A Different Kind of Love
By Heather Pubols | Jesus calls everyone who follows him to practice a love that transcends boundaries. Missionaries have demonstrated this for generations as they have crossed ethnic and geographic lines. In contrast, the mission force from North American mission agencies still remains remarkably monochromatic. Why is this, and how can we change it?
God’s Grace Abounds Among the Quechua
By Pío Víctor Campos Barco | Nearly half of Bolivia’s population come from its Indigenous communities of which the Quechua are the largest. Yet gospel resources in Quechua remain limited. While many Quechua people enthusiastically participate in church, few have experienced the transformation of the gospel because they don’t understand it.
Uniting Waves, Transforming Lives: The Three Waves Movement
By Enoque Ozório de Faria and Javier Mayorga Ramirez | Across the Amazon region and lowlands of South America, God has raised up a movement of foreign, national, and Indigenous missionaries that are working in unity to see the Great Commission fulfilled. They long to see all the Indigenous peoples in the Amazon region and lowlands worshiping and glorifying God’s Holy Name as equal parts of Christ’s Body on earth.
An Indigenous Perspective on Unity and Collaboration
By Henrique Dias Terena and César Rodríguez Sáenz | Indigenous Christians are realizing that the church does not belong to any ethnic group. They see that unity and collaboration applies to the whole church and are the way God desires for his people to participate together in what he is doing. And they are joining with their global brothers and sisters as equal partners in participating with God in his global mission.
Stay in the Game: The Role of the North American Church in the Amazon
By Chris and Tina Ferry | Foreign missionaries arriving to serve in the Amazon and lowland region of South America are entering a different mission context than 20 years ago or even 10. Capable and wise Indigenous Christian leaders have a significant presence. Yet while the role of foreign missionaries is different, there is still a place to serve.
Strengthening the Indigenous Church
By Trudy Seng, Meiry Yakawa, and Vera Bergson | In the heart of South America, the Ammi Training Center brings people from diverse tribes together for discipleship and ministry training. Graduates leave with life-long friendships and ready to reach Brazil’s many ethnic groups still waiting to hear of God’s love.
The Creator’s Community: A Vision for Truth and Reconciliation
By Monique Ransom | Throughout the Scriptures, the Creator has written a story about a reality in which gentiles and outside nations have been invited into reciprocal relationships where everyone can contribute to the creation of a people who are are to be a blessing to all. But in our collective past, so many have been drawn in by reading ourselves into the stories of conquest and domination and imposed relationships of power and control that we have forgotten our original instructions.
Carrying Gospel Light to the Ends of the Earth
By Derek Ross | Despite immense challenges and forces of evil that worked to destroy our culture, my family stands as a testimony of people who served God through our culture. Through many days of darkness, they carried gospel light to my people – the Wichita. Today, I continue in their legacy, facilitating the engagement of Native American churches in global mission.
Rethinking Missions in Native America
By Patrick Lennox | The mission to Native America is not complete. We need more Native pastors to plant new churches and to revitalize existing churches. Those pastors would benefit from seminary training and encouragement to persevere in their communities. And we need the non-Native body of Christ to come alongside and support Native brothers and sisters in their efforts to fulfill the Great Commission in North America.
Developing Culturally Intelligent Mission Organizations
By Luke Lundstedt | The world is changing as people from around the world work together side-by-side. Mission organizations must adapt to accommodate changing dynamics. Improving organizational cultural intelligence is key to sustaining diverse and inclusive teams that can effectively engage in today’s mission environment.