Special News--June 2019
Into the Communities of Unreached Peoples
Leaving the one to search for the 99?Here is the link for the full Update
Death Valley, California-USA Image courtesy and ©2019 ENOD
My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You,
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.
This Update emphases unreached peoples, community development, mental health in mission, and of course, member care. Specifically, we feature the upcoming International Day for the Unreached (9 June, Pentecost Sunday) and invite you to learn more about this special day of advocacy, prayer, and its webcast on behalf of unreached peoples. Save the date!
We also feature Serving Well (2019), a book focusing on cross-cultural Christian workers, and three resources for community development in mission: Setting Up Community Health and Development Programmes in Low and Middle Income Settings (2019, 4th edition), the Million Village Challenge; and Global Mental Health--What's Up? (2019) [coming soon].
Our theme this month builds upon the parable on the 100 sheep (Matthew 18:12-14): In what ways can we emulate God's love by searching out and engaging with communities among the estimated three billion people in culturally-distant, unreached people groups? We believe it is crucial for us all to think about applications at all levels of mission--personal through partnerships, local through global-- for what it would also mean to leave the one (the found) in order to search for the other 99 (the lost).
See also:
--Member Care and Unreached Peoples (Member Care Update, April 2019)
--Being Faith-Based and Evidence Based (Global Integration Update, May 2019)
We also feature Serving Well (2019), a book focusing on cross-cultural Christian workers, and three resources for community development in mission: Setting Up Community Health and Development Programmes in Low and Middle Income Settings (2019, 4th edition), the Million Village Challenge; and Global Mental Health--What's Up? (2019) [coming soon].
Our theme this month builds upon the parable on the 100 sheep (Matthew 18:12-14): In what ways can we emulate God's love by searching out and engaging with communities among the estimated three billion people in culturally-distant, unreached people groups? We believe it is crucial for us all to think about applications at all levels of mission--personal through partnerships, local through global-- for what it would also mean to leave the one (the found) in order to search for the other 99 (the lost).
See also:
--Member Care and Unreached Peoples (Member Care Update, April 2019)
--Being Faith-Based and Evidence Based (Global Integration Update, May 2019)
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--Share your comments and resources on our MCA Facebook page
Click on these items below to access our:
Member Care Updates, Global Integration Updates,
member care books, and recent MCA publications.
