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Bible & Mission

There is Always One

One of the problems with being a blogger is that no matter how hard you work to write a post, there is always the possibility that someone will come along and write a funnier, more erudite, or just simply better on the same subject. If like me you blog on the Bible and mission, it […]

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Do Not Use

Who’s Got a Bible?

The latest statistics on the availability of the Bible in different languages around the world have just been released. Here are a few highlights: Scripture exists in 2,804 of the world’s 6,874 languages (last year: 2,696 of 6,837). Wycliffe organisations have assisted in the translation of 826 New Testaments and 35 complete Bibles in 795 languages (last […]

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Mission

Not Needed… But Wanted

One Saturday morning, several years ago, I decided to board out the floor of our loft and to get our two sons (then aged 11 and 14) to help me. We had a great time as I showed the lads how to use the jigsaw and the power drill, and the three of us set […]

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Observations

Wrestling With Onesimus 6: Conclusion

I’ve spent a while looking at Onesimus excellent post entitled:  When Missions Becomes Toxic; or, Um, They Don’t Need Us Anymore and now it is time to look at the conclusion. The bottom line is that, if we Westerners don’t get out of the way, the churches of Africa and Asia and Latin America will remain […]

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Africa Mission

Wrestling with Onesimus: Maturity

This is my penulitmate post interacting with When Missions Becomes Toxic; or, Um, They Don’t Need Us Anymore from Onesimus. Thirdly, it is long past time for local Christians to take responsibility for their own churches and training and programs.  This is happening in some places, like India for example, where for years missionaries were forbidden by […]

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Africa Church: World

African Christianity

Christianity is a Religion intended for and is suitable for every Race and Tribe of people on the face of the Globe. Acceptance of it was never intended by its Founder to denationalise any people anf it is indeed its glory that every race of people may profess and practise it and imprint upon it its own […]

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Mission

Wrestling With Onesimus 4: Missions

This is the fourth in my series looking at a post from Onesimus:  When Missions Becomes Toxic; or, Um, They Don’t Need Us Anymore. In this one we are looking at the second of his reasons for suggesting that Western missionary work in Africa should draw to a halt. Secondly, this sort of dynamic works the […]

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Africa

Wrestling With Onesimus 3: Dependency

This is the next instalment of my long series interacting with Onesimus’ post  When Missions Becomes Toxic; or, Um, They Don’t Need Us Anymore. Onesimus gives three reasons why he believes that it is time to draw Western missionary involvement in Africa to a close. This post looks at the first of these and starts off with a […]

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Mission

Wrestling With Onesimus 2: Imports

This is the next post in my series trying to get to grips with Onesimus post: When Missions Becomes Toxic; or, Um, They Don’t Need Us Anymore. It is quite obvious, that Onesimus has some serious reservations about the impact of the Western mission movement: Now that I’ve been here (on the ‘field’) for a while, […]

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Minority Language Translation

Launch of the Patois New Testament

There are certain things I want to say that I can only say in Jamaican language. These words were spoken by the Jamaican High Commissioner at the launch of the Jamaican New Testament in London, last night. It was a great evening, jointly sponsored by the Bible Society and the High Commission. I don’t know […]