All missionary articles
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Regular ColumnistsDear Christians, let’s not talk about finding our ‘tribe’
The Bible emphasises unity between believers, observes Lucy Peppiatt. So why do Christians talk about their own ‘tribes’?
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OpinionWhy do we never hear about African missionaries?
African missionaries are challenging the modern missionary mindset, says Operation Mobilisation’s Reinhold Titus
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ReviewsElisabeth Elliot - Lucy S R Austen
If you are among the millions of people who’ve read Elisabeth Elliot’s bestselling book Through Gates of Splendor (Tyndale), then this biography’s subject will be familiar to you. If not, then keep reading, because evangelicalism on both sides of the Atlantic has been heavily influenced by Elliot. ...
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ReviewsMadman or martyr? The Mission is an unsettling documentary about a murdered evangelist
In 2018, the death of missionary John Allen Chau shocked the world. Now, a new documentary looks at what inspired a young American to reach a remote people group with the gospel. It asks some important questions, says Tim Bechervaise, but have they really understood the Christian call to share the good news?
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ReviewsSubversive Mission - Craig Greenfield
Craig Greenfield’s Christian life has been a wild ride. After growing up in New Zealand, he lived in a Cambodian slum for seven years, where he and his wife raised two children. After that they moved their young family to Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, running an open house ...
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Real Life‘I’ve been a church leader in Ukraine for 30 years. I’m not going anywhere’
Wayne Zschech has been a church leader in Ukraine for nearly 30 years. He’s not intending to leave any time soon
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Opinion‘Military jets can be heard overhead, we covet your prayers’ Ukraine church leader on why he’s not leaving
Timothy Sloan, an elder in a church in Lutsk, whose Christian community is sheltering from Russian bombs, sends an urgent message
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InterviewsJackie Pullinger: 'We're going to feel stupid for eternity if we waste this life'
In a rare interview, the straight-talking missionary challenges the Church to stop living vicariously through her, and get on with the job
