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Humility and Partnership
At the Hummingbird Trust, we believe humility and partnership are vital components to our mission. In this blog post, we discuss how we want to see both at work in the life of our
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Unreached
The Unreached Network exists to inspire and strengthen cross cultural mission to Unreached Peoples across the global Newfrontiers family.
We do this by training, resourcing, inspiring and creating spaces for network, with individuals, churches and spheres as they take responsibility for sending.
Want to partner with us? Get in touch at www.unreached.network/contact-us
A Biblical View of People in Mixed Cities
This article was posted on the Mukhtalita blog by Rich. The Mukhtalita blog is centred on living as part of communities of people who believe in the Messiah from mixed
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Behind Locked Doors – Memory, Sovereignty, and Peace
This article was posted on the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies (OCMS) website by Sara Afshari. OCMS seeks to equip the church in mission through research and scholarship. Sara is
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Writing a Song of Lament – My First 2 Years Living Cross Culturally
A Sacred Cry: Why Lament is More Than Just Complaining In the West, we’ve perfected the art of positive thinking—and in the process, we’ve practically lost the sacred practice of
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Multiplying Prayer
When we read the gospel accounts of the life of Jesus and the Acts of the Apostles, it is astounding to see how the word of God multiplied in the
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Let Me Tell You A Story…
“But soon a fierce storm came up. High waves were breaking into the boat, and it began to fill with water.” At this point, I express the howling of wind
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Music is Storytelling, Preaching is Music
Preaching from the whole Bible is like playing music using the whole piano. Penang island. 4am. Severely jet lagged. As I sit on my balcony, looking at the dark jungle
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From Martha’s Kitchen to Mary’s Feet
This post was written by Claire. In this post, she discusses the story of Mary and Martha, and what it can teach us about how we can approach our relationship
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The Beautiful Harmony: Why Being ‘Polyvocal’ is Essential for Global Mission
In this post we’re sharing a piece of the emerging vision for the Unreached Network, focusing on one of our core values: being ‘Polyvocal’. What does it mean to be
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New Book Review: The Nineveh Story
Let us introduce you to the latest book released by Andy McCullough – The Nineveh Story: Prophetic Imagination, Empire and the Book of Jonah. Overview This book traces the Bible’s
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A Tale of Two Healings
This article was posted on the King’s Church website by John Ford. You can read the original post here. In Luke 8 we get a tale of two healings (a
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A Legacy Of Redemption
This article was posted by Preethi Matthew on the ‘MY BELOVED IS MINE, AND I AM HIS‘ blog, which you can find here. You can read the original post here.
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שָׁלם The God Who makes Things Right
Let me introduce you to a beautiful Hebrew verb from your Old Testament. The verb is Shalam. It’s linked to the well-known noun shalom (peace, wholeness, well-being). It’s used in many and surprising ways
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A Legacy of Redemption
This article was posted on Blogger.com by ‘His Banner over me is love’. The writer is a wife and a mother of two boys, born in India and now living
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Introducing ‘Unity’ – a 10 Session Group Study by Seek Peace
We are excited to introduce you to ‘Unity‘, a small group resource for churches focused on ‘postures, skills & processes for conflict transformation in churches‘. This free resource has been
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What Should We Know About the Festival ‘Rosh Hashanah’?
Rosh Hashanah is a Jewish festival celebrating the New Year. The dates of this holiday vary from year to year, but this year it falls from the 22nd-24th September. It
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Seeing christ through my eastern eyes
Written by Preethi Matthew and originally posted to her blog, Broken Beloved Beautiful. Shared here with permission. Originally a 5th-century chapel, outside ancient Constantinople, it was transformed in the 14th
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Joy to the World – Celebrate Advent 2024 with Us
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders.And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6) Starting from
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The vine. Part 3 – Much Fruit
You will bear much fruit. In exploring the metaphor of the Church as the branches of a vine, let’s consider the fruit we produce.
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The Vine. Part 2 – The Branches
Joh 15:5 I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do
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The Vine. part 1
John 15:5 I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do
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Synergia
I’ve really been enjoying discovering the New Testament word συνεργια / synergia. This word means co-work (syn- means together or cooperative, -ergia means work or labour). The English equivalent of this word is synergy.
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Reverse pentecost
Pentecost was a prophetic sign of the destination of the gospel in all cultures and languages through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. In Acts 20-21, Paul wants to show that the seeds sown 3 decades previously in Jerusalem are indeed bearing fruit among many cities and ethnicities.
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Jacob’s easter moment
In Genesis 29, the patriarch Jacob rolls a stone away. It’s a foreshadowing of Easter morning in multiple ways.
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Loving our Neighbours
Who is My Neighbour is a question many people are asking today in multicultural cities. Toward whom do I have responsibility?