we were headed to Camaguey to train thirty-five leaders to begin new churches. Otoniel had planted twenty-seven churches despite the resistance of persecution. 

Over a recent two-year period, the participants in IMKEC developed an initial statement of best practices for MK education, and in a third year, followed up with specifics on several recommended practices. 

Iraq is suffering, Assyria is in pain. Biblically, the Assyrian Empire was stretching all over the Middle East, including Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and parts of Iran, and some other regions. As the Bible talks about doom in Assyria and Iraq, we can sense strongly that the children there are resurrecting hope, peace, and forgiving those who trespass against them. They are Christ-like.

If your missions program is struggling and young families are sneaking off for brunch on Missions Sunday, here are five suggestions that just might breathe new life into your missions ministry.