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Since we have had the privilege of living and working overseas, we love to interact with people from other cultures. My husband and I like to play a scary game. The rules are complicated. It is called, “name that ethnicity!” Before you go all weird on me, I’ve discovered that people from other ethnicities, now…

The feeling of inadequacy torments cross-cultural missionaries. As a result, we focus time on equipping ourselves: becoming adept at language, understanding culture, learning how to present coherent evangelistic messages, etc. These efforts are necessary but time-consuming–so much so that missionaries have trouble advancing the mission beyond their own efforts. Effective cross-cultural missionaries, however, have a…

January was named for the two-faced Roman character Janus. With one face Janus looked back and with the other he looked forward. January is a good time for us to look back at 2016 and forward to 2017. For 2016 we rejoice at God’s goodness! Global Gates doubled in size in 2016! We now have…

“See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut” (Rev. 3:8).  The world is on the move! The United Nations reports that the number of international migrants — persons who have left the country where they were born — reached 244 million in 2015, an increase of 71 million (41…

The results are in. We have a new President-Elect. What does this mean for Global Gates? How will this impact Global Gates in the days ahead? Whether America builds a wall or enacts new immigration restraints, the reality of hundreds of thousands of unreached people groups that God has brought to global gateway cities remains…

The nature of gateways is that they swing both ways. Immigration has brought countless voices and influences to America since the first pilgrims stepped off the boat four hundred years ago. Each wave that washed across our shores prompted the previous generation of Americans to sound the alarm. This includes the justified fears of the…

Last week I had the privilege of addressing a Wednesday night prayer meeting at the First Baptist Church of Arlington, Texas. It was a drizzly night, usually a guarantee that the mostly senior citizens who frequent these weekly prayer meetings would stay home. But this night was different. My topic was “Muslim Movements to Christ.”…

It was fifteen years ago. Through the dust and death that filled New York City on Sept. 11, 2001, one inspirational image emerged. Scores of firefighters and policemen raced into the danger. Their selfless courage prompted them to overcome every instinct that would compel a normal person to turn and run the other way. While…

I’ve always been intrigued by how different people can see the same thing, and yet arrive at different conclusions. It’s like the old adage, “Is the glass half full or half empty?” Christians around the world are faced with a similar challenge today. The world is like a fruit basket turned over. For many centuries now,…

Earlier this month I was in Foz do Iguaçu an amazing city on the border of Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. Every morning I would walk across a bridge on the Parana River to speak for four hours to a gathering of young Paraguayan missionaries preparing for missionary service among Muslims. In the evenings I would…