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Stories from the Field

February 16th

The Meaning of Things

Did you know that there is a theory of meaning? In fact, there are sub-categories of theory of meaning. Why is that important in missions, you ask?

February 16th

Are you next?

Our passion is to mentor and mobilize this generation to passionately follow Jesus and discover their role in God’s mission to the unreached. Interested in summer missions?

November 28th

Folk Religions

Since the Fall (Genesis 3), mankind has gone farther and farther away from God. But because God “has set eternity in the hearts of men (Ecc 3:11),” mankind has been searching...

November 28th

A New Kind of Leader

Many of the world’s peoples today live in spiritual darkness following the gods of the age, idols of all kinds that have made their way into many folk religions … Islam, Buddhism, etc.

November 15th

Deep in the mountains of East Asia, villagers, faithful to Buddha, live quietly. Few people ever come to their region. It’s too far and too remote. Our team is established in a city at the foot of the mountain. They have met a few...

May 1st

Little Red Radios

As I reflect on our journey, I think of the brightly coloured tapestries woven by the Quechua people. The men weave traditional hats with pointy tops and ear flaps to keep them warm in the winter. The women weave...

May 1st

Pioneers: Planting Seeds

"I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow." 1 CORINTHIANS 3:6-7

February 17th

Building Roofs Building Relationships

Majestic mountains, deep chasms and crystal clear rivers flirt with our penchant for adventure when we think of the mountains. There is no grocery store around the corner, no gas station...

November 21st

Middle Ground – The Crossroads of Central Asia

Through the ages, Central Asia has been a crossroads. People have moved through it from one place to another and it’s often been...

May 22nd

Two Videos that Inspire Praise

In 2016, our mission remains the same: to glorify God among the unreached peoples by initiating church-planting movements in partnership with local churches.

February 26th

A Refugee’s Miracle

In the 12 plus years Victoria lived in Hungary, she had never seen such desperation and chaos. Hundreds of thousands of Syrians, Iraqis and other refugees arrived en masse at...

February 24th

Church Planting for the Long Haul

When a missionary family begins the long-term journey, with an irresistible passion to see a church planted among an unreached people, they usually begin with little...

February 24th

The Gospel in a Violent World

“God is using three things to bring Muslims to Himself.” That is what one of the Kurdish Christian leaders told the three of us visiting from North America. We were in the Kurdish Autonomous Region (KAR) of Northern Iraq to assess what God is doing among...

February 23rd

Director’s Message

Many times I have reminded fellow gospel messengers of the hope and confidence we have that God will finish His mission. My go-to text is Revelation 7:9 and the beautiful image of the great multitude from every nation...

February 22nd

The Divine Maestro

Do you hear the movement being played on the instruments of the nations as orchestrated by the Divine Maestro? Listen. It’s playing next door. In his address on Mars Hill, Paul was attempting to share the gospel with the Athenians.

February 17th

Serving Syrian Refugees since 2013

Have you heard what Pioneers is doing to help Syrian refugees? Pioneers actually has several teams ministering to refugees throughout the Middle East.

January 13th

Two Videos that Inspire Praise

In 2016, our mission remains the same: to glorify God among the unreached peoples by initiating church-planting movements in partnership with local churches. We will see this...

November 5th

A Jaguar in the Shadows

In the dense jungles of the Amazon, there are still tribes that have not been reached with the life-giving water of Jesus. One of these people groups—the Long Arrow Tribe—worshipped wooden idols that could not help them.

November 5th

Ministering to Syrian Refugees

Victims of the fighting in Syria are fleeing extreme violence and destruction, leaving behind their lives, friends, and possessions. Over 4 million refugees have left Syria at present and more are leaving every day.

November 4th

A New Church

It has been nearly three years since I started surveying the region. I remember sitting on a mountain looking over a village below and the whole region afar, praying that God would...

November 4th

Jesus: The Risky Unknown Foreign God

Thai collectivist culture means that everyone is always welcome. Kids live in and out of each other’s family homes. Quiet or alone time is non-existent (why you’d want it anyway is a mystery to them!). Furniture is optional.

November 3rd

Africa’s Believers Serving Africa’s Unreached

Missionaries have traditionally answered the call to leave home and spread the Gospel in foreign lands. But in the Global South, an increasing number of believers are on the move...

October 28th

Pioneers: an International Movement

It has been said that organizations move through four developmental stages as they grow: man, movement, machine, and monument. While not all organizations achieve these milestones at the...

August 13th

You are here, you have finally come

Our summer team was travelling around the desert and had all stopped for the day in the home town of my heart. We had broken into smaller groups and were prayer walking around the town.

June 16th

The Heart of Ramadan

As we consider the many Muslim seekers taking part in the fast of Ramadan, let’s look at some of the aspects of the fast and pray for eyes to be opened

May 15th

A Bus Ride and a Child’s Greeting

Naadirah breathed a sigh of relief as she sat down. She was thankful to be on a bus in this dry and dusty Arabic city. She had barely eked out the $2 for the ticket. Her three-year-old son, Aamir, was sick and needed to see a specialist.

May 13th

Possibilities for Miraculous Encounters

Imagine a place where virtually no one has ever heard of Jesus, let alone even met a Christian. These places do exist. In Isaan, Thailand, less than 0.1% are Christian. They too need miraculous encounters!

March 24th

Love Never Fails

Where does a Muslim go for answers? Raised in an environment that actively discourages questioning of any kind, more and more are turning to the internet. As the Middle Eastern world goes through ongoing upheaval...

March 23rd

Faith in Darkness

It is a genuine test of faith. The spiritual darkness that sits over the country seems almost palpable at times. It’s as if there is a dark ceiling under which only brooding shadows reside, obscuring the view of anyone who seeks to find their way.

March 20th

The Other Side of the Story

Maryah’s son, Faruk* , a three-year-old boy, runs into the room, distraught that his rubber ball has popped. He jumps on his two older brothers, punches them both, while ripping apart the deflated ball...

March 18th

Suffering and Missions

Things were not always this unstable. When he first came to this country, it was peaceful. Then there were the protest, the riots, and increasing political unrest.

February 25th

Room in the Inn

The scene is dramatic. Mary, on the donkey, very pregnant and starting to go into labour. Joseph, frantically going from inn to inn trying to find someone, anyone, to give them a place to stay for the night. But there is no place.

February 3rd

The River That Can’t Be Stopped

Terrifying things are happening nowadays in the Middle East. We need some signs of hope and encouragement! Well, the Holy Spirit is making waves these days...

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Stories from the Field

The Meaning of Things

Are you next?

Folk Religions

A New Kind of Leader

A Vision for a Church

Little Red Radios

Pioneers: Planting Seeds

Building Roofs Building Relationships

Middle Ground – The Crossroads of Central Asia

Two Videos that Inspire Praise

A Refugee’s Miracle

Church Planting for the Long Haul

The Gospel in a Violent World

Director’s Message

The Divine Maestro

Serving Syrian Refugees since 2013

Two Videos that Inspire Praise

A Jaguar in the Shadows

Ministering to Syrian Refugees

A New Church

Jesus: The Risky Unknown Foreign God

Africa’s Believers Serving Africa’s Unreached

Pioneers: an International Movement

You are here, you have finally come

The Heart of Ramadan

A Bus Ride and a Child’s Greeting

Possibilities for Miraculous Encounters

Love Never Fails

Faith in Darkness

The Other Side of the Story

Suffering and Missions

Room in the Inn

The River That Can’t Be Stopped

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