The Kingdom’s Embrace of People with Disabilities
By “Amos” Ming Raj Gurung | Every person, with or without a disability, matters in the kingdom of God. God has a special focus on those who are weak and disabled. This was demonstrated in Jesus’s ministry as he served people with disabilities and brought them honor when society had rejected them.
Training the Deaf to Take the Gospel to the Deaf
By Matthijs Terpstra and Andrew Miller | Deaf people in developing nations around the world face formidable challenges. Deaf Ministries International (DMI) has found that education, training, and the love of Christ can help Deaf people overcome barriers, live productive and meaningful lives, and give back to their communities.
Image Bearers of God’s Love Unite!
By Jenna Sanderson with Chantelle Sanderson | People with disabilities comprise the largest unreached people group in the world, today. We are also often missed as participants in God’s global mission. As a 22-year-old with Cerebral Palsy, I want people to see me for who I truly am: a daughter of God, who is loved, forgiven, important, and useful in the kingdom of God.
Disability in the Church’s First Mission
By Dave Deuel | After the birth of the church, the first mission begins in Jerusalem with the healing of a man with a disability at the temple gates. This should not be surprising because people with disabilities appear throughout the Scripture narrative and especially in Jesus’s earthly ministry.
Gospel Workers as Vulnerable Vessels
By Andrew K. Opie | What happens when disability comes into the picture? It often results in some being left out of gospel work due to not measuring up as sufficient.
The Inclusive Missio Dei
By Kim Kargbo | At least 16% of the world’s population has a disability, and only 5–10% of them have heard the gospel. This makes people with disabilities the world’s largest unreached people group.
The Overlooked Mission Field: Reaching People with Disabilities
By Hilda Bih Muluh | People with disabilities experience a range of barriers to inclusion in the church. And those who are invited in are often still blocked from sharing their gifts with others and participating in Jesus’s mandate to share the gospel with all peoples and nations.
The Forgotten Billion
By Heather Pubols | More than a billion people worldwide have disabilities, and most have never heard the gospel. However, mission agencies often overlook this community in their mobilization and ministry strategies.
Enjoying the Journey Together
By Steve Richardson | The global missions movement has developed from the “West to the rest,” to wondering if any foreign missionaries were needed, to an “all hands on deck” approach. What we know, today, is that God’s global Commission requires a truly global mission force. We have different contributions to make, but we’re on the same team. Our best contributions come when we enjoy the journey together as equal partners.
Healing and Diversity: A Renewed Vision of Cross-Cultural Mission
By Jessica Janvier | Despite our shortcomings, the missio Dei requires a quest for the gospel. That quest is not only to reach all nations but for Christians to become cross-cultural members of God’s kingdom and to faithfully reveal his heart to the watching world through cross-cultural mission outreach.