Planting Hope in the Wilderness of Our Hearts
By Lawrence Ko | Being fully human comes with a mission to care for creation as God originally intended. Asian Journeys Ltd is a social enterprise that engages young people in Asia in environmental mission and creation care projects.
Witnessing God’s Resurrection Power in People and the Land
By Alice and Martin Tlustos | For many years we wrestled with our commitment to bring the gospel to people and participate in healing the earth. Through our involvement with Care of Creation Tanzania, we discovered a way to do both.
Is There a Green Gospel Message?
By Erik Hyatt | Most pastors, evangelists and missionaries have been trained to share about Jesus’s atoning sacrifice on the cross, the cleansing of every believer from their sin, and the imputed righteousness of Christ on the believer. But what about the transformational work of the Holy Spirit on all aspects of life? Shouldn’t a whole gospel message include a green gospel that leads to a believer’s changed relationship with God’s creation?
Posture Over Program: OMF’s Creation Care Journey
By Jasmine Kwong | OMF began its journey into creation care in the 1950s when work expanded into Southeast Asia. Building on that history, we later wrestled with what the Bible has to say about creation care. We stood convicted to see the gospel lived out in all aspects of our lives and work. This led us to look at creation care as a posture that must be integrated in all we do rather than a program requiring experts.
Creation Stewardship, Food and the Gospel: A Winning Recipe for Holistic Ministry in a Hungry World
By Craig Sorley | Have we acknowledged that hunger is the single biggest concern for most unreached and under-discipled peoples? Inadequate food impacts people physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Until we address this problem, our other efforts to help communities will not bear abundant fruit.
A Missional Theology of Creation Care
By David Bookless | In the current era of missions, caring for creation often holds little strategic value. However, this was not always the case. A careful examination of Scripture reveals this integration has its roots in biblical missiology.
Is Creation Care Really a Gospel Issue?
By Ed Brown | Natural disasters, agricultural problems, and environmentally linked health crises impact many of the world’s least reached peoples. These provide pragmatic reasons for missionary engagement in creation care. However, if we look closely at the recent history of evangelicalism, we can find an even stronger reason for involvement. The concept of integral mission, introduced in the ’60s and ’70s, positions creation care as a core gospel issue that is a necessary part of integrated work with the world’s unreached.
When God’s People Pray Together
By Marcia Strauss | Many of us have been inspired by a story of a person who was a prayer warrior. But this model of individual prayer often reflects our cultural and personal bent toward individualism. This is not wrong, but it is an incomplete view of prayer. Praying together with others is also an essential part of our growth together and with God.
Prayer: The Key to Bearing Fruit
By Moses Olele | Prayer makes a tangible difference in God’s kingdom. From my city in Uganda, I have prayed with other believers for unreached peoples near and far. Our participation in prayer has moved mission work forward in ways we could not have imagined.
Praying through 12 Common Characteristics of Disciple Making Movements
By Robin Smith | Prayer makes a difference! In our ministry we have witnessed the powerful role of prayer in this task of discipling the lost to become followers of Christ. We rejoice that we’ve been able to see a movement of disciples making disciples birthed among the people group we serve. We’re not alone. Disciple making movements are happening on every continent. As researchers study and track these movements, they’ve found 12 common characteristics shared among them. Thus, a powerful way to intercede for the lost is to pray for these characteristics to emerge and grow among the world’s UPGs.