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Funding ideas

Tim Welch’s book, New Funding Models for Global Mission, Learning From the Majority World, shares creative ways to fund missions....

A letter to the African Church

If missions is God’s heartbeat, then his Church’s budget must reflect same in the allocation of funds. However, this is not the usual case, especially in Africa.

Doing missions cross-culturally has major cost components su...

Arts and spiritual attachment

Some people are sceptical about adopting local art forms for Christian purposes because they fear possession by or attacks from evil spirits. This is a legitimate concern.

Artistic forms or instruments are often divided into those for relig...

Book review: Worship and Mission for the Global Church

Comparing a church tambourine to a golden bell dedicated to deity worship at a village temple raises questions about their respective holiness. If members of this village embrace Christ Jesus as Lord, do they discontinue the bell’s...

Local music, local language, local impact

Africa Inland Mission (AIM) missionary Rosina Ferdinand and her coworkers wanted some Gospel songs for the newly-translated scripture portions in the Sakalava language, so they asked Ladis, founder of the local band, Groupe Tsinfitak...

Ethnodoxology: every people’s praise

Ethnodoxology—what is that? It is a word that was created in 2019 to describe a new global movement which encourages all cultures to use their art forms to worship God. From the Greek words ethnos, which means nation, trib...

My Saline Process experience

The rarest of opportunities to share Jesus Christ with nonbelievers is available to Christian health practitioners and medical students. Life comes through us at maternity, and we are usually the last human line of defence before dep...

Equipping health workers for missions

Healthcare workers around the world may have a desire to share their faith, but not know how to do so effectively. The organizations below have trainings and coaching which can help.

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Witnesses for Christ in healthcare

Healthcare workers meet hurting people every day in healthcare settings. We hear about diseases, pain, the loss of dear ones, war, and poverty. People look to us for answers far beyond the chief complaints they present. This should b...

Trauma Healing Network

The Trauma Healing Network (THN) launched in September 2012 as a Bible-engagement project of the Bible Society of Namibia. People in Namibia often do not receive effective trauma help because support services are not readily available or affordabl...