Calling – Who? What? Why?
In the church, there exists a widespread misconception that only “exceptional Christians” receive a “proper” calling from God. The truth,…
Having grown up in Cyprus, being married to Jessica – who is South African – and with four children who…
Our latest interview is with Lori Rogers, who leads MomentumYes, an exciting mission mobilisation organisation. Their free, 6-part video course…
Dr Mary Ho serves as the International Executive Leader of All Nations International, a global Christian missions organization. In this current…
Our interview with Reuben Inwe is a fascinating one. His own story of encountering the Lord on a bus in…
Michael Prest is the director of our partner, UFM Worldwide. In this thought-provoking interview, he shares his personal story and how…
In our interview with our former co-worker in China, Bev Gigney, she shared a poignant story about losing a close friend…
Bev Gigney founded a children’s home called Dove’s Wings during her years serving in China, having had a clear…
After a season of cross-cultural preparation and discernment, David and Vicki worked as missionaries for 20 years in Turkey before…
Guest Blog by Michael Prest from UFM. I wonder what springs to mind when we think of sending and supporting mission…
Onesphore is the Burundian National Director of Great Lakes Outreach: greatlakesoutreach.org In this interview, Onesphore shares the story of his birth into…
Click here to watch the recording! We were delighted to host Rod and Ruthie for their presentation on resilience on…
Christine sits down for an interview with our own team member Jennifer Bishop. Jennifer grew up in Burundi and…
Discover more about Great Lakes Outreach (GLO) and their weekly Zoom prayer meetings, as well as watch Onesphore’s prayer for Europe &…
Check out Globe Mission here. See our other partners. A fascinating interview with Brad Thurston, one of the early collaborators…
Henry and Betsy are key partners with us in FieldPartner. In this interview they share their experiences of coming to…
Peter Askew serves cross-culturally in the north of England! His title is “Operations Manager for the Antioch Network Manchester”, an…
Carey’s original important summary of article 7: A real missionary becomes in a sense a father to his people. If…
In conversing with the wives of native converts, and leading them on in the ways of Christ, so that they…
Wow, How Times Have Changed! William Carey’s first paragraph below, in the original language and then in modern English, is…
Carey and the others wrote:As we consider it our duty to honour the civil magistrate, and in every state and…
What happens after they believe in Jesus? Here we see the extraordinary level of care that Carey and his colleagues…
The original version: Fourthly. It becomes us to watch all opportunities of doing good. A missionary would be highly culpable…
Seventhly. Another important part of our work is to build up, and watch over, the souls that may be gathered.In…
Have a read of this article 6 (in the original form and then in modern English). Realise that for this…
Thirdly. It is necessary, in our intercourse with the Hindus, that, as far as we are able, we abstain from…
Original text: Fifthly. In preaching to the heathen, we must keep to the example of Paul, and make the great…
I have posted it first in the original English and then in a modern English version, so that it can…
First. In order to be prepared for our great and solemn work, it is absolutely necessary that we set an…
I have been a missionary for over 50 years, yet I have only just come across an extraordinary document called…
Eric Henry Liddell (1902-1945) is one of the heroes of the Oscar winning film “Chariots of Fire”. The film tells…
Frank Charles Laubach (1884-1970) was born in Benton, Pennsylvania. He was a missionary who worked for thirty years among Muslims…
Last week, in the light of the few folk that James Gilmour saw come to Christ, I asked a question:…
There is one more issue arising from the courageous and dedicated life of the missionary James Gilmour (1843-1891), whom I…
“When James Gilmour sailed for China in 1870 aged twenty-seven, “it was a lonely task that awaited him – the…
I wrote last week about James Gilmour and his work in Mongolia. This week is about his courtship (or lack…
Having written recently about the lives of some of the New Testament colleagues of the apostle Paul, it’s easy to…
Having looked recently at cross-cultural missionaries from the pages of the New Testament, it struck me that I couldn’t do…
Having written about Demas, John Mark and Silas over the past three weeks, there has to be one more missionary…
Today is Pentecost Sunday in some traditions. Jesus’ last recorded words on earth in Acts 1:8 give a clear definition…
Last week we looked at Demas, the classic missionary failure. But for every Demas there is a John Mark with…
Sometimes missionaries don’t make it to the end. The New Testament has a powerful example of that – Demas. Demas…
Aquila and Priscilla did not plan to be missionaries. They didn’t get there by the usual route – a call…
Howard Peskett made some mission related comments when writing on Deuteronomy chapter 13 in Scripture Union notes. Howard wrote: “Missionaries…
Nettie McCormick had a less than ideal start to life. Born Nancy Maria Fowler in 1835, her father, Melzar Fowler,…
For this week’s missionary post I want to engage in a little bit of guesswork, but I think I’m right!…
Mark 16:1-8 describes the event that changed human history, the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. He is risen…
ChinaSource recently commented that “despite Europe’s historical legacy as an active sender of missionaries, Europe nowadays should be considered as…
Last week I wrote about Saint Patrick’s journey from slavery to becoming a missionary who changed Ireland. I drew three…
Today, March 17th, is St Patrick’s Day. Patrick was an early missionary with a very unusual life, one that has…
Finally, almost a quarter of the way through 2024, we come to the 10th and last cross-cultural mission related New…
We come to the last two of Chuck Lawless’ 10 Mission related New Year’s resolutions. Resolution number 9 states: “I…
This one, the eighth of Chuck Lawless’ mission related New Year resolutions, has to be the easiest to carry out,…
This week we look at the seventh of Chuck Lawless’ 10 Cross-Cultural Mission related New Year’s Resolutions. Even if we…
Chuck Lawless’ 6th New Year’s resolution with a cross-cultural mission flavour says: “I will plan to take a mission trip…
Today we come to the fourth of Chuck Lawless’ ten New Year’s Resolutions that are intended to help us grow…
The third of Chuck Lawless’ ten New Year’s Resolutions, all of which relate to cross-cultural mission, says: “I will learn…
The second of Chuck Lawless’ ten New Year’s Resolutions, all of which relate to cross-cultural mission, says: “I will pray…
Last Sunday I listed Chuck Lawless’ suggestions for 10 New Year’s resolutions that relate to cross-cultural mission. Lawless wrote: “I’d like…
Here is a suggestion. If you make New Year’s resolutions, why not make some that are cross-cultural mission related? Chuck…
Geoffrey T. Bull (1921-1999) had a very unusual missionary career – he only served as a missionary for a few…
George Verwer died on April 14th, as I write only 8 short days ago. John Piper said that George’s “personal…
“Hudson Taylor was wracked with doubt: he worried about sending men and women unprotected into the interior; at the same…
C.T. Studd once said: “Let us not glide through this world and then slip quietly into heaven, without having blown…
I recently received an update from a soon-to-be partner and found that they were starting to offer online options for…
We desperately need a Biblical definition of cross-cultural mission today. “James Hudson Taylor (Chinese: 戴德生) was a British Protestant Christian…
Mary Slessor, 1848-1915, was a Scottish Presbyterian missionary to Africa. She made a huge impact on Nigeria and beyond. One…
I mentioned Lottie Moon (Charlotte Digges “Lottie” Moon, 1840-1912) in connection with the story of Sallie Holmes. The simple facts are…
…and how to deal with it. Cross-cultural missionaries have families, who experience difficult emotions as a result of their loved…
How can we support a person who has a burden for cross-cultural mission? The Called Individual The Pastor What Should…
Not everybody is able to go on short-term mission trips to immerse themselves in a cross-cultural experience. But that doesn’t…
Imagine… You are a new missionary recruit about to depart for your assignment abroad. You are theologically trained, you have…
We have just launched our most recent course Crossing Cultures 101! It’s free to complete and consists of 3 online modules…
5 talks of The Antioch Factor In these 5 talks Ross shares his life’s message. He shares concerning what the…
The vision of FieldPartner International is a simple one. It is to serve the church and individual believers in matters…
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