Category: Mission

Isabella Hope

Isabella has lived in a major city the Middle East with her husband and 3 children for 8 years. She’s a churchplanter, copywriter and is stubbornly persevering to see a movement of multiplying disciples across the nation!

Mission

Frozen Turkeys and Living Sacrifices

One of the things I really miss from my life in the UK is corporate sung worship. Those moments of scriptural truth declared together over stunningly powerfully music. I particularly

Christian Living

Understanding Islam Course

Understanding Islam 2021 to 2022 The aim of this course is to encourage a deeper and broader understanding of issues relating to Islam and Muslims, in relation to doctrine, culture,

Mission

The Whale

A cross-cultural God-adventurer (or whatever we’re calling them these days to avoid the M-word) is like a whale. We dive deep and travel long distances, far from the eyes of

Language

6 REASONS TO WATCH MORE MOVIES

Watching national movies with a pencil in hand is a good discipline. If you do this regularly, it will help you explore language and culture in many helpful ways! 1.

Mission

THE POWER OF INDIRECT SPEECH

Do you remember the Crash Test Dummies’ song “God shuffled his feet?” The people ask God a question, he answers with an obscure story (about a boy with blue hair),

Language

WHY LEARN LANGUAGE? (INTRO TO LANGUAGE LEARNING SERIES)

This post is our introduction to a series on language learning. Whether you’re learning now or planning ahead, we hope you’ll find these helpful on your journey. Senders and supporters…

Language

3 TRUTHS & A LIE: WHAT IT REALLY TAKES TO BE FLUENT

Welcome to our second post in this language learning series. Click to read the 1st post “Why learn language?” In the last post I wrote that most people are capable

Language

3 CONCEPTS THAT SUPERCHARGED MY LANGUAGE LEARNING

On my language learning path there are a few lightbulb moments that stand out. I had the major privilege of attending some language training at the beginning of 2014. The trainer

Mission

REVERSE CULTURE SHOCK: AVOID RE-ENTRY’S SILENT KILLER

We’re pleased to share today’s guest post by James Davis. We followed the Davis family’s adventure as they prepared to leave the USA, and heard from them again as they

Mission

PHILIP AND THE ETHIOPIAN: 14 LESSONS IN CROSS-CULTURAL EVANGELISM

1. Supernatural leading 26 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” – Acts 8:26 Angels and

Mission

Waves of Strangeness

Intercultural threshold-crossers are frequently overwhelmed by floods of difference. Language, ways of thinking, ethics, religion… it’s all paralyzingly, stupefyingly strange. Understanding our default reactions to difference – even more, developing

Mission

A well needed bad day – an honest account of the ‘6 month dip’.

I keep waiting for the spring time. Waiting. Watching. Waiting some more. I’m new to the field and just hit my 6 month mark at living in my host city

Christian Living

Bye Bye Mum Guilt

Octopuses are a big thing in my life at the moment. With 8 legs Octopus mums must slay at multitasking (hmm I could check Instagram whilst changing a nappy and

Internship

Unreached Internship

The Unreached Internship is a great opportunity for those exploring a call to the nation to spend 12 months getting trained and equipped in both the UK and overseas.