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Every Missionary Should Go A Year Without English: Mandarin In 3.5 Months | 12 Min. Documentary

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443SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Over the last 2 decades, I’ve put tens of thousands of hours into learning Mandarin Chinese. The result is, obviously, I am now fluent in the language. Of course, there are always holes in language learning, but as far…

10 Ways To Avoid Becoming A Missionary

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340SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List A tongue-in-cheek look at some sure-fire ways to avoid becoming a missionary. 10 Ways To Avoid Becoming A Missionary @within_reach Click To Tweet 1. Ignore Jesus’ request in John 4:35 that we take a long hard look at the…

Missions History Today, Plus: 11 Striking D-Day Images That Bring The Past And Present Together

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391SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List “Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total; of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.” –…

This Hilarious Guy Quit His Job, Left His Wife And Travelled To Save The World

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434SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List For some reason, we’re under the strange impression that to change the world, we need to drop everything in our lives and do something radical for God. While God certainly calls every Christian to radical Christian mission—not just unintentional…

Collective Amnesia Prevails In China 25 Years After Tiananmen Square Massacre

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414SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List China bans all internet searches for ‘big yellow duck’ as part of Tiananmen Square anniversary clampdown after prankster substitutes ducks for tanks in viral image. Why China is banning ‘big yellow ducks’ on the anniversary of Tiananmen Square (2013 news)…

9 Reasons Why These 9 Baptisms Are So Shocking

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327SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List 9. They happened during threats of persecution. You can’t just go out to a public lake and start baptizing people in China. Even with the promise of “religious freedom”, the government won’t like that. Many times, baptisms are done…

These Underprivileged Children And Orphans Prove That No One Is Too Poor To Help The Homeless

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513SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Children 8 to 14 years old prepare and cook meals to pass them out to the elderly homeless around Orphan Home outreach center in China! This is an incredible new ministry that has begun in the midst of persecution and…

120 Of China’s Future Leaders Joined Our Annual Student Camp

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274SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List On May 1-3 we hosted our Within Reach Global annual student camp. Every year it is a powerful time of college students and young professionals being exposed to the gospel in fun and exciting ways. We invite the hundreds…

10 Ways To Ruin A Short Term Mission Trip

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579SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Believe it or not, it’s possible to have a bad short term missions experience. Most times, this is not the fault of the situation or organization. Often, the root cause is the short termer’s own attitudes and expectations. 10…

10 Reasons You Should Be a Missionary

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470SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Adapted from trotters41.com. See original post by Jonathan Trotter at trotters41.com I am constantly bombarding the internet with reasons why people should partake in reaching unreached people groups and fulfilling the Great Commission. It can often be a tough…