There are about 25 million Kurds in the world, give or take a few million. Their homeland, called "Kurdistan," spans four countries: Iraq, Iran, Turkey, and Syria. They speak a language that is related to Persian, and have traditionally lived in the Taurus and Zagros mountains and nearby plains. For centuries they have been mainly farmers and sheepherders, although as a result of modernization, most Kurds are now urban-dwellers.
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If it hasn’t already, there’s a good chance that your path in missions will include a short term missions program. If you haven't already had to, there’s a good chance you’ll need to avoid some pitfalls along the way, especially the pitfall of fear.
In my native tongue, Malayalam, we would call rain during events like weddings, and religious conferences “munmazha”. The word “munmazha” and “pinmazha” are usually used together in religious contexts, the literal translations respectively being close to rain before and rain after. The connotation of munmazha is rain showers before an event to signify that the event will be blessed or that blessings are coming.
Urbana sat down with MaryKate Morse as she prepares for Urbana 15 to get to know her a little more beyond what’s listed in her bio. Here’s what she had to say:
Urbana sat down with Christena Cleveland as she prepares for Urbana 15 to get to know her a little more beyond what’s listed in her bio. Here’s what she had to say:
Urbana sat down with Allan Matamoros as he prepares for Urbana 15 to get to know him a little more beyond what’s listed in his bio. Here’s what he had to say:
At Urbana 15, 194 of the exhibiting organizations will be offering short-term missions opportunities. As you look through the Exhibit Hall for opportunities, here are five questions to keep in mind.
We live in a global world, where the world is so interconnected, but we have not yet found ways to relate in healthy ways. We have so many means for communicating (social media, all of that) and still there are so many conflicts around religion, around culture, around the social issues.
Urbana sat down with David Platt as he prepares for Urbana 15 to get to know him a little more beyond what’s listed in his bio. Here’s what he had to say:
I was born and raised in the United States, but now live, work, and go to church in Ghana. I have come to believe that so much of the injustice, racism, and environmental and economic exploitation that plagues our world finds its root in a failure to be satisfied with “the food that I need,” as it says in Proverbs 30:7-9: