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591SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List I’m not going to lie to you. Being a missionary? It’s not easy. Don’t get me wrong. There’s a lot to be thankful for. Being a missionary? It’s rewarding. We feel secure knowing that we are right where God…
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321SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List For all you cool cats out there who love missions to unreached peoples, this one’s for you. Click To Tweet This exhaustive list of resources for praying for the unreached has been compiled by my good friend and missiologist,…
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848SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List I landed in Hong Kong and China 20 years ago this month. Much has changed in and around me. The world is different. But if there is one thing that I can be sure of, it’s the faithful presence…
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392SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List “The end is near. It’s time to be risky. It’s time to take chances.” Our Within Reach Global missionary just texted me today. She has been living in the urban jungle of Southwest China. And if that wasn’t…
read more361SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List I resonated with this video of David Platt from Verge Network today. You know why? Because I lead a team of missionaries at Within Reach Global in China, where the physical, emotional and spiritual climates are not ideal. Make…
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344SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List There’s a unique contrast of religious belief systems both existing and growing in Northern Thailand. With a population of 97% Buddhist adherents in Thailand, it is culturally expected that to be Thai is to be Buddhist. So just as…
read more268SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List There is something stirring in China. It has been going on for a while now. The whispers of continued revival. The results of missionary seeds and faithful prayers of the saints. There is a spiritual vacuum in China. In…
read more683SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List This post was originally seen as a Back to Jerusalem Exclusive. Things might be changing for the house church in China after today’s closed door meeting. It is no secret that the number of Christians in China today is…
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390SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List “With bleeding hands we’ll plant the seeds.” Anyone who says that kind of thing is either crazy or seriously committed to their cause. I’m considering which is true of me at present. Jason Upton said it. And when he…
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389SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List I will admit to you a secret sensation that sometimes surfaces inside me. There is a certain sense of coldness felt toward the things that I am both busy with and passionate about. Most likely it’s not intentional acrimony…
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