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The hardships of singleness as worship
Thirty-four-year-old Rotondwa* quit her job as an engineer to become a missionary in Asia. She’s been on the field for over seven years and when people meet her for the first time, they are shocked that this southern African is the same person t...
Read MoreCalled: Francis Kuntenga – celibate for the gospel
Most Christians are excited about a strong and handsome young man who decides to become a missionary and preach the gospel until he is still single at age forty-three. The questions start subtly in his late twenties, become direct in his thirt...
Read MoreThe reality of single missionaries
At the end of a training, I spoke with Eman, a single woman in her late thirties currently serving among her people in North Africa. She navigates the cultural and religious tensions with ease and has built deep relationships with the women and ch...
Read MoreSingleness in missions: the blessings and the burdens (shorter version)
In recent decades, evangelical Christians have been fighting to protect the sanctity of marriage and family in a world seeking to undermine both. One unfortunate consequence has been an elevation of marriage and the family from being God’s good ...
Read MorePeople group: the Idaksahak of Algeria and Mali
The Idaksahak (“Sons of Isaac”) or Dawsahak or Daoussahak are of the Berber peoples, the diverse ethnic groups who lived in North Africa before the Arabs arrived. They moved south in the eighth or ninth century, bringing Islam with them, and...
Read MoreThe Bible Societies belong to us
For many of us, the Bible Society is where we go to buy a Bible at a good price or find a Bible in our mother tongue. However, the Bible Societies across Africa are involved in more than just printing and selling the Scriptures. Across the world, ...
Read MoreProfessions in Bible Translation
Bible translation involves many stages and intricate processes that need several technical experts. The Bible is the Word of God and regardless of approaches and methodologies employed, it has to meet standards of accuracy, naturalness, and clarit...
Read MoreCould you be a Bible translation worker?
The task of translation is as old as human civilization. Ever since human beings began to communicate in diverse languages and symbols, it became necessary that meaning was conveyed via channels of translation or interpretation. This was the story...
Read MoreGod’s word for the Wolof
Senegalese Mamadou Diop had two Masters degrees and listened to BBC regularly as a way to perfect his English. During a devotional programme on air, a Christian minister described Jesus Christ as the saviour. Mamadou, a Muslim, knew Jesus to be a ...
Read MoreBible translation and the cross-cultural advance of the gospel
Recently, the New Testament was translated into the Bakoko language of Cameroon. Upon engaging with the message, one of its speakers said: “It feels special. It is like we are closer to God, because he understands even our sighs. He understands ...
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