From Surviving to Thriving: Adjusting to Life and Work Cross-Culturally. An Unreached Network Collaboration This post was born out of a discussion during one of our Unreached Network Internship and Foundational Training training sessions. It encompasses reflective lived experience from those who had traveled, moved, worked and lived cross culturally. We are grateful for their […]
We are blessed to live in an age where information is becoming more and more widely available globally. But for those of us living in the West, it’s quite clear to see that most of the Christian, theological reading material readily available to us is written through the lens of the culture surrounding us, or
The final song of our ‘Twelve Songs for Christmas‘ series comes from the Philippines, originally written by The Papuri Singers and performed by Grace City Fellowship. The name of the song is ‘Dakilang Katapatan‘, which means ‘Great Faithfulness‘ in Tagalog. You can enjoy this beautiful worship song below, or here. A Note From Grace City
Our worship song for today comes from Thailand, and was written by Marcia Yu. You can enjoy this beautiful Thai worship song below, or here. More About the Song This song was written in Thai to recount and celebrate the birth of Christ. Parts of Thailand have been exposed to and now partake in the commercialised festivities
Our worship song for today comes from Türkiye, and was written by Özgür Tunç. The name of the song is ‘Bütün Övgülerim‘, which translates to ‘To You, All My Praises‘ in English. You can enjoy this beautiful worship song below, or here. About The Song By Isabella Hope This beautiful worship song ‘Butün Ovgülerim’ (‘To You, All My
The next song of our series comes from Serbia, written by Avdija Jasarević. The name of the song is ‘o spasenje roda ko anav e isuseso‘, which means ‘We Seek Salvation in the Name of Jesus‘ in Roma. You can enjoy this beautiful worship song below, or here. About This Song This is Roma Gypsy song written by Avdija Jasarević,
The next song from our Twelve Songs for Christmas series comes from Eastbourne, UK. It was written by Francis Appeadu-Mensah, Richard James Butt, and Geisiel Reis. The name of the song is ‘NYAME YE • DEUS É BOM‘, or ‘God is Good‘, and it is in multiple languages this time: Twi, Portuguese, and English. You can enjoy
Our next worship song in the Twelve Songs for Christmas series comes from New Zealand. You can enjoy this beautiful Maori worship song below, or here. About the Song A note from Ngati Whakaue: This is a Christian worship song performed in the kapa haka style, a traditional Māori type of song. It is about saying
The next worship song in our series comes from Lebanon, and was written by Paul Awaraji. The name of the song is ‘ترنيمة الله لنا‘ (‘Tarnimat Allah lana’) in Arabic, which translates to ‘God’s Song for Us’ in English. You can enjoy this beautiful worship song below, or here. About the Song Paul Awaraji is a Lebanese songwriter
The next song in our series comes from France, and was written by Olivier Sarkis. The name of the song is ‘Laissez entrer le Roi‘, which means ‘Let the King Enter‘ in French. You can enjoy this beautiful worship song below, or here. A Note From The Songwriter Laissez Entrer le Roi – Let the King enter! I’m
The next song of our series comes from Dubai, written by Craig D’Souza and performed by him in collaboration with Light Factory. The name of the song is ‘Love Song‘, and it is in English. You can enjoy this beautiful worship song below, or here. More About This Song Craig D’Souza is a songwriter and worship leader who
Welcome to the next song of our ‘Twelve Songs for Christmas‘ series, from Shillong, India, written by Forgivenson Kshiar. The name of the song is ‘Ah Jingieid Blei‘, which means ‘Oh love God’ in Khasi. You can enjoy this beautiful worship song below, or here. More About Shillong Shillong is a hill station in the
Welcome to the first day of Advent 2025, and to the release of the first worship song of our Twelve Songs for Christmas series! Our first song of this series comes from Cape Town, South Africa, written by Mabuyi Mbabala. The name of the song is ‘Mawudunyiswe (Bayethe)‘, which means ‘May You be praised (Hail to
Jesus was born to be King for all nations. Even within a few verses of his birth in Matthew 2, he was honoured by wise men from the East (2:11), and taken to Egypt for a while (2:14), whilst the king of his own people tried to kill him (2:16). It is clear even from
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Newfrontiers is a group of apostolic leaders partnering together on global mission, joined by common values and beliefs, shared mission and genuine relationships. It was founded by Terry Virgo, and the name ‘Newfrontiers’ was adopted for the ministry in 1986. In 2011, it was redefined as a network of apostolic spheres worldwide, and fifteen different
For the past two years Israel Olofinjana has been involved in a book project with two other editors (Usha Reifsnider and David Wise). The book is called Polyphonic God: Explorations of Intercultural Theology, Churches and Justice. The book launch is on the 7th of August 7pm UK time online. For details of how to register please
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Featuring voices from the margins, Margins 2 Mic is back with a new season! Join us for the continuation of this series, which seeks to amplify diverse voices from the global church on mission, justice, and faith. This new season will feature the following speakers and topics: 1: Dan from Thailand. “Jesus and His Church
This video was published by AIM Stories, which is a ministry that seeks ‘to share stories of God’s redemptive work all over Africa in the hopes of seeing Christ-centered, reproducing, culturally-appropriate churches formed among African Peoples.’ They are a ministry under African Inland Mission. You can read a transcript of the video here. Lucky Mogakane
Andy McCullough leads the team that leads the Unreached Network, which facilitates good practice conversations in cross-cultural mission across the Newfrontiers family. I recently had the privilege of visiting a brand-new church plant on the island of Penang, Malaysia which is part of the Regions Beyond family. At the same time, I’m aware of numerous
The following stories were shared on the Asia Harvest website. Asia Harvest is a non-denominational Christian ministry working throughout Asia to see effective churches planted among unreached people groups. Below are testimonies of how God has been supernaturally moving in Asia. You can read these stories, and many more, here. Mongolia: How We Came to
At the start of the month we gathered on Zoom to hear from 4 speakers share their experiences and lessons learnt on the journey towards build intercultural local churches. Tex Chettiar hosted the meeting and set out some aims and definitions. The aim of the meeting was to enrich our practice by creating a more
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What does it mean to love your neighbour? A look into who and how we should love, according to what the Bible has taught us through both the Old and New Testaments. On one occasion, an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal
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 1st December, join us for ‘Joy to the World’, an international collaboration celebrating the run up to Christmas! Christian brothers and sisters from 24 different
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This was a transcript of Jay Matenga’s contribution to the “Gaps in Lausanne’s 25 Great Commission Gaps” discussion, published on the World Evangelical Alliance Mission Commission website. The speaker Dr Jay Matenga is a contexual theologian of Maori heritage, and Executive Director of the World Evangelical Alliance’s Mission Commission. You can read the original post
“The beauty and power of praise that will come to the Lord from the diversity of the nations is greater than the beauty and power that would come to Him if the chorus of the redeemed were culturally uniform.” John Piper, Let the Nations Be Glad, page 222, published by Baker Books You can read
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