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What is the Story?
…Aid Mission has an interesting history which is summed up in the Summer 2005 issue of its magazine, Christian Mission. Bob Finley first went out as a missionary to China in 1948, the year before the Communist movement there started expelling missionaries. In 1950 he crossed paths with Bob Pierce…
Attacks on Christians Are Increasing in India
…aid attacks on minorities should stop, but he also called for a national debate about religious conversions. Other more-militant Hindu nationalists are calling for a legal ban on all religious conversions in India. They have accused Christians of using foreign backing to undermine the country's Hindu civilization and to lure…
Ebola & AIDS: Time for Sustainable Change
…AIDS in relation to mobilizing local resources. But I am looking for a sustainable practice to help stem the tide. Frantic searches are underway for a vaccine or other chemical responses for illnesses such as Ebola. However, like AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, the most important factor is prevention. …
Embracing an Audacious God-Sized Dream
…aid to Gideon, “You have too many men. I cannot deliver Midian into their hands, or Israel would boast against me, ‘My own strength has saved me.’” (Judges 7:2 NIV) Next, the Lord instructed him to use methods of battle so unusual they seemed quite absurd. He was to use…
The Poor Do Not Always Have to Be With Us
…aid is not enough. Aid alone will never defeat poverty. Aid alone will only create people dependent upon ever more aid and less able to support themselves. Poverty will only be overcome when people are able to support themselves without outside aid. The movie, Poverty Inc., www. povertyinc.org, does a…
Why We Should Still Give Engagement a Chance
…aid and emergency supplies during periods of flooding and famine. It also takes the form of longer term, capacity-building projects. Projects and activities might include drilling wells, establishing greenhouses, providing technical assistance in the areas of agriculture and forestry, or operating tuberculosis and other health clinics. To a lesser extent,…
Ending Poverty: Three Hopeful Signs
…aid that the world would know that we are His followers in how we love (John 13:35). And throughout His ministry, we consistently see His steadfast love and care for some of the most marginalized in society: widows, orphans, foreigners and those living in poverty. For generations, the Church…
How Missionary Attitudes Can Create Dependency
…aid, “I have a serious problem and I need to talk to someone right now.” I sensed the urgency and so we moved away from where the meeting was going on and sat down on the end of the verandah to talk. He began with a statement that went something…
Six Spheres of Mission Overseas
…aid by the church in Ethiopia and SIM is helping with travel costs. This is cutting-edge missiology. Never has the world of missions been so exciting! Editorial Comment on Standard Missions These agencies represent comprehensive concern. They are listed first because they are the “all-purpose” missions. Their mandate very simply…
Foreign Subsidy Under Scrutiny
…aid to Africa was born out of the success of the Marshall Plan in Europe, in practical terms, the two are completely different. Pointing to the Marshall Plan’s achievements as a blueprint for a similar outcome for Africa tomorrow is simply wrong” because: 1) European countries were not wholly dependent…
…ately for them, people with that perspective lived in their own country, and in their own city. Many Muslims just shrug and say: "They brought it on themselves." The problem in the West is that we often do not make the effort to honor the difference between critique and…
A Hand Up Not a Handout
…aid on his congregation: Although he was grateful for the help, the shipments had depressed local initiative, as many vendors within the church and community could no longer compete with the free shipments of supplies. Instead of inspiring a spirit of generosity and giving, the shipments had created a sense…
“China Clippers” Aid in Research
…aid. "That is not the case at all. It's amazing how much solid news is reported in smalltown papers, news that is not reported by the 'big boys.' Even when an article originates from a major publication, it does not mean that the full relevant text was printed there," "We…
Africa in Crisis
…aid has been sent from the West, the aid itself is now seen as part of the systemic problem that keeps Africa from moving forward. Islamic Advance While all this has been happening to Africa, a quiet but steady invasion has come to the continent—an invasion not of guns or…
A Christian Perspective
…aid, “Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? … You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of…
Patrick Johnstone
…Aid Mission. Act Two: Trying to be helpful, he then put the following words in the church bulletin: "If American missionaries had used their resources to get behind those (indigenous mission boards in India) and supplied their needs, millions of Hindus and Muslims could have been reached for Christ. With…
Foreign Subsidy Under Scrutiny
…aid has been transferred from rich countries to Africa. This is nearly US$1,000 for every man, woman, and child on the planet today. Does aid work?” Her answer: “No. In fact, across the globe the recipients of this aid are worse off, much worse off. Aid has helped make the…
Good Intentions Aren’t Good Enough
…AIDS in Africa? Glenn Schwartz … [A critical] challenge relating to AIDS is what to do about the increasing number of orphans. Because the innocent are suffering, this breaks the hearts of compassionate people far and wide. Good people simply feel compelled to help. This makes westerners with charitable intent…
Desert Rose
…aid – the Darfur crisis is dominated by a heart-wrenching difference: the enormous destruction comes from human hands rather than nature. Making Sense of the Headlines Many questions persist for outsiders trying to make sense of the news headlines emerging from this region. What exactly is going on? Are the…
Spiritual Warfare
…aid. He may have been right! My perspective on the world around me has changed. I'm not quite so "scientific" anymore. I am more willing to look at events in the physical realm as being the result of spiritual conflict in the heavenlies. Perhaps there is something more than mere…