Orphans and Widows Part 2: Assumptions about Orphanages in Mission
If we don’t look at what is trendy and not working, how will we implement a strategy that hopefully will be effective?
Orphans & Widows, Part 1: Reverse Orphans
Unfortunately, the western orphanage culture created “a glut” for orphanages. Opportunists discovered that visitors’ empathy and miserable looking children were a lucrative business, hence the increase in orphanages and opportunities for tourists to add orphanages to their list of attractions to visit.
Vulnerable Mission
Yesterday, I had the privilege of attending a day consultation hosted by the Alliance for Vulnerable Mission in Oxford. If you don’t know about AVM, you should; when you finish reading this blog post, take a visit to their site and download some of their resources.
Does A Holistic Gospel Include Suffering?
Have Western missionaries downplayed the holistic combination of “inviting people to follow Jesus” and “counting the cost/suffering because of Jesus?
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