The Flying Community

I just arrived from a two week trip in the Arabian Peninsula – UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. My journey started on February 22nd and culminated on March 7th.   During this trip I went through six international airports fromRead more…

Making a World of Difference: How BRICS Diaspora Give

Populations of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) who live in the US are keen to contribute both to their countries of origin and to their adopted country. Many of them are also looking outward and wouldRead more…

International Migrants Day

On December 4, 2000 the United Nations appointed December 18 as International Migrants Day, recognising the increase in international migrants (214+ million).  (http://www.un.org/en/events/migrantsday/).    International Migrants Day is observed by many countries, non-governmental organizations, and intergovernmental agencies.  It is aRead more…

International Church: Some Unique Features or a Case of Simple Semantics

The Missional International Church Network (MICN, http://micn.org) defines an “international church” as a church that “primarily serve[s] people of various nationalities (expatriates) and church backgrounds living outside their passport (home) countries”, and a “missional” church as one that is “shapedRead more…

More People on the Move: A year of Mobility and Mass Migration

During the Lausanne III or Cape Town 2010 gathering of world evangelical leaders concerned about accelerating world evangelization, I spoke briefly about the great opportunities of reaching out to the 214 Million International Migrants.  I also mention the predictions ofRead more…

God’s Global Urban Mission – Migrations

The church is not adequately prepared for the mass migrations to the cities that we are seeing today. The problems in urban areas cannot be solved by government but are an opportunity for the church to show that we areRead more…

Diaspora Missiology: The Bottom Line

Diaspora – the word once strictly referred to the Jewish people dispersed throughout the globe and to the Jewish community residing outside Palestine/ Israel.  Today, we hear and read about the African Diaspora, Armenian Diaspora, Chinese Diaspora,  South Asian Diaspora,Read more…

To Europe at any cost

…“Europe is the continent where we will have many opportunities to make a living and to support our families back home” is what I read again and again. Articles about the South Asian Diaspora in Europe are mentioning that theRead more…

Migration & Ethnic Conflict

  In 50 years as missionaries, my wife and I have become familiar with immigration laws and offices in the countries where we served: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, the United States and now Spain. As recently as 2007, in Valencia, weRead more…

The Flying Community

I just arrived from a two week trip in the Arabian Peninsula – UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. My journey started on February 22nd and culminated on March 7th.   During this trip I went through six international airports fromRead more…