Son of Nate Saint creates flying car for ministry in Amazon
May 9, 2009
Mission organization thinks China could be Christian country within decade
April 29, 2009
“I Can’t Call You a Missionary”—ouch
April 27, 2009
By Missionary Confidential
One of our supporters showed up last week. We barely knew her, but she was planning a vacation to our mission field and thought it would be great to stop by and visit. Having gone through this before, we knew the drill what we would be asked and which areas would be key to show our supporter.
Because of the distance from where she was staying, an overnight stay with us made the most sense and we were happy to accommodate. We met up with her and began the tour. First we showed her the church that we work with, which is a Gothic-style, small building in need of repair. Despite the improvements and maintenance needed, it is a beautiful building, complete with stained-glass windows of angels and mortals looking up to heaven. Being American like us, our supporter was astounded by the church, partly because there aren’t too many like this in our home state.
After showing the surrounding areas and explaining the spiritual need of the country, we continued on to our house. As she walked through our place, it was then that she made the statement, with a smile, “I can’t call you a missionary!”
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Florida-based ministry reaches out to would-be Somali pirates
April 15, 2009
Excerpts from The Diary of “Dave” Brainerd, Christian Missionary to the Collegiate Indians of Central Michigan
April 14, 2009
By ‘The Bohemian Baptist’, of The Sacred Sandwich
August 2. After enjoying much sweetness in prayer, my heart was filled with the prospect of bringing the young heathens of North America to Christ. In anticipation of the Lord employing me thusly, I sought the necessary provisions for evangelistic success: the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the light of God’s Word, and a Facebook and Twitter account. Oh! What heavenly blessings for the advancement of God’s kingdom!
August 10. After eating a large bowl of Froot Loops for breakfast, I had an affecting sense of my own vileness and cried out to God that He might restore the self-esteem that my teachers at Bill Clinton Middle School instilled in me during my youth. My pleadings brought serenity to my soul that I might yet become an able, psychologically-balanced witness for Christ to the heathens. Watched the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy for the 56th time in preparation for spiritual battle.
September 7. My ministry begins! Entered heathen territory after many days journey deep into the wilderness of Central Michigan University where the natives call themselves the “Chippewas.” With my Dell laptop in tow, I encountered my first group of campus pagans in the student lounge and was immediately discouraged by the sight of the natives using Macbooks and other demonic tools from Apple. Alas! I have already alienated their homogeneous unit with my PC. Was enabled in the evening to plead to God for deliverance from iPhone envy …
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Former Muslim extremist is now Christian missionary
March 24, 2009
Steve Zalusky, Daily Herald (HT: Persecution Blog)
Campus Crusade president believes Great Commission can be achieved in our lifetime
January 27, 2009
Wycliffe plans to give every person Bible translation by 2025
January 19, 2009
Does ‘non-evangelical’ = ‘unreached’?
December 11, 2008
Michael Spencer reflects on a Baptist missions poster that characterized most South Americans (who are Catholic) as ‘unreached’:
“If the default position is that Catholics aren’t Christians, because they aren’t evangelicals or Southern Baptists, I want to call that worse than unfortunate. It’s sincere, but it’s the opening act for bigotry.”
Hope in Liberia
November 12, 2008
Carolyn McCulley (Radical Womanhood) is pointing her readers to a blog authored by 25 year-old Ali Wilks, a pediatric nurse who works with Mercy Ships. Ali recently shared the story of a young Liberian woman named Marion, and her first efforts at learning to use a computer:
“I set the computer on my lap and explained the basics of typing. I showed her what a spacebar is and what it does. I demonstrated the intricacies of the shift key. I explained about punctuation. And then I sat back and let her type. One. letter. at. a. time.”
There’s much more to the story! Read the whole post.
Are short-term mission trips worth the effort?
November 1, 2008
Paul Yanosy responds to a recent WSJ article that criticizes the concept (”The ‘Great Commission’ or Glorified Sight-seeing?“):
“At bottom, then, I think the article treats well this “elephant in the room” question. Even so, I do want to push back on the assessed value of these trips. Specifically, and even with their flaws and inefficiencies, these trips are often the best avenue for Christians to be exposed to the world.”
“Bad economic times good for missions”
October 27, 2008
… according to John Piper. Among the reasons he lists for this, at the DesiringGod blog:
- “During an economic downturn we are more dependent on God. That is the most fertile soil for creating missionaries.
- During an economic downturn unreached people around the world do not expect you to come, but to look out for yourself. So they may more likely see your risk as love rather than exploitation. …”
