South Korea’s Missions Success Won’t Be Its Future

Beginning in 2002, South Korean national Somang Son served as a missionary in New Delhi, India, for five years. In 2015, she embarked on another mission trip to the southern Indian city of Bengaluru. It was a new city and a different team, but one thing remained the same: She was the youngest missionary there. Read more…

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Died: Andar Ismail, Prolific Writer Who Made Theology Simple

Andar Ismail, a prolific Christian writer who distilled theological truths into short stories accessible to ordinary Indonesians, died of congestive heart failure on August 25. He was 84. From 1981 to 2022, the pastor and seminary professor wrote 33 books, each containing 33 short stories, for his Selamatseries. Ismail described his literary style as gado-gado Read more…

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‘Nightmares and Daydreams’ Fuses Jakarta’s Social Ills With the Supernatural

Indonesia is an enchanted culture full of folklore involving ghosts, demons, and djinns (shape-shifting spirits from Arabian and Muslim mythology). These stories usually involve a moral of some kind: Do not leave a house unattended, for this invites the dwelling of demons. Always respect the elderly, lest they return to haunt you. Settle squabbles within Read more…

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