Mission – Ministry – Life
Strangely some of the hardest parts of the New Testament are those parts that were designed to be the most practical. Often based on household codes they were to help the new communities of Jesus followers to be communities of character and to be seen to be living Godly lives. Why? Because the character of... Continue Reading →
I’m a poor host but I’m learning to be a better guest. Nothing has struck me as forcefully about the need to rethink how we approach mission than the idea of the missionary as a guest. Perhaps it’s my western hero complex that wants to go to another country to ‘make a difference’ but going... Continue Reading →
Another short series of blog posts before we return to Perú next week (and Nugget gets back to blogging) this time looking at a couple of things I believe we need to grapple with if we are to be effective global witnesses. First up, how much the world is changing. If you live in the... Continue Reading →
We can’t talk about global mission without talking about the local church. When all the paraphernalia of mission agencies is removed the call to share the good news and make disciples is a call to the church. I’ve blogged before (here) about some practical steps churches can take to get involved in global mission but wanted... Continue Reading →
Global mission is in a time of change; while most of the resources are still held in the west the dynamic mission movements are increasingly non-western. We might anticipate that over the next decade sending from the UK will continue to reduce (except for short term visits), incoming mission into the UK will increase and... Continue Reading →
Do we still need to send people overseas? Isn’t it a bad use of resources to send expensive western missionaries when others are able to manage it much more cheaply. Isn’t it a model that better suited a colonial approach to the world? Isn’t it time to let other sending countries like Brazil and South... Continue Reading →
Part of my time recently has been thinking about ‘the western mission movement’ and how it needs to change. These next few posts are some thoughts around that. First up: some of the issues we need to grapple with as we look to the future: Who calls the shots? The western mission movement has a... Continue Reading →
Many churches in the USA use the Sundays leading up to Christmas to take an offering towards global mission and in the UK Christmas is seen as a time for giving to charity. So here is a cheeky reminder that we have to raise all our own support for the work that we are doing... Continue Reading →
Hello everyone I thought my adventure was over but coming back to England has been very odd and I’ve not felt at home. I’ve got used to the idea that people queue for the things and that they take a long time. I nearly fell over when I went into the bank – no queue... Continue Reading →
Hi everyone It all feels very strange but I’m safely back from my adventure. The last few days have made my brain very fuzzy. It started off on Friday morning when we got the Colectivo from Nauta. (It’s a sort of mini bus with 12-15 seats, and when its full it leaves). Our cases were... Continue Reading →
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