One of our core values is esteeming the local church. That is why we come alongside parishes to assist them discover their place in frontier missions. But how? In April I facilitated a Saturday workshop with the mission committee of Holy Cross Cathedral in Loganville, Georgia. We discussed topics such as the biblical basis for […]

When Yemen comes up in the news these days, it is often in the context of tragedy. Al-Qaeda, ISIS, civil war, the Sunni/Shia conflict, extreme poverty—all make up our ideas of this land and its people. Our news outlets suggest that Yemen is a nation that embodies the depths of human depravity and that it […]

One of the highlights of being the Director of AFM is participating in the Commissioning Services of our new cross-cultural workers, the Sunday when their church publicly and prayerfully affirms their commitment to them before they launch into the field. In January, St. Mark’s in Geneva Illinois will be commissioning Elisa (not her real name) […]

My first experience in short-term missions began with four consecutive days of driving through Europe in a convoy of five beat-up Ford Transit vans. On day four, just a few hours from our destination, one of the vans broke down in the middle of a wheat field. We were living in the pre-cell-phone era, and […]

“Come to prayer. Come to well-being…” This is a portion of the adhan, or the call to prayer. All around the world it is issued multiple times every day from the minarets of mosques calling Muslims to prayer. Muslims. The word in Arabic means ‘those who submit.’ And “Muslim” (those who submit) is a good […]