Christian missionary workers accept living in challenging environments. The missionary life involves above-average levels of stress, loss, and trauma. Cross-cultural workers can learn the effects of these sufferings and how to respond in ways that promote well-being. In order for them to persevere, overcome, and...
Last fall two category five hurricanes left a path of destruction across the Caribbean. We watched as communities were forever changed. Disaster has a way of aligning our vision to eternity; this home is temporal. Storyline traveled to two of the worst hit nations, Antigua &...
Listen to Andrew and Jody talk about living cross-culturally to be a part of God's global mission but as full-time workers in their careers. They were missionaries in the past but they now recognize a new potential for having full-time jobs while planting a new...
In February I met up with some missionaries in Beirut, Lebanon who are beginning to plant churches all over the country. For many of you reading this, hearing Beirut probably conjures up images of civil war and concrete buildings being turned into rubble. Thirty years...
In this interview between Austin Gillis and Karen you will learn how this El Salvadorian woman becomes a mission mobilizer to the nations. The more she gets to know the greatest servant of them all, Jesus Christ, the more she grows as a servant. The...
We have been talking a lot about the emerging mission force coming out of Latin America, Asia, and Africa. You have undoubtedly heard the phrase from us and other mission organizations, "The mission field is becoming the mission force." This was very evident at our...
I returned from my recent trip to Ukraine with a story that encourages and challenges me. I met a man last week who is the first ever Christian from among his people. The Yezidi people are from the line of Kurdish people living scattered throughout...
El Salvador is not the first place people think about going for a tropical vacation. Jake, a former engineer and now missionary, is serving in El Salvador and his perspective on God's calling in his life to serve and lead is fascinating. What has God...
Dear Friends and Partners in Ministry, 2017 was an incredible year for Storyline! Here are a few highlights: Storyline training grew from a presence in 3 countries to 20 in 12 months 3,500 distributions and sales of The Storyline Study: our tool for a practical mission education...
Our starting point for missions has to be God. In fact, our starting point for anything has to be God. But, it can’t just be some made up twenty-first century God. It has to be the God of the Bible. Have we considered recently whether...