Last month we concluded our 75th anniversary celebration; this month we begin our 76th year together. It is a dangerous passage. The great danger of anniversary years – advanced anniversary years, in particular – is that agencies (and people sometimes, … (read more)
How does one get to South Sudan? (You will find the destination described in the preceding article.) How does one get to the rugged tribal territories of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa? How do you find your way to the border crossings … (read more)
Last month we reviewed the remarkable growth of the church here and there around the world: 50,000 sisters and brothers in Mongolia, up from a handful three decades ago; a million more in Nepal; nearly half-a-billion on the continent of … (read more)
May I be perfectly frank? Sometimes I wonder what, precisely, we have accomplished in seventy-five years. We have prayed many prayers, it is true. We have sent many hundreds of missionaries. We have received the donations of faithful sisters and … (read more)
It is estimated that one third of our human family has yet to hear the Good News. More than two billion persons. The Good News is not broadcast on their radios. The Good News is not available in their bookstores. … (read more)
A little leaven, sometimes, goes a long way. Lars Olsen Skrefsrud required a bit of leaven, that’s for sure. He was a rowdy young man, given to drink, carousing and petty thievery. By the time he was eighteen years old, … (read more)
The World Mission Prayer League has been at work in Africa since 1968, as you will read in this month’s newsletter. We were centuries late to the scene. The gospel has been at work in Africa since New Testament times … (read more)
A few months ago, at age 97, one of the premier missionary anthropologists of the twentieth century passed on to glory, a death reported by journals and newspapers around the world. You might not know, however, that his dramatic story … (read more)
In 2012 we celebrate the 75th anniversary of our first missionary sending. Our newsletter has featured testimonies month-by-month throughout the year, ranging from our earliest years as a missionary community until today. This month we feature a pair of stories … (read more)
Political calamity. Debilitating illness. Detour. Disappointment. It is one thing to have a vision for the thing to be done; it is quite another to accomplish it. We find detours along the way. Have you ever noticed? Detour and disappointment are … (read more)