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50% Of All Christians Live In These 11 Countries, Surrounding The Unreached World On All Sides
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440SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List The Christian population surrounds the unreached world on all sides, yet millions are still without gospel hope. Pretty mind blowing isn’t it? I hope that these stats and numbers…

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We Gave Small Gifts To Children Living With HIV/AIDS, But The Big Gift Was The Gift Of Ourselves
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480SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List This quote sums up last week’s trip to bless the children living with HIV/AIDS at Agape Home in Chiang Mai, Thailand: “You give but little when you give of…

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The Tragic Sickness And Health Battles That Have Plagued Our Missionary Team Have Resulted In Powerful Victories
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392SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List We’ve heard it said, “If the road is easy, you’re likely going the wrong way.” If that’s the case, we must be doing something right! Our missionaries at Within…

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YWAM: The Story, And The Legacies Left By Missionary Commitment
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278SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List I love legacies. I often ask myself, “What kind of legacy am I leaving? Will my mark on the world be only temporal, or will it ripple into eternity?”…

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10 Things Missionaries Won’t Tell You
David Joannes

378SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List This post from Adam Mosley has been making the rounds online, spreading like wildfire. I appreciate the honesty within this article. There is really a lot of truth to…

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China Earthquake Kills 367, Injures 1,800 Near New Within Reach Global Outreach Center
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452SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List We have recently began working with orphans and underprivileged children in the area heavily hit by this earthquake.   Check out These Underprivileged Children And Orphans Prove That No…

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6 New Believers Publicly Baptized In The Lancang River
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229SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List “The harvest is in the seed.” That’s what our local missionary, Brother Yang, told me many years ago. We are now seeing fruit spring up in an area where…

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Let’s Be Honest: The Taste Of Pig Brains Are Not As Bad As They Sound
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387SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List One thing we promise all our visiting short term teams: we will let you experience things on the mission field that will be stories you can tell your children…

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Where The Zeros Are [Video]
David Joannes

189SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Here I am writing about the same thing again: the unreached and unengaged people groups of the 10/40 Window. I’m writing again because I am convicted and confounded by…

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Everything Is About Us. Or Is It? A Life Dedicated To Something Greater
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329SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Sometimes my Facebook feed inspires. After unfollowing all the people who did nothing but post selfies of their beautiful faces all day, A richer social media experience returned. I…

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Is That Leg Loaded? Ai Weiwei Starts Web Craze With Mysterious “Leg-gun” Pose
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362SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Follow @davidjoannes My Instagram feed is has been overwhelmed by a series of loaded leg guns! Yes, I follow Ai Weiwei, a Chinese contemporary artist, active in sculpture, installation,…

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Every Missionary Should Go A Year Without English: Mandarin In 3.5 Months | 12 Min. Documentary
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431SHARESShareTweetJoin 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,…

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10 Ways To Avoid Becoming A Missionary
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301SHARESShareTweetJoin 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…

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9 Reasons Why These 9 Baptisms Are So Shocking
David Joannes

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”,…

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10 Ways To Ruin A Short Term Mission Trip
David Joannes

546SHARESShareTweetJoin 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…

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10 Reasons You Should Be a Missionary
David Joannes

437SHARESShareTweetJoin 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…

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