This is the latest blog in the Called?! series. For previous posts see Persuaded, Sent, Prepared, Teamed, Sown But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry… And the LORD said, “Do you do well to be angry?” (Jonah 4:1, 4) When we enter a new culture, we expect to be changed. For the better. The little book of Jonah …
You are being buried, my friend. It’s a baptism. It’s cruciform. It’s heroic. It’s apostolic. It’s sacrificial. It hurts.
This is Number 4 in the Called?! series of posts. Persuaded Sent Prepared Ecc 4:9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. Ecc 4:10 For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another …
This is part three in my Called?! series of blog posts. Click for parts one and two. Listen to me, you islands; hear this, you distant nations: Before I was born the LORD called me; from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name. He made my mouth like a sharpened sword, in the shadow …
So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon …
We are entering the rainy season here in my country in the Middle East. I love rain. The sound of it (my kids and I are great fans of rainfall white noise while falling asleep at night), the smell of wet fresh earth after rain, the way it makes everything green again, and how my …
We’ve just spent a week in a Central Asian city famously known as “the windy city” (let the reader understand!) – and it really has been very blustery. Shutter-bangingly, tree-bendingly, dust-raisingly properly windy. So we’ve spent a week thinking about wind, and thinking about mission. They key verse we’ve been reflecting on together is John …
And then I begin to compare my life to the lives of the people who I admire and I start to think – Have I done enough? Have I prayed enough? Why would God ever use me? But these questions are all leading me to one person…
He fears for her life as if any of his 15-20 members of his family catch on that she is a believer they will kill her and maybe him also. They have two young kids.
Reaching the unreached with the gospel should be, and is, a multi-polar endeavour, a conversation enriched by numerous perspectives, diverse voices, Christ-exalting stories and powerful examples of contextualisation, from brothers and sisters all over the world.
Jean Johnson, We Are Not the Hero: A Missionary’s Guide For Sharing Christ, Not A Culture of Dependency. Sisters, Oregon: Deep River Books, 2012. A Review by Susie Howe. When I was in primary school, I already had a fierce passion for justice for those who were poor or oppressed. Whenever anyone teased or bullied …
By Nigel Ring and Susie Howe ‘Reset’ and ‘Reboot’ are words we hear frequently these days as we move through the Covid pandemic and its consequences. We recognise there will be a ‘new normal’. Such terminology could well be applied to the content we were exposed to at the excellent Unreached Network ’21 Conference held …
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There are many times when we have heard devastating stories from people’s lives. I have been learning how to respond with love, faith, empathy and compassion. Writing poems helps me to reflect on these times and bring these situations to the One we hope in. I don’t know what you’ve seen with your eyes …
“We are never going to see a world saved with an extraordinary few, we are going to see a world saved with an ordinary multitude.” This is a quote from Andy McCullough at the recent Unreached conference. If you were unable to make the conference and have not had a chance to listen yet, I …
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An honest account of a church-planter who came to the end of herself and why it was just what she needed Pulling my mask aside to sip my coffee, and thankful that the people around me in my local coffee house didn’t know English, I poured out my heart down the phone to a mentor …
I’m really enjoying Moffett’s History of Christianity in Asia, and am struck by this paragraph summarising Jacob Baradaeus (Yaqub al-Barada’i) and his extraordinary church-planting impact. Here’s the paragraph: “Jacob never really lived in Edessa, his episcopal seat. The police were too hot on his trail… For over thirty-five years, from 542 to 578, Jacob eluded …
Here are some quick lessons from the life of Pantaenus. Never heard of him? That’s why it’s so important that you learn from him! The greatest cross-cultural witnesses are, of course, invisible. You may never have heard of Pantaenus, but you have probably heard of his most famous disciples – the church fathers Clement and …
Andy McCullough’s new book is coming out soon. Below is a sample from the story of Rahab. Jericho. One of the oldest cities in the world. City of palms, where the Judean wilderness meets the Jordan valley, and date palms stretch as far as the eye can see. It’s harvest time, early spring, when the …
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We are really delighted to announce the online Unreached Conference for this year, 25th-26th June. Join the Conversation: stories and best practice in crossing cultures, planting churches, and sharing the gospel with the unreached. Find your Place: hear about opportunities, teams, training and projects, and discern how you and your church can play your part. …
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Multicultural Kingdom: Ethnic Diversity, Mission and the Church by Harvey Kwiyani. Buy it here Harvey will the Keynote Speaker at our online UNREACHED CONFERENCE 25th-26th June 2021. Details here
