What's moving in missions
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We Evangelicals and Our Mission
By David J. Hesselgrave, with Lianna Davis. Reviewed by Richard Cook, associate professor of Church history and missions at Logos Evangelical Seminary in El Monte, California.
Empower: The 4 Keys to Leading a Volunteer Movement
By Jeff Martin. Reviewed by Cameron L. Smith, pastor, and a doctoral candidate at Evangelical Seminary, Myerstown, Pennsylvania.
Institutional Intelligence: How to Build an Effective Organization
By Gordon T. Smith. Reviewed by Tim Pewett who has been serving for almost a decade in theological education and mission agency leadership with Avant Ministries in Spain.
The Innovative Church: How Leaders and Their Congregations Can Adapt in an Ever-Changing World
By Scott Cormode. Reviewed by Dennis J. Horton, associate professor of religion and director of ministry guidance, Baylor University, Waco, Texas.
Attempt Great Things for God: Theological Education in Diaspora
By Chloe T. Sun. Reviewed by Bob Bagley, associate executive director of Global Partners.
Knowing God to Make Him Known: Living Out the Attributes of God Cross-culturally.
By Ed Scheuerman. Reviewed by Elliot Stephens, trainer, speaker, and researcher on the retention of church planters overseas.
Understanding Faith Formation: Theological, Congregational, and Global Dimensions
By Mark A. Maddix, Jonathan H. Kim, and James Riley Estep Jr. Reviewed by Ryan Gimple.
Peoples on the Move: Community Research for Ministry and Missions
By Anthony F. Casey. Reviewed by Mark D. Wood, Christian & Missionary Alliance, Darhan, Mongolia.
Rise of French Laïcité: French Secularism from the Reformation to the Twenty-first Century.
By Stephen M. Davis. Reviewed by Jonathan P. Case, professor of theology, Houghton College.
A Guide for Member Care Engagement
By Harry Hoffman | There are four different member care roles: the member care beginner, member care provider, member care facilitator, and member care trainer.
Spiritual Miscarriage: The Death of a Vision
By Brenda Bosch | Spiritual miscarriage occurs when a vision in your spirit that leads to much preparation and passion, does not materialize. It withers without ever flowering.
Missionary Conflict: Destructive or Constructive?
By David R. Dunaetz | Missionary conflict is inevitable and potentially dangerous if mismanaged. When workers seek to understand each other, creative solutions can be found.
Safe Harbor: The Role of Hospitality in Member Care
By Celeste Allen | When workers are overwhelmed and tired, they need someplace to get away and catch their breath. They need hospitality.
From Ministry Call to Home Call: The State of Member Care in India
By Isac Soundararaja | In India the challenges and the unmet needs of over 60,000 Christian workers and their children are unique and need to be addressed holistically.
Is It “Safe” to Be a Missionary Today?
What the war in Ukraine teaches us about the risk of following God’s call.
Missionary Care from a Latin American Perspective
By Paulo Feniman | Missionary care (or member care) is frequently viewed in western cultures in the context of supervision. Whereas in Latin cultures, care is focused on the pastoral.
Member Care from an Asian Perspective
By Belinda Ng | The specific and unique needs of workers in the Asian context continue to be challenging in the changing landscape of missions.
Towards Contextualization of Member Care
By Sampson Dorkunor | Care for the Lord’s workers is a challenge for missionary leaders around the world. Yet worker’s needs are different depending on the cultural context of each missionary.
Building and Leading Culturally Diverse Teams
By Galen Burkholder and Tefera Bekere | Here are four keys to building and leading a strong culturally diverse team to accomplish the Great Commission.
Fostering Sexual Wholeness: Breaking Silence to Defeat Shame
By Dennis Martin | As missionaries, the fear of consequences for sexual brokenness, often labeled as moral failure, makes it unthinkable to ask for help.
Do Your Members Really Want to Work for You?
By Wendi Dykes McGehee | Mission leaders can work to set a tone that creates a working culture that inspires affective commitment to their organization.
How to Make a Successful Missionary
By Curtis McGown | I want to share with you what we have found to help you succeed whether you are the global worker, sending organization, sending church, or partner.
Supporting Today’s Global Workers Toward Missional Resilience
By Geoff and Kristina Whiteman | Global workers are also questioning their calling and leaving the field or switching organizations. Now is the time to intentionally foster resilience.
Building Team Love
By Michel Hendricks | We would all agree that if missionaries loved each other well, many problems would either disappear or be resolved in healthy ways. The real question becomes: How do we learn to love like Jesus loves?