Bible
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
Category: Nations
Andy McCullough
Andy McCullough was born and raised in Cyprus, is married to Jessica, who is South African, has four children who were born in London, and lived in Turkey from 2009-2016.He has a Master's Degree in Contextual Theology with Mission from All Nations Christian College, and currently works as Teaching Pastor for Reading Family Church (www.readingfamilychurch.org.uk) in the UK. He is the author of is the author ‘Global Humility: Attitudes for Mission‘ and ‘The Bethlehem Story'.He is passionate about cross-cultural church planting, and is involved in coaching and developing churches and leaders, mostly in the Eastern Mediterranean/West Asia region.He leads the Unreached Network (www.unreached.network), facilitating best practice in cross-cultural mission across the wider Newfrontiers family (www.newfrontierstogether.org).You can follow him on twitter @and_mcc
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Bible
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
Intercultural Church
An Intern’s New Cultural Experiences in Thailand
For the third and final placement of my Unreached Network Internship year, I spent 6 months living in Thailand, serving the local church and community as well as learning about
Intercultural Church
Resource For Reading: Langham Literature
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
Events
Join Us at ‘New Nations’ in Penang!
Have you ever wanted to see the world from a completely different perspective? The first time I visited Penang island was last year. It’s an extraordinary place! It’s both physically
Events
Twelve Songs for Christmas: Thailand
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
Events
Twelve Songs For Christmas: Turkiye
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.
Events
Twelve Songs for Christmas: Serbia
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
Events
Twelve Songs For Christmas: Eastbourne, UK
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
Language
Twelve Songs For Christmas: Japan
The next song of our series comes from Japan, written by Ken Okamora. The Japanese name of this song is ‘Hanamo‘, and the English name is ‘Even in Flowers’. You can enjoy this
Events
Twelve Songs For Christmas: Maori
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
Events
Twelve Songs for Christmas: Lebanon
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
Events
Twelve Songs For Christmas: France
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
Events
Twelve Songs For Christmas: Dubai
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
Events
Twelve Songs For Christmas: Shillong, India
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
Events
Twelve Songs for Christmas: Cape Town
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
Events
Join Us in Penang at the ‘New Nations’ Conference 2026
‘Stepping in, holding on’ Are you exploring a call to cross-cultural mission? Are you already serving cross-culturally? Are you passionate to raise up and send God’s people out into the
Christian Living
How Can We Respond With Love to Diwali as Christians?
Diwali, sometimes called Deepavali or Deepawali, is a Hindu celebration, which is often also celebrated by some who believe in Sikhism or Jainism. It is known as the ‘festival of
Intercultural Church
Newfrontiers: Updates From Across the Spheres
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
Mission
6 Important Things to Consider Before Going
This article was posted on the Relational Mission website. The author of this post is Alex Hawke, who has served cross-culturally in several countries, including Cambodia. He now serves as the
Bible
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
Mission
Cluster Busters
Mission people, because they have lived in multiple spaces and belonged to multiple groups, because they are meaningfully connected to a number of communities but not deeply connected to any one primary group, and because they bring outsider objectivity to all their groups, are natural cluster busters.
Bible
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
Justice
The Important Mobilising Effect of the Local Church in Kenya
This article was posted on the New Ground blog. New Ground is one of the Newfrontiers spheres and operates globally, especially across Europe. You can find out more about New
Middle East
Have you seen The Man in White? Jesus is appearing to people in dreams
Some say that up to 8 out of 10 people in the MENA region report having had a dream of Jesus. Even if this figure is generous, across the Middle