Global Missions Amid Global Crisis
Jeff Straub Few things have so universally affected the missionary movement like the current COVID-19 pandemic. As the world’s economy has ground to a halt,… Read More »Global Missions Amid Global Crisis
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Missionary Martyrs: Are We Paying Too High a Price to Evangelize the World? Part Three
Jeff Straub During these past two weeks I have been writing about the deaths of Charles Wesco and John Chau, men who perished in violent… Read More »Missionary Martyrs: Are We Paying Too High a Price to Evangelize the World? Part Three
Missionary Martyrs: Are We Paying Too High a Price to Evangelize the World? Part Two
Jeff Straub Last week I wrote of the deaths of Charles Trumann Wesco and John Allen Chau, two men whose lives ended in recent days… Read More »Missionary Martyrs: Are We Paying Too High a Price to Evangelize the World? Part Two
Missionary Martyrs: Are We Paying Too High a Price to Evangelize the World?
Jeff Straub Two fresh missionary deaths have made the news in recent weeks. The first was the unexpected death of missionary Charles Trumann Wesco (1974–2018),… Read More »Missionary Martyrs: Are We Paying Too High a Price to Evangelize the World?
Missionaries and Culture
Missionaries do their work in a perilous environment. Such has been the rise of ideas such as “multi-culturalism”, that many missionaries now go by a… Read More »Missionaries and Culture
We Don’t Want Your White Man’s Religion
In Africa, particularly where black nationalist sentiments arise, it is not uncommon to hear the title of this post thrown around in conversation. Similarly, half-formed… Read More »We Don’t Want Your White Man’s Religion
Lessons from a Visiting Missionary
Jeff Straub One of the real delights of working at the seminary is the opportunity to hear the visiting chapel speakers. Our students get the… Read More »Lessons from a Visiting Missionary
Teaching Overseas: Life’s Small Challenges
Jeff Straub Teaching overseas is a great opportunity, but it is not without challenges. These challenges abound in the wider world. Little things or big… Read More »Teaching Overseas: Life’s Small Challenges
Teaching Overseas: On Arrival
Jeff Straub So, you made it overseas. You cleared customs and now you are on your way to you host’s home. Hopefully you have arrived… Read More »Teaching Overseas: On Arrival
Teaching Overseas: Preparing to Go
Jeff Straub Last week I began a series on overseas teaching. This week I want to consider the preparation necessary for such a venture. For… Read More »Teaching Overseas: Preparing to Go
Teaching Overseas
Jeff Straub We live in days of tremendous technological advances. We carry phones that take pictures, tell time, serve as alarm clocks and stop watches,… Read More »Teaching Overseas
Learning From the National Church: What Our Brothers and Sisters Can Teach Us
Jeff Straub I love encountering new cultures. The sounds, the smells, the tastes—pungent, bitter, sweet, loud, soft, ebullient, quiet. What a world we live in!… Read More »Learning From the National Church: What Our Brothers and Sisters Can Teach Us
Missions in the 21st Century: Is It a Time to Rethink Our Strategy?
Jeff Straub Throughout my 12-year tenure here at Central Seminary, I have been using part of my time to teach overseas. When I was hired,… Read More »Missions in the 21st Century: Is It a Time to Rethink Our Strategy?
The Fields Are Still White—Laborers Are Still Needed
Jeff Straub The modern missionary movement is now about 225 years old, if you mark its beginning with the journey of William Carey to India… Read More »The Fields Are Still White—Laborers Are Still Needed
If I Were Young Again: World Opportunities for the Intentional Christian
Jeff Straub Recently, I returned from the Far East after another blessed ministry trip. As I journeyed home, I began to muse on the incredible… Read More »If I Were Young Again: World Opportunities for the Intentional Christian
Missionary Sacrifice, Sixty Years Later
Friday, January 8, was the sixtieth anniversary of what is likely the best known missionary sacrifice of the twentieth century. Jim Elliott and his four… Read More »Missionary Sacrifice, Sixty Years Later
Help send copies of A Conservative Christian Declaration to Kenya
Can you help us send copies of A Conservative Christian Declaration to a conference for pastors in Kenya? We have had a request from missionary Dan… Read More »Help send copies of A Conservative Christian Declaration to Kenya
The God Ask: A Fresh, Biblical Approach to Personal Support Raising: A Review Article, Part 2
Jeff Straub Last week, I began to evalutate Steve Shadrach’s book on raising ministry support, The God Ask. It is a how-to manual for Christian… Read More »The God Ask: A Fresh, Biblical Approach to Personal Support Raising: A Review Article, Part 2
The God Ask: A Fresh, Biblical Approach to Personal Support Raising: A Review Article, Part 1
This week and next, I want to interact with a recent book that has some bearing on the discussion we have been having over the… Read More »The God Ask: A Fresh, Biblical Approach to Personal Support Raising: A Review Article, Part 1
How to Have a Missions-Minded Church, Part 4: Raising the Missions Consciousness of the Church
Jeff Straub All churches should be growing in their commitment to fulfill the Great Commission, and having a missions-minded church is one way to increase… Read More »How to Have a Missions-Minded Church, Part 4: Raising the Missions Consciousness of the Church