Loving Obedience

We must choose to obey and use our precious time on this earth to love God and people according to the greatest commandment of all and one like it: “to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind and your neighbor as yourself,”

Celebrating the Manifestation of Jesus As Messiah

Many Christians around the world celebrate Epiphany, a celebration (Christian Feast Day) that began around the fourth century along with Advent. Western Churches traditionally celebrate it on January 6th, Eastern Orthodox Churches on January 19th. Most people see Epiphany primarily … (read more)

Just Tell Them About Jesus

The title of this article comes from a WMPL Fellow Workers article that Bob Andrews wrote over twenty years ago. As background, Bob’s article shared how he witnessed patients in an East Asia hospital ward enthralled with flannelgraph stories of … (read more)

Jesus’ Invitation to Come

In thinking of global mission we often stress Jesus’ command to “Go!” but I reflected on this word “come” for a sermon I recently shared

WMPL’s Unique Characteristics in Mission

In last month’s article, entitled “Who Are We?” I presented our work to define seven values that we believe will be important for us to manifest in our quest to be obedient to the mission Jesus has given us. In … (read more)

Lunch Fellowship at WMPL

Who Are We?

In June we had the opportunity as a Board and staff to ask ourselves again who we are in light of a changing context within and outside of the World Mission Prayer League.

It is important that we hear what you think of what our Board and staff have proposed. Please prayerfully review the information in this article and its continuation on page 6 and provide your feedback. We need to hear from you.

Staring Down Our Fears Through Perfect Love

While visiting with our WMPL workers in Kenya in May, Vincent, husband of Julia, told my wife Lois and me an intriguing story. As a Samburu youth, Vincent was taught what to do when he came upon lions or elephants … (read more)

“Who Are You?”

As we minister to those who have had little to no access to the gospel, mobilize other believers to pray, or equip them to go, we can follow John the Baptist’s example and do everything we can to point people to Jesus rather than ourselves.

Divine Appointments and the Cornerstone

This article follows up on last month’s, partly because my wife and I recently experienced what we believe were divine appointments among those in the Muslim world observing the fasting month of Ramadan. We believe that, in some way or … (read more)