Global Partnerships
 |
Posted on May 9, 2012, 9:38 am
Topics: Global Partnerships
“What do you think you can possibly do to encourage the people in El Potrero? You do not know the language, the culture, the environment! You are from a middle class suburb trying to help some poor farmers in a small community in Honduras! How can you, of all people, encourage them?”
Read more » |
 |
Posted on February 24, 2012, 9:49 am
Topics: Global Partnerships
Reports about missions in the news typically feature short term visits by people with big hearts but who sometimes have very little background understanding. Long term missionaries, if attended to at all, are often seen through the lens of The Poisonwood Bible. It doesn't always happen, of course, but
Read more » |
 |
Posted on January 9, 2012, 6:49 pm | 2 comments
Topics: Global Partnerships
In the 1980s the buzz word in international missions was unreached people groups. Following the priority of Paul in Romans 15, such groups should get special attention. In the last decade or so the buzzword has been partnership. We need to partner with Christians around the world to
Read more » |
 |
Posted on December 26, 2011, 10:43 am | 2 comments
Topics: Global Partnerships
Community Development or Mission work is not something we do for people – it is something we do with people. So often we think in terms of projects, participants and measureable results. But really the challenge is to look for transformation in the lives of people...
Read more » |
 |
Posted on December 19, 2011, 10:36 am | 1 comment
Topics: Global Partnerships
Having raised chickens with my wife for many years, we are very familiar with the ‘pecking order’ among chickens. It is easy to see a hierarchy among a group of chickens and quickly one can select out the higher ranking chickens from those of lower status. Whether we realize it or not, we often follow
Read more » |
 |
Posted on October 15, 2011, 1:58 pm
Topics: Global Partnerships
Sometimes a short-term mission trip is just a beginning. At least, that’s what it was for Carol Van Klompenburg.
In 2008, a team leader asked members of a 2008 service and learning team to the Nehemiah Center in Nicaragua what each of them was seeking from the trip. Carol answered, “A bigger world—mine is too small.”
Read more » |
 |
Posted on October 6, 2011, 2:20 pm
Topics: Global Partnerships
The Millenium Development Goals (MDG's) are globally agreed to standards for cutting poverty. Learn about the world’s progress in the MDG’s, what they have to do with God, how the CRC is making a difference and what your church can do to get involved.
Read more » |
|
|
Posted on October 5, 2011, 8:17 am
Topics: Global Partnerships, Mission Emphasis
Today nearly 2/3 of the world's Christians live in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Countries that we think of as receiving missionaries are now sending them and vice versa. This webinar will provide facts and figures on these changes, and perspective on how to move forward in this new paradigm.
Read more » |
|
|
Posted on May 13, 2011, 12:46 pm
Topics: Global Partnerships
Read more » |
 |
Posted on March 15, 2011, 8:41 am | 4 comments
Topics: Global Partnerships
Missionaries George and Ruth Young live in a port city northeast of Tokyo, closer to the quake epicenter and more at risk from tsunami. Although Ruth left for the U.S. to welcome a new grandchild just before the quake, George was home when it happened ...
Read more » |
 |
Posted on March 1, 2011, 9:23 am | 4 comments
Topics: Global Partnerships
Community development and mission efforts have sometimes caused more problems than they have solved. One of the things that we are learning these days is that the way we go about trying to help is key to whether the results are actually good. A healthier way of going about working with a poor community is illustrated in this ...
Read more » |
|
|
Posted on February 16, 2011, 10:43 am
Topics: Global Partnerships
This video explores a successful partnership between a community in Kenya and Classis Quinte. Running time: 8:30 minutes.
Read more » |
|
|
Posted on February 16, 2011, 10:31 am
Topics: Global Partnerships
This 10-minute DVD tells the story of two clinics built in Kenya with the help of Canadians. One failed, one succeeded. Explore the different approaches with these follow up questions...
Read more » |
 |
Posted on January 7, 2011, 8:50 am | 14 comments
Topics: Global Partnerships
Child sponsorship is a popular way of fund raising by a number of organizations. Many donors are attracted to the opportunity to select a specific child, post his or her picture on the fridge, and receive occasional progress reports.
But what is behind this picture on the fridge?
Read more » |
|
|
Posted on July 23, 2010, 9:56 am
Topics: Global Partnerships
When we expand our definition of "resources" to include more than money, we discover that we all have more gifts than we thought!
Read more » |
