Tag: ministry
The Church is Jesus’ bride—the Church is loved by Christ demonstrated by his death and resurrection. The Church is filled with people drawn together by God’s grace and mercy. And the Church includes people from every nation, tribe, people, and language who will one day stand before the throne. And I want to say it before we go any further, I love her too. Yet, the Church is also made up of the local expression of church: local congregations assembling together around God’s Word and prayer. While no church is perfect—each with its own particular challenges, including socio‑cultural challenges—the migrant…
Pastoral ministry is a burdensome and joyful journey. How might we build stronger connections and share the load to prevent burnout?
Pastoring a migrant church is hard, but rewarding. The challenge isn’t just culture, but sin. However, the gospel proclaimed with sensitivity, diversity, partnership could be the beginning of a genuine multicultural church where all nations worship God.
I’m an Australian-born Cambodian-Chinese (aka ABC). I have thick, black hair; dark brown eyes; and a fairly tanned skin tone. No, this isn’t a dating advert, but it’s a pretty standard description for most South-East Asians. It’s almost a month since my family and I moved to Taiwan to serve here with OMF International. One of the challenges of living and ministering in Taiwan is my Asian appearance. If you’re wondering what I’m talking about, stay with me. The locals If I walk down the street on my own, Taiwanese locals will look at me and they don’t think anything…
Well, it’s Day 4 of our new journey in Taiwan. We arrived safely last Wednesday and we were warmly welcomed by a fellow co-worker. To date, there are daily communications in the form of personal visits, phone calls, and messages from one or more of our new co-workers here in Taipei. All of them are truly happy to have us as part of the team here, and all of them empathise with our daily struggle as we transition into life here. However, the culture shock is setting in quicker than I expected. It just hit me in the face. Honestly,…
