Embrace our missionary kids
How can we better embrace our missionary kids, or MKs, into mission life? Of course, they are already in the mission, but they are in the mission because of their parents. It’s natural for us to give commands and expect children to follow with...
Read MorePeople Groups: The Somali
People Groups: Somalis
Although 99 per cent of Somalis are Muslim, and 90 per cent speak the same language, they are divided into numerous clan and sub-clan groups that have been in conflict for centuries.
The fi...
Read MoreBook review: The Church
Written by the Rev. Dr. David Zac Niringiye, this book is a reflection on the state of the Church globally from the perspective of an African theologian, pastor, civic-political activist and missionary.
Niringiye is a restless thinker pushi...
Read MoreReaching the Indian diaspora in Malawi
“It’s all about relationships,” says Veronica, who heads up SIM’s Malawi work with the Indian diaspora in Blantyre. Malawi’s second city and commercial capital has a significant Indian population. Many businesses are owned and op...
Read MoreCalled: Daphne Kabeberi
I was raised in Nairobi, Kenya, where I lived with my mum and two little brothers. My dad also stays in Nairobi, and I have other siblings in different parts of the world. Although I was raised in the church, I did not understand the...
Read MoreDiaspora churches are moving forward God’s purposes
Writing from the UK, I can observe a steady increase in the number of African diaspora churches, or churches of Africans who have been scattered far from their homelands. I believe that God is using migration to allow the body of Christ to be pres...
Read MoreEmbracing God’s immigration policy in Chicago, USA
God has an immigration policy with one sole pu...
Read MoreMigration and media: open doors for the inaccessible
The name dalmar means “passing through lands”. It comes from the Horn of Africa, and describes those who are great travelers. Indeed travelling is part of the cultural heritage of this area. From a background of nomadic ...
Read MoreMission…right where I stand: engaging the diaspora peoples worldwide
The activity of Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, and Chad has displaced millions. Many have fled to southern Nigeria, making it possible for the Church to reach out to them with the gospel. In response, CAPRO, a missions agency wh...
Read MoreSharing the gospel with scattered people
A kind of earthquake is going on all over the world. Nations are experiencing cataclysms that are making people move “from everywhere to everywhere”. This dispersion of people is bringing unreached people groups within the neighborhood of the ...
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