Take a glance at the headlines today and you quickly realize that the relationship between Russia, Europe and the West is reverting to Cold War norms. But, despite souring geopolitical relations, the evangelical church in Russian-speaking Eastern Europe is thinking more globally than ever before. Since...
Over the last 9 months the Storyline team has been working diligently with our Ukrainian partners to develop a long-term, sustained mission mobilization program for their denomination. Storyline, Pioneers, and the Ukrainian Baptist National Leadership began a strategic planning process during the fall of 2015....
Missionaries talk a lot about “reaching the unreached.” But who exactly are ‘the unreached?’ And where do they live? There are about as many definitions of ‘unreached’ among Christian evangelicals, as there are kitty videos on Youtube. The word ‘unreached’ is pretty ubiquitous among Christians, but what do...
He was born April 17, 1869, in the Russian city of Vladikavkaz, nestled in the snow-clad Caucasus. The highest peaks in the Caucasus are taller than the fabled Alps. It was perhaps fitting that Ivan S. Prokhanov should be born here because he, like King...
In many churches across the United States, down a hallway with a flickering fluorescent light overhead, hangs a mission's map on the wall. Usually this map represents support and prayer for places around the world where the church is connected in missions. Pins for the Sent Usually...
The last 30 years has seen a rapid shift in the makeup of the global church. The explosive growth of the church in the global south has dramatically altered the ethnic and cultural makeup of the body of Christ on planet earth! Today, most of...