La Parole qui ne retournera jamais sans effet
À 12 ans, un jeune Somalien avait déjà mémorisé tout le Coran, en apprenant de longs passages en arabe, une langue qu’il ne comprenait pas. À 18 ans, il alla vivre chez son oncle à Muqdisho (Mogadiscio). Un...
Read MorePourquoi devons-nous aller à la rencontre des musulmans?
On m’a récemment demandé de donner un cours sur « le christianisme et les autres religions du monde » dans un institut théologique. Dans mes recherches, je suis tombé sur un article écrit par un responsab...
Read MorePeople group: the Japanese of East Asia
The Japanese are an East Asian people group numbering approximately 124 million, living primarily in Japan. The population is highly urbanized, with most people concentrated in large metropolitan areas such as Tokyo and Osaka, while rural communit...
Read MoreNavigating cases of sexual misconduct
You hoped this day would never come, but it has. You have received the sad news that one of your missionaries has been involved in a case of sexual misconduct. As a mission leader, what do you do? What are next steps? What key factors should you c...
Read MoreDealing with pornography
Pornography is any material that gives access to explicit sexual content or sexual stimulation outside of God’s purpose for sexuality. It is designed to arouse sexual desire through images, videos, words, or sounds. In scripture, lust is not mer...
Read MoreSafeguard the vulnerable
My first experience of mission work was travelling through Mozambique in the back of an Isuzu bakkie (pickup truck). We moved through flood damaged towns and showed the Jesus film to thousands of people. I was only twelve years old, and I could no...
Read MoreBreak the silence loudly
The affair had continued for months before it finally reached the ears of Sister Agnes* through a whistle blower. The church had guidelines for dealing with such matters. She told the whistle-blower she was going to verify the facts from the perso...
Read MoreThe psychology of sexual abuse – shorter version
Sexual misconduct is an endemic destructive behaviour that includes sexual harassment, abuse, rape, and violence. Most perpetrators are male – regardless of age and marital status – though some may be women. Likewise, victims may be male or fe...
Read MoreFrom slums to eagle’s wings
My journey into immorality is not something I care to remember. My restoration was helped by one Christian writer brave enough to share his story. So, I will, in part, share mine.
I attended Sunday school from a young age. By the age of fou...
Read MoreA quiet disaster
It is no longer news that sex scandals involving ministers of the gospel, dead or alive, have surfaced across Africa and beyond. During a missions conference, a seasoned missionary confessed to a colleague: “More than half of our missionaries an...
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