Creative Arts in Missions
I once taught movement and singing to a group of Thai nationals using the song, ‘There is power in the name of Jesus to break every chain.’ Even though most of them were Buddhist, the Lord used that piece to bring such conviction that some sta...
Read MorePodemos adorar a Deus com nossas habilidades
“O SENHOR Deus disse a Moisés: Eu escolhi Bezalel, filho de Uri e neto de Hur, da tribo de Judá, e o enchi com o meu Espírito. Eu lhe dei inteligência, competência e habilidade para fazer todo tipo de trabalho artístico.”
“Escol...
Read MoreHealing for a sick world
When we served among the Mumuye tribe in the mountains of Northern Nigeria, we tried several methods to gain their trust and attention, but nothing worked…until we introduced medicine. Once we started administering medical treatments, people beg...
Read MoreO pastor e o chave
Há alguns anos atrás, uma igreja convidou-me para falar sobre missões por duas noites. Estava entusiasmado com esta oportunidade, porém eu tinha sentimentos mistos. Quantas pessoas iriam comparecer numa conferência sobre missões numa quartaf...
Read MoreBurdened beyond measure
I just finished a long phone call with a brother who serves in a pioneering mission context. He was utterly traumatized by what his leader was doing to him. He felt rejected, abandoned, stigmatized, completely lost, and worst of all – alone. He ...
Read MoreFind the balance
Family is central to Africans, who we are and how we exist. Remove family, and we are not a people. Our nuclear and extended families are interconnected, and this web often determines many decisions we make. Family in Africa exists to support indi...
Read MoreKnow their culture
“For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more…I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.” (1 Cor. 9:19, 22)
I recently shared my conversion s...
Read MoreGreat stories stir great action
Several mission stories have impacted me personally, including one about a missionary who led 903 radical Muslim jihadists to Christ as he obeyed the Lord and went to serve where his colleague had been previously martyred. The other is Sam...
Read MoreChildren in missions – get them involved now
The 25-year-old who had attended one of our missions training programmes queried, “how come I have never heard these things even though I have been in church all my life?” She was concerned that she had never learnt about unreached peoples and...
Read MoreThe pastor is key
A few years ago, a church invited me to speak on missions for two nights. I was excited about this opportunity but I had mixed feelings. How many people would show up for a missions conference on a Wednesday night?
In my experience, ...
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