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4 Ways for Ministry Couples to Build Toughness
No one enters marriage with all the fortitude they need to endure ministry challenges. One of the most valuable skills my wife Martha and I have l...
10 Ways Churches and Individuals Can Support Missions and Missionaries
Discover practical ways for everyday believers to get involved in missions—through prayer, local outreach, and supporting missionaries worldwide.
The Promise of the Helper: How the Holy Spirit Leads People to Christ and Salvation
The Holy Spirit is the driving force behind salvation—convicting hearts, empowering believers for evangelism, and reaching the lost with God’s transformative love. His indwelling presence renews lives and equips us to boldly share the Gospel, ensuring that every soul has the chance to experience redemption.
How Bold Prayers Unlock God’s Transformative Work
Why is praying so hard, even harder than studying the Scriptures or sharing the gospel with others? Prayer plays a huge role in the spiritual conflict of good and evil.
Co-Grieving Loss with Your Repatriated TCK
We didn’t have words for TCK loss back then. Not when I left Cameroon at nineteen and stepped onto U.S. soil as a stranger to my own country. But just because there weren’t words doesn’t mean the ache of loss didn’t burrow deep. Nineteen and newly repatriated felt like drowning in a sea of people who looked like me and talked like me but didn’t know the red-earth-Africa that shaped me.
How to Support Missionaries in Culture Shock
On my first day as a missionary, while riding from the airport to my new home in the obscurities of East Africa, I suddenly had this overwhelming sense—“What have I gotten myself into?!” Full-blown panic attacks always make me want to run. But in this case I did not run. I did not say anything. I rode in silence, deeply troubled but unable to explain why.
A Culture Shock Roadmap
I pedaled as fast as I could with one hand on the handlebars and the other raised in a fist, yelling in Albanian, “You destroyer of beauty! You destroyer of beauty!” I had just watched a driver throw garbage out of his car window, and my bottled rage exploded – a vivid memory from 15 years ago of culture shock squirting out badly.
Prayer Need?
Does your ministry have a prayer need? Submit your prayer requests, and let the body of believers take it before the Throne of Grace.
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