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Morning Basket
…addiction, cultural annihilation, poverty, and violence in an age-sensitive way. Jesus told us, In this world you will have tribulation, but take heart, l have overcome the world! (John 16:33b). The larger our family grows (I’m expecting number five!) and the older our children get (we just ordered standardized testing…
Learning from Paul about the Mindsets of Movement Catalysts
…aid, “I don’t think about the millions that have been saved. I think about the millions that we have failed to reach, and I think about what we could have done differently. I think about our mistakes that have kept us from being more effective and reaching more people.” …
Family-Blessing Advocates
…addicted to opioids, alcohol, or other drugs. Addiction is a significant problem in most FPGs. We can help with addictions, recovery and alternatives for adults and youth without setting up clinics. Other areas of need in FPGs include families with autistic children, primary health training or help with newborns,…
Prayer Transforms the Karamojong People
…ated tribes all contribute. Government efforts to forcibly disarm the Karamojong have only been marginally successful. Mission work in Uganda began with other people groups in the plains, with few ever working among the Karamojong. However, one worker who lived among them became a prayer champion, facilitating on-site prayer teams…
Bringing Back the King of Kings
…aid the year before, and again they seemed quite open and receptive. One of the songs sung during that concert, “What is this glory?,” my granddad’s touching Christmas piece about the shepherds welcoming the birth of Jesus. It has been said that you can preach to Muslims and they might…
Further Reflections
…aid “thank you very much, now that I can’t lose my salvation, I’m good!” (OK, that is an overstatement, but only slightly!) But many people today are also thinking more deeply of their family and friends—especially since COVID began. They consider the small clusters of those closest to them…
Midwife Missionary or Missionary Midwife?
…aid to her, “Don’t be afraid, for you are having another son. … Rachel died and was buried on the way to Bethlehem.” (Genesis 35:16-17 NEV, paraphrased) Midwives most often usher in life. But, as with the few mentions of midwives in the Bible, midwives are often dealing with…
Toward the Edges
…aid and did is the good news for Mark. Indeed, one might say safely that Jesus is the good news. And now for my main point, to draw just one implication from the above, we see in the life of Jesus in all four gospels that a total, holistic…
Further Reflections
…aid “I did not understand one word of what they said.” They were speaking one of the regional languages and he felt like I did all the time there—similar to what you feel when you realize you don’t know what is going on in some situation. You wonder if you…
Small Disciple-Making Habits Make a Huge Difference
…add to these key disciple-making habits as well? Experimenting with Disciple-Making Habits Each reader should prayerfully consider what habits they could begin. Think of what would set you (and those you train) on a consistent trajectory toward the rapid multiplication of groups of disciples. Here are a few new habits…
Go and Heal to Proclaim the Good News!
…aid that healing was the Lord’s or the apostolic “method.” Jesus healed because He was God incarnate, unlike the Buddha, Lao-Tse, Moses, Confucius, or Mohammed. As God incarnate Jesus could do no other than permeate all facets of life with His lifegiving word by proclaiming: “I have come that they…
Rediscovering Health as Mission: the Key Role of the Faith Community Nurse/Parish Nurse
…aid that the mission work of their church had been enhanced, and 12 of them strongly agreed with this statement. there was evidence of an intrinsically integrated form of outreach taking place in the work of the Parish nurse. This last point is of particular interest, because many of the…
Decades of Faithful Service
…aid our transportation costs to attend their annual mission conference. They also paid for our hotel and provided meals during the conference. During the conference we were expected to go out and visit different members of the mission board in addition to the morning and evening schedule of meetings. There…
Learning How to Care For Our “Sent Ones”
…ately cared for by their sending churches, most will likely say, “Not as much as we would like.” The relationship between the sending church and the “sent ones” can be complicated with many factors getting in the way of doing a good job of sending people well and caring for…
The Lead Pastor’s Role in Missionary Care
…ated, he eventually finds a volleyball, names it Wilson (since it’s already branded on the face of the ball), and the two are then inseparable. That is, until Chuck tries to boat away from the island. At one point in the wind and waves, Wilson accidentally floats away in…
Who is Defining the Priorities of Our Church’s Mission Efforts?
…ate to reach out within their own group and beyond to the entire world. However, when we speak of growing the Body of Christ, we do not just mean numbers of converts and churches started. We must ask God to grow the church not just in quantity but also…
A Prayer for Missionary Care
…aid for married couples. … churches would be aware of fault lines and cracks and potential stress points. … churches would also be able to help care for extended family members who remain in the sending country. … churches would be able to add not only capacity…
Giving
…ately $6.72 trillion.) WHAT PEOPLE GIVE: Given to any Christian causes: $896 billion.1 That's also how much we spend in America on Christmas. Given to Missions: $52 billion That's only 5.78% of the money given to Christian causes of any kind (2022).1 Embezzled: If you are doing the math and…
Helping Missionary Kids Thrive on Home Assignment
…ate, showing the missionary kids that they have friends at the ready. 2. Provide stability and rest. Every kid needs stability and rest. But that’s hard to find when you’re driving across the country or hopping from church to church. Missionary parents work hard to give their kids…
A Witnessed Life: Being Seen and Cared for as a Single Overseas Worker
…ate and my language helper. They ate local food and bought things in the market, walking through the winding and narrow alleys. They toured the place where I worked, and my friends joined me during teaching sessions. These friends knew the sound of the muezzin, the smell of the market…