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Closure has crept into missionary thinking, but it doesn’t belong there.

As the world gets younger, missionaries face a complex array of social problems.

The bloom may not be quite off the rose of South Korea’s civilian-led democracy, but the country’s once intoxicating political aroma has definitely soured.

No, strategy isn’t the right word, because Jesus didn’t give us strategies for world evangelization. He gave us relationships between himself and his Father and between himself and us.

Storytelling is the answer to the boring cognitive approach.

If we follow the apostle Paul, we’ll find his zeal and passion were exercised toward four groups.

For the past three years, cultural exchanges have placed English-speaking Christian students in Tunisian homes,” a ministry leader reports.

This remarkable story has many valuable lessons.

I don’t think any advocate of the priority of frontier missions (mission to the unreached peoples, to the least-evangelized, or to World A, which roughly corresponds to the 10-40 Window) would disagree with Michael Pocock that ministry to each of his four categories is valid Christian ministry.

Though the current needs of global youth may seem overwhelming, there are some things we can do by partnering with churches in the U.S. But whatever we do, we must place a high priority on equipping nationals to reach, build, and equip their youth. Here are some tips for missionaries.