by Rachel Coleman | Jan 30, 2024
Not long ago, I was doing some reflection on the two main seminary courses I teach: Biblical Narrative and Introduction to Inductive Bible Study (IBS, Gospel of Mark). I was thinking about two questions: (1) What do I love about these courses? (2) What does each...
by Rachel Coleman | Jun 19, 2023
The greatest joy in my work with One Mission Society is relating to the leadership of our partner seminaries in Latin America. Nine schools in six countries form the Strategic Alliance of Latin American Seminaries (SALAS), a network that provides ideas for creative...
by Philip Richardson | Mar 8, 2023
Are you ready to go wherever God sends you, and to do whatever he asks you to do, now matter how strange or impractical it seems? Philip was willing to do that in Acts 8:26–40. He was having a hugely successful ministry to the city of Samaria, who “with one...
by Philip Richardson | Nov 29, 2022
Some missionaries speak of a “Macedonian call”, referring to this incident in the life of the apostle Paul, “During the night Paul had a vision: there stood a man of Macedonia pleading with him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us. When he had seen the...
by Philip Richardson | Feb 17, 2022
What does global mission have to do with Jesus’ “Parables of the Kingdom” in Matthew 13? We’ll take a look, in the last of this three part blog series. In Matthew 13:31–33, we have two parallel parables. There is a stark contrast between what ancient writers...
by Philip Richardson | Feb 8, 2022
What does global mission have to do with Jesus’ “Parables of the Kingdom” in Matthew 13? We’ll take a look, in the second of this three part blog series. The parables of the wheat in the field and the dragnet both have something to say about two kinds of people, the...
by Philip Richardson | Feb 1, 2022
What does global mission have to do with Jesus’ “Parables of the Kingdom” in Matthew 13? We’ll take a look, in the first of this three-part blog series. First, the “Parable of the Sower”. That’s the title that Jesus gives it in Matt 13:18. The seed is “the word of the...
by Rachel Coleman | May 4, 2021
Nearly a decade ago, my colleague Dean Davis and I had the privilege of telling the story of a remarkable man, Enrique Guillén. In One Faith Multiplied, we introduced the life, faith, and enduring legacy of this disciple-maker extraordinaire. Small in...
by Oscar Jimenez | Aug 25, 2020
Countries make grand resolutions towards achieving unity without real change. Churches know that racism and discrimination are wrong, but they persist among some of its members. The modern society’s ideal of a multi-cultural global world is desirable but collapsing...
by Philip Richardson | Jul 21, 2020
Following the killing of George Floyd in May 2020, an impassioned debate about racism has exposed deep wounds running through minority communities, and presents a great challenge to everyone who belongs to the church and believes that God calls us to reach out to...
