Disciples of Christ live between two cultures–this world and the next. As missionaries, we have joined the armada of evangelists Jesus commissioned to make disciples.
Disciples of Christ live between two cultures–this world and the next. As missionaries, we have joined the armada of evangelists Jesus commissioned to make disciples.
Children engaging in classroom activities at MISEVE Classical School.
Children engaging in classroom activities at MISEVE Classical School.
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Category: Missionary Minds|The Missionary Life

Missionary Minds: Van Zyls in Thailand

Family of three smiling indoors, with a man, woman, and young boy.

Missionary Minds is a series of ten questions with missionaries around the world. Nico Van Zyl, his wife Roxanne and their son Nicolas, are serving as missionaries in Thailand with Timothy Two Project International. They focus their evangelism, church planting, and leadership training among the Thai people. Pray for the strenuous process of language learning, that they […]

Why the Difficulty of a Foreign Language Shouldn’t Deter Missions

Three children sitting cross-legged on the floor indoors.

Here is a common joke I’ve heard outside the US. The speaker of two languages is called bilingual, the speaker of three languages is called trilingual, and the speaker of one language is called an American. It’s harder to learn a language for some citizens compared to others. I’ve found that my African brothers are […]

Six Marks of a Good Missionary Newsletter

Elderly man with a long beard reading and writing at a desk in a cozy room.

Listen and subscribe: Youtube – Spotify – Apple Podcasts Missionary newsletters (sometimes called Updates or Prayer Letters) help missionaries communicate with their sending churches and individual supporters back home. The purpose of these letters is to inform Christians about the details of the ministry so that they can pray for and support the missionary responsibly. […]

Why Does God Take So Many Missionaries in Their Prime?

Missionary teaching indigenous people in a historical setting.

 Podcast Edition HERE Many Christian men and women have died early. Too soon, some would say. They were great. They were young. The examples in Scripture and Church History are endless. Abel obeyed God but was murdered by his brother. Stephen was stoned mid-sermon. Our Lord was crucified at 33. Most of the apostles died […]

Four Humble Ways Missionaries Can Make Disciples

Group of missionaries and local community members in a historical setting.

 Podcast Edition HERE Anthony Norris Groves is one of the great missionaries in Church history. Most of Christendom has never heard of him. His first missionary stint was a “failure” to the Arabic-speaking Muslims in Baghdad, Iraq. He began there in 1829 and left just a few years later. His wife died there. So did […]

Overcoming the Fear of Evangelism

A biblical scene depicting a preacher addressing a crowd in ancient times.

–– Paul Schlehlein Podcast edition here:  YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. On October 1, 1866, the young Samuel Clemens—later known as Mark Twain—sat gripped with fear. His first comedy routine was just a day away and he had come to realize that his material anything but funny. Earlier that day he had hired three stormy voiced men to […]