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How’s Within Reach Global Doing? A Candid Answer

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Five years ago, we were sitting in a circle praying and worshipping at a nearby lake during one of our local missionary conventions. Each team member was asked to consider where they would be in five years. After everyone had shared, it was our turn. “In five years we will no longer be living in…

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Why Evangelism Can’t Be Our Focus

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Any time you work and minister in a closed or restricted access nation, you have to be creative in your approach to ministry. That is, how can you go about reaching people for Christ and stay under the radar at the same time? In our setup at Within Reach Global, we have found that the…

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The Bridge For 100,000 Students

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The Bridge is our newest underground outreach center in the center of 8 universities and 100,000 students. We just opened The Bridge this month, our sixth underground outreach center. Within Reach Global staff have moved to this booming college town, with eight universities. There are over 100,000 college students in the area, a huge population…

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What Happened At Our Christian Camp Outreach

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“I am an overcomer!” was the exclamation of 100 Chinese students who attended our 2 day 2013 Chinese Christian Camp at Within Reach Global. The camp consisted of students from more than six universities, many different unreached tribal people groups, and twenty-five foreign short and long term missionaries. If you missed it, the Chinese Christian…

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The 100% Model: Taking A Page From The Charity: Water Handbook

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Ever since I heard of charity: water’s bold promise to the general public, that 100% of their donations would go directly to the field to fund water projects, I was enamored. I coveted their promise, and sought to come up with ideas to replicate that strategy at Within Reach Global. Given, we are still somewhat…

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Missions Ain’t That Mysterious

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I have recently come to understand that many Christians do not get involved in long term missions because of the mystery surrounding what missionaries do. Or perhaps what missions actually is. Or possibly because they feel they have to “sacrifice it all for the sake of the call,” giving up their gifts and enjoyments to…

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Sponsor Chinese Student For Christian Camp

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Every May, we host our annual Within Reach Global English Camp for the college students and young professionals that have been attending our weekly English Corners throughout the year. In this camp they will learn to improve their English skills through group interaction, games, discussion and fellowship with other students and camp leaders. All throughout…

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When A Witch Doctor Dies

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When a witch doctor dies, the unexpected occurs.   No chopping off of chicken heads and sprinkling blood in animistic ritual. No dangling dog teeth over corpses. No dark wizardry. We have shared meals of live grub worms and cat soup with him. We have laughed with him and spoken truth into his life. We knew…

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My Trip To The Abortion Clinic

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Blog by JP, Within Reach Global staff   I have a friend whose mom works as one of the only doctors in what is basically an abortion clinic in a very poor area of the city. Not ago my friend asked if I’d come and visit her mom, because she and her mom had been…

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Reaching Unengaged People Groups Through Urban Mission

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I have spent some serious time on rural Chinese mountain tops, hours conversing with former headhunting tribes and ethnic minorities and unreached people groups. Real life people kind of ministry, where life rubs off onto life, and handshakes and hugs and smiles ensue. Conversations usually take place over wok fried leafy greens and spicy oil…

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