Pray4Yueyang

Go Tell!

Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I. Send me!” Isaiah 6:8

“Here Am I” by Mercy Me.

Give Me Your Eyes from Brandon Heath on Vimeo.

Sometimes our best intentions can create more problems than they solve.

This relates to missions as well (or should I say “especially”!)

When in another culture, whether it’s for a week or a summer or for a few years, we don’t have the cultural insights that locals do, so it is imperative that we defer to their judgment in matters of security and cultural sensitivity.

If we are going to effectively communicate the gospel to the people of Yueyang, we must strive to remove Western cultural distinctives from the message and present the simple truth of the gospel. Quite often, we approach the task of spreading the gospel with the best of intentions, but when we don’t take care to avoid our tendencies for ethnocentrism, we sometimes do more harm than good!

More from this series of thought provoking videos. This reminds me of a question a friend of mine loves to ask - do you GO to church or ARE you church?

Mouth To Ear (M2E) Evangelism - it works!

Communication can be difficult, cross-cultural communication can be very difficult! This advertisement illustrates in a funny way some of the challenges well-intentioned people sometimes experience when trying to communicate cross-culturally.

A new generation of Chinese is learning that there’s more to life than making money. Chinese Christians are risking arrest to practice their faith. They tell Barry Petersen why. (CBSNews.com)

What would China look like if it were shaped after the image of God?

This video was produced a few years ago by the International Mission Board of the SBC and it has a fantastic message.