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By Joel Porcher Why Missions?  This is both a legitimate and weighty question which demands a significant answer.  While often unstated,...

Written by Shawn Smith Jacob DeShazer is a national hero and an inspiring friend from history you need to know. DeShazer's testimony has...

By Micah Colbert Sweet 16 Sixteen years ago, on a brisk October day, Debbie and I left the comforts of family, friends, and country to...

Written by Pau l Schlehlein . Here is a common joke I’ve heard outside the US. The speaker of two languages is called bilingual, the...

By Shawn (serving in Asia) I feel like I start a lot of my posts with a statement like, "I don't know how old I was when I first read about so and so." But the truth is, I did a lot of reading in my youth. My dad started a small Christian bookstore when I was still in elementary school and all through my middle school and high school years, I worked in the bookstore after school and in the summers. Since we were a small bookstore, we didn't have a lot of customers and I admit

(Book/Documentary Review) The following is a post written by ODBM missionary Kristi C, reviewing the new book and documentary, From the Rising of the Sun , written and produced by Tim Challies and Tim Keesee. Kristi serves in Europe and as an international music consultant. “From the rising of the sun to its setting, the name of the Lord is to be praised!” Psalm 113.3 My apartment building here in France is very quiet on Sunday mornings. I am probably the only one who heads

From Seth & Amy Meyers serving in South Africa Note from the Director: We often prefer missionary prayer letters to be positive and...

Written by Paul Schlehlein I have lived among the Tsonga-speaking people for over fifteen years. All of our neighbors are Tsonga. All of...