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Abu Akleh and the Religious Other
Her death is a tragedy that has startled the world in profound ways, but it has also caused passionate conversation about the way we manage religious differences.
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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
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Cross Cultural Safeguarding: Seminar Recording and Other Resources
Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you. (James 1:27 NLT)
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Ethnographic Reflection Aida Refugee Camp
They extracted all they wanted from the art. The stripping reminded me of the stripping of Christ before he walked to the cross.
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Avoiding the White Saviour Complex in Cross-cultural Work Part 2
Lord Jesus, help us to act justly, to love mercy and to walk humbly with you and with those we are reaching out to.
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Avoiding the White Saviour Complex in Cross-cultural Work Part 1
‘Lord Jesus, help us to live amongst those we are seeking to reach with the same grace and humility you showed when you came to live among us..’
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Decolonising Apostolic Ministry 5: Evolution not Revolution
Decolonisation must be by evolution, not revolution. An evolution, however, punctuated by moments of revolution, of revelation. This is a journey both systemic and deeply personal. I’m sitting in the
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Friday Prayers: Orissa
Who will we meet? Join us for Friday prayers once a month online.
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Decolonising Apostolic Ministry 2: Centring the Local
In this series of blog posts I am asking the question, “what would it take to decolonise the doctrine and practice of apostolic ministry today? Read Post 1 in the
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Decolonising Apostolic Ministry: What?
I love Newfrontiers. I am a Newfrontiers boy through and through. And I’m arguing for a process of reflective decolonisation of apostolic ministry. One of our contributions to the global
Christian Living
Brueggemann on Hope
Just re-reading Walter Brueggemann’s classic book, The Prophetic Imagination. Here is a wonderful passage on hope: The prophet has only the means of word, spoken word and acted word, to contradict
Bible
How to make peace: Jeremiah 3 and 31.
Part of Jeremiah’s calling was to reach out to those living in the province of Ephraim, north of the dividing line between the southern kingdom of Judah (with its capital
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Living Amongst Those In Poverty
I stopped for a moment. Wow….The remedy for poverty is not earthly wealth or solutions,, it’s hearing the good news.
Christian Living
God Never Makes a Mistake
Nabil Costa shares his personal journey to advocate for his son, Christopher, and reflects on how Lebanon has changed over the past decade to more inclusive.
Interviews
Partners for Peace: Chloe’s Story
In this guest post, ‘Partners for Peace’, Chloe shares how her views on Palestine have changed over time.
Events
Christ At the Checkpoint 2022: Am I My Neighbour’s Keeper?
We wish to find Jesus at the centre of everything we do and to make his life our life. Which means finding courageous love for Palestinian Arabs and Israeli Jews alike.
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Living Amongst Those in Need
Several years ago, there was a family living in my apartment building. They would ask me for money fairly regularly. In the apartment there was the father, his second wife and her two boys,…
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Stop! English in Africa
Jim Harries writes on academia.edu. Someone asked me the other day; ‘what, to you, is the biggest ‘problem’ in Africa?’ The question was not difficult for me to answer. The
Christian Living
Shame Free (Part Two)
Everything was different about this church; the heat, the sounds, and the smells. Natalie was driven along the streets that belonged to the pimps of the district in India. She
Christian Living
Shame Free (Part One)
Shame plays an integral role in Middle Eastern culture. So much so, that since living here, it has been a daily (and sometimes hourly) battle to stand in my identity
Christian Living
What does it feel like attending a white majority church?
It was a number of months ago that a suggestion was made that we should create a video where ethnic minorities share their experiences of joining a predominantly white church.
Christian Living
To Woke or Not to Woke?
‘To woke or not to woke? that is the question’ by Ian Geary “Having a form of godliness but denying its power….” 2 Timothy 3v5. “In a world bereft of
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Ukraine Response
Dear Friends, As the news from Ukraine continues to shock us, please do continue to pray for peace and for our brothers and sisters affected by this crisis in the
Interviews
margins2mic. Season Two. Art of Listening.
The #margins2mic project brings together voices from across the Newfrontiers family, and from around the world. Newfrontiers is on the way to becoming a truly global movement, and as such
Hard Stories: Processing Devastation in Poetry
First posted on middleeastnews.org.uk, a blog contributed to by westerners commentating on living life in the Middle East. Follow their blog for interesting stories, poetry, recipes and applied theology. There
Who May We Be Overlooking?
Who May We Be Overlooking? The hot, African sun was beating on my head as I walked through a camp for internally displaced people in Soroti, Uganda. Line upon