The Evangelical Recession and the Mission Task
We live in an age in which a trendy technological device that you bought today could be on its way out tomorrow. In other words, nothing is guaranteed, but we sometimes conduct ourselves as if it is.
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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