“Take every thought to make it obedient to Christ … Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry … See to it that … no bitter root grows up” (2 Cor. 10:5, Eph. 4:26, Heb. 12:15).
Thirty years ago “mental health” and “missions” in the same sentence may have seemed an uncomfortable fit. Today most believers value what Christian mental health professionals contribute to the cause of missions.
Three reasons that missionaries (both expatriates and nationals) in predominantly oral cultures should actively incorporate the use of traditional proverbs in their ministry.
On Kingdom Business is a compilation of papers presented at a Consultation for Holistic Entrepreneurs.
The Mulla was walking down the village street deep in thought, when some urchins began to throw stones at him. He was taken by surprise, and besides he was not a big man.
As a missionary teacher in a Bible college in Kenya, one of my greatest concerns is “How can God use me to make a lasting difference in my students’ lives?”
There’s no getting around it—I am a WASP (White, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant). No matter how hard I might try to identify myself with another culture, which all missionaries are supposed to do, I am still a WASP.
Mercy, when you work in Zambia, 2002, you sometimes wonder if there aren’t better ways to spend your time.
By the second half of the twentieth century, missiologists had recognized the inaccuracy of the colonialist assumption, “West is best” and replaced it with the culturally sensitive assumption that “Indigenous is best.” In a culturally complex and changing twenty-first century world, isn’t it time to challenge the simplicity of both?
Affect someone’s heart motivation and you will increase their effectiveness of reaching non-Christians, regardless of the methodology used.
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