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5 Ways to Sabotage Your Next Missions Conference

“I’m not sure whether we are going to do a missions conference this year.” Like clockwork, that thought crosses the mind of every pastor or missions team member each year. It strikes about six months before the event is planned to occ...

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The Awkward Missionary ‘Middle’ Between Poverty and Wealth

One of the hardest things for an American living in a developing nation is the constant tugging between the world you left and the world you are in. You can’t ever really shake either influence. Both worlds occupy a space in your heart at...

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3 Things Evangelism Isn’t

When I was a youth pastor, I interviewed a woman seeking to volunteer in the student ministry. As was my custom, I began with a seemingly simple question: “What is the gospel?” Her answer took me aback. “It’s basically God’s rules for how to liv...

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What Are Worldviews and How Do They Change?

We use the word “worldview” a lot, but what does it actually mean? Does anthropology have anything to teach missionaries—and can it give us a model for how worldviews actually change as people are converted to Christ? To help us make sense of these q...

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5 Critical Reminders for Modern Christians on the Death of John Allen Chau

Since news of the killing of John Allen Chau at the hands of Sentinelese islanders became public, the blog and Twittersphere have been ablaze with opinions about the actions that lead to his death. Since news of the killing of John Allen Ch...

Are Christians Closing Doors With Muslims?

Are Christians Closing Doors With Muslims? Written by an ABWE Missionary February 27, 2017 “I have more in common with my Muslim neighbors than I have in common with most of my unbelieving American neighbors.” That was what one Am...

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Game Changer

At a lookout in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, an American pastor sat down next to a young Australian and struck up a conversation. Pastor John Nixon learned the young man’s name was Paul and that he had a very troubled life. As they...

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The Trinity: Practical Implications in Worship

If, as we believe, God is Triune, what difference does it make in our daily Christian lives? If God is Triune, how does this shape our Christian lives and our church life? First, the value of the Trinity is not primarily the benefits that we receive or h...

Our Commitment to Partnership with Sending Churches

Our Commitment to Partnership With Sending Churches Sending churches are not just important to ABWE's process of sending missionaries; they are essential. We work in equal partnership with our missionaries and their local sending church. We ...

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Spurgeon’s ‘Three R’s’ for Evangelism and Preaching

Over the past few weeks, members of the congregation I pastor have been proclaiming the gospel in the neighborhoods and apartment complexes in the neighborhood surrounding the church. Over the past few weeks, members of the congregation I p...

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