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Three Phases of Christian Missions (from one perspective at least)

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I was listening to Darrell Whiteman (missiologist/anthropologist) on the Missiology Podcast. He was talking about how the average time a missionary (he prefers the term "cross-cultural witness") is 7 years... and yet he believes that it takes around 10 years to truly be effective. That can be a problem. For me and my wife, I …

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Missions is a Often a Dead-end Job… Thankfully

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The title above doesn't always apply... but often does. Usually does, I think. A missionary, as noted by others, is a person who works himself out of a job. He (I am going to use "he" although missions is one of the most egalitarian roles in Evangelical Christianity, so feel free to substitute "she" or …

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