“We desperately need leadership in our church.” How often have missionaries uttered this lament? It was certainly among my first during my first-term in Colombia.
It’s easy to get sentimental when writing about great missionaries of the past. Although Hudson Taylor was a product of Victorian perspectives, his life and ministry speak to a wide number of our concerns.
After years of getting from the churches, mission agencies should now support them.
The late seventies and early eighties have seen a rising tide of divorce and remarriage in western Christendom. There is evidence to suggest that this will be a continuing trend through the rest of this century.
We can’t look the other way when divorced persons apply for missionary service.
Man has a tendency to perpetuate institutions, whether or not they continue to serve their original purpose. As a result, agencies and institutions clamor for support long after they have outlived their usefulness.
Because of his extensive studies in missions, his many years of teaching, and his keen interest in current affairs in both missions and education, Wilbert Norton’s insights are pertinent to missionaries at all levels of action.
I wondered and wept. How does Christ enter the Muslim world?
It’s a cliche, but it’s also a fact: we live in challenging times. A major part of the challenge lies in sorting out challenges.
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