Ian Stackhouse on gospel hospitality
Guilford Baptist Church has a long-standing involvement with global mission. Notably from the early 1970s they were sending church for former OMF General Director Michael...
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Availability and vulnerability: Ian Stackhouse’s advice for pastors in 2022
Every pastor is only too aware of the limited resources of time, people and finance compared to a world of unlimited possibilities and challenges their...
Returning home with Jesus: East Asian students’ stories
Anna* was very sceptical when her friend encouraged her to go to a Bible study group for students from East Asia. Her initial resistance was...
How a short-term mission trip shaped long-term plans
Doing a university degree provides all kinds of new and unexpected opportunities. For some, this includes using their long summer holidays to go on a...
Why is it important for missionaries to learn local languages?
Brits aren’t renowned for our language skills. It’s all too easy to go abroad and rely on people speaking English. In cross-cultural work, though, language...
Learning to live cross-culturally at Bible college
We thought before coming here we just wanted to go and get on with sharing the gospel,’ Agi tells me. However, after four years studying...
Transformed by Christ: One Filipino woman’s story
Leona, who leads an urban house church in the Philippines, shares the difference knowing Jesus Christ has made in her life: I’m Leona. I have...
Studying through struggles: Student life in the Philippines
Students from rural areas of the Philippines have a hard time when it comes to getting higher education. Colleges and universities are in big cities,...
Passing the baton: how local Christians are taking the gospel to the Philippines and beyond
Albert Catua’s father was one of the first Christians – and first pastors – among the approximately 200,000 strong Manobo people. Living in the remote...
Introducing the Philippines
A land of 7,000 islands, the Philippines is a country of contrasts. It sits in contrast to the other countries in Southeast Asia as the...