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Upon arriving in South Asia, I began to embrace the challenging task of driving on a different side of the road with exponentially more...

Here are three reasons that we must be committed to language learning and disciple-making in the language of the heart.

I hope that we never let go of the strategic value of learning language as missionaries seeking to demonstrate that the gospel is for all.

If you stepped into my office, you could make two observations about me—I love to travel, and I love to read. I have collected many...

The missionary task requires understandable communication of the gospel. Depending on the context and the complexity of the language...

During my first missionary term in South Asia, I relished the opportunity to dive deep into the culture and begin learning the local...

In part 1, we went through some mistakes missionaries often make with language learning. Now let’s look at the missionaries who succeed...

Many missionaries start out motivated to learn and engage in the new language and culture around them. Unfortunately, those aspirations...

There are several areas for which a sending church can provide financial resources for their marketplace worker.

As missionaries utilize digital media to reach people in their heart language and heart medium, they are marching in lockstep with history.

Beyond flourishing personally, it is also important to help Sent-Ones live out the right rhythms for ministry from the start.

We were not prepared for a pandemic to shake the foundations of our host country and the world. But God knew and he knew what we needed.

Many who have been excited about Business as Missions as the ‘strategy of a new era’ are finding it fraught with new challenges.