Podcasts about foreign missions

John Leighton Wilson (1809-1886), missionary to West Africa and Presbyterian pastor, offers a timeless and theologically rich call to gospel proclamation in his writing, particularly in his essay Thoughts on Foreign Missions. Here Wilson presents biblical reasons why the church must take missions seriously. Over a century later, his words still stir the church ot action in a day when missionary zeal too often grows cold.

fWotD Episode 2950: Zeng Laishun Welcome to Featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles.The featured article for Monday, 2 June 2025, is Zeng Laishun.Zeng Laishun (c. 1826 – 2 June 1895) was a Chinese interpreter, businessman, and educator. He was among the first Chinese students to study at a foreign college. Born in Singapore to a Teochew father and a Malay mother, he was orphaned as a young child. He was educated by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, a Christian missionary organization, where he converted to Christianity. He was sent to the United States in 1843 and in 1846 was admitted to Hamilton College, but was unable to graduate due to a lack of funds. Zeng then traveled to China, and following several years of working as a missionary assistant in Guangzhou he left with his family to pursue a trading career in Shanghai.In 1866, Zeng was hired by the imperial government as an English instructor at the newly established Fuzhou Navy Yard School. Seeking to gain experience with Western practices and institutions, the imperial government began the Chinese Educational Mission in 1871, amassing a group of 120 Chinese boys to study in the United States. He worked as an interpreter and English tutor for the mission under bureaucrat Chen Lanbin and Zeng's colleague Yung Wing. He returned to the United States in 1872, where he was frequently and erroneously hailed as the "Chinese Commissioner of Education". Zeng settled with his family in Springfield, Massachusetts, and began giving public lectures on Chinese society alongside his participation in local civic life. He was briefly dispatched to Cuba around the end of 1873 to investigate the poor working conditions of Chinese indentured servants brought to the island as part of the coolie trade. He was abruptly recalled to China in late 1874, likely for diplomatic purposes; during his return, he traveled through Europe to assess universities for future educational missions. He became the Chief Private English Secretary of the statesman Li Hongzhang and served as an interpreter in diplomatic negotiations with the Western powers over the following two decades.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:09 UTC on Monday, 2 June 2025.For the full current version of the article, see Zeng Laishun on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm neural Amy.

ActionSA has raised concern over South Africa's R3.45 billion expenditure on 115 foreign missions in 2023/24, calling it excessive and unfocused. According to a parliamentary reply, the Department of International Relations spent R950m in Africa, R900m in Asia and the Middle East, R813m in Europe, R465m in the Americas, and R325m on multilateral missions. ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba spoke to Elvis Presslin to discuss the party's concerns

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The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association. During this episode, Sharon Russell lends her 20+ years of emergency response experience to the forum. Our discussion includes Sharon's experience as the Deputy Incident Commander for the response to the Key Bridge incident, which happened in March 2024. Recording Date: 4 Sept 2024 Research Question: Sharon Russell suggests an interested student examine ways of developing responses to public information questions faster; go back 20-30 years of lessons learned data to identify communications strategies that worked and did not work. Resources: ‘Remarkably complex' cleanup effort ramps up at site of Baltimore bridge collapse FEMA website FEMA Incident Command System Link to full show notes and resources Guest Bio:  Ms. Sharon Russell is the Engagement Branch Chief and Deputy Division Chief of the Allies and Partners Force Development (APFD) Division, which is part of the Joint Staff Directorate for Force Development in Suffolk, Virginia.  This division uses coordinated engagements to develop collaborative force development capabilities between the Joint Force and its Allies and Partners. Ms. Russell also has 22 years of service in the United States Coast Guard Reserve. She is a commissioned officer currently assigned as the Reserve Chief of Staff for the Coast Guard's 13th District.  Her military experience includes assignments focused on Marine Safety and Port Security, as well as emergency responses to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (2005), Irma (2017), and Florence and Matthew (2018).  Other response operations include Deepwater Horizon (2010), the capsized vessel GOLDEN RAY (2019) and the Key Bridge Response (2024).  She served as the lead planner for Maritime Security for the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida in 2012 coordinating 27 interagency organizations and provided security for 50,000 delegates, protectees and media.  In 2021, she served as the Coast Guard's Incident Commander for COVID-19 vaccine operations, successfully leading the effort to vaccinate over 95% of the Coast Guard. Prior to her current assignment, CAPT Russell was assigned to the APFD Division as a Reservist, where she was hand-selected by the Division Chief to lead the highest priority effort, conducting a thorough analysis of the Joint Warfighting Concept and providing recommendations for release to Allies and partners.  Prior to joining the Coast Guard, Ms. Russell served at the US Department of State as the Office of Foreign Missions designated senior international environmental policy expert and advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary.  Her work focused on customs and shipping regulations for the import/export of hazardous materials and relevant diplomatic immunities for the Conditions of Construction Agreement (COCA) negotiations between the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the State Department.  With her experience in crisis management and long-range strategic planning from both a military and civilian perspective, Ms. Russell provides key leadership to inform current and future strategic issues affecting Allies and partners. Ms. Russell is a native of St. Petersburg, Florida.  She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations from Emory University with a concentration in Spanish and Russian language.  She also earned a Master of Arts degree in Environmental Policy from American University and a Master of Arts degree in Emergency Management from Tulane University.  She now resides in Suffolk, Virginia with her husband Marty.  About: The Information Professionals Association (IPA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to exploring the role of information activities, such as influence and cognitive security, within the national security sector and helping to bridge the divide between operations and research. Its goal is to increase interdisciplinary collaboration between scholars and practitioners and policymakers with an interest in this domain. For more information, please contact us at communications@information-professionals.org. Or, connect directly with The Cognitive Crucible podcast host, John Bicknell, on LinkedIn. Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, 1) IPA earns from qualifying purchases, 2) IPA gets commissions for purchases made through links in this post.

Give it 3 minutes and you won't turn it off.  This is a truly powerful and moving story of a man, a woman, and bevy of children who live a life totally abandoned to God...even in the midst of gut-wrenching sorrow and suffering. If you can listen without being inspired in some way, you may need to check your pulse.  That's all I can say. Matthew

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DHF hosts Sam and Chris interview missionary, speaker, and trainer, Olin Giles from Radical Truth about his ministry to Muslims; and particularly his time in #Dearborn, Michigan which has become famous for having the highest concentration of Muslims in the U.S. Website: https://www.radicaltruth.net Donate: https://www.radicaltruth.net/donate

Hosts Sam and Chris interview missionary, speaker, and trainer, Olin Giles about his ministry to Muslims; and particularly his time in Dearborn, Michigan which has became famous for being a high muslim population in the U.S. You can follow Olin's ministry work at Radicaltruth.net. youtube.com/@RadicalTruth youtube.com/@whychristianity8388 Resources mentioned in this episode: Ministry to Muslims ministrytomuslims.com An article series on the Trinity by Evan Minton; cerebralfaith.net/why-you-should-believe-in-the-trinity-responding-to-the-watchtower-part-1/ The Two Powers in Heaven by Rabbi Segal

Welcome to Troy Church's podcast series. In today's sermon, Elder Matt Simmons continues our vision casting series by talking about our view on Foreign Missions.Our Connection Card link:https://troychurch.breezechms.com/form/7e350cYou can keep up with all things Troy Church right here on our channel, and also at our other social media and outreach opportunities:facebook.com/troychurch.tvinstagram/troychurchalwww.troychurch.tv

Speaker: Jeremy Geelen

A daily news briefing from Catholic News Agency, powered by artificial intelligence. Ask your smart speaker to play “Catholic News,” or listen every morning wherever you get podcasts. www.catholicnewsagency.com - Pope Francis opened two new laundromats for the homeless in the northern Italian city of Turin last week. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255912/pope-francis-opens-two-new-laundromats-for-the-homeless Pope Francis is continuing to keep a full schedule even as the Holy Father said he was not feeling well during a meeting Monday morning with Jewish rabbis from Europe. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255920/pope-francis-keeps-busy-schedule-despite-feeling-not-well The Diocese of Brooklyn announced Saturday that a local pastor who allowed a pop star to shoot a lewd music video in the church no longer has administrative oversight over the parish. Additionally, the diocese told CNA that Brooklyn Bishop Robert Brennan celebrated a Mass of reparation at the church on Saturday morning in response to the desecration. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255917/brooklyn-church-music-video-altar-desecrated-pastor-disciplined A statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe, including a cloth mantle, was left intact amid the devastation caused by Hurricane Otis, which struck the coastal city of Acapulco and other areas of the Mexican state of Guerrero last month with wind gusts of up to 200 miles per hour. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255914/our-lady-of-guadalupe-statue-untouched-by-hurricane-otis-destructive-winds-in-mexico A lack of security is impoverishing the Church in Nigeria, the bishop of Nigeria's Sokoto Diocese said this week, noting that in the northern part of the country alone, more than 30 million naira (about $37,200) has been spent to rescue Church personnel. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/255909/nigerian-bishop-more-than-30-million-naira-spent-to-rescue-kidnapped-priests-seminarians Today, the Church celebrates Saint Leonard of Noblac, a French hermit and monastery founder. Leonard had a great compassion for prisoners, and converted many and obtaining their release. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-leonard-of-noblac-45 The Church also celebrates the feast of Saint Jean-Théophane Vénard, a French missionary to Vietnam who was martyred for the faith. Saint Jean was born in France, became a priest in the Society of Foreign Missions, and was sent to Vietnam. Due to the persecutions of the anti-Christian emperor Minh-Menh, priests were forced to hide in the forest and live in caves. They were able to sneak out at night and minster to the people. Eventually someone betrayed Saint Jean, and he was arrested. During his trial, he refused to renounce his faith in order to save his life. He was condemned to death, and spent the last few weeks of his life locked in a cage. It was during his incarceration that he wrote many letters, some to his family. His most famous line is from a letter to his father in which he said, “We are all flowers planted on this earth, which God plucks in His own good time: some a little sooner, some a little later.” In reading these letters, Saint Therese the Little Flower came to understand and use the image of being a little flower, whom God nevertheless cared for and cultivated, despite her small size. Saint Jean was beheaded February 2, 1861. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-jean-theophane-venard-647

The French Catholic Church is facing new accusations of a sexual abuse scandal within Paris's Foreign Missions Society, an organisation dedicated to spreading Christianity overseas. As a criminal investigation has been opened into accusations against three clergymen from the group, a FRANCE 24 investigation by journalists Karina Chabour and Julie Dungelhoeff sheds light on the allegations against the society.

We're back after a month long break for this amazing conversation with Brittany Miller focusing on her experience in Chiang Mai, Thailand. We cover what to ask vs. what not to when someone returns home and the best and worst part of foreign missions. Thank you all so much for your support and happy one year of Rooted & Grounded podcast! Cover Art: Reagan Hostetler

Missions Conference Session #4Go Ye, Therefore; Reformation and Renewal of Zeal for Foreign Missions - Pastor Douglas Wilson

It's Thursday, March 30th, A.D. 2023. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldView.com. I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Jonathan Clark Israeli Prime Minister opposes criminalization of Christian evangelism Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke out against a new bill that would criminalize Christian evangelism. Last Wednesday, he tweeted, “We will not advance any law against the Christian community.” The anti-conversion bill would punish violators with at least one year in prison. Members of the United Torah Judaism Party proposed the legislation to suppress the spread of the Gospel in Israel. In a statement, a spokesman said, “Recently, the attempts of missionary groups, mainly Christians, to solicit conversion of religion have increased … the many negative repercussions, including psychological damages, warrant the intervention of the legislature.” Romans 1:16 says, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.” Pope hospitalized Pope Francis has a respiratory infection and will need to spend a few days in the hospital in Rome, reports the British Broadcasting Company. The 86-year-old had breathing difficulties in recent days, but does not have COVID-19. United Methodist Church's perversion push costs more delegates The United Methodist Church is now losing its regional bodies in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.  On March 18, United Methodist Church delegates from Russia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Estonia voted for allowing regional bodies to leave the denomination. The delegates also voted against a proposal that would have authorized the blessing of people living sexually perverted lifestyles. The split comes as United Methodists in America and western Europe are pushing support for such perverted lifestyles. Biden eager to strip students of religious liberty Members of the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Education and Workforce sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona last Friday. The Republican representatives are challenging a Biden administration proposal that would remove protections for religious student groups. In 2020, the Trump administration established a policy known as the free inquiry rule. The rule prohibited public institutions from discriminating against religious student organizations. Now, the Education Department is moving to rescind the rule.  The Republican letter referenced research from the Christian Legal Society. The research documented anti-religious discrimination in 90 campuses in 35 states in recent years. Idaho bill would end trafficking teen girls for abortion The Idaho state Senate advanced a bill Monday to end the trafficking of teenage girls to other states for abortions, reports LifeNews.com. Linda Thomas, Director of Community Outreach for Stanton International, a medical pro-life pregnancy outreach, said, “With abortions virtually banned in Idaho, Planned Parenthood and other organizations are actively coaching and luring women across state lines for abortions. This is abortion trafficking.” The bill already passed the Idaho House. It's expected to pass the state Senate, and Republican Governor Brad Little will likely sign it. Marriage is good for women's physical and mental health A new study published in Global Epidemiology found marriage is good for women's physical and mental health. The study examined 11,830 American female nurses who were deciding on marriage in the 1990s. Twenty-five years later, the women who got married had a 35% lower risk of death compared with the women who did not get married. The married women also had lower risks of cardiovascular diseases and depression.  Dr. Brendan Case and Dr. Ying Chen at Harvard University helped conduct the study. In a Wall Street Journal column, they wrote, “Our findings, added to an already extensive literature showing the value of marriage, ought to serve as a wake-up call for a society in significant denial about this crucial element of flourishing.” Protestant missionaries arrived in Hawaii 203 years ago And finally, the first Protestant missionaries arrived at the Sandwich Islands, now known as Hawaii, on this day in history in 1820. That was the original name that James Cook, a British explorer, chose in honor of John Montagu, a British statesman known as the 4th Earl of Sandwich who invented the sandwich. The missionaries were sent by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, America's first organized missionary society. The first missionaries to Hawaii came thanks to a young Hawaiian named Henry Obookiah. He traveled to the United States and became a Christian. As one of the first Hawaiians to convert, he urged for his teachers to send missionaries back to his homeland. He died in 1818, but his wish would come true. Describing the first missionaries to Hawaii, Historian Peter Young noted, “Most of them were young people, still in their twenties, full of life and enthusiasm. All were pious . . . Some were scholars able, when the native language had been mastered, to put into Hawaiian the Scriptures from the original Hebrew and Greek.” 1 Timothy 4:12 says, “Let no one despise you for your youth, but set for the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.” Close And that's The Worldview in 5 Minutes on this Thursday, March 30th in the year of our Lord 2023. Subscribe by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.

Hosted by Mark PospisilSound Engineer and Producer: Jonathan BlosserThe Stream Roots Podcast theme song was written, recorded, and produced by Eric Fritts.You can learn more about Barnabas Ministries by visiting www.barnabasministriesmi.orgVisit pioneers.org/myths for additional information.

This Reformed Academy course is a production of Reformed Forum, online at reformedforum.org. This is an audio podcast of "Machen and the Presbyterian Controversy," taught by Darryl G. Hart. Videos of each lesson included Spanish and Chinese subtitles are available for free online at reformedforum.org. https://reformedforum.org/courses/machen-and-the-presbyterian-controversy/

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, says Nigeria is working with foreign partners to achieve greater synergy through constructive rather than alarmist dialogue. This comes on the heels of several foreign missions issuing alerts to their citizens, including warning of possible terror attacks in Abuja, providing emergency services for their citizens in Nigeria, and approving the evacuation of embassy staff. Onyeama, in conjunction with the National Security Adviser, and the Chief of Defence Staff, noted that there were ongoing efforts to neutralize security threats. He says there is a foreign dimension to this issue as alerts were obviously issued by foreign countries with missions here in Nigeria. He says the Federal Government is in full engagement with foreign partners with Nigerian security personnel and agencies fully on top of the situation.

Missionary Kyla Kassis shares about her journey of encounter with Jesus and explains how He is just as willing to move in our nation as He is in foreign nations. 

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has commenced an investigation of extra-budgetary spending by Nigeria's foreign missions and their refusal to remit Internally Generated Revenue despite cries of the paucity of funds by the embassies and high commissions. The Office of the Auditor General for the Federation decried that efforts to audit the accounts of some of the missions were frustrated by the officials who acted on a directive by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Auditor-General, in the over 450-page document containing a list of audit queries against the missions, raised the alarm over their habit of making spending outside their budgets and without the approval of the National Assembly.

On this episode, we speak about the ecclesiastical and theological contributions of Dr. Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Dr. Gaffin having been elected the chairman of the OPC's Committee on Foreign Missions. Crossway has also published his latest book, In the Fullness of Time, a revision of his lecture notes from his course, Acts and Paul.

In this episode, we speak about the ecclesiastical and theological contributions of Dr. Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Dr. Gaffin having been elected the chairman of the OPC's Committee on Foreign Missions. Crossway has also published his latest book, In the Fullness of Time, a revision of his lecture […]

Today, let's explore how Jesus, according to Luke 4, described Elijah and Elisha's heart for the gentiles and how the synagogue at Nazareth reacted to that.

Lying at the heart of the Sabbath experience, the weekly study experience and the mission experience is the study and time period known as Sabbath School. It was never supposed to be just a 1 hour slot in the church calendar that served a time filler before the main service but when done correctly it is the lifeblood of the church. Pastor Justin Kim takes us through the history of this institution, how it might have changed and what we need to do to get it back where it needs to be. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In this episode hosts David Nakhla and deacon Scott Pearce talk to Rev. Richard Shaw & Rev. Don Buchanan, two seasoned pastors who have spent much of their ministry serving the elderly and shut-ins. Rick and Don share best practices for visiting, helpful hints and their years of experience with the elderly. Co-hosting this episode is Scott Pearce, deacon at Church of the Covenant in Hackettstown. Scott is the son of OPC pastor Rev. Ron Pearce. He is a lifelong member of Church of the Covenant OPC in Hackettstown (where his dad recently retired after serving as pastor for 40 years and the only church he has ever known.) Scott has lived, moved, and otherwise had his being in northwestern New Jersey his whole life. Scott was ordained as a deacon November 2016 (five years ago and serves with four other deacons. Rev. Richard Shaw was born in Flint, Michigan, but has moved around all his life from the time he was eleven years old, due to family situations. He has been married to Lois for 46 years now and has four boys, and nine grandchildren. Richard was raised in Independent Baptist churches until he attended seminary at Biblical in Hatfield, PA. He pastored OP churches in Bridgewater, South Dakota, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Abilene, Texas, and Roswell, New Mexico. In 2004, he returned to Pennsylvania to be near his wife's elderly parents and became a chaplain with ACTS Retirement-Life Communities, Inc. and served as a chaplain at Spring House Estates for twelve years until he retired in 2016. He and his wife are members at First OPC in Perkasie where Richard is on the Session with Pastor MacLaren and when called upon he teaches Adult Sunday School, preaches occasionally (at both the Perkasie church and at other venues), and do pastoral visitation.  Rev. Donald Buchanan is a retired minister of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. He was born in Shelby, North Carolina.  He is a graduate of King University in Bristol, Tennessee (1966), and Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia (1969).  Don and his wife Anne have four adult children and 19 grandchildren. He pastored churches in Pulaski, VA, Sunnyvale, CA and La Mirada, CA, and labored as an OPC foreign missionary in Egypt and Cyprus).  He also served as General Secretary of the Committee on Foreign Missions (1983-1990).  He retired in 2012 but has worked since 2013 with Westminster (CA) OPC in their ministry to a local senior care facility. Referenced in this episode: James 1:27Matthew 25:40Wrinkled But Not Ruined by Dr. Jay Adams

In this episode, several OPC missionaries discuss theological education in foreign mission fields. Douglas Clawson is associate general secretary for the OPC's Committee on Foreign Missions. Charles Jackson serves as a missionary in Uganda, and Mike serves in East Asia. Each of these ministers speaks about their experience in training officers for the building up of indigenous churches, sharing the joys, struggles, and present needs in various fields.

In this episode, several OPC missionaries discuss theological education in foreign mission fields. Douglas Clawson is associate general secretary for the OPC's Committee on Foreign Missions. Charles Jackson serves as a missionary in Uganda, and Mike serves in East Asia. Each of these ministers speaks about their experience in training officers for the building up […]

“On the Go with LFHHM”, Broadcast 10/9/21. Thank you for joining “On the Go With LFHHM”. Today Sister Ann talks with Sister Stephanie Martin as she gives her testimony about being in foreign missions in Côte d'Ivoire West Africa in a pre-recorded interview. Join the chat. SUBSCRIBE & SHARE. Don't forget to visit our website for great discipleship resources at www.lfhhm.org. Contact us and sign up to volunteer at https://www.laborersforhisharvest.org/index.html Prayer for Salvation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55IF3uAd2nY “Road to Salvation” Pamphlet – https://www.laborersforhisharvest.org/discipleship-resources.html

With AfterWords Everyone is in favor of missions, Right? Well, that kind of depends. Sure, Jesus said to “Go! Make disciples of all nations", but what does that mean for a local church in Your Town, U.S.A.? Is it true that a commitment to missions can detract from the work of a local church? Is it true that involvement in missions can breathe fresh zeal into the life of a church? Listen for insights for your church. Guest: Duane Brown Links: One Mission Society, Mercy, inc., MercyToday 

This year, 2021, is the 120th anniversary of the first mission study, published in 1901 by the Central Committee on the United Study for Foreign Missions. Finding Peace will continue to be a book Mission u participants study together in 2021, along with Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools, Bearing Witness in the Kin-dom: Living Into the Church’s Moral Witness Through Radical Discipleship and the youth and children’s studies Becoming Peacemakers in a Culture of Violence and Responding to Violence. The 2021 theme is “There’s Far More Here,” based on 2 Corinthians 4:16-18. Many of this year’s Mission u events will be online as Mission u teams continue to keep participants safe in the ongoing pandemic while still bringing people together to learn and grow.The Mountain Sky Conference has hosted a Mission u in 2021, over four Sunday afternoons in February. More than 273 people of many ages registered across 16 states according to Cathy 
Speich-Ferguson, dean of the Mountain Sky Mission u. “We sent out invitations to all of the churches in our conference and to our United Methodist Women presidents and advertised on a national church site listing events. We shared the free event on our conference website calendar and our conference United Methodist Women website calendar,” Speich-Ferguson said. “Our conference normally would have 40 to 70 folks attend a Mission u — mostly retired and older folks — when we met in person. This virtual event has fantastic participation and is easier for folks who can’t travel, can’t get out of the house, have kids, or other barriers to participation.”While we yearn for the chance to be together in person again, we can follow the example of creative and committed United Methodist Women members to continue offering the chance to transform in our learning, to continue the century-long mission to open eyes and hearts, for, as Irene Barnes stated at the 1900 missionary conference, “Prejudice has to be overcome.” ---This episode originally appeared in the May/June 2021 issue of response, the award winning magazine from United Methodist Women.Visit www.UnitedMethodistWomen.org to find out more.

Ep. #032 - Please welcome Deputy Chief Catrina Bonus; Catrina has served with the Secret Service for close to 25 years.  She began her career as an officer assigned to the White House Branch and throughout her career, she has risen steadily through the ranks with leadership assignments at all branches of the Uniformed Division including the White House, Foreign Missions, Naval Observatory, Special Operations – Magnetometer Operations Office, Office of the Chief, and the James J. Rowley Training Center (JJRTC). On August 5, 2018, Catrina was appointed to the rank of Deputy Chief; the Uniformed Division's first female Deputy Chief. Her first assignment as Deputy Chief was at the White House, the largest branch within the Uniformed Division.  Her current assignment is at the James J. Rowley Training Center where she appreciates the opportunity to work amongst the JJRTC Training Staff to direct, coordinate, and implement policies and programs associated with Secret Service basic and advanced training and employee and leadership development for USSS trainees and employees. Hosted, produced, and edited by: Cody Starken, Associate Producer and assistant editor: Starr Vazquez This episode is sponsored by the United States Secret Service.  www.secretservice.gov Special Thanks to Deputy Chief Catrina Bonus and the Uniformed Division for their time and support.  Music is “Nova Police” by Hermelin, found here:  www.hermelin.bandcamp.com/track/nova- police The music used in the podcast was altered from the original soundtrack by cutting specific sections of the music to create the intro and outro of the podcast.  This work Attribution- Noncommercial-sharealike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US), which license definition is located here: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0 Want to join the Secret Service?  Click here to start your journey https://www.usajobs.gov/Search/?k=USSS Please visit us at: Twitter@secretservice, Instagram@secretservice, Facebook @UnitedStatesSecretServiceOfficial, YouTube@US Secret Service, and LinkedIn @U.S. Secret Service Subscribe to the podcast at Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or SoundCloud.com and find it at www.secretservice.gov/press/social-media/

Heads-up Monday -30th: Virtual conference of South Korean foreign missions -2nd: Disciplinary committee for Prosecutor-General Yoon Seok-youl -3rd: Preparations for upcoming CSAT -30일: 화상회의 형식의 재외공관장회의 -2일: 윤석열 검찰총장 징계 심의위원회 -3일: 사상 첫 12월 수능 준비 Guest: Kim Soohyun, Reporter

In this Best Of show we ask the question, "Everyone is in favor of missions, right?" Well, that kind of depends. Sure, Jesus said to “Go, make disciples of all nations”, but what does that mean for a local church in Your Town, U.S.A? Is it true that a commitment to missions can detract from the work of a local church? Is it true that involvement in missions can breathe fresh zeal into the life of a church? Listen for insights for your church.Guest: Dr. Duane BrownLinks: One Mission Society, Mercy, inc., MercyToday

The last command of Jesus Christ to his church is that we go into all the world preaching the gospel to all nations.  In This Thursday's message Bishop Dag will teach you on why it is important for us as Christians to engage in missions to foreign and distant lands.  Today Bishop Dag will passionately extend the call of God to evangelise in all nations and why Jesus' last command must be our first concern if we want to see even more souls won for the kingdom of God. Listen and be stirred up to do this great work.

The last command of Jesus Christ to his church is that we go into all the world preaching the gospel to all nations.  In This Thursday's message Bishop Dag will teach you on why it is important for us as Christians to engage in missions to foreign and distant lands.  Today Bishop Dag will passionately extend the call of God to evangelise in all nations and why Jesus' last command must be our first concern if we want to see even more souls won for the kingdom of God. Listen and be stirred up to do this great work.

Everyone is in favor of missions, right? Well, that kind of depends.  Sure, Jesus said to “Go, make disciples of all nations”, but what does that mean for a local church in Your Town, U.S.A.?  Is it true that a commitment to missions can detract from the work of a local church? Is it true that involvement in missions can breathe fresh zeal into the life of a church?  Listen for insights for your church.Guest: Dr. Duane BrownLinks: One Mission Society, Mercy, inc., MercyToday

Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. Isaiah 26:20. In the day of fierce trial He Christ will say, "Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast." What are the chambers in which they are to hide? They are the protection of Christ and holy angels. The people of God are not at this time all in one place. They are in different companies, and in all parts of the earth.59Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists, 158. I saw the saints leaving the cities and villages, and associating together in companies, and living in the most solitary places. Angels provided them food and water, while the wicked were suffering from hunger and thirst.60Early Writings, 282. During the night a very impressive scene passed before me. There seemed to be great confusion and the conflict of armies. A messenger from the Lord stood before me, and said, "Call your household. I will lead you; follow me." He led me down a dark passage, through a forest, then through the clefts of mountains, and said, "Here you are safe." There were others who had been led to this retreat. The heavenly messenger said. "The time of trouble has come as a thief in the night, as the Lord warned you it would come." 61Manuscript 153, 1905. In the time of trouble just before the coming of Christ, the righteous will be preserved through the ministration of heavenly angels; but there will be no security for the transgressor of God's law. Angels cannot then protect those who are disregarding one of the divine precepts.62Prophets and Kings, 513. In the closing period of earth's history the Lord will work mightily in behalf of those who stand steadfastly for the right.... In the midst of the time of trouble—trouble such as has not been since there was a nation—His chosen ones will stand unmoved. Satan with all the hosts of evil cannot destroy the weakest of God's saints. Angels that excel in strength will protect them, and in their behalf Jehovah will reveal Himself as a "God of gods," able to save to the uttermost those who have put their trust in Him.63Patriarchs and Prophets, 256. Mar 270.1 - Mar 270.6 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tawasv/message

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The Catholic Church in Vietnam was devastated during the Tây Sơn rebellion in the late 18th century. After the new emperor, Nguyen, was victorious in 1802, he ensured protection to missionary activities. However, only a few years into the new emperor's reign, there was growing antipathy among officials against Catholicism. Tolerance continued until the death of the emperor and the new emperor Minh Mang succeeding to the throne in 1820. Converts began to be harassed without official edicts in the late 1820s, by local governments. In 1831 the emperor passed new laws on regulations for religious groupings in Viet Nam, and Catholicism was then officially prohibited. In 1832, the largely Catholic village near Hue was incarcerated and sent into exile in Cambodia. In January 1833 a new kingdom-wide edict was passed calling on Vietnamese subjects to reject the religion of Jesus and required suspected Catholics to demonstrate their renunciation by walking on a wooden cross. Actual violence against Catholics began after 1833. Officials would torture Catholics by cutting off limbs joint by joint, tearing flesh with red hot tongs, and using drugs to enslave the minds of the victims. Catholics revolted many times and even attempted to overthrow the Vietnamese government, with the help of the French colonists. Philip Minh was born during this turmoil in Vietnam. He joined the Society for Foreign Missions of Paris and was ordained a priest with the purpose of working for the Church in Vietnam. However, he was seized by anti-Catholic forces and beheaded in 1853. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1988. Subscribe to my newsletter at http://subscribe.sdcason.com Support me at http://donate.sdcason.com Check out my products at http://shop.sdcason.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/shalonecason1/message

We consider the year 1810 and the founding of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. The reading is from Sir Aubrey De Vere, “Silence in the heavens." — FULL TRANSCRIPTS available: https://www.1517.org/podcasts/the-christian-history-almanac GIVE BACK: Support the work of 1517 today CONTACT: CHA@1517.org SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play FOLLOW US: Facebook Twitter This show was produced by Christopher Gillespie (gillespie.media)

International conflicts and disputes are attended by hacking in South Asia, Australia, and Africa. The US designates four Chinese media outlets as foreign missions, that is, propaganda outfits. Sodinokibi ransomware sniffs at paycard and point-of-sale systems. Ben Yelin on TSA’s facial recognition program. Cybersecurity Canon Week continues with our guest is Bill Bonney, Co-Author of CISO Desk Reference Guide. And Evil Corp is back, apparently because you just can’t keep a bad man down. For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news brief: https://www.thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/9/121

FEATURING ELIZABETH SHACKELFORD – The State Department’s new Acting Inspector General is also its head of the Office of Foreign Missions. Stephen Akard, who is a Senate-approved political appointee was picked to replace the recently fired State Department Inspector General Steve Linick.  But by retaining his other post at the department, Akard is now effectively...

Modest fashionista & liberal arts student Alexa Dudley shares her desire to meet people's needs on the foreign missions field through medicine & ministry.  Alexa's Blog: https://1998miss.com/ Alexa's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/1998miss/ Hello Awesome Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/helloawesome Jacy's Books on Amazon: http://tiny.cc/gfnwfz  Nuggles: https://www.nuggles.us/ The Modest Poppy: https://themodestpoppy.com/ Leave a voice memo with a review or question & it might make it to a future episode! 1-860-698-2700

The U.S. Department of State will force Chinese agents who have been working as journalists in the United States to reveal their identities to authorities, by designating five Chinese state-run news outlets under the Office of Foreign Missions. In this episode of The China Report we explain the significance of this move, and delve into the inner workings of the Chinese Communist Party's programs for disinformation and propaganda.

Don Armstead-  Founder of DWA Foreign Missions, Don is the Overseeing Pastor of Greater St. Mark Baptist Church in Lubbock, Texas.   Focusing primarily on the people of the Philippines, he has built relationships with other believers in various other nations (via direct contact, mutual relationships, Skype video fellowships and social media). DWAFM subsequently receives invitations from those other nations (Pakistan, India, Uganda, Spain and France) to minister, strengthen and reinforce new and established ministries.   Don has also published his first ebook, “Processed For Progress”, an encouraging read for navigating through the storms of life.   It’s a simple but powerful read because Don wanted it to be a good read for people whose first language is not English.  As a vital part of his local church family, Don continues to provide leadership as Overseer and Pastor of  Administration and Education as well as serving as Minister of Music.  He is greatly missed when he goes into his missionary travels.  He is thankful for the strong leadership provided by his two siblings, Pastor V. M. Smitherman and Asst. Pastor Dr. J. M. Green.  Links: linkedin.com/in/don-armstead-dwafm don_style_info pastorarmstead Listen to another #12minconvo  

A dialogue about how a Ukrainian pastor, Vitaly Sorokun, planted an extremely unique church in Kharkiv, Ukraine 18 years ago for university students living in the 10/40 window and his path to becoming the Director of Foreign Missions in the largest Protestant denomination in Europe....

We start our new series: Meredith Kline Applied.  Part 1 of this new series is our discussion of the Minority Report of the Committee on Foreign Missions of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, authored by Meredith Kline and Paul Wooley.  We discuss whether it is fair to frame the question around whether the Christian ought to care for both body and soul.  Next, we discuss the significance of Jesus' miraculous healings.  Then we talk about whether the gifting of individual Christians matter for deciding whether to have medical missions.  Finally, we discuss Sola Scriptura and who has authority over medical missionaries.   Show Notes:   Give us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts!  (Click “View in iTunes” and “Ratings and Reviews”) Minority Report: Committee on Foreign Missions by Paul Wooley and Meredith Kline Acts 6 Hebrews 2 The Coming of the Kingdom by Herman Ridderbos Acts 3 James 5   Connect with us on: Facebook Twitter YouTube Spotify iHeartRadio Feedburner  Stitcher Libsyn iTunes Gab Minds Steemit

A Missions Update: Then and Now

A Missions Update: Then and Now

Many probably have a mental image of what things must be like in European countries.  As limited as this view might be, guesses can still be ventured as to the politics, the economy, the scenery, and the religious climate.  But what do the people living over there think about the U.S.?  What is their view of America… the politics, the economy, the scenery, the religious climate?  This episode of “The Faith Debate” holds up a mirror to America. The panel: Troy Skinner.  930 WFMD Host/Moderator of The Faith Debate. Scott Wiersma.  Instructor at Evangelical Theological College in Tirana. Albania.  Associate Pastor with International Protestant Assembly, ministering in the Roma Outreach program, Spotlight English Clubs, IPA Youth Ministry, and as Coordinator of the Hospitality Team. Suzi Wiersma.  Foreign Missionary to Albania since 2009, where she serves as the Women’s and Children’s Ministry Director, and provides home school teaching to the Wiersma children.

News outlets have reported  on Muslims by the thousands streaming into Europe.  Politically this has often been framed either in humanitarian terms or in terms of an invading force.  Politics aside, there is the reality of life within a mix of Islam and Christianity.  There are situations in Europe where Christians are the distinct minority.  What does this mean for the church?  What does this mean for the culture of such a location?  What is the state of Christianity overseas? The panel: Troy Skinner.  930 WFMD Host/Moderator of The Faith Debate. Scott Wiersma.  Instructor at Evangelical Theological College in Tirana. Albania.  Associate Pastor with International Protestant Assembly, ministering in the Roma Outreach program, Spotlight English Clubs, IPA Youth Ministry, and as Coordinator of the Hospitality Team. Suzi Wiersma.  Foreign Missionary to Albania since 2009, where she serves as the Women’s and Children’s Ministry Director, and provides home school teaching to the Wiersma children.

We love stories, and true stories are the best.  Don’t you appreciate movies that say, “Based upon a true story and actual events”?  Last episode, “The Faith Debate” began to hear true stories from foreign missionaries, and this episode brings more.  What are the most dramatic, most mundane, most fear-inducing, most-challenging, most rewarding aspects to spending years of your life ministering the Gospel of Christ to hurting people by actually living among them; raising your children alongside their children; learning their language, their customs, their dreams? The panel: Troy Skinner.  930 WFMD Host/Moderator of The Faith Debate. Scott Wiersma.  Instructor at Evangelical Theological College in Tirana. Albania.  Associate Pastor with International Protestant Assembly, ministering in the Roma Outreach program, Spotlight English Clubs, IPA Youth Ministry, and as Coordinator of the Hospitality Team. Suzi Wiersma.  Foreign Missionary to Albania since 2009, where she serves as the Women’s and Children’s Ministry Director, and provides home school teaching to the Wiersma children.

If you attend a church, then you’ve likely heard your pastor mention the importance of overseas missions.  Perhaps you’ve even had missionaries visit your congregation.  Perhaps you’ve given financial support to foreign missions.  Perhaps you’ve even gone on your own short missions trip of a week or two or three.  But what’s the life like for full-time foreign missionaries… those who move their entire family to a third world country… and raise their children there?  On this episode of “The Faith Debate” we begin to find out. The panel: Troy Skinner.  930 WFMD Host/Moderator of The Faith Debate. Scott Wiersma.  Instructor at Evangelical Theological College in Tirana. Albania.  Associate Pastor with International Protestant Assembly, ministering in the Roma Outreach program, Spotlight English Clubs, IPA Youth Ministry, and as Coordinator of the Hospitality Team. Suzi Wiersma.  Foreign Missionary to Albania since 2009, where she serves as the Women’s and Children’s Ministry Director, and provides home school teaching to the Wiersma children.

We discussed foreign mission trips with Prince Aaron. He shared details of his time serving in Fusagasugá Colombia for 10 days.

We talked to Ms. April about how she started serving overseas with foreign missions, meeting her husband in West Africa, and ultimately living there full time. 

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Both myself and co-host Brian Baker from the Multiply sit down with Kevin Ross the president of Helping Hands Foreign Missions to discuss the need for both churches and youth to get involved in missions. Kevin helps us understand a simple and effective way through this ministry that we can share the gospel with many who have never heard of the good news of Jesus Christ. We can all get involved in missions whether it is from the comfort of your own home or across the seas.

Reboots Rough CutsThis special series is inspired by a conversation with Mikhail and a group of fellow podcasters, during which I expressed frustration about a backlog of beautiful stories growing proverbial dust on my hard drive.Mikhail offered to help me clear the backlog and to crank out as many of those episodes as possible by the close of 2018.This is one of the interviews that will most certainly bring hope to many listeners - maybe even you.RR04: Missions with the CopelandsReboots Rough Cuts Episode 4 features Chris and Joi Copeland, a Colorado couple seeking funding to enter the mission fields of Ireland with their three boys. Learn more at RebootsPodcast.com/RRC04Special Thanks to Mikhail KosenkovMikhail has beautifully edited, mastered, and engineered this episode. If you're a podcaster and you don't have a sound genius, trust me. You need one. Even if it's to help you sort out your compression and EQ settings. He'll be glad to talk to you about your sound questions. PodcastSoundFixer@gmail.com

Australia has an increasing Asian population, a reality that many traditionally Anglo-Saxon churches are having to deal with. Should ministry to the many facets of Asian culture be left to Asian churches, or are there helpful cross-cultural ministries that ethnically different churches can plant? Scott Sanders speaks to Australian evangelist, lecturer and A.B.C., Sam Chan, to work out sensible ways of making contact with the cultures around you. SHOW NOTES Communicating Christ Cross-Culturally, by David J. Hesselgrave Planting Churches Cross-Culturally: A Guide for Home and Foreign Missions, by David J. Hesselgrave Leading Multicultural Teams, by Richard and Evelyn Hibbert The Multiply14 Conference – Multicultural Ministry, at Geneva Push Resources

Regardless of how you feel about immigration and border control, how can we reach the refugees, immigrants, and unreached people groups here in the US for Christ? Paul and Beck discuss this topic with Grant Haynes from Global Frontier Missions. Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/sn1P_VW7lf0 Get disciple-making coaching! https://www.contagiousdisciplemaking.... Listen to our podcast! https://cdmpodcast.podbean.com Get involved with GFM! https://globalfrontiermissions.org/ GC2 Live is a ministry of Faith Works and Contagious Disciple Making.

In 1812, eight American missionaries, under the direction of the recently formed American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, sailed from the United States to South Asia. The plans that motivated their voyage were ano less grand than taking part in the Protestant conversion of the entire world. Over the next several decades, these men and women were joined by hundreds more American missionaries at stations all over the globe. Emily Conroy-Krutz shows the surprising extent of the early missionary impulse and demonstrates that American evangelical Protestants of the early nineteenth century were motivated by Christian imperialism—an understanding of international relations that asserted the duty of supposedly Christian nations, such as the United States and Britain, to use their colonial and commercial power to spread Christianity.In describing how American missionaries interacted with a range of foreign locations (including India, Liberia, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands, North America, and Singapore) and imperial contexts, Christian Imperialism provides a new perspective on how Americans thought of their country's role in the world. While in the early republican period many were engaged in territorial expansion in the west, missionary supporters looked east and across the seas toward Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. Conroy-Krutz's history of the mission movement reveals that strong Anglo-American and global connections persisted through the early republic. Considering Britain and its empire to be models for their work, the missionaries of the American Board attempted to convert the globe into the image of Anglo-American civilization.Emily Conroy-Krutz is Assistant Professor of History at Michigan State University and is the author of Christian Imperialism: Converting the World in the Early American Republic.

Both in mandate and in example, Jesus invited his followers to join him in taking the love of God and the good news of his salvation to people at the ends of the earth. In Acts, he commands his disciples to go, geographically, to the places far away...

Both in mandate and in example, Jesus invited his followers to join him in taking the love of God and the good news of his salvation to people at the ends of the earth. In Acts, he commands his disciples to go, geographically, to the places far away...

An interview with Mark Bube, General Secretary for Foreign Missions for the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. After a brief look at the state of foreign missions today, Mr. Bube develops the basic biblical principles that should undergird mission works that truly demonstrate doing God's work in God's way.

Rebroadcast of the long running radio program, "The Ave Maria Hour", a presentation of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. www.AtonementFriars.org Théophane Vénard studied at the College of Doué-la-Fontaine, Montmorillon, Poitiers, and at the Paris Seminary for Foreign Missions which he entered as a sub-deacon. Ordained a priest in 1852, he soon departed for the Far East. After fifteen months at Hong Kong he arrived at his mission in West Tonkin (N. Vietnam). At the time, it was illegal to proselytise in Vietnam. Shortly after his arrival a new royal edict was issued against Christians, and bishops and priests were obliged to seek refuge in caves, dense woods, and elsewhere. Father Vénard continued to exercise his ministry at night, and, more boldly, in broad day. In November of 1860, he was betrayed and captured. Tried before a mandarin, he refused to apostatize and was sentenced to be beheaded. For three months during his captivity he lived in a cage, from which he wrote to his family beautiful and consoling letters, joyful in anticipation of his crown. His bishop, Monsignor Retord, wrote of him at this time: "Though in chains, he is as gay as a little bird". On the way to martyrdom Father Vénard chanted psalms and hymns. To his executioner, who coveted his clothing and asked what he would give to be killed promptly, he answered: "The longer it lasts the better it will be". His head, after exposure at the top of a pole, was secured by the Christians and is now venerated in Tonkin. The body rests in the crypt at the motherhouse of the Paris Foreign Mission Society in Paris, France. He was canonized on June 19, 1988 by Pope John Paul II.

News and entertainment without the spin.Tonight's show features guests, Reverend Nicholas Richards. He currently serves as the assistant minister at Abyssinian Baptist church, founder of the Abyssinian Fund (an NGO that supports Ethiopian coffee farmers) and also serves as an executive officer for Foreign Missions for the National Baptist Convention. Also on tonight's show are the founders of Sneakah Boutique--young entrepreneurs making their own way in style.Tonight, we're informing listeners about the new TSA pre-check plans available for travelers, and covering which Summer movies you should see!As always we are grateful to share the sounds of @GotLuv4Juanita and her current release "Tomorrow."Hope you're listening!

News and entertainment without the spin.Tonight's show features guests, Reverend Nicholas Richards. He currently serves as the assistant minister at Abyssinian Baptist church, founder of the Abyssinian Fund (an NGO that supports Ethiopian coffee farmers) and also serves as an executive officer for Foreign Missions for the National Baptist Convention. Also on tonight's show are the founders of Sneakah Boutique--young entrepreneurs making their own way in style.Tonight, we're informing listeners about the new TSA pre-check plans available for travelers, and covering which Summer movies you should see!As always we are grateful to share the sounds of @GotLuv4Juanita and her current release "Tomorrow."Hope you're listening!

Desert Streams Baptist Church, Pastor Aaron Richert

Today we are pleased to have pastor Edmund from Germany speaking to us about missions.

This episode of CS is titled, Back in the East – Part 2Last time we took a brief look at the Jesuit missions to the Far East; namely Japan, China, Vietnam and India.We encountered the revolutionary approach to mission work of Alessandro Valignano and his spiritual heirs, Michele Ruggieri and Matteo Ricci. Their accomodationist approach to evangelism, where the Gospel was communicated by seeking to build a cultural bridge with the high civilizations of the Far East, was officially suppressed by Rome, even though it had amazing success in planting a healthy and vibrant church. So healthy was the Church in Japan it came under fire from a fierce resurgence in Japanese nationalism that expelled the Jesuits and persecuted the Church, driving it underground.From the dawn of the 17th C, both Dutch and English trading interests moved into Asia. Their commercial and military navies dominated those of other European nations.The Dutch established bases in Indonesia and created a center at Jakarta. The Dutch East India Company was founded in 1602, and carried the Dutch Reformed Church to the East Indies. But don't think this means the Dutch conducted missionary work among indigenous peoples. It merely means they carried their religious institution with them and built chapels so Dutch nationals had a place to worship when doing business there.  Any converts from among the native population was by accident, not any kind of planned outreach. Dutch interests in the Far East were exclusively commercial.The English equivalent of the Dutch East India Company was, the creatively named à English East India Company. Though the directors of the Company were suspicious of missionaries, they appointed chaplains to their trading communities. This provided an opening for those with missionary vision in England and India, such as Parliamentarian William Wilberforce and Charles Grant, an employee of the company.Two outstanding East India Company chaplains were Henry Martyn and Claudius Buchanan. Martyn was a leading Cambridge intellect and winner of numerous academic prizes. He and other Cambridge students were influenced by the long ministry of Charles Simeon, whose preaching urged that the Gospel be taken to All Peoples. Martyn was a brilliant linguist and translator. He was appointed a chaplain in 1805, translated the NT into Urdu and Persian and prepared an Arabic version before his early death from tuberculosis at 31. His Indian assistant, Abdul Masih, converted from Islam to become a Christian missionary and advocate of the Faith. He was ordained in 1825 as the first Indian Anglican clergyman. Many others were inspired by Martyn's life of scholarship and devotion.William Carey, often regarded as the father of Protestant English missions, was both a shoemaker and Baptist preacher in Northamptonshire. He arrived in India in 1793. He was soon joined by 2 other Baptist giants, Joshua Marshman and William Ward, making what came to be known as the ‘Serampore Trio.' Serampore being the region where they lived and worked.  The trio greatly admired the Moravians and shaped their community on the Moravian model.Carey's passage to India had been denied by the East India Company, the de facto government of English holdings in India, with their own hired army enforcing their will on the regions they operated. That would be like Amazon being the City Council and Law Enforcement for Seattle. Later British colonies and India came under control of the Crown. The East India Company opposed Carey's plan to take the Gospel to the Indians. Chaplains for the British in India was fine, but they didn't want to foment hostility with the faiths of their trading partners. Carey had ONE goal in going to India; to evangelize the lost. His passion to raise support in England for foreign missions led to his being derided by critics like Sydney Smith, a clergyman and author of satire who wrote for the Edinburgh Review.But by steady perseverance, monumental labor at biblical translation, longsuffering through family tragedies and the loss of precious manuscripts by fire, Carey faced down all critics, became Professor of Sanskrit at Fort William College and earned the accolade from Bishop Stephen Neill, himself a missionary in India: “In the whole history of the Church, no nobler man has ever given himself to the service of the Redeemer.”For North Americans, an equivalent figure to Carey as a pioneer was the great missionary to Burma, Adoniram Judson. Judson received his inspiration to become a missionary from reading the sermons of Claudius Buchanan in 1809. After ordination as a Congregationalist minister, he applied to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. On his voyage to India, he and his wife adopted a Baptist statement of Faith. On arrival in India he was baptized, having made his change of mind known to William Carey. He was refused permission to work by the East India Co as a Baptist missionary in India but began work in Rangoon in 1813. His work among the Karen people met with rousing success. The first Karen to be baptized was Ko Tha Byu, who came from a background of violent crime. Byu became a notable evangelist. The Karen became the largest Christian group of the region. In modern Myanmar they number 200,000 Christians in over 1,000 churches. Judson himself became a missionary icon and hero in mid-19th C North America.China closed its doors to foreigners of all kinds after imperial edicts against Christian preaching in 1720. Robert Morrison was the lone Protestant missionary from 1807, often at risk of his life. Although the East India Co was hostile to his mission, in 1809 he was employed by them as an interpreter so he could remain on Chinese soil. With the help of William Milne, he translated the entire Bible into Chinese and created a Chinese dictionary, which became a standard work for language studies. He and Milne founded an Anglo-Chinese school in Malacca.But any missionary incursion into wider China was impossible until the treaties of the mid-19th C opened the country by slow degrees.First, the so-called ‘treaty ports' became accessible in 1842 in the Treaty of Nanking, forced on China by British commercial interests. The Chinese were desperate for opium from India, supplied by the British, a major source of revenue.A bit later, the Treaty of Tientsin opened the interior to missionaries, preparing the way for the China Inland Mission.James Hudson Taylor was born in Yorkshire, England to a devout Methodist family. He trained as a doctor, but, before he qualified, offered himself as a missionary to the China Evangelization Society. Because of the political conditions in China during the pro-Christian Taiping Rebellion, he was sent to Shanghai in 1853.Hudson Taylor was inspired by Karl Gutzlaff, who'd travelled to the Chinese interior between 1833-9 as a freelance missionary.Gutzlaff was a German educated at a Moravian school. Drawn to the Far East by the urge to see China won to Christ, he began with the Netherlands Missionary Society in 1824 by serving in Thailand where he translated the Bible into Thai in just 3 years.In 1828 he broke with Netherlands Missionary Society because they wouldn't send him to China.  From his perspective, that's why he was in the Far East. So, he became a freelance missionary, distributing Christian literature along the coast. He became an interpreter for the East India Co in Shanghai and helped negotiate the Treaty of Nanjing. He recruited Chinese nationals as evangelists to the interior and raised funds for their support through his writings in Europe, only to find that many of his recruits had deceived him and taken the money for other purposes. Although discredited in the eyes of some, Gutzlaff's strategy of using nationals as Christian workers was sound. No one doubted his missionary zeal. Hudson Taylor looked on him as the ‘grandfather' of the China Inland Mission and its work in the interior provinces.Hearkening back to the accomodationist policy of Valignano, Taylor experimented with identification in Chinese dress and the ‘queue'; that is, the pigtail hairstyle worn by Chinese men. But Taylor caught grief from other members of the missionary community, by his “going native” as it was called. In 1857, he resigned from the China Evangelization Society he'd been working with. Stirred deeply by the needs of the Chinese of the interior, Taylor founded the China Inland Mission in 1865, aiming to put 2 missionaries in each province, recently open to foreigners after the Treaty of Tientsin. He was now a fully qualified doctor and married to Maria Dyer, daughter of a missionary and a leader in her own right, he set out with a party of 16 from London to Shanghai in 1866, narrowly avoiding total loss by shipwreck.From the beginning the CIM was to be a so-called ‘faith mission', with no public appeals for funds; and its missionaries accepted the absolute, if gently applied, authority of Hudson Taylor, described by some as the ‘Ignatius Loyola of Protestant missions.'The CIM came to number over 800 missionaries, including Methodists, Baptists, Anglicans, Presbyterians and others. It planted churches that had a membership of some 80,000 by 1897. The public profile of the CIM was greatly enhanced in the 1880s by the arrival of the “Cambridge 7”, 2 of whom were well-known sports heroes and popularized as making great sacrifices for the Cause of Christ. CT Studd was 1 of these, later to found of the World Evangelization Crusade  and the Heart of Africa Mission, which worked in the Belgian Congo.Hudson Taylor's publication, China's Millions, achieved a circulation of 50,000 and helped put the mission in front of the public. The society suffered heavily in the nationalist Boxer Rebellion of 1898 to 1900. A total of 200 missionaries, many of them Roman Catholic, and 30,000 Chinese Christians lost their lives. CIM lost 58 missionaries and several children. Even with this tragic set-back, the CIM continued to be an influential group under its 2nd director, Dixon Hoste, 1 of the Cambridge 7. In 1949 all missionary personnel were expelled by the Communists.Hudson Taylor is described by the eminent Church Historian Kenneth Scott Latourette as “1 of the 4 or 5 most influential foreigners who came to China in the 19th C for any purpose, religious or secular.”

In 1812, when the United States was still a young nation and its State Department was tiny, American citizens began heading around the world as Christian missionaries. Early in the 19th Century, the US government often saw missionaries as experts on the politics, culture, and language of regions like China and the Sandwich Islands, but as the State Department expanded its own global footprint, it became increasingly concerned about missionary troubles.Joining me in this episode is Dr. Emily Conroy-Krutz, Associate Professor of History at Michigan State University and author of Missionary Diplomacy: Religion and Nineteenth-Century American Foreign Relations.Our theme song is Frogs Legs Rag, composed by James Scott and performed by Kevin MacLeod, licensed under Creative Commons. The mid-episode music is “Jesus, Love of My Soul,” written by Charles Wesley and performed by Simeon Butler March and Henry Burr on February 25, 1916; the audio is in the public domain and available via the Library of Congress National Jukebox. The episode image is from the Jubilee Story of the China Inland Mission, Marshall Broomhall, Morgan & Scott, London, 1915; it is in the public domain.Additional Sources:“Were Christian missionaries ‘foundational' to the United States?” by Emily Conroy-Krutz, The Washington Post, October 18, 2018.“Into All the World: the Story of Haystack [video,]” Chaplain Rick Spalding, Williams College, September 25, 2013.“American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions historical documents,” Global Ministries.“The life and letters of Samuel Wells Williams, LL.D., missionary, diplomatist, Sinologue,” by Frederick Wells Williams, 1889.“Missionary Movement - Timeline Movement,” The Association of Religion Data Archives.“The Foreign Missionary Movement in the 19th and early 20th Centuries,” by Daniel H. Bays, National Humanities center.“A History of the United States Department of State, 1789-1996,” Released by the Office of the Historian, July 1996.“About,” United States Department of State.“In 200-year tradition, most Christian missionaries are American,” by Daniel Lovering, Reuters, February 20, 2012.