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Centre for the study of UPGs opens in Ghana

Lausanne Movement reports that between 1910 and 2010, the number of missionaries rose from 62,000 to 400,000. Despite the increase in the number of missionaries, churches, and mission agencies, many unreached people groups remain in ...

Witnesses for Christ in healthcare

Healthcare workers meet hurting people every day in healthcare settings. We hear about diseases, pain, the loss of dear ones, war, and poverty. People look to us for answers far beyond the chief complaints they present. This should b...

O pastor e o chave

Há alguns anos atrás, uma igreja convidou-me para falar sobre missões por duas noites. Estava entusiasmado com esta oportunidade, porém eu tinha sentimentos mistos. Quantas pessoas iriam comparecer numa conferência sobre missões numa quartaf...

People Group: Fulani

The Fulani, who call themselves the Fulƃe, are also known as the Fula, Fulani or Fulƃe. They are a diverse people group spread across about 24 countries of West and Central Africa, from Senegal to Ethiopia. Up to 47 clans and sub-clans are consi...

Book Review: New Funding Models for Global Mission

New Funding Models for Global Mission: Learning from the Majority World, by Tim Welch

Three phrases made me want to read Tim Welch’s book: “funding models”, “global mission” and “Majority World.” As someone fa...

Trauma Healing Network

The Trauma Healing Network (THN) launched in September 2012 as a Bible-engagement project of the Bible Society of Namibia. People in Namibia often do not receive effective trauma help because support services are not readily available or affordabl...

Caring for missionaries: a holistic and practical approach

Thomas* had been serving as a missionary for over 10 years. Due to some conflict and misunderstanding, he was confronted and dismissed without a hearing. Shortly afterwards, he became hypertensive. His wife also began having sleepless nights. Thre...

Instruments of care

All Christians, even missionaries, are not super-human. We’re broken people who experience hardships. Political unrests, trembling economies, and the global pandemic paint a picture of losses, and often traumatic experiences. Our God is immeasur...

Behind the walls of crushing trauma

After Mule* hung up the phone, he felt like someone had turned him upside down. He knew intimately what was at stake. He felt betrayed, maligned, and crushed, but the impact was only beginning. “I was preparing for an exam that wee...

Called: Grief, scorpions and healing

I was struggling. Like frying popcorn in an open pot, my unexpressed emotions flew everywhere. I seethed silently in resentment and stewed in my depressive thoughts.

My relationship with fellow missionaries teetered on irrepar...