(January 2023, Issue 117) On a trip through Asia, this is how I saw Local Laboring Communities doing discipleship as a team sport…
(January 2022, Issue 113) Several years ago, a group of national ministry directors in the Asia Navigators sensed a need to rethink their models for sharing the Gospel and for discipleship in their own Buddhist cultural contexts. They realized that Western methods weren’t working well in Asia, and they wanted to find ways to serve the lost in their communities in such a way that the Gospel would be received as good news by people ascribing to a Buddhist worldview.
(January 2021, Issue 109) Due to cultural and political barriers, one of our pioneering teams in Asia has abandoned the model of forming Christian communities and then trying to invite non-believers into their own circles. Instead, they live out their faith among their existing family and friendship networks. What can we learn from them?
(July 2020, Issue 107) About 300 irate villagers in a remote area of an Asia-Pacific country gathered outside the home of a Navigator worker, forced him and his family out of the house and booted them out of the village. Then the mob nabbed two more Navigator workers and took them to jail, where they have remained for three years. Supporting one another during severe hardship is just one reason why teamwork is vital to fulfilling our calling.
