For decades, Operation World has been the world's leading resource for people who want to impact the nations for Christ through prayer. Its twofold purpose has been to inform for prayer and to mobil……続きを見る
The gospel is for every tribe, tongue, and nation (Revelation 7:9), but there is no single biblical or theological model for the relationship between the gospel and these diverse cultures. Indeed, e……続きを見る
Christianity Today 2020 Book of the Year Award, Missions/Global Church
Women have advanced God's mission throughout history and around the world. But women often face particular obstacles in ministr……続きを見る
God calls his people to mission. But the demands of crosscultural ministry can be overwhelming and draining, leading to discouragement and burnout. All of our strategies and methodologies for reachi……続きを見る
Discipleship without mission is discipleship without Christ.
The church often lacks maturity and missional impact because discipleship is at its periphery. In order to get discipleship to the center……続きを見る
2016 IVP Readers' Choice Award
Many people have given up on the church. But that doesn't mean that they've given up on God or Christianity. In many cases, it was merely that local church congregat……続きを見る
Duane Elmer asked people around the world how they felt about Western missionaries. The response? "Missionaries could be more effective if they did not think they were better than us."The last thing……続きを見る
The Next Mile resources are designed to assist local churches and agencies plan and conduct effective ministry. Participants in the short-term mission experience include the goer, sender, local chur……続きを見る
Throughout the history of the Christian church, two narratives have constantly clashed: the imperial logic of Babel that builds towers and borders to seize control, versus the logic of Pentecost tha……続きを見る
Going on a short-term missions trip can be a life- and faith-transforming experience. It can enrich the way we view the world. It can cause us to rely on God more fully. It's an opportunity to devel……続きを見る
For many, missions is the story of heroes, martyrs, and the advance of the gospel. For others, it's the story of colonialism and missionary disasters. So how do we respond to God's call to love our ……続きを見る
"That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings." Philippians 3:10 (ASV)If we follow Jesus, we will experience pain. It comes with the territory. We mig……続きを見る
As a parent of a missionary you may feel that missing your child and your grandchildren signals a lack of faith. But proclaiming the gospel and making disciples was not meant to eclipse the loving f……続きを見る
One of the biggest challenges in global mission work is money?not merely the need for it, but working through cross-cultural differences surrounding how funds are used and accounted for. Cross-cultu……続きを見る
**The terrain of church missions is often bewildering.**Should we prioritize evangelism or works of service? Local ministries or overseas missions? What's more important: giving our money or giving ……続きを見る
Go and do. Jesus commands it, and the world needs it. Word and deed go together. One without the other is not enough. We follow Jesus into all the world, and we follow his example in all we do.Missi……続きを見る
**Welcome to the world's first urban century. How will you respond?**For the first time ever, more people now live in cities than outside them. Cities offer both big headaches and vast opportunities……続きを見る
Your mind has a mission.Sometimes it might seem like Christians just want your bodyーto serve or go. Or it might seem like they just want your heartーto emote in worship or commit to a cause. But th……続きを見る
Make no mistakeーspiritual warfare is real.As you make your way into intentional mission and ministry, you may find yourself facing various kinds of opposition and resistance. You may experience gre……続きを見る
You can be a missionary by crossing an ocean or by crossing the street.We now have unprecedented opportunities to meet people from every culture and nation. International study and global migration ……続きを見る
Patronage governs many relationships in Majority World cultures. But regrettably, Western theologians and missionaries rarely notice this prominent cultural reality. Patronageーa reciprocal relation……続きを見る
When a perfect storm of personal, professional, and natural disaster threw Mike Mantel into a dark night of the soul, he embarked on a journey through his own life and around the world to rediscover……続きを見る
Culture affects how we make disciples. We often unconsciously bring our own cultural assumptions into ministry and mission, not realizing that how we think and operate is not necessarily the best or……続きを見る
Business as mission (BAM) is a mission strategy whose time has come. As global economics become increasingly interconnected, Christian business people and entrepreneurs have unanticipated opportunit……続きを見る
Jesus sends us into the world just as the Father sent him. And yet thousands of years later Christians continue to disagree on what this involves. Some believe that the focus of Christian mission is……続きを見る
ECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award
Can a one-time crosscultural experience truly be life-changing?
Veteran trip leader and intercultural guide Cory Trenda says yesーif we let the trip launch a journey ……続きを見る
With the new realities of global interconnectedness comes a greater awareness of cultural diversity from place to place. Besides differences in food and fashion, we face significant contrasts of cul……続きを見る
The Edinburgh 1910 World Missionary Conference was the most famous missions conference in modern church history. A century later, five conferences on five continents displayed the landscape of globa……続きを見る
God's mission needs movement leaders.Jesus pioneered something completely new in human historyーa dynamic missionary movement intent on reaching the world. His mission is as clear and as relevant to……続きを見る
Asia is the birthplace of Christianity. If Christianity is not usually seen as an Asian religion, that is because the history of Christianity in Asia has long been a difficult one. Whereas Christian……続きを見る
