Gift Aid for Christian Workers
Posted on 1st May 2007
Students currently graduating from mainstream university this year will have a debt of over £12,000 on average. Those training for Christian mission are not exempt. Speaking to the bursar of a Bible College a few months ago, I learned that it is normal for students that are entitled to take...
Free NHS Care for Overseas Aid Workers
Posted on 1st April 2007
In August 2006 having just returned to the UK from working abroad, I attended a routine hospital appointment and was asked: "Have you been living in the UK for the last twelve months?" I answered truthfully and was promptly questioned by a member of staff from the hospital's 'Paying Patients'...
Are You My Grandma? - Observations from a TCK
Posted on 1st February 2007
Arriving at Heathrow airport at 6 o'clock in the morning and being swooped up in a hug by a grandmother I hardly know.... Walking in Maasailand scrub and seeing an antelope grazing five metres away from me.... Sitting in an aeroplane, waving goodbye to friends I might never see again....rushing...
Teaching in Britain: a cross-cultural mission?
Posted on 1st January 2007
Sally's Story
Sally [ 1] was a successful modern languages teacher who wanted to serve God through using her talents to best effect. She often led assemblies and used them as an opportunity for sensitive sharing of her faith. She was having a huge impact in the lives of many pupils...
Christian Mission and the Environment: How Big is our God?
Posted on 1st November 2006
There is no longer much doubt about the seriousness of the global environmental crisis. Where there is still plenty of confusion, is over the Christian response. Should we agree with the American Christian writer, Cal Thomas, that "Jesus' teaching has nothing to do with global warming or the environment" and...
Learning to Get on Together
Posted on 1st October 2006
The record does not show whether Adam and Eve had arguments. It does show that their two sons had problems relating with disastrous results! So it seems that conflict is as old as humanity and if you include the tradition that Satan fell out with God, even older than that!
Of...
Running on empty? - Are we being shaped by the God of mission?
Posted on 1st September 2006
It was one of those weeks. The man had stood up for his faith while everyone around him believed in other gods. He had prayed and seen God move powerfully. But then his life was threatened, so in fear and exhaustion he fled.
Elijah was running on empty. He may have...
Growing Young Givers
Posted on 1st August 2006
1. Child sponsorship
Children relate to other children and many sponsorship programmes offer opportunities to write, share photos and express generosity. Linking up with similar aged children of missionaries you know might also be a possibility.
2. Let them see the need
Giving them first-hand experience of the needs of others. Perhaps...
Community Health Global Network
Posted on 1st July 2006
Most of you who read this will be aware of the health care crisis facing vast areas of the developing world. The statistic that most sticks in my throat is WHO's estimate that the world is short of 2.5 million health workers.
"the world is short of 2.5 million health workers"
But...
The TASK for Tentmakers Today
Posted on 1st June 2006
The apostle Paul carried on his trade as a tentmaker (Acts 18.3) on some of his missionary journeys, and many people since have followed this example, taking their businesses and professions to other cultures and countries.
"Tentmakers are men and women of integrity, employed in real jobs, who share their faith...
