The Most Important Reason to be Involved in Global Missions

We just love heroes and love to pretend to be heroes. Most of the time, this is harmless enough, but hero narratives become a huge problem when it comes to global missions.

Is Christianity a Western Religion?

One of the great challenges missionaries from America face is the widespread misperception that Christianity is a western religion that only makes sense to people from western cultures.

Just Throwing Money at Missions

“We don’t want just to throw money at some mission point, we want to be connected to something where we can actually get our members involved.”

I can’t begin to count the number of times I’ve heard the above sentiment from church leaders. While I understand where they are coming from and can affirm much of what drives such a statement, I always feel conflicted when I hear this statement. Behind the good intentions reflected in this kind of thinking lurk some problems that need to be identified and screened out.