Missionary care: How churches can help returning workers settle and process
The two stages returning missionaries usually go through, and how your church can help them thrive during a time of transition.
New mobilization director: We must break through the lie that missions is for super Christians
In this Q&A, we discuss why listening is key to partnering, exciting trends that could take more missionaries to the lost, and what keeps people out of missions.
Thanks, moms! You taught your missionaries well
Turns out all those things mom used to say or do over and over have proven quite helpful on the mission field.
Six lessons from mom that I use in missionary life
From creative hospitality to saying sorry, all that mom taught gets put to good use on the mission field.
Prayer for the Muslim world: As Ramadan nears, some challenges of fasting for 30 days
Those who fail to observe this pillar of Islam the whole 30 days may experience guilt or fear.
The lie of the super spectacular missionary newsletter
If you can’t figure out what to say, you might be focusing on the story you THINK you should be telling rather than the story that God is actually writing.
Missionary life: The 6 R’s of a successful home service
By Julie Paden, missionary in the Philippines—My daughter was recently doing a report for school and asked me, “When you moved overseas the first time, how different did you find things and was it hard adjusting?” Her question made me remember back to those early days...
Missionary life: Making Jesus my first love (again and always)
By Amanda Benson in the Philippines — “Happy Birthday, Amanda. Stay in love with Jesus.” These words got me thinking. Am I still in love with Jesus? We had a speaker at Faith Academy in the Philippines, the school where I teach, who talked about “digital cocaine”—how...
Prayer for the Muslim world: Get ready for Ramadan
With the Muslim month of fasting just a month away, now is the time to gather prayer materials and to think through your own experience with fasting.
Sharing your faith: Cast ‘spiritual hooks’ into your conversations
These casual comments about how faith affects your life let you talk about spiritual things without demanding a response or causing offense.