by Nathanael S | Faith & Fellowship magazine, International Mission
Jesus mentions proselytism only once, and it’s not nice. In Matthew 23:15 (ESV), he says, “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child...
by Dan Vanberg | Faith & Fellowship magazine, International Mission
Some of my fondest memories of community life in the Muslim village in Chad that my family lived in for nearly ten years revolve around the holidays—not only Christian holidays, but also Muslim ones. Perhaps the most popular Muslim holiday of the year is Eid al-Adha...
by Sonja N. | Faith & Fellowship magazine, International Mission
We hear in the Great Commission a call to go. What does it mean to go? Before Jesus ascends into heaven, he gives this charge to his disciples, to his followers. Why should they go? Because he wants to use his followers to bring all people into relationship with him....
by Christina S. | Faith & Fellowship magazine, International Mission
A friend lamented from across the ocean, “I just wish there was more we could do,” as I finished updating her on Matt’s condition. It was Fall of 2020, and Matt was continuing to recover from a spinal cord injury he incurred during a motorcycle accident, while...
by Jim Erickson | Faith & Fellowship magazine, International Mission
In May 1978, I walked into a prison in Africa to speak with the nine men who were suspected of murdering my parents. After 34 years of faithful service to God, my missionary parents had been brutally murdered 10 days earlier near their home in Yagoua, Cameroon. I...
by Daniel W. | Faith & Fellowship magazine, International Mission
Due to the COVID situation, the Chadian government required seven days of independent quarantine for incoming passengers. Therefore, we were transported to the Welcome Center (commonly known as the Mission Headquarters), about half an hour away from the airport, just...
