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We have been involved in global missions for over twenty-two years now. For most of those years, we have served in Europe, though the...

Trips with Purpose - Intention to Care Last year, two of my family members participated in a short-term trip to one of our church’s...

In our previous blog post, “Year-End Partner Evaluations,” we gave a template for evaluating partners. What do you do if the evaluation...

Christianity continues to blossom in the Global South.[1] Our missions strategies and methodologies, while remaining unyieldingly planted...

The following is adapted from Your Focus on the World by Catalyst Services. This book includes guidelines on building church-to-church...

Establishing partnerships is one of the most important things a church missions leader will do in their role. For most churches,...

Cross-cultural partnerships happen because they mutually submit to King Jesus. Here are principles and practices of healthy partnerships.

Cross-cultural missional partnership is a kingdom-oriented relationship of culturally diverse groups of believers who share common values.

Partnership is necessary because the gospel is universally relevant and provides the plan of redemption for sinners separated from God.

The Sunday gathering is a great time to create mission awareness in your church. Assuming you are already using some graphics or slides...

Being a fully-funded missionary is pretty awesome. Here are some of the benefits, along with a few unpleasant surprises.

The Two-Pocket Theory of Mission Support In part 1 of this series, we looked at several ways you can bring in extra income to help you...

Side Hustle: Supporting Missionaries in a Gig Economy For hundreds of years, the standard practice for funding mission work (at least...

Parents are God’s kind provision to infants and children who have no concept of personal safety and cannot provide for their own basic...

Jose Luis, his wife, Wendy, and their three small children are preparing to move to Africa next year to work with a mission organization...

In today’s connected world, churches, missions organizations, and missionaries work with partners from nations around the globe. Some of...

A growing awareness of gospel needs around the world has produced a sense of urgency in the Church for reaching those far from Christ and...

What a Former Missions Pastor (Who Now Serves an Agency) Wishes He Had Known to Ask In scripture, we learn that the Church is being...

In a previous blog post, I defined cross-cultural missional partnership as a kingdom-oriented relationship of culturally diverse groups...

There’s a lot of things in life that are really important but are also kind of boring: mowing the lawn, doing the laundry, filling out...