By Laura McKillip Wood When David and Annette Dryden decided to work as missionaries, they did not realize they would end up working with Muslims. They originally moved to Crimea, which was then part of Ukraine, to plant churches among Ukrainians. “In the process, God showed us the unreached Muslims in Crimea who were not […]
By Michael C. Mack Why is it difficult for some people to move from an old way to a new way of doing things? Read Acts 15:1-12. Divide your group into two camps: the circumcision group (Galatians 2:12) or “party of the Pharisees” (Acts 15:5), a.k.a. the Judaizers, and the salvation through grace group, represented […]
By Dr. Reuben Lang’at Eleven years ago my family and I left Kenya and arrived in the United States for the first time. We navigated through many culture shocks, such as the drastic change in seasons, food, and cultural norms, just to name a few. I remember when we landed in Jackson, Mississippi, airport and […]
By Samyr El-Refaie and Andrew Wood A middle-aged man in jeans and a travel-worn jacket worked his way down the aisle of the plane, checking his ticket for his seat number. As he wrestled his carry-on into an overhead compartment, a young bearded man wearing a brimless white cap looked up from the book he […]
By Pete Isenberg The pickup rumbled northward from Madang, Papua New Guinea, on the two-lane coastal road. Hours before, our group had prepared packs for a several-day outing and set out to visit a local village. Now 17 bumpy miles later, our missionary leader slowly pulled over and announced, “Here we are!” Yet I wondered, […]
