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In 1991 a missionary of long tenure and I entered into a dialogue centered on the work in Somalia. Some of his comments are branded in my soul.

In his books Peace Child and Eternity in Their Hearts, missionary writer Don Richardson proposed that God has placed within every culture certain concepts that find their fulfillment only in the gospel.

The many Chinese who have immigrated to the United States and other Western nations from Hong Kong in the past couple of years present a unique challenge to Christians desiring to share the gospel.

As an adult child of missionaries, and as the mother of four MK children, I am fascinated by literature on missionary kids. Discussions of change, separation and loss, MK schooling, and the formation of a “Third Culture” among MKs have helped me.

An unbiased and honest analysis of the Protestant church of all denominations in Russia not only allows for, but demands, the conclusion that a serious crisis is at hand in the development of this branch of Christianity in Russia.

World mission mobilizers are confronted by a bewildering array of opinions, facts, and new realities.

The supreme purpose of human history is the calling out and perfecting of the Bride of our Lord Jesus Christ. The church is the masterpiece of God’s wisdom.

Our preference for methods and numbers over content may be watering down the gospel we take to the nations.

Churches and agencies should consider taking a closer look at the track record of the people they send to plant churches or train national church planters.

Three temptations the church faces—and why we resist them.