Category Archives: Missions

Global Transmission, Global Mission: The Impact and Implications of the Covid-19 Pandemic

Jason Mandryk, Operation World. Not all of what I write about is obviously related to mission, at least not in an immediate sense. OW’s publications address not only the missionary endeavour, but the wider Church environment, the religious context, and the social, economic, political, and demographic realities on the ground in every country. In howContinue reading “Global Transmission, Global Mission: The Impact and Implications of the Covid-19 Pandemic”

The Diversity of Muslim Women: Afghanistan and Beyond

Morya Dale. Muslim women today number almost a billion, 12 percent of the world’s population, spread across the globe. When we meet a Muslim woman, who are we meeting? What has been her experience of daily life and faith? Our role is not to make generalizations about those women we encounter and their backgrounds, history,Continue reading “The Diversity of Muslim Women: Afghanistan and Beyond”

The Open Doors 2021 Annual Data Release

On November 15th, 2021, representatives from the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and the Institute of International Education released findings from the 2021 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. Explore below key findings, fast facts, presentation, livestream event video and more.

Holistic Mission through Mission Partnership: An Instrumental Case Study in La Ceiba, Honduras

Enoch Wan and John Jay Flinn. This book is about mission partnership, between Total Health (US-based) with the La Ceiba GCLA church in Honduras that offers unique opportunities for transformation in both patients at the clinic and the mission workers at the same time. In this case study of holistic mission, through mutuality and reciprocity,Continue reading “Holistic Mission through Mission Partnership: An Instrumental Case Study in La Ceiba, Honduras”

Marketplace Transformation: Motivating and Mobilizing Chinese Churches in the Silicon Valley for Gospel Transformation

Enoch Wan and Howard Chen. In this book, you will find: (1) an ethnographic description of marketplace professionals in the Silicon Valley; (2) practical suggestions for motivating and mobilizing local Chinese churches in the Silicon Valley to engage marketplace professionals for marketplace transformation.

The Most Segregated Cities and Neighborhoods in the San Francisco Bay Area: The 2020 Census Update

Stephen Menendian, Samir Gambhir, and Chih-Wei Hsu. From 2018 to 2020, we undertook a five-part investigation of racial residential segregation in the San Francisco Bay Area. We studied the nature and extent of racial residential segregation, demographic change, and harmful effects, using different measures of segregation. Our final brief of the series offered possible policy solutions.Continue reading “The Most Segregated Cities and Neighborhoods in the San Francisco Bay Area: The 2020 Census Update”

Pandemic could fuel demand for ‘diaspora bonds’, says World Bank

Andrea Shalal, Tom Arnold. WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) – The coronavirus pandemic and its devastating economic impact on developing countries could fuel fresh interest in so-called diaspora bonds that allow migrants to support their countries of origin, experts from the World Bank and other groups say. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-diaspora-bonds/pandemic-could-fuel-demand-for-diaspora-bonds-says-world-bank-idUSKCN22635H