Discipleship Archives

April 21, 2021

What is a ChangeMaker?

by Dr. John David Smith BMA Global Missions values multiplication and considers what God is doing in the nations as its highest goal. The New Testament pattern of multiplication is encouraged and evidenced in the primary areas of disciples, leaders, and churches. For those who have obeyed the command of Christ to practice Great Commission missions, there is no greater […]

June 11, 2021

Cross Cultural Considerations For Missionaries-Part One

by Executive Director John David Smith In cross-cultural missions, there are basic cultural issues that come into play. Over the next few months we will take a cursory look at some of them. We affirm that the Bible is always authoritative over culture; however, in order to bear much fruit (John 15) and have more sheep (John 10), it is […]

June 17, 2021

The Walkers: Meeting Ministry Goals During Covid

Their Call What began as a conversation at the Flying Burger in Magnolia, Arkansas, became a ministry call for Jimmy and Julie Walker. In August of 2016 Stan and Donna Scroggins asked Jimmy about moving to the Philippines to serve at the BMA Bible College (BMABC). He had been on five short-term trips there and agreed to pray about it. […]

June 23, 2021

Candra Barnett: Life Long Dream Fulfilled

God’s Clear Call Fifteen months after graduating from college, she arrived on the mission field of Romania. It was a place she had visited three times, twice on a mission trip and once to plan a “God-sized” vision with her new team. Her arrival in Sântandrei, Romania, in 2019 was the culmination of years of feeling God’s missionary call on her […]