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3 Reasons You Should Keep Supporting ‘Western’ Missionaries

“From the West to the rest.” Once upon a time, this statement in some way accurately described the missionary movement. Not so long ago, biblical Protestantism was, to no small degree, a predominantly North American and European export...

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The Sine Qua Non of Theological Education

“That’s exactly the opposite of what I just said.” So much for my efforts to speak in the least confrontational terms possible! My assigned speaking topic at an evangelical multi-seminary conference was “Scripture and ...

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5 Christian Activities We Mistake for Missions

The definition of missions is breaking down. Survey your local Christian bookstore or blog, and you’ll see different, overlapping, and sometimes contradictory definitions of terms like mission, missions, missional, and missionary from chu...

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Why Risk Is Still Right

Several years ago, when I was contemplating a transition from my role as a youth pastor into missions mobilization, one of the questions that gripped me was: Am I deserting my “flock”? How many of the young adults I’m leaving behind will make shipwre...

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A Biblical Perspective on International Travel in 2021

I was looking forward to traveling in 2020—then the pandemic struck. With the luxury of international travel stripped away, I began to realize how much we—especially 21st-century missionaries—take it for granted. In many ways, I’m...

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Global Missions through the Bible: 1 and 2 Peter

The apostle Peter’s letters to the churches of Asia Minor are missionary literature. They essentially teach Christians how to live as missionaries—that is, as “sojourners and exiles” (1 Pet. 2:11 ESV). Dr. Eckhard Schnabel describes...

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Methodology Reveals Theology

“There are three great truths: 1st, That there is a God; 2nd, That he has spoken to us in the Bible; 3rd, That he means what he says.” (Hudson Taylor) In contemporary culinary circles, prior to the COVID-19 shutdowns, business has been ...

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5 Non-Financial Ways to Support Global Missions

If you’re like us at Live Global, you love Jesus and get passionate about spreading his name across the globe. But even so, not everyone is called to “go” and be a missionary cross-culturally. As we know from God’s Word, however, every Christian is...

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All Things to All People: Hudson Taylor’s Life and Legacy of Contextualization

The gospel message transcends human culture. It authoritatively announces Christ crucified (1 Cor. 2:1-2) to every human ethnicity, language, and location without distinction. But the gospel is also inextricably bound up in culture. The pla...

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A Challenge to Obey the Great Commission

Editor’s Note: This article is the seventh installment in seven-part SendOne devotional series. Download the full devotional or learn more about SendOne. “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of...

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