Brazilian Evangelicals Are Split on Lausanne’s Legacy

Posted on Sep 20, 2024 in brazil, International, Latin America, missions, South America

For years, integral mission—a theological vision that saw evangelism and social justice as inseparable components of Christian life, or as “two wings of an airplane,” as Ecuadorian theologian René Padilla once wrote—has been a legacy of the Lausanne Movement in Brazil. The concept was developed in the 1970s by members of the Latin American Theological Read more…

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

Posted on Sep 17, 2024 in Asia, Church Life, East Asia, International, Isabel Ong, Lausanne Congress, missions, South Korea, South Korean Missions

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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What It Takes to Plant Churches in Europe

Posted on Sep 12, 2024 in church, Church Life, Church Planting, Europe, Evangelicalism, Evangelism, International, Ken Chitwood, missions

The goal is audacious. But as far as James Davis, founder of the Global Church Network, is concerned, Christians need deadlines. Otherwise, they will never do what they need to do to fulfill the Great Commission. His group gathered in Zurich, Switzerland, last September with 400 ministry leaders from across Europe who committed to raising Read more…

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God Calls Me to Give. But to Everyone?

Posted on Aug 23, 2024 in Africa, Church Life, Generosity, Giving, International, missions, Uganda

A few years ago, a widow approached a church in Uganda to ask for help. After discussing her situation, the church council recommended they give her food. The pastor, however, encouraged the leaders to first find out about her family situation. After speaking with her relatives, the council discovered that her children were well off, Read more…

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Spanish Book Drive

Posted on Jun 8, 2022 in Bible, Books, children, children's evangelism, disaster relief, donate, donation, Education, Escrito Está, Evangelism, give, help, hispanic ministry, hurricane, It Is Written, it is written missions, kids, library, mission, mission trip, Mission Trips, missions, read, serve, service, spanish, spanish ministry, Updates

 📚 We are collecting Spanish children’s books for our mission trip to Puerto Rico. The school library in Vieques was wiped out by a hurricane, and we would love to give them as many books as we can!  Books must be: 📕 in Spanish 📘 spiritual or educational 📗 for children in grades K-6 📙…

It Is Written Missions: Miracles & Answered Prayer in Costa Rica

Posted on Apr 22, 2021 in church, construction, Costa Rica, Health, it is written missions, mission trip, Mission Trips, missions, Updates

In March 2021, It Is Written conducted two mission trips to Costa Rica. The two groups went to a small countryside town called Las Juntas de Abangares to build a church, conduct medical clinics, and hold evangelistic meetings. Members from churches in Tennessee, California, and Washington, teachers and students from a church academy from Greeneville,…