History of Africans in mission
What can be written about 2,000 years of Africans in missions in a 12-page magazine?
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony…. And what more shall ...
Read MorePeople groups: Gujarati
The Gujarati are arguably the most widely spread people group, scattered across 129 nations, and making up 33 percent of the Indian diaspora worldwide. Their original home is the state of Gujarat in Western India, and their language is...
Read MoreWhat is the purpose of business?
What is the purpose of business?
When I was confronted with this question 14 years ago, I thought I knew the answer. I was attending a conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, with believers from around the world. After a week of discuss...
Read MoreCome over and help us
Who better to reach the mostly Muslim North of Africa than the mostly Christian South of Africa? Such was the thinking at the 2011 Movement for African National Initiatives (MANI) Conference, where the Go North initiative was birthed.
Go No...
Read MoreWhat is missional business?
Missional Businesses (MB) are the commercial endeavors of Christians with the intention to use them for missions. Missionaries involved in MB are called of God and sent by the Church to...
Read MoreGod did not make a table; He made trees
What does the story of the Good Samaritan have to do with Missional Business? Or any business at all? Johnson Asare, the Founder and National Director of Markaz Al Bishara ministries in Tamale, Ghana, draws an eye-opening teaching from the Good Sa...
Read MoreThe role of business in missions
The story is told of a group of people who lived near a coast. After years of observing shipwrecks at sea and the resultant loss of lives and properties, they decided to do something about it. They built a shelter very ne...
Read MoreEast African missionary kids
Wongel (Gospel) Zeleke, Wongel Mulugeta, William Cary, Ephrem Getachew—these are the names of some of our missionary kids (MKs) that represent the message of the gospel and the lives of missionaries. Through the names of their children, our miss...
Read MoreMy journey as an MK mum
My husband and I have two girls, Blessing and Joy. At the time we were preparing to follow God’s call into cross-cultural missions in Thailand, our agency informed us that our assigned location had a homeschool ...
Read MoreNavigating transitions with your children
MKs are mobile. This is a reality for the children of missionary families. MKs leave their country of origin and with it their aunties and uncles, grandparents and cousins, friends and schoolmates, and sending church. They resettle in new countrie...
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