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Dear Church, We’re Not Doing All We Can To Reach The Unreached World
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394SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List It’s really quite simple. Our mission from Jesus: go and make disciples of all nations. (Matthew 28:18-20) The results of our obedience: The end will come. (Matthew 24:14) So how are we doing on “finishing the task”? Well, 29%…

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Changing The Face Of The Christian Landscape In Thailand
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356SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List “Ya know what we’re doing?” Kendall asked rhetorically. I shrugged. “We’re changing the face of the Christian landscape in Thailand.” Powerful statement. Even more powerful that it’s absolutely true. We are in Bangkok with ActsCo Printing and ActsCo BookHouse…

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I Want To Go Where The Reds Are [Interactive Maps]
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348SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List   Check out this interactive map from the International Mission Board Global Research. Look closely. Mental note: where are the reds? Check out this interactive map from the International Mission Board Global Research. #unreached Click To Tweet Legend:  Green:…

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Honor/Shame: The Gospel Of Jesus Is Timeless, But How We Communicate It Requires A Deep Reset
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407SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List For the last 20 years, I have lived in honor/shame cultures. I am constantly seeking to understand and explore better methods of sharing the gospel to unreached people groups in the context of their culture. If we simply share…

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Chinese College Students Get Saved At Our Student Camp
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310SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Every year, we host 2 college student camps at a resort on the outskirts of the city. It’s what we like to call our “big net” where we gather students from our 5 weekly English Corners and pour into…

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In The Heart Of These Valleys Lies A Dragon
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288SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Spiraling down the terraces of banana plantations, tail coiled around the unsuspecting homes of spiritually and physically impoverished families, claws bearing into the hot soil, head peering through the misty mountains, in the heart of these valleys lies a…

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His Rifle Dug Into My Left Rib Cage
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315SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List 7:30 P.M., lovely, cramped motorcycle ride back to a small town in China. Me and a couple locals packed onto a bike. The sun was lowering along with the temperature and humidity. It had been a rather hot day…

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The China Years [Book & Video]
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258SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List The China years don’t ever seem to stop for us. The storyline of our lives are entwined with the Motherland. We are caught in the web of the Middle Kingdom. Lorna and I have spent hundreds of hours on…

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Hongyan Isn’t Going To Be Celebrating Easter This Year
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295SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Hongyan won’t be joining us in remembering Jesus this Easter. Disclaimer: This does not negate anything that Jesus Christ has done. She’s simply not able to join us in celebration this year. Here’s why. Hongyan has never heard of Easter,…

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