"Call us, we’re white."
Legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden once said, “Sports doesn’t build character, it reveals it.” When it comes it comes to seeing...
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Jul 31
Learning Together
In my Māori cultural environment, visitors are typically embraced and highly regarded as a source of new knowledge. The initial...
Jul 17
The Colonization of the Mission
It was not only that early Protestant missionaries began catching a ride with commercial shipping operations like the British East India...
Jun 5
Copowering Relationships in Uganda and Beyond
In Uganda, we are fortunate that our culture often helps us prioritize relational effectiveness over other kinds of effectiveness. But,...
May 9, 2023
Dancing with the Elephant: True Partnership in Short-Term Missions
In 2001, I started teaching at Wheaton College, a Christian liberal arts school outside Chicago. I would often start my Introduction to...
Jan 18, 2023
Teachability in Short-Term Missions: Learning from what does and doesn’t work
Bonita Broadnax and Brian Fikkert, with Emily Carminati There’s something really strange about how the western church does short-term...
Jan 13, 2023
Stop Calling it a “Short-Term Missions”
by Craig Greenfield Imagine if I were to write this letter to my local dentist: Dear Sir, I’d like to come and be a dentist for two...
Dec 22, 2022
Choosing Humility: Working together for respectful short-term missions
by Danilo Cyruis, Clelie Cyrius, Stephanie Robinson, and David Sanon, with Andrea Sielaff In the story of missions, who are the central...
Dec 16, 2022
Mutuality in Missions: A relational approach to short-term trips
by Robert Katende with Lisa San Martin The ways that Western churches do short-term missions are often criticized, and for good reasons....
May 23, 2022
Steve Corbett
Steve Corbett is the Community Development Specialist for the Chalmers Center for Economic Development and an Assistant Professor in the...
May 23, 2022
Brian Fikkert
Dr. Brian Fikkert is the Founder and President of the Chalmers Center for Economic Development at Covenant College (www.chalmers.org),...
May 23, 2022
Bonita Broadnax
Bonita Broadnax is a former Section 8 property manager for a private affordable housing company in Chattanooga, TN. Prior to property...
May 23, 2022
Megan Pratt
Serving as Faith to Action’s Director of Engagement, Megan has a passion for mobilizing the Church around best practices in global...
May 23, 2022
Austin Robinson
Austin Robinson is the cofounder and Executive Director of Eternal Anchor, an NGO dedicated to alleviating the suffering caused by...
May 23, 2022
Lisa San Martin
Originally from Seattle, Lisa San Martin has lived in British Columbia, Ukraine, and Argentina, for studies and service in...
May 23, 2022
Craig Greenfield
Craig Greenfield is the founder of Alongsiders International, a grassroots discipleship movement of 8000 children and youth across Asia...
May 23, 2022
Rachel Nesbitt
Rachel Nesbitt has a Masters degree from Northwest University in International Community Development and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology...
May 23, 2022
Emily Carminati
Emily is a communications expert, community development practitioner, and writer working in an international ministry setting. She finds...
May 23, 2022
Doug Volle
Doug Volle is a graduate of the International Community Development master’s program at Northwest University. He participated in...
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