A delightful trouble
A man sharing online the peace he has in Jesus creates a problem—the need to coordinate multiple baptisms around the world. David didn’t mean to cause trouble. When he started…
Confessions of faith: John Jia
A school open house provides an opportunity to reach a Chinese family and start a new cross-cultural ministry. John Jia, a member at Reformation, San Diego, Calif., has a heart…
Moments with missionaries: Stephen Wiesenauer
Where there is no boom “There is no boom,” said a Lutheran pastor about mission work in East Asia. Between culture, religions, hostile governments, pestilence, warfare, and centuries of tradition…
Moments with missionaries: Robert Siirila
I’ll miss the mission I’ll miss the mission . . . but I am so thankful that I didn’t miss the mission. Almost 37 years ago, I was given a…
Changes in East Asia mission field
The Board for World Missions has decided to pull the East Asia Team missionaries and families out of their focus country because of security concerns. The East Asia missionaries and…