Disability Outreach Breaks Karma’s Chains in Thailand
By Joseph Tell | As a missionary in Thailand, I’ve witnessed the transformative power of disability ministry. In a context where Christianity’s message often falls flat, disability outreach can revitalize churches, change community perceptions, and communicate the gospel in ways that overcome cultural barriers.
Repurposed Wheelchairs Renew Lives
By Mitch Tani and Mary Esther Penner | A vision for recycling wheelchairs gave birth to a ministry in Japan that provides wheelchairs to people in several countries who desperately need them. The ministry has brought God’s transforming hope not only to wheelchair recipients, but also to volunteers working to refurbish the chairs.
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.
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.
Community Health: A Disciple Making Movement to Foster Peace
By Boureima Diallo and Daniel O’Neill | A fruitful disciple-making movement in Burkina Faso has utilized community health outreaches as part of a holistic strategy to foster peace, make disciples, and plant churches among the Fulani people group. This indigenous and collaborative approach is a strategically significant way to meet whole-person needs in a local context.
AI Hallucinations, Chatbots, and the Truth of Holy Scripture
By Jeremy Hodes | While limitations and potential nefarious uses need to be considered, AI also offers tremendous opportunities in missions that can help the gospel to spread further and faster than ever.
Funnels and Loops: How Mass Communication is Accelerating Movements
By Josiah Palusky | Innovative strategies are linking new and existing methods of evangelism and discipleship in ways not previously explored. In many cases, technology is playing a key role.
Misreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes: Patronage, Honor, and Shame in the Biblical World
By E. Randolph Richards and Richard James. Reviewed by Brent H. Burdick
China’s Harvest Fields
Edited by Tabor Laughlin. Reviewed by Mark A. Strand
Factors Behind the Ukrainian Evangelical Missionary Surge from 1989 to 1999
By John Edward White. Reviewed by Gene Wilson