I’m curious about the many different takes (and assumptions) Christians have concerning international missions. For some people, it’s a task we need to accomplish for God. For others, it’s a calling they can’t shake. Others still are content to pay others to do mission for them. Many don’t know much at all about the endeavor. My theory is this: our [...]

PREVIOUSLY: The Endangered Cultures List The Seed Company is the advance guard of scripture translation. Their strategy is specially designed to jump-start the process by finding nationals to lead the work and prioritizing the translation of certain passages. It’s quite remarkable, really. But there is more they could do to accelerate Bible translation. Historically, scripture translation has been done by [...]

PREVIOUSLY: The Words of the Word Advocating for literacy can be a PR problem for scripture translation agencies. You see, literacy campaigns within literate cultures are widely accepted as good things. But promoting literacy among pre-literate peoples (those who do not have a written language) can smack of imperialism. Combine that with efforts toward evangelization, and the general public can [...]

I’ve had plenty of time now to think though the Board’s new hiring policies regarding baptism and tongues. I’ve decided that I don’t like them, but it’s probably not for the reasons you might think. The trustees have made it clear that the new restrictions are not retroactive; that is to say, they don’t apply to those of us that [...]

A couple of days ago Ryan DeBarr blogged about an IMB couple that was asked to resign over something they wrote that stated their disagreement with the new IMB policies. I’m suprised that I haven’t heard anything else about this. Anyone know anything more?

I haven’t posted anything about the newly adopted IMB policies concerning tongues and baptism of missionary candidates. If you want some background on this issue, check out SBC Outpost, Wade Burleson’s blog, or the Associated Baptist Press. For the record, I am against them. What’s more, I have yet to find any IMB missionary on the field who agrees with [...]

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