See our previous articles on the why  and how  of funding national partners or organizations and on how to find them . Vetting indigenous...

“We seek partnership with your church in reaching souls with the Word of God in …” If you’ve led your church in missions engagement, you...

A young man from a West African country asked me, “How can I be a missionary? Missionaries do not come from my place.” The only...

“How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how...

“What do you mean I don’t have to choose between work and missions?” Michael* (name changed for security) was initially perplexed as I...

Let me tell you a little about Joe. Joe was a business student at a university in the U.S. He spent one semester studying abroad in an...

Business as Mission (BAM) is becoming a popular strategy in countries around the world today. BAM is a holistic ministry model that...

We as church leaders want to see our people practice radical generosity. We want our churches to be intentional and wise in directing...

No missions leader enjoys the part of their job where they let go of partnerships financially. Inevitably, if you want to be a strategic sen

In 2 Corinthians 8, Paul testifies of the Macedonians that “according to their ability and even beyond their ability, of their own...

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.

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...

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

Fourth Church is situated in a midsize city in the midwest. Their city has seen a lot of growth the last few years as people have moved...

For eighteen years I spent the first hour of my day listening to country music. My mom’s alarm clock was set (loudly) to the local...

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

This is an excerpt from the forthcoming book Holding the Rope: How the Local Church Can Care for Its Sent Ones by Ryan Martin, set to be...

The following is an adapted excerpt from The Sending Church Defined. A Holistic Mission Think globally, act locally. Chances are, you’ve...

Many churches have a mission team or committee that is too narrowly focused in its responsibilities and primarily tasked with overseeing...

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...