Mission Viewpoints

A major discussion point in missions work is where to send missionaries. Missiologists spend a lot of time figuring out where there are unreached people, and there are multiple organisations and websites devoted to identifying unengaged people groups. For 17 years, I…

Most missionaries who have gone to foreign mission fields do not expect to return home anytime soon – if ever. My parents were pioneer missionaries in Nigeria. The generation that preceded my parents to the field shipped a casket with…

“Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the Kingdom …when he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd…”…

Author: Paul Seger This is a strange suggestion coming from a former director of a mission agency. I grew up on the mission field and served as a missionary in Africa. My entire life has been dedicated to gospel propagation,…

In the previous post, we presented the first 5 of 10 things new and prospective missionaries need to know before heading to the mission field. Many of us have had to say “Oops, wish I’d known that!” So I’m hoping…

“Oops, I should have known that.” Those words or something similar have been repeated thousands of times by missionaries. I have personally contributed abundantly to that statistic. The following list isn’t “the” only ten things new and prospective missionaries should…