Within Reach Global
Blog by Within Reach Global team member J.M. I volunteer teach the music program to over a dozen students at a high school in China, and am grateful to play a part in impacting young lives with the kingdom of God. This week we have been busy with a whole bunch of Thanksgiving activities with Chinese students…
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Where is Christianity growing the fastest? The Center for the Study of Global Christianity, based at Gordon Conwell Seminary, published In June 2013 an excellent report regarding Christianity in its Global Context. The full report can be found online at here. From this report I identified the top 20 countries that have the highest percentage…
read moreThis map is an incredible glimpse of how the major religions of the world have spread over the past 5,000 years in under 2 minutes. Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are five of the biggest religions in the world. Over the last few thousand years, these religious groups have shaped the course of history…
read moreThere 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 that number from people groups to individuals, and the numbers are staggering. Two and a half billion people who are waiting at the other end of…
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Last week, I moved house, and as I was taking my bags out of the main gate of my apartment block, a little old Chinese lady entered the complex at the same time. She was very old, and I noticed that her feet were bound. The sexist practice of binding feet disappeared from China nearly a 150…
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Right now I am at The Bridge outreach center region. There are 8 universities within a 5 mile radius, and over 100,000 college students studying here. It’s the perfect place for people with a passion for reaching Chinese college students who know little to nothing about the gospel of Jesus Christ. But our ministry vehicle’s…
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Warning: Get ready for a massive shift in perspective! This witty story helps make sense of the ridiculously lopsided allocation of Christian workers to unreached peoples in the 10/40 Window. [CLICK TO TWEET] For more frustrating statistics on missionary work in the 10/40 Window, see Chances Are, You Don’t Care and The Great Imbalance Of Global Missions.…
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This week in church we watched one of the best short films on missions that we had ever seen. It is incredibly simple, but straightforward and moving, inspiring us again to follow the missionary call upon our lives. We pray that it inspires you to get deeper involved with cross cultural missions at Within Reach…
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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 decision about her future. I’ve had the privilege to help counsel her and give her a loving listening ear. This week I had the chance to spend…
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Let me tell you the incredible story of a sweet Chinese girl who I met at our Friday night English Corner last semester. I invited her to our more intimate Tuesday night English Corner, and began to spend lots of one-on-one time with her. She quickly became one of my closest friends here in China.…
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