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"We have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us" (2 Cor. 4:7).
Human ego is likely the foremost obstacle to effective missions. Therefore, missionaries must be challenged to define who they are in relationship to God. In ...
Soon after writing Monthly Missiological Reflection #2 on Money and Mi$$ion$ (February 2000), I received letters from two Christian leaders. A long-term missionary co-worker challenged me for rejecting the self-support principles that we had learned in our missions training and consistently employed during the first twenty years of our ...
Three scenes from February 2—the Day of Yemanja—are etched in my memory. On that evening teachers and students from Abilene Christian University’s Campus Abroad program in Montevideo, Uruguay, walked to the beach to observe ceremonies dedicated to worshipping the goddess of the sea Yemanja.
As we walked ...
As we walked ...
Monthly Missiological Reflection #2 dealt with how money is a two-edged sword, which can either empower or hinder missions. The month’s reflection continues the discussion by defining paternalism, describing two historical models for dealing with paternalism, and finally offering specific questions to help evaluate the use of money in ...
I grew up in Northeastern Arkansas, where mission and evangelism were a part of life. One of my fondest memories was working with my father and other local Christians to lay the cement blocks that became the meeting place of a new church planting. Boyd Morgan, the author of Arkansas ...
Effectively caring for missionaries living many miles away in a different culture necessitates that missions leaders have some well-defined ways of measuring the spiritual and emotional well-being of their missionaries. The following two instruments assist missions leaders to ascertain their missionaries’ health.
The first instrument is a questionnaire adapted from ...
The first instrument is a questionnaire adapted from ...