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My Top 5 Most Popular Blogs of 2016

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220SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List I tell stories and I talk about missions. I am passionate about unreached people groups, interested in overcoming the seemingly insurmountable challenges in the 10/40 Window, and absorbed by…

My Goal To Read 52 Books In 2017

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350SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List I’m reading a book per week in 2017. Here’s why. They say that the world’s top CEOs read over 50 books per year to keep their mind inspired and on…

Christmas Without Borders

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110SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List The holiday season is in full swing. The masses are on a spending spree to find last minute gifts for family and friends. Shopping malls are packed. Parking lots are…

Secret Church: Replica Of An Underground Meeting

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389SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List “Police bugged the building. They took one of our church members. The government is watching our every move. The lights will be off and the curtains drawn. Worship will…

State Of The World And Finishing The Task: 33% Christians, 38% Access, 29% Unreached

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441SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Missionaries generally want to share the breakthroughs and powerful testimonies with you. To be clear, there are amazing things happening in the world and there are pockets of revival…

Unreached Village, Gospel Presentation, Salvations, & Brand New Church

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193SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List This week, our local missionaries went to a new village shared the Gospel with over 50 people saw a handful of salvations and planted a new church! This small church…

God’s Call to Leave This American Mess [Re-Post]

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186SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List I recently ran across a powerful blog titled God’s Call to Leave This American Mess by John Piper. He begins, “What does the present political climate in America have to…

So, You’re Moving Out Of America? Here’s A Suggestion For You: CHINA

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363SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List “The Canada immigration site has crashed.” That’s what my friends tell me anyway. Mind you, this is not yet a verified fact. 🙂 And here’s yet another non-political travel…

Bullets Are Flying Over Our Missionaries’ Heads In The Ongoing War In Myanmar

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370SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List This morning, I received a disturbing text message from our local missionary in Myanmar. “David,” he said, “Please pray for us. The bullets are flying over our heads! Have…

Chinese Missionary Remains In Prison For Extra Year To Disciple New Converts

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597SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List The 41-year-old Chinese missionary retold his story of the 2-year prison sentence he received for preaching the Gospel one decade ago. His story was remarkable, seemingly unbelievable. While I…

3 Reasons Why God Doesn’t Need Pioneers In The USA

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307SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List This blog is making the rounds on social media. It’s just the right amount of controversy for me! My friend, Asian Roughrider, wrote the article. I think there are…

The Ordinary in the Midst of the Extraordinary [ChinaSource Blog Repost]

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287SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List When you think about the ordinary in the midst of the extraordinary, what comes to mind? Is there glory in the amidst the mundane? Does God truly use unassuming…

Unreached People Groups Don’t Always Live In Ugly Places

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236SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List I’ve found that there are a few stigmas that we have about the unreached world. #Unreached people groups don’t always live in ugly places. #missions Click To Tweet Say…

Suicide Among Chinese College Students And Gospel Hope

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227SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List College life in China is a pressure cooker and the pot is ever on the edge of boiling over. Because of the pressures that Chinese college students face, especially…

Hundreds Attend Massive Public Baptism In Hidden Forested Landscape

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484SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List This is an incredible update with striking images of a public baptism in China. Hundreds Attend Massive Public Baptism In Hidden Forested Landscape #unreached Click To Tweet The baptism…

You Can Be A Missions Mobilizer By Hosting A Vision Cast!

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273SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List It doesn’t matter where you are around the world; you can inspire people to join the missions heart of God by hosting a Within Reach Global Vision Cast! SHARE…

Ravi Zacharias Gives Christian Leaders A Serious Soul Check

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423SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List “Anyone who thinks he has arrived in a leadership position by virtue of their own capacity is not fit to lead.” Anyone who thinks he’s arrived in leadership position…

Here’s What My Father’s Day In Mozambique Looked Like

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304SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Today when I entered Iris Global church in Pemba, Mozambique, worshipful African intonations flooded my ears. Over six hundred voices sang love songs to God, English, Portuguese and Makua…

Life With God Versus Life Without God: A Chinese College Student Perspective

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342SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List At Within Reach Global, we host weekly English Corners. English Corners are an awesome platform for Chinese college students to gather, practice their foreign language skills, and build new…

Intentionally Reaching Unreached People Groups In The Urban Setting [Podcast & Missions Blab]

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396SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List I was honored to recently be interviewed on the Made for Missions podcast. Mike Falkenstine, president of One Eight Catalyst, and I conversed about a powerful conversation that I…

97 Chinese Pastors And Leaders Attend Our Underground Training

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334SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List “This is exactly what I need right now,” Pastor Zhang told us during our Within Reach Global underground pastors and leaders training in China. We had dedicated a specific…

The Heroes I Know Don’t Have Names Or Faces (Ministry Among Lepers)

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320SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List The heroes I know don’t have names or faces. You may never hear their stories. They are unassuming misfits and ragamuffins whom the world has overlooked. They fade into…

4 Truths To Help Overcome Loneliness On The Mission Field

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264SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Recently, I was told of a story of a missionary woman, who eventually packed up and went home after years of serving the Lord on the field. In those…

Double Your Donor Base & Raise Funds For The Ministries You Care About

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278SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List When: Sunday, May 15, 2016, 1:30 PM Where: Kunming International Fellowship RSVP at the Facebook event here: Double Your Donor Base & Raise Funds For The Ministries You Care…

Martyr Killed By Bulldozer Becomes Symbol Of Growing Persecution Of Christians In China

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314SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Christians in China are being increasingly persecuted, and a pastor’s wife was killed last week protesting demolition of her church (ChinaAid.org) A Christian woman’s fateful and defiant stance in…

Once Again, I Find Myself Leaving Behind The Country Of My Birth

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318SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Once again, I find myself leaving behind the country of my birth. After a four-month stay in America, I am returning to China and Thailand. The memories that were…

Why Easter Is Meaningless (For The Unreached)

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272SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List Asian Rough Rider has done it again! This incredible post is both saddening and inspiring, calling us to action for those who have yet to hear the meaning of…

Get The First Chapter Of My Book In Progress, The Memories I Made Up, Absolutely Free

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394SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List This has been a process. I’m talking, a really long process! More than six years to be exact. I’ve been trying to articulate my twenty years of experience on…

2015 Year In Review: Within Reach Global

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150SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List We saw amazing things happen at Within Reach Global in 2015! 3 countries 6 outreach centers 13 local missionaries from 7 different people groups 10 foreign missionaries 9 church…

Prayer Is The Mighty Engine That Is To Move The Missionary Work

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338SHARESShareTweetJoin Our List This thought is based on a powerful statement by A.B. Simpson: “Prayer is the mighty engine that is to move the missionary work.” “Prayer is the mighty engine that is…

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