


Why Training Is So Important
Two weeks ago, I had the privilege of going back to the small corner of the jungle in Papua New Guinea where my wife and I lived and worked for 13 years. The people group we worked among is located in the remote swamps and wilderness of the country, making any...
Another Worker Lost to Completing the Great Commission
I wasn’t surprised as I heard the young woman’s story last week. As she was finishing up college, she had responded to an offer to go overseas and do ministry for 2 years working with foreign college students. The college students were capable of having some degree...
Why is it Church Planters Rarely Plant a Church
I realize this is a touchy topic. It is difficult to address. Statistics on overall attrition cover some of this, but many missionaries who remain within a mission agency do not finish their primary mission. Of course the question “What does it mean to finish?” can...
Cell Phones, Facebook, Computers and Completing the Great Commission
Anyone who reads the biographies of Hudson Taylor, David Brainard, CT Studd, and others from long ago will, of course, notice a total absence of any of the technologies we take for granted. The world they lived in is difficult to imagine today: the quietness, the...