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September 6, 2021

Missionaries and Communicating the Gospel

by John David Smith By calling and by necessity, missionaries are communicators. The ability to communicate in a culture that is not one’s birth culture requires much patience and practice as relationships are built. Most people automatically think of learning a new language – and in many cases multiple new languages – in order to communicate well. Certainly, language proficiency […]

September 10, 2021

Cesar Lacayo: ChangeMaker in Belize

The following was written by Cesar Lacayo, pastor/missionary of our BMA congregation in Belize City, Belize: This ministry started around the year 2002 as a mission outreach headed by missionary Pastor [and ChangeMaker] Ricardo Herrera Ramirez from the Garifuna village of Tornabe, Tela Honduras. His church planting strategy consisted of recruiting immigrants from the villages of Tornabe, San Juan, and Triunfo […]

September 14, 2021

The Danger in Judging Other Cultures

by Dr. John David Smith Western missionaries face many cultural issues when adjusting to most other cultures in the world. We must remember that everyone in the world typically judges other cultures through the filter of their own . . . that makes sense. The problem with this view is that most of the time we judge the other culture […]

October 10, 2021

Culture: It’s Not About You

by Dr. John David Smith As a young missionary (Cape Verde Islands), I remember setting up for a 10 a.m. Bible study with four young men. I was there fifteen minutes early and ready to go because (#1) I was excited about the first Bible study in our brand new ministry, and (#2) I had lots of other things on […]