Don Searls

By Dr. John David Smith, President Short-term missions are one of the great opportunities God has given modern followers of Christ. Each year, believers travel across cultures to share the gospel, provide medical care, train pastors and church leaders, encourage missionaries, and serve local churches. These experiences allow believers to see God’s work among the nations firsthand, use their gifts […]

How short-term teams strengthen missionaries, churches, and ministries long after they leave When a short-term mission team arrives, it can be easy to measure its impact by what happens during the week: How many children attended? How many projects were completed? How many people heard the gospel? But from the perspective of missionaries receiving a team, some of its greatest […]

For Aaron Poulin, a childhood in Peru is becoming a foundation for a calling of his own. Some of Aaron Poulin’s earliest memories of Peru are ordinary chores: watering the grass so it would grow and carrying water from the well to sprinkle over the dusty ground. As a missionary kid, those daily routines were part of life in the […]