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Help Bring Relief To The Philippines
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230SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List You can’t miss it. It’s all over the news. Now, here’s a chance to help. One of the most powerful storms ever recorded, typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda) leveled Basey, a seaside town in Samar province about 6 miles across a…

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I Am Foreign. It Defines Me
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273SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List I used to be normal. I used to be normal. That was a long time ago. A one month mission trip to Russia at age 15 began the process of my transformation from normalcy. Smuggling Bibles from Hong Kong…

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There Will Soon Be More Chinese Christians Than Americans
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393SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List This is a really incredible post from Beneath Our Feet, a documentary film on persecution that, I am honored to say, has partnered with Within Reach Global. First of all, if you have not checked out the Beneath Our…

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A List Of Our Roles On The Mission Field
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266SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Have you ever wondered, “What do David and Lorna Joannes really do?”    Well, here’s a few of our roles and a list of things we’re doing on the mission field. Ministry efforts that we focus on: Overseeing Within…

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Missions History Today: October
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197SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List What are you doing right now for the kingdom of God? Are you actively involved in missional living and reaching people around you? Maybe you need a little placement, context for you to see that you are smack dab…

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Let China Show You What Crowded Really Means
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239SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List I had no choice but to repost this. It is too incredible not to share. My wife and I have experienced similar scenarios over our last 14 years in China. There are times when it feels like China’s total…

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Just Because You’re A Christian Does Not Mean You’re A Missionary
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1.1kSHARESShareTweetJoin Our List “Missional” is a huge buzz word these days. But just because we are called to live on mission—which, of course, every Christianity most certainly is—does that mean we are all missionaries? Just because we are called to live on…

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If The Christian Church Was An Apple Picking Society, What Kind Of Apple Picker Would You Be?
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611SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Warning: Get ready for a massive shift in perspective! This witty story helps to make sense of the ridiculously lopsided allocation of Christian workers to unreached peoples in the 10/40 Window. For more frustrating statistics on missionary work in…

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What If There Were Only 7 Churches In North America?
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599SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Some Christians ask: “How can we be concerned about other countries when there is so much evangelism yet to be done here at home?” To answer that question, consider this worker to need ratio: In North Africa, there is…

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