Digital technology and mission in the face of COVID-19 and beyond
Digital technology has introduced new terms such as digital age, digital culture, digital space, digital media, and digital community, resulting in a new global order known as the ‘digital world.’ Those born in 1985 a...
Read MoreFrom internet shy to internet savvy: getting your ministry into the digital space
Not long ago, the AfriGO team filmed an interview with a young missionary whom we wanted to feature on our Facebook page. The setting was pleasant, and he had a compelling story to share. However, the sound quality was poor. Passing cars a...
Read MoreThe pathway to missions
Even during the global pandemic, people want to go out and serve God in missions. Churches and missions agencies are still looking for missionaries to train up and to send. However, with travel severely restricted, how ha...
Read MoreCOVID closes the door, technology opens the window
In the New Testament, Paul wrote many letters to communicate his messages. He was leveraging the technology he had at the time to disseminate the message of Jesus Christ. In fact, during his time of incarceration, he became especially effective in...
Read MorePeople Groups: Antanala of Madagascar
The Antanala people live in and near the forests of southeastern Madagascar. They are divided into two subgroups: the Tanala Menabe in the mountainous north and the Tanala Ikongo in the more accessible south.
Tanala Menabe vill...
Read MoreLeading Across Cultures
The future of the global church depends on effective multi-cultural leadership. With missionaries going from anywhere to everywhere, this creates challenges, as different cultures have different assumptions about leadership values and styles.
...Read MoreThe Culture Map
This groundbreaking book is a guide to understanding and navigating cultural differences and managing in multi-national contexts today. Increasingly, people from starkly different backgrounds are expected to work harmoniously together. This book p...
Read MoreThree missions in Ghana get creative about funding missions
Fundraising is the unsung hero of the missions movement. While it can be overlooked or even perceived as an embarrassment, missions is not possible without it. Fundraising is a herculean task, not just because some come from countries with...
Read MoreCalled: Farai and Runako
I ignored my initial Macedonian call to be a missionary in Mexico. My wife and I had set our eyes on Asia when the email came to join a multi-cultural team as a church planter; it took weeks and a not-so-gentle-nudge from an elder for me to reply....
Read MoreBiblical perspective on multi-cultural teams
God’s Word is very clear that all people are created equal and every person can be a child of God, receiving the full inheritance of heaven. The Bible teaches us how to love and serve everyone, no matter their age, ethnicity, gender or natio...
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