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It Only Takes $5,000 To Build Outreach Center Among Burmese Poverty, Drugs And Human Trafficking
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381SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List To places entrenched with poverty, illegal drugs and human trafficking—that’s exactly where we at Within Reach Global want to be! Give us the deepest pits of human existence and…

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Chinese Missionaries Say: Here I Am Lord. Send Me!
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240SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List In the first week of November, all the Within Reach Global local missionaries and foreign staff gathered together for a 3 day convention at The Hub outreach center. Many…

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Does This Chinese Man Really Need A Turn Or Burn Placard?
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291SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List This man in China is holding a “turn or burn” placard that says, 不信耶稣下地狱,信耶稣上天堂 translation: “You’ll go to hell if you don’t believe in Jesus but you’ll get to heaven…

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6,000 Unreached People Groups? That Ought To Change Our Priorities
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272SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List There are roughly 6,000 people groups—distinct ethnic tribes—who have never heard of Jesus before. 6,000 unreached people groups? That ought to change our priorities. #missions Click To Tweet Compound…

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In The Street Of The Sky Night Walks Scattering Poems
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444SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List This post, originally posted in 2013, has been updated in 2022.  Thai festival Loi Krathong, like many other holidays around the world, is the perfect mix of joy and…

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Missions History Today: November
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136SHARESShareTweetJoin 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,…

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Help Bring Relief To The Philippines
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227SHARESShareTweetJoin 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…

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I Am Foreign. It Defines Me
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232SHARESShareTweetJoin 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…

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A List Of Our Roles On The Mission Field
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257SHARESShareTweetJoin 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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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I Am A Missionary
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303SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List This morning in church I watched one of the best short films on missions that I have ever seen. It is incredibly simple, but straightforward and moving, inspiring me…

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Chinese College Student On The Verge Of Salvation
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209SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List There is a girl who has been attending our English Corners, discipleship dinners, camps, and various other activities for years. She is graduating this year and trying to make a…

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How God Revealed Himself To My Chinese Friend
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202SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Blog post from AR, Within Reach Global staff.   Let me tell you the incredible story of a sweet Chinese girl who I met at our Friday night English Corner last…

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Be A Small Part Of The Big Thing God Is Doing
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361SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List The Honor Academy  at Teen Mania Ministries selected me and Within Reach Global as one of the encouragers for their Life Transforming Event (LTE) in September, 2013. This event is called The…

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I Am No Longer A Missionary
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210SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List No, I’m not giving up my calling or losing my passion for reaching unengaged people groups. As the president of Within Reach Global, reaching unreached people groups will always…

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Missions History Today: September
David Joannes

131SHARESShareTweetJoin 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,…

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Do What You Love And Love What You Do
David Joannes

287SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List This is something I think about every single day. Do What You Love And Love What You Do! Click To Tweet As a missional starter and artistic creative, a…

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How Maps Mess Up Our Mindsets
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242SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List This is a map of Africa. It’s probably bigger than you recall it. See the details of this map here. Well, it’s time to add a post on the controversial…

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Get 180,000 Thai People Invited To Franklin Graham’s Festival
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300SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List For the first time in Thailand’s history, the Abundant Life Festival with Franklin Graham is coming to Chiang Mai on November 22-24, 2013. Let’s help get 180,000 Thai people…

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Rise of the Underground Chinese Church
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128SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Our 13 local underground Chinese missionaries and 8 foreign staff and interns are continuing to grow and expand this ministry through their faithful efforts among unreached people groups and…

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John 3:16 from a Thai Buddhist Worldview – Total Opposite!
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687SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List A missionary friend of mine explains how a Thai person would interpret the most basic and clear verses to the western mind. There are many difficulties and misunderstandings to…

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