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Dependency & Self-Reliance
…aid, “Sadly, we had to let them go.” When I asked about that, he said, “They worked hard while they were here even putting mortar between the bricks with their hands because they felt a trowel was not fast enough. But they did not know that we built buildings before…
When Two Bikes Split a Church
…aid they were not so concerned about the bikes themselves but the serious problems earlier missionaries had caused by handing out gifts. I quickly apologized and asked for forgiveness. They were very understanding but insisted that in the future I come to them first before demonstrating my generosity. At the…
Popular Paths That Do Not Lead to Local Sustainability
…aid or written recently on the pros and cons of short-term missions, but there is still a considerable use of outside funding and personnel used in this way in modern missions. This kind of unhealthy dependency should be challenged by anyone who believes that it is the privilege of local…
Four Stages to “No Place Left” in Our Generation
…addition to their existing model) and provide a context of loving accountability in which individuals can be mentored to launch movements at home. Whether these mission teams rise up from that city or converge on that city, we need home hubs to emerge in every sending nation with a model…
The Need For Bivocational Ministry
…aid clergy in mission situations was damaging the impact of Christianity. In the first book, entitled Voluntary Clergy, he said that his own Anglican mission had “abandoned the Apostolic conception of the ministry,” since the precedent set by the Apostle Paul was a voluntary clergy (1923:72)1. In the second book,…
Are We Paying Attention to the World Around Us?
…aid he was Taliban and was going to blow up the place and the White House (not far away). Unrelated to that, there was actually a “lock down” for a few minutes that seemed to be a false alarm. Most of the ER residents (doctors in training) were Caucasian, but…
Doing Good That Is Good!
…aid - unspoken feelings may contain essential clues to effective care. Above all, do no harm. Being generous definitely blesses the one who gives, but sometimes our one-way giving prevents the receiving community from realizing this blessing for themselves. Each time this happens, the sparks of dignity, creativity and community…
Dependency
…ate our love and trust in Jesus. Obeying the Great Commission is also the way that we love others because the most loving thing we can ever do for someone is to bring them to Jesus. As those sent out to make disciples, what is the goal that we want…
Reflections on Locally Sustainable Healthcare
…ates that my wife and I acquired and watched together. When we reflected on what we learned from the videos, we asked ourselves what we should be doing differently in the hospital and what we could continue as part of our ongoing incarnational approach to mission. That became a turning…
Internationals Among Us
…ategories, as you will see in this article, fleshed out in Neal's book Internationals Who Live Among Us: Doing World Missions at Home. Most of these represent very accessible mission fields for the gospel. More people travel internationally today than ever before. Political, economic, educational, social and religious factors have…
The M:28 Strategy
…ategy they call M:28. President Dr. Doug Shaw had invited David Watson to be a keynote speaker at the 2006 National Conference in Seattle where David introduced Discovery Bible Studies (DBS) to the ISI field staff. The Dallas-Ft.Worth staff team was intrigued and began experimenting using DBS with the international…
International Students A Historic Opportunity to Reach the Nations
…aid, “and through you all peoples on earth will be blessed.” Gen. 12:3. We see the ultimate fulfillment of this promise to Abraham in Rev. 5:9 and 7:9 when Jesus is given the worship He deserves from every tribe, tongue, people, and nation. In the new heavens and new earth…
Representing Jesus Faithfully to Refugees
…attached information to Joshua Project. website: joshuaproject.net
Being a World Missionary at Home
…ates encounter extreme challenges in raising their needed financial support. I have also seen them struggle with the idea of leaving behind parents and family, learning second languages, living in countries with completely different cultures and customs, working within mission agencies, and getting along with fellow missionaries on the field.…
International Students
…aid, Hua. Everyone will be looking at me.” We were on a campus in China. We were about to enter a Muslim canteen to find students from the unreached Muslim group that we had targeted, and Xiao was suddenly having a case of stage fright. Xiao, an international student to…
A Common Approach that Often Fails
…aid.[2] This story, or one like it, has played out over and over in India for 100 years. Donald McGavran—third generational missionary to India—called this: “One by one against the family.” He saw it all over India. Naturally, it raises several questions which impact the spread of the gospel there:…
Biblical Content for a Movement
…aid? Does the group pray for Him to empower them in their faithfulness? These are basic elements of a meeting that enable disciples to move from being inspired, fed and cared for to inspiring, feeding and caring for others. They help us give life to others. Our assumption is that…
The Sounds of Love and Global Transformation
…ates as a college student, Wichit came to know Christ through campus missionaries. Miriam’s faith and commitment to Christ had solidified while growing up as a missionary kid. We didn’t have money, seminary degrees or a mission statement, but what we did have was a love for God and…
Christian Students Grow the Kingdom of God in China
…ategies for church planting and disciple-making movements around the world, we have to simultaneously keep an eye on what God has done in the past. His past work, in this case amongst Chinese students who studied in the USA over 100 years ago, ought to be fuel for our imagination…
Discovery Bible Study
…addition, students share how they applied what they learned from last week’s study. While not everyone shares, those who are actively seeking God and are experiencing Him through the Word share stories that illustrate the power of His Word. As we read and review the passages together, students learn the…