International Student Ministries

International Student ministry is a highly strategic opportunity for world evangelization by engaging in “global missions at home” (and sometimes in your home).  Please read the brief attached article about the magnificent elements of ministry among international students, and howRead more…

Leadership Formation and Cultural Diversity

Cultural diversity presents an enormous challenge to church and ministry in this globalised, multicultural world.  When it comes to diversity people automatically think of ethnicity.  However, with different generational groupings, socio-economic categories, regional settings, interest groups and religious groupings (withinRead more…

Hope for the Homeless Pilgrims

Twelve years ago, my family embraced an Arab family from Sudan. This family consisted of a widower with four teenaged children and his elderly mother-in-law. They arrived in Canada as refugees after fleeing from war-torn Sudan via three  years asRead more…

On Evangelism vs. Missions

Christianity Today just published an article by Bobby Ross Jr. reporting on one denomination’s discussion on local evangelism versus foreign missions. Indeed, there is so much debate on evangelism and missions these days. You may find the recent article byRead more…

Coca Cola, Starbucks, and Local Churches

Does the Lausanne Movement have a bigger vision than Coca-Cola? Read Coca Cola, Starbucks, and Local Churches, a blog entry posted on the Lausanne Blog.

Orthodox diaspora and mission

MISSION AND EMIGRATION — THE DIASPORA Orthodox diaspora has been established in Southern Africa by immigrant communities, and this is true of many other parts of the world as well, particularly Australia and the eastern parts of North America. WhereRead more…

The Apostle Paul, Asian Diaspora and Mission

An analysis of the characteristics of the biblical Jewish Diaspora and the Septuagint Scriptures and synagogues that were important to them. It analyses the Apostle Paul and his missionary bands’ strategy of visiting the Diaspora synagogues as a base forRead more…

Ministry to Refugees: How-to for Your Church

Published by International Nepal Fellowship and made available here with permission, this is a very simple and helpful guide for helping your local church to get involved with ministry to refugees.  In the attached PDF, the following topics are covered:Read more…

Diaspora Missiology Part 6-Migration to North Amer

In March 2009, I published an article with Lausanne World Pulse titled, “Immigration and North America: Who in the World is My Neighbor Anyway?”  I’ll provide you with the highlights below, so you can determine if you want to readRead more…