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Missionaries have a “love – hate” relationship with the world in a way that many others don’t. On one side, the drive to be a missionary comes, for the most part, from a passion…...
If you haven’t read the Advance paper by Ravi Jayakaran on “Addressing Poverty with Participatory Learning,” (http://conversation.lausanne.org/en/conversations/detail/10574) I encourage…...
As we look at the issue of Resource Stewardship (see the Lausanne Advance paper here: http://conversation.lausanne.org/en/conversations/detail/10459), there are two key fronts where money impacts missionaries.…...
In today’s world, everyone with a passion for outreach can be involved in missions. That is a great part of our new global economy. At the same time, there is a specific niche of people who are…...
One of the natural byproducts of a consumer-driven culture is a gospel of prosperity. Therefore, it is inevitable that missionary work, which uses the same pathways as the global economy, will see faith…...
Humility is a tough subject to talk about in missions. The stereotype of missionaries is that of a humble servant who leaves all he or she has to go to a far-away place and serve God selflessly. But what…...
Cities are strategic for missionaries in many ways. They are near big airports, they have good international schools for kids, and there are numerous tools and services there that exist in their home…...
