In the most recent episode of the Missionary Mobilization Podcast, David P. Jacob interviews Jordy Nuñez who speaks about his call to missions.
Quick Dispatches
Quick Dispatches from the Field offer brief, timely glimpses into the lives and ministries of missionaries and global workers around the world. These short updates — often drawn from direct conversations, social media posts, or personal reflections — are meant to spark prayer, deepen awareness, and encourage connection across the body of Christ. While they don't tell the whole story, each dispatch points to a God who is always at work in unexpected places. Check back regularly to follow the heartbeat of what's happening on the frontlines of the Great Commission!
Praying on the Journey
Lord, my journey in life will not be complete until I stand among the multitudes that surround your throne, worshiping you in the midst of people from every tongue and every tribe and every nation.
An Interesting Fundraising Strategy
How does working together as a team increase effectiveness, both in terms of raising prayer and financial support, but also in terms of ministry effectiveness “on the ground”?
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Prayer In Light of Acts 1:8
Does this resonate? I was going to say that I just had a “strange” thought, but I don’t think “strange” is the right word – “unexpected” maybe. A way in which prayer can be seen in light of Acts 1:8 – “… you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.”
Thoughts On William Carey and Publishing
Some notes and some pondering from reading the initial pages of “The Writings of William Carey: Journalism as Mission in the Modern Age” which, in part, speaks to the publishing arm of Carey’s mission in India, the Serampore Mission.
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A Great Resource on the Life and Ministry of William Carey
William Carey is widely acknowledged as the “father” of modern Protestant missions. This is a great resource on his life and ministry.
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“I Surrendered Myself to God for This Service”
J. Hudson Taylor, the Founder of China Inland Mission, describes the moment when he accepted God’s call to serve in China: “On Sunday, June 25th ,1865, unable to bear the sight of a congregation of a thousand or more Christian people rejoicing in their own security, …”
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To Which People Have I Wed My Heart?
In the final chapter of his book The Unoccupied Fields of Africa and Asia, entitled The Glory of the Impossible, Samuel Zwemer (nicknamed the Apostle to Islam) quotes P.T. Forsyth speaking of “the inverted homesickness” – “in which missionaries unlearn the love of the old home, die to their native land, and wed their hearts to the people they have served and won; so that they cannot rest in (the country where they were born), but must return to lay their bones where they spent their hearts for Christ.”
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