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Our aim is to help you keep dignity and sustainability at the center of your mission work. Whether it’s through practical tips or unpacking deeper transformative work, these articles‌ help you do just that.

How Supporters Can Make a Huge Difference in Global Missions

How Supporters Can Make a Huge Difference in Global Missions

Making disciples in the heart language  Imagine hearing the gospel for the first time in a foreign language. How might this negatively affect your heartfelt connection to Jesus? The Isaan people of NE Thailand exclaimed, "Jesus speaks our village talk!"1 This...

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How to Prevent Disciple-Making Movement Drift 

How to Prevent Disciple-Making Movement Drift 

We start out with good intentions  Can you picture it? A mission team launches with all the principles and best practices of Disciple Making Movements (DMM) intact. But then somewhere along the way, they want to speed up...

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The 80/20 Mission Principle: Constantly Pray, Part 2

The 80/20 Mission Principle: Constantly Pray, Part 2

So nobody took me up on my challenge. 😉 I get it; who wants to write one more thing online. Here was the challenge: Without looking through the book of Acts, try to call up as many examples of prayer as possible. Share those examples with our readers without...

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The 80/20 Mission Principle: Constantly Pray

The 80/20 Mission Principle: Constantly Pray

“Back in the city, they went to the room where they were staying—a second-floor room. This whole group devoted themselves to constant prayer with one accord" (Acts 1:13-14, The Voice). Making prayer part of your 80% is a “no brainer,” but is a constant struggle for us...

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The 80/20 Mission Principle

The 80/20 Mission Principle

Imagine this . . . You go to a global mission training hoping to learn all you can and the trainer hands you the Book of Acts and then dismisses you, saying, “Here is your manual. Read it. Pray it. Follow it.” What would our mission strategies consist of if we allowed...

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Social Justice 4: Micro-Compassion as a Lifestyle

Social Justice 4: Micro-Compassion as a Lifestyle

By Jean Johnson Macro-compassion projects from the West tend to swallow up micro-compassion lifestyles for the Rest. Compassion in the hands of the few on behalf of the many is extremely limiting. How can we help to reverse this syndrome and make compassion every...

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Missionary, Save Thyself!

Missionary, Save Thyself!

Guest Blog by Ryan Kuja Excerpt from Ryan's book: From Inside Out: Reimagining Mission, Recreating the World While serving with a Christian humanitarian organization in South Sudan, I worked with a Dinka man named Abijek who lived in a nearby village. He was...

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Social Justice 2 – How Does Spiritual Justice Play Out?

Social Justice 2 – How Does Spiritual Justice Play Out?

By Jean Johnson In my last post, we visited God’s heart for social justice by listening in on a conversation between a child and a parent. Additionally, we visited Isaiah 1:17, which is a clear invitation to correct oppression, bring justice to the fatherless, and...

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