Beth Hanley was a typical young world-saver. She graduated from a great university, began her professional career with a non-profit fighting hunger and poverty, then served with the Peace Corps. When she completed her term, she enrolled in a graduate program for international relations.
Urbana.org spoke with author of the first six editions of Operation World and The Future of the Global Church about the place of North Americans in missions, trends in missions that will affect the next generation of missions workers, and the role Urbana should play.
There is a you-shaped hole in God’s global mission. God has prepared good things specifically for you to do. Yet even if you already agree with those statements, determining the will of God concerning cross-cultural service can be frightening. How do we hear God’s voice? Will he make me do something
God has a place for you in his global mission. It’s waiting for you, not because God needs you, but because he wants to give you the privilege of joining in the work he’s doing. As you consider what place you might have in God’s story, ask yourself three questions: What do you have in your hand?
Six weeks ago, I found myself stranded in China, knowing nothing and no one but my destination and the teammate I’d been paired with moments before. This is my crash course on learning to fully trust God.
Directly after college, I moved to a country in the former Soviet Union to work with an emerging evangelical student movement. I was only twenty-two years old, but this was my seventh cross-continental move, so I thought God had prepare me for missions. Now I wasn’t so sure.
In all my time working with students, some things change, like trends, language and even worldview. Some questions remain constant. One recurring question for many students is this one: How do I know God’s will for my life?
If you’re struggling with whether or not to invest next summer in a mission project but aren’t quite sure if it’s the right thing to do, here are some things to consider.
