When we moved to Indonesia in 1996, the exchange rate was about 2,300 rupiah (Rp.) to the US dollar. Despite our lower-middle class upbringing in the Midwest, we became instant millionaires.
During a weekly evangelistic Bible study with college-aged Muslims in Central Asia, I led the group through the seven signs in John’s gospel, attempting to draw out the implications of Jesus’ miracles.
During several recent meetings in Nairobi, one of my goals was to reconnect with friends in the city. I had heard that a Massai friend, Sarone, had been relocated to Nairobi from Arusha and I was hoping to see him.
What is the theological explanation for a missionary team meltdown?
Medical doctors who respond to a missionary call are interested in more than just medicine. They have a clear and ultimate reason for joining a mission agency and going to the mission field: the salvation of all nations to the glory of God.
Twenty years ago, I had cancer. Chemotherapy brought me to the brink of death. After receiving a transfusion, a single question burned within me: If I died right now, would my Christian media production work make a difference?
The small red and white Cessna spirals down through the clouds and makes a perfect landing on the tiny grass runway carved out of the dense jungle.
The modern mission compound is alive and well. Its walls aren’t of stone or mud brick, but they are just as real. The distance between missionary and local is just as great, and the unintended insult is even greater.
What happens when an international, interdenominational faith mission agency decides that a national church it birthed has reached maturity and is ready to assume full responsibility for the church and related ministries?
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