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Finding Ministerial Balance in Doing Missions

On By missionmusingsIn History in MissionsLeave a comment

I have been teaching Missions History this term... one of my favorite subjects, although I am not sure whether I do a good job with it.   It is hard to make history "come alive." But had a couple of interesting insights that came from the class... particularly from comments made by the students. There …

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Christian Leadership— Finding the Balance

On By missionmusingsIn Christian Leadership, Encounters in Mission, Mission Theology1 Comment

Numerous times in Christian circles, we focus on the extremes. Extreme faith, extreme dedication, extreme charisma, extreme courage, etc. There is a place for that... and I suppose, it is reasonable that the heroes of the faith are often people of rather extreme temperaments, even (perhaps) collectors of personality disorders. They are people you might …

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