missions theory

5 min read 2022-01-19 02:42:59

Why Do We Assume Western Theology is Superior?

by Tamie Davis When asked about the value of African theology for Western Christians, the late Ghanaian theologian Kwame Bediako said, “Well,

7 min read 2022-01-14 04:28:04

by Katherine Seat “Aren’t you scared while your husband is away?” “I’ll lock the door at night, and the windows have bars on

5 min read 2022-01-08 04:56:34

My parents had their life all mapped out, and then their baby was born with chromosomal abnormalities and died at home, surrounded by tubes and

1 min read 2021-11-09 02:48:30

It starts off innocently enough. In your months or years leading up to your move overseas, you pick up a few books at the library and start reading

1 min read 2021-10-29 18:00:00

In the frigid winter of 2008, my husband and I touched down in snow-covered Kabul, Afghanistan. We didn’t know exactly what to expect in our

1 min read 2021-10-13 01:15:48

“A typical Christian today is a non-white woman living in the global South, with lower-than-average levels of societal safety and proper health

1 min read 2021-09-11 00:59:52

Ahh moving abroad . . . that’ll fix it. A fresh start. A new leaf. A change of scenery. That’s what I need to break me out of the unhealthy

7 min read 2021-04-20 08:17:07

by Andrea Parker We came to Kenya in January 2015. After four months of language school, we arrived at the mission hospital where we were to live

4 min read 2021-03-24 05:40:15

by Rahma Ten years ago, I moved to Indonesia with one suitcase and a heart full of hope. I planned to live in a slum, learn the language, and seek

4 min read 2021-03-24 05:40:15

by Rahma Ten years ago, I moved to Indonesia with one suitcase and a heart full of hope. I planned to live in a slum, learn the language, and seek

3 min read 2020-10-06 02:27:02

by Rebecca Hopkins Editor’s Note: In Part 1, we looked at the findings from Barna’s latest research on the Future of Missions. Part 2 discussed

4 min read 2020-10-04 02:32:47

by Rebecca Hopkins Editor’s Note: In Part 1, we looked at the findings from Barna’s latest research on The Future of Missions. Today we talk to

4 min read 2020-10-02 22:34:51

by Rebecca Hopkins A note about this series: Barna recently released The Future of Missions, a 100-page report about trends in American missions.

4 min read 2020-07-24 05:55:20

by Rebecca We are our stories. Psychologists like Dan McAdams have been telling us we all have a narrative identity by which we come to terms with

2 min read 2020-06-15 19:15:33

Why missionaries, humanitarians, and anyone working cross culturally needs to care about racial justice. I posted this at Do Good Better on June 1.