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12.05.23

Caring for International Workers

The late 1990s and early 2000s were exciting times to be part of the new Global Ministries Leadership Team.
Preparing Cross-Cultural Workers
12.04.23

Preparing Cross-Cultural Workers

Why not just send the called and the passionate? If a person loves Christ and is called and willing to sacrifice and go, should there be any furthe...
A Journey Toward Understanding Suffering
11.27.23

A Journey Toward Understanding Suffering

Like many international workers (IWs), I did not embark on my journey with a well-developed theology of suffering. Rather, it has evolved over the ...
For Better or for Worse
11.23.23

For Better or for Worse

We feared for our lives that day in 1997. Extreme tension between various military leaders in the city of Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, had broug...
Identity in Christ: The Cross-Cultural Worker’s Firm Foundation
11.20.23

Identity in Christ: The Cross-Cultural Worker’s Firm Foundation

“When I grow up, I want to do what she does,” I whispered to my husband, John, in 2004. I was a fully grown woman with two children at the time and...
Called and Nurtured into Missions
11.13.23

Called and Nurtured into Missions

Choosing a vocation or knowing the career for which one might prepare and train takes self-awareness, understanding of aptitudes and skills, wise c...
Global Emergency Response Report: Turkey earthquake relief
11.10.23

Global Emergency Response Report: Turkey earthquake relief

We are thankful for the response from Alliance churches and donors—altogether $377,730.30—to provide financial resources for our partners in Turkey...
Choice
10.30.23

Choice

When I was eleven years old, I went for a holiday with my family to my birth country, Malaysia. I remember the long flight over the Pacific Ocean, ...
God’s Work in and through Us
10.23.23

God’s Work in and through Us

Although neither Richard nor I knew it then, God was uniquely calling us from when we were very young to say ‘yes’ to Him. He was calling us to go ...
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