Responding to Ebola
Posted on 1st February 2015
We caught up with Christian GP Sam Dunnet as she returned from working in West Africa with Ebola victims. Sam tells us how she got involved, what the experience was like for her and what the rest of us can do to help those affected by Ebola.
How did...
Buy a House
Posted on 1st December 2014
A long-term missionary couple who returned from overseas to retire after many years of service were later asked 'What one piece of advice would you give to new mission workers leaving for the field?' Their answer was 'Buy a House'. They had made no provision for housing in their retirement...
Reaching the Unreached
Posted on 1st November 2014
Algeria is a Muslim country with few Christians. Those from a Muslim background are fewer still. Most of the country is effectively unreached by the gospel. How can the people have an opportunity to hear of the Saviour?
Just by chance a Muslim in the country called Hussein heard a Christian...
Access to the NHS
Posted on 1st October 2014
In August 2013, InterHealth wrote to its users about the UK Department of Health's consultation on access to NHS care in England.
The UK government has recently published its response to the consultation and is in the process of finalising the details. These currently include a number of proposed changes...
Introduce Your Friends to Mission
Posted on 1st September 2014
21 Easy Ways to Introduce Your Friends to the Nations (and Five Ways to Ensure They Stay Away)
We all feel it, don't we? You experience something beautiful, cool, or amazing, and you've just got to share it with someone. Maybe it's a book, place, thought, or discovery. Whatever, you want...
Stop for the One
Posted on 1st August 2014
A call to stop for the one, living a life of intimacy with Jesus each day
We are called to love. We are called to be loved. To be so loved by Jesus, that his love overflows out of us to those who we encounter. We are called to be Jesus'...
Doing Re-entry Well
Posted on 1st July 2014
Anyone who has returned from overseas mission work or is involved with returnees knows that the transition isn't always easy. What is it about this particular process that makes it somehow more complicated or less straightforward to express than other changes we go through in life? And what can we...
Let My people Go
Posted on 1st June 2014
Mobilising for Anti-Trafficking Mission Work
One child is trafficked every 30 seconds. Awareness raising campaigns have made the anti-trafficking movement a growing global movement, yet the needs remain overwhelming and the workers are few.
Justice issues are an integral part of mission. The problem of human trafficking and modern-day slavery is...
Mental Health and Mission
Posted on 1st May 2014
Can people with mental health problems go on mission overseas?
My friend Philip (pseudonym) is a young married man with a good education, doing well in his profession, and active in church service. To look at him you may never guess that for many years he has suffered with a significant...
Tech Fasting
Posted on 1st April 2014
We picked up that Hannah Coggins, mission teacher in Madagascar, undertook a technology fast when she first arrived on the field. We were keen to find out what this involved, the reasons behind it and the benefits realised.
Hannah writes "Yes, we did a 3 month tech fast, although here...
