The Open Door Amongst Closed Doors
By Joshua Bogunjoko | Medical missions, especially among least reached communities, seems difficult and the financial proposition absurd. Yet all people need healthcare. Healthcare missions is an open door to ministry which Jesus himself demonstrated as he met the physical and spiritual needs of people he ministered to. More missions organizations need to explore this opportunity alongside their other strategies.
Overcoming Fertility Challenges and Opening Opportunities for the Gospel
By Sherry Liu | One of six families struggles to conceive, a journey that can be challenging and filled with uncertainties. However, Premom, a revolutionary fertility app developed by Easy@Home, aims to alleviate the frustrations and guesswork associated with getting pregnant. By providing accurate ovulation predictions and cycle tracking, Premom has become a valuable tool for women worldwide.
Healthcare Missionary Burnout
By Jim Ritchie | The role and experience of healthcare missionaries (HCMs) is different from other missionaries. However, it is different. HCMs tend to encounter death, suffering, and moral crises many times a day. Though they have experienced death and similar crises during their training or practice in their home countries (particularly if their home country is in the West), few HCMs will have seen such crises in the enormous scale found in the mission field.
Now What? Utilizing Medical Missionaries From Africa
By Matthew Loftus and Bruce Dahlman | After much time and a great deal of investment, those of us who have been working in medical education missions are starting to see the fruits of our labor as African doctors graduate from their residency programs ready to go to whatever mission field to which God has called them.
Pain of a Different Sort
By Jean Johnson | Pairing foreign healthcare clinics with indigenous gospel and disciple-making efforts may have unintended consequences. They may heal pain on one front but cause it on another.