Jesus, Rio de Janeiro (Photo credit: kaysha) Occasionally, I would contribute to Answers.com. When I do, it is because I am really bored. This is one of my better answers I guess. This is how I answered it: Question: What is the Impact of Globalization on the Contemporary Christian Mission? A. The "Southern Shift" of …
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There are a lot of articles and books on "How to Do Medical Missions." Some are excellent and some may be good for other people but not for me. I have been more interested in why we do medical missions and how can it be integrated into broader long-term work. So I have a number …
PREVIOUS With Pentecost, the church age started, and the twelve disciples were now commissioned as apostles... going out into the world to share the good news of Christ. So what did they do? They stayed in Jerusalem. Not a bad idea at first. But they stayed in Jerusalem quite a while. That wasn't so good. …
Clearly, the disciples were not ready to reach out to Samaritans. Much like Jonah, they seemed more open to the thought of God destroying them than saving them. Clearly, the attitude of the disciples needed to be changed first. It is hardly surprising that Jesus warned the disciples not to go off and work in …
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Samaria was the first cross-cultural mission site of the early church. So I am looking at Samaria from a few perspectives. Samaritan Pentateuch The Problems of Samaria (This post) The Preparation for Samaria (Next post) The Potential in Samaria (Third post) A fourth perspective (Projects to Samaria) will not appear as a post, but just …