Missionary Confidential

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What’s the difference between Horizontal and Vertical Missions?

Why we would all benefit from gaining an understanding of the basic principles of cross-cultural communication.

A good description of spiritual warfare in leadership on the mission field.

Missions Misunderstood gives a good example of Being There in missions.

Assume the Best asks what is the most awkward thing you can possibly do when fundraising?

Editor’s Note: Karl Dahlfred, missionary to Thailand, wrote our Guest Post for today. You can follow him on his blog, “Gleanings From the Field” (click on title to visit his website).

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By Karl Dahlfred

I thought I was prepared for most of the questions that would come at us as we returned to the U.S.  We had been planning to start a year of home assignment in the U.S. in December but because of my father’s death we hurriedly moved it up to the beginning of October.  I knew that there would be questions about how long we’d be in the area, where we are staying, and when we’d be going back.

But there was one question that totally blindsided me.  Some people have asked, “Are you going back to Thailand?”  Are we going back to Thailand?!  In my mind, the answer was obvious.  “Of course we are going back to Thailand!”  Why would anyone think that we are not going back? » Read the rest of this entry «

CNN asks, “Why are there so few minority missionaries?”

Surprise! Missionaries aren’t perfect (and we have bad days, too).

After all these years, has mission from the Western culture become toxic?

Sometimes fundraising your support can make you feel like a cheesy television minister.

And, speaking of fundraising, Assume the Best is a new blog with a humourous take on raising support.