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Think Christianity Is Dying? Think Again

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Trends of Christian growth around the world interest us. Why? Because our passion continues to be focused on unreached people groups—people who have never had a chance to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ. Let’s take China for example. The country is home to the “nones”, or to the “unaffiliated” bloc of people, those who…

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Dear China, I Never Thought I’d Love You This Much

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I never thought I’d love you this much. Rural village: They smiled and laughed. Kings and queens. Little warriors. The faces of your people will forever be etched in my mind. Their smiles, the dreams veiled by their narrow eyes, the laughter, the rapid talk, the longing for connection, hidden behind the intricate nuances of culture…

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Love Is Contagious

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  More than five years ago, a mysterious Chinese guy joined one of our English Corners. He was different from the other students. He had a lot of secrets up his sleeve. He wouldn’t tell us anything about himself—not his hometown, his family, his age or his birthday. The only thing he told us about…

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10 Ways To Avoid Becoming A Missionary

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A tongue-in-cheek look at some sure-fire ways to avoid becoming a missionary. A tongue-in-cheek look at some sure-fire ways to avoid becoming a missionary. Click To Tweet   1. Ignore Jesus’ request in John 4:35 that we take a long hard look at the fields. Seeing the needs of people can be depressing and very unsettling.…

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7 Tongue-in-cheek Ways To Survive Being Single On The Mission Field

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  As someone who grew up on the mission field, one of the things I’ve observed is this: There are many single people on the mission field. Most of them are women. I could almost hear fellow missionaries laughing. “Tell us something we don’t know!” they say. I’m smiling as I type. I am one…

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Embracing The Crazy A Missionary’s Recollection Of Chinese Reactions To Their New Christian Life

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  * Names changed for security purposes.   To believe in God is to embrace something that will radically change our lives. We all know this. Those who have truly embraced the call to follow Christ know how drastically it can transform a life. Change isn’t comfortable. To many people here, to embrace that kind…

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She Left Us So Quickly And Went Home To Her Heavenly Father

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August was an emotional month for us. Though there were wonderful things that God did (as he always does), a tragic experience left our missionary team saddened in its wake. We wanted to share this with you, not so that you would be filled with sadness, but that you might sense our hearts for the…

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7 Missionary Traps To Avoid On The Mission Field

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I have lived on the mission field for 3 ½ years. It’s been exciting to experience the goodness of God in His provision and love, and to see Him change lives—mine included. But the age-old Bible-proclaimed problem is: Satan does not want any of this to happen. He is smart and knows missionaries usually have…

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Look At This Map And Tell Me God Is Disinterested In Asia

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Each color on this map depicts about half the world’s population.   John 3:16 speaks of God’s love for the world. By “the world”, we understand it to mean “people”. God is intimately interested in people. Lots of them. Over 7 billion of them. For even “the hairs on our head are numbered”. He is…

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Sad Update: 11 Year Old Yuxiang Passed Away This Afternoon

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She has always been in His arms. Now she can see the One who is holding her. Our hearts broke as we heard the news today. Our local missionary left us a tearful voice message, “This afternoon, a few minutes past 3:pm, Yuxiang left us.” A tearful voice message, “This afternoon, a few minutes past 3:pm,…

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