“Be careful what you teach in class on Wednesday, because it probably will be preached in church on Sunday.” That’s what my mentor, Dr. Gene Green, warned me, before I first began teaching in Colombia. A former Latin American seminary president, he knew what he was talking about…seminary students very often take their sermons directly…
For much of the twentieth century, Western countries in North America and Europe were by far the primary senders of those taking the Gospel message to the ends of the earth. Pioneer missionaries left home and culture, sailing the ocean for months, giving up many personal comforts, in order to bring the Good News of…
Given the rapid numerical growth of the church in Latin America, there’s an urgent need for leaders who are Biblically grounded, growing in Christ-like character and actively using their God-given gifts to deepen the walks of new believers and pour themselves into developing younger leaders. Camping ministry has been effectively mobilizing Latins to missionary service…
Sometimes, if you stop long enough, you look around and realize that nothing is new under the sun and that really, my generation is just telling the same story our grandparents have been telling us ever since we can remember. Sometimes, if you are quiet enough, you realize that your words are not really your…
Originally posted on May 2015 lausanne.org By: David Ro, Director of the J Christy Wilson Center for World Missions at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and as International Deputy Director for the Lausanne Movement in East Asia. Several prominent Chinese leaders from the unregistered churches have been convening in Seoul with global and Korean evangelical leaders to discuss…
Planting Broadly for a More Plentiful Harvest: God Raising Up Latino Hands for His Glory “So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to…
“I had no idea the Bible was like this.” This was Paul’s response after reading through one of the “I Am” statements in the Gospel of John. “I thought it was only about people who believed, but many of the people are just like me, they don’t believe Jesus. It seems that Jesus is offering…
This is a story very similar to the Biblical ‘Cornelius’ story in Acts 10, in which God prepares both Cornelius and Peter for a meeting through dreams and visions. While half of our Winter Missions Intensive team was finishing up the building of Papo’s house high up in the mountains, the rest of the team ministered to…
It’s what we pray for and work toward in establishing indigenous churches – that those churches will catch the vision and heart to reach out and establish more churches. This is happening in the arid and primitive northwestern part of Kenya among the Turkana peoples. In 1996 UWM established a pioneer church planting ministry with…
A couple of my friends invited me to help lead worship at a retreat that they were organizing. The main purpose of the retreat was to strengthen and encourage marriages, but also to let the attendees experience spirit-led worship. This was the first time I’ve done a whole retreat with all the music in the local language. Talk about…