mission:world News

The Garifuna story is one of tragedy and triumph that began with slavery in the 1700s. Shipwrecked and left to fend for themselves, the people group eventually settled in Honduras/Belize coastal areas. They have faced - and continue to face - hardships including government takeover of their highly profitable beaches. 

Seven years ago we began to build our jungle houses in the mountains among the Wantakia people of Papua New Guinea (PNG). Before we ever learned their language, created an alphabet for it, or translated any scripture in it, we asked God to show us men and women who were faithful, available, and teachable (F.A.T.).

While being in danger of overstating the obvious, “we do not have to go to all the world because all the world is coming to us!” The first part of the quoted statement is not true if God has called you because the Great Commission commands Jesus followers to go into all the world. The second part of the statement is very true

The fourth value of BMA Global Missions is that we practice indigenous missions principles. The word indigenous simply means that something belongs locally. The ministries that we initiate around the world must be sustainable and reproducible in each of those local contexts. Those ministries will not last, and certainly will not multiply,