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    “They come every Sunday, they dance and they leave,” said an Ethiopian when asked about the church in his village. At the time, many churches conducted worship services in Amharic, the national language. Local languages and cultural traditions were deemed unworthy of the Gospel. This alienation of ethnic... read more →

    “And she [Mary] gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.” —Luke 2:7 Picture it. Young Mary and Joseph, giving birth for the first time, away from home,... read more →

    “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free...” —Luke 4:18 The word gospel is... read more →

    The frontier is the places and peoples still unreached with the Gospel due to lack of Christian witness. In fact, nearly one third of the people in the world are part of that frontier and have almost no chance of hearing about Jesus from someone in their own... read more →

    “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations...” —Matthew 28:19 When Jesus commissioned His followers to make disciples of all nations, He wasn’t referring to the boundaries of geopolitical nations. The Greek word used for nation is ethnē, from which the word ethnic is derived. Ethnē was sometimes used... read more →

    “An angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, ‘Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.’” —Matthew 2:13 The diaspora is... read more →

    The community of God’s people is vast and diverse—women in saris, children eating injera, men in turbans offering prayers in languages unknown to us. It includes different people groups and contexts, each distinctly unique and yet one in Christ.  Throughout the season of Advent, many churches characterize themselves... read more →

    “…in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.” —John 1:4-5 The gloomiest days often lead to the most incredible sunsets. The pinks, purples and yellows of the reflecting light contrast gloriously... read more →

    Merriam-Webster defines access as “permission, liberty, or ability to enter, approach, or pass to and from a place or to approach or communicate with a person or thing.” Access is a doorway, a path, a gate, a threshold to new possibilities.  Of the nearly 8 billion people in... read more →

    Most children learn the alphabet, and for good reason. These 26 letters, A through Z—a core set of building blocks—extend into almost every aspect of our lives.  The ABCs of frontier mission ministry can be complicated, as we interact with peoples representing diverse cultures, worldviews and religious traditions.... read more →