May 23, 2025

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Coffee, Conversation, and the Great Commission: Volunteering with Embassy
Evangelism

Coffee, Conversation, and the Great Commission: Volunteering with Embassy

From Support Ministry to Sharing Faith Online For the past 3 years, I have been a part-time volunteer with Embassy. Embassy is a digital media ministry of the Crescent Project. This ministry seeks to give laypeople with a heart for Muslims a way of building friendships and sharing their faith with the unreached. Although I have been in full-time ministry for almost 40 years, I joined Embassy as a way of becoming more involved in direct evangelism. So much of my SEND work is about providing services to missionaries. I thoroughly enjoy what I do. But like Nathan in our previous blog post, I sensed a gap between who I said I was and what I did on a daily basis. I am a missionary committed to fulfilling the Great Commission. Therefore, I wanted to more regularly interact with those who were not yet followers of Jesus. I wanted to… Read the whole post
Ken Guenther10 mins read
When Evangelism is Hard (Even for Missionaries)
Training, Evangelism

When Evangelism is Hard (Even for Missionaries)

This post is taken from the ministry update of Nathan & Brittany Garrett, SEND missionaries in Romania. Nathan serves as the field leader for SEND’s work in Romania. The post is used with permission. Setting Our Sights: A Renewed Focus on Evangelism As our team prepared this year’s Team AMP (annual ministry plan), one of our desired focuses was to seek to cultivate our burden for the lost and to grow in evangelism. This may sound a little basic–like the ABC’s of being a missionary. But it’s not as simple as you might think. Much of our time and energy goes into discipling and building up men and women within our churches. When “It Doesn’t Work Here” Isn’t Enough So, as I (Nathan) approached the end of 2024 and reflected on life and ministry, I saw a major gap in the area of sharing the Gospel with those outside the… Read the whole post
Nathan Garrett6 mins read
Beyond the Missionary To-Do List: Finding True Rest in Sabbath
Cross-Cultural Living, Missionary Roles

Beyond the Missionary To-Do List: Finding True Rest in Sabbath

As missionaries, we pour our hearts and souls into the work God has called us to. We navigate new cultures, build relationships, share the Gospel, plant churches, train leaders, and manage countless practical tasks. It’s demanding, rewarding, and, quite often, overwhelming. Indeed, if someone asked, “What will be your biggest disappointment and frustration on the field?” many of us might honestly answer: What I haven’t accomplished – what is still left undone. The sheer volume of need and opportunity can feel like a relentless tide, always threatening to pull us under. Consequently, we constantly face the pressure of the unfinished task list. It takes real courage, as counsellor Geoff Whiteman once noted in the context of work-life balance, to simply walk away from what is yet undone. This is precisely where the ancient, yet perpetually relevant, practice of Sabbath comes in. Sabbath isn’t just about stopping work; rather, it equips… Read the whole post
Ken Guenther13 mins read
Persons of Peace: How Do I Find Them?
Church Planting, Evangelism, Gospel

Persons of Peace: How Do I Find Them?

This entry is part 15 of 15 in the series "Church planting". I understand that I need to look for “POPs” or Persons of Peace / Prepared Open People, but how do I find them? How would I recognize them? In our previous blog post, “Persons of Peace: 1. What are they?“, we discovered what Persons of Peace are. We learned why they were part of Jesus’ strategy for spreading the good news of the kingdom. We saw from biblical examples and modern stories that they can be unbelievers, pre-believers, new believers or established believers. They are local, well-networked people. God has prepared people of peace in very different ways – through sickness and a sense of need, through a sense of inadequacy or maybe through the change in their own lives. They reduce exponentially the amount of time it takes to penetrate a new area. This is because they… Read the whole post
David North13 mins read
Persons of Peace: What Are They?
Church Planting, Missionary Roles, Evangelism, Gospel

Persons of Peace: What Are They?

This entry is part 14 of 15 in the series "Church planting". When we enter a new area, we often wonder, “Where do I start? I don’t know anyone here, and who am I to come into their world and start teaching them?” Jesus prepared his disciples for this by giving them a strategy When Jesus was sending out His 12 disciples on a missionary training trip in Matthew 10, and when He was sending out 72 of His followers on evangelism training in Luke 10, he gave them each some special instructions. This command was to be part of their strategy for reaching those areas. Jesus told them to find a “person of peace” (CSB) or “someone who promotes peace” (NIV).1 See Luke 10:5,6. In Matthew, Jesus calls them “worthy” people. Jesus told them they were to look for these kinds of people who would help them reach the… Read the whole post
David North12 mins read
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