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Source: Joshua Project
A new program launched last Friday (July 25). Joshua Project’s People Group Adoption Program is focused on the 100 largest frontier people groups, the populations with the least gospel access and the greatest potential for kingdom impact. They invite you to use your gifts, pray, advocate, network, learn, and serve.
Whether you’re adopting as a family, church, or organization, the commitment adjusts to what you can offer. Some will pray weekly. Others will fund translation projects. A few will end up moving to the field. All contributions matter.
When you register your commitment, you’ll receive:
“Beyond the practical resources, you’ll receive something harder to quantify: the knowledge that you’re part of a strategic response to the most urgent spiritual need on our planet,” says Joshua Project. Sign up now and you can help improve the program for those who follow.
Learn more, browse the list, or sign up. Glad to see a fresh take on this idea. Let’s not let the years keep slipping by without giving more of the world’s peoples the chance to hear the gospel and see it lived out by people they can relate to.
An observation: Focusing on the largest unreached groups (like “Turks” and “Brahmin”) will make it easier to find information and others to partner with (in contrast with being the first or only ones seeking to engage with a more obscure group). Benefit or drawback? You decide.
Tithe Your Career: Following Jesus among the nations in the first years of your career, by Paul Van Der Werf and Katy White, GoCorps, 2025. 156 pages.
“Here you are in your twenties with mobility and a [university] degree—a superpower and a superblessing. The big question is: does God have a special purpose in mind for your superpower and superblessing?”
This brief but inspiring book introduces us to a handful of college-educated Gen-Z Christians who decided to move overseas to invest the first two years of their careers as an offering to the Lord. They don’t consider themselves missionaries, but simply call themselves goers.
The authors make a winsome case for such a move, illustrating the many benefits of such an investment and addressing challenges and obstacles. Could this be a good path for someone you know?
Since GoCorps is a mobilization and placement organization that does exactly what this book describes, I wondered if the book would feel too self-promotional to use widely, and I am happy to report it does not.
On the other hand, GoCorps is worth checking out. They partner with about 15 ministries offering two-year commitments (for U.S. citizens or residents) around the world.
Learn more or buy the book. You will also find a book discussion guide and other helpful articles and resources on the GoCorps website.
Long out of your twenties, but intrigued by the idea of tithing your career? It’s not too late. Check out OnCorps, a new initiative for people in their thirties through their eighties.
Source: Gospel Mobilization and Missio Nexus
What are the most significant factors that help and hinder potential missionaries? How do generational differences affect our mobilization efforts?
The 2025 Launch Survey included more than 2,400 current or aspiring missionaries from North America. The latest in a series of surveys, it was conducted in early 2025 and was the first to include Gen Z respondents.
If you’re a mission mobilizer, especially one trying to understand, engage, equip, and care for Gen Z workers, set aside some time to watch Decoding the Missionary Pipeline (75 minutes, Missio Nexus).
You will learn:
Explore related materials on a landing page from Gospel Mobilization. More will be added in days to come.
Source: Crisis Care Training International
Could you use an effective tool to help kids identify and work through their feelings and losses stemming from traumatic experiences?
These booklets and facilitator guides, first created by Dr. Phyllis Kilbourn in 2014, are relevant for survivors of diverse traumatic situations, can be used one-on-one or in groups, and can be duplicated as needed. And now they are available in 17 languages, for free.
Learn more or download materials. CCTI also offers online training events for those working with children and youth in crisis.
See also Bible coloring pages and more in many languages (Bible Parent).
The Life of Greg Livingstone (1940-2025)
You may have heard that Frontiers founder Greg Livingstone passed away on July 19. He will be missed. Here are a few articles about his life.
Crossing Cultures: Engaging Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists
Have you found engaging with people of other religions awkward or uncomfortable? The following stories may help you as you wrestle, or perhaps give you something new to wrestle with.
On the Podcasts: The Future of Missions
Do you listen to missions podcasts? Many take a break in the summer, but consider catching up on those of interest to you.
Source: Missions Catalyst Calendar
August through October, Missionary Care Cohort (online). Help your “sent ones” stay connected. Provided for local churches by The Upstream Collective.
August 2, Frontier Missiology Forum (online). Provided by the International Society for Frontier Missiology, a ministry of Frontier Ventures. Watch recordings of previous forums.
August 2-7, Interlude Debriefing Retreat (Barrington, IL, USA). A week-long retreat for adult global workers to process their experiences in a contemplative setting with peers and trained debriefers. Offered by Barnabas International.
August 3-29, Equipping for Cross-Cultural Life and Ministry (Union Mills, NC, USA). Provided regularly by the Center for Intercultural Training. Followed by a language-learning acquisition course.
August 4 to December 7, Perspectives on the World Christian Movement (online). New online classes begin regularly, including a second August class August 11 to December 14 and a Spanish-medium course August 20 to November 19. Check the website for many in-person classes also starting in August in cities across the U.S.
August 6, Network of Christian Ag Professionals Conference (Indianapolis, IN, USA). Followed by a Farming God’s Way course August 7-9.
August 17-23, Recalibrate! (Aurora, IN, USA). Debriefing and renewal retreat for missionaries sponsored by Paracletos.
August 19-21, Integral Disciple Making Movement (IDMM) training (Vancouver, WA, USA). Learn how to reach out to felt needs in the community through discovery groups. Provided by Medical Ambassadors International.
August 21, Ignite Online Training: Ignite Movements (online). Webinar from AllNations.
August 27-28, Support Raising Bootcamp (Denver, CO, USA). Provided by Via in various locations throughout the year.
August 28, Turn Email into Missional Impact: Strategies to Grow Support & Engagement (online). Webinar for communications and marketing professionals, provided by Missio Nexus.
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Source: Christian Post, June 23, 2025
If you weren’t aware, Brazil has one of the world’s fastest rising divorce rates [with 76% more divorces in 2022 than 2010]. To tackle the increasing number of marriages ending, heartbroken Brazilians are doing what any sane person would do in hopes of maintaining love, fidelity, and keeping that spark alive in a relationship.
They’re turning to witchcraft.
An [February 2025] article in The Wall Street Journal discussed the trend, which is gathering momentum because, according to those seeing witches to help their love life (just like they would a doctor for health reasons), the success rate of the spells cast by witches is better than expected. Sometimes it’s too good.
Read the full story. I recommend you read it to the very end. Wise words!
Also from Christian Post: Former medium warns Christians against the occult: “No such thing as a good witch.”
Source: Every Home for Christ, July 5, 2025
About 13 years ago, Mr. C had a quarrel with his brother over land. Mr. C became angry, killed his brother, and served a 12-year jail sentence. He was released just a few months ago.
For 12 years, Mr. C has carried the guilt of his crime and repented, but he didn’t know how to relieve the burden on his heart. Because Mr. C was a devout Hindu, he tried to follow all the rules for atonement of sins according to Hinduism. But he did not find peace of mind.
Last week, Mr. C met one of our volunteers. Mr. C read the gospel literature thoroughly and learned that Jesus died on the cross for his sins. When he understood this truth, he started weeping.
After crying for a long time, he felt at peace in his mind. He realized that only Jesus can free him from this sin. That’s when he gave up everything else in which he had sought peace and accepted the Lord Jesus as his Savior. He regularly attends the local church, reads the Bible, prays, and participates in a Christ Group. He testifies loudly to others that he has been born again through the Lord Jesus.
Read the full story and another about a woman who often dreamed about Jesus before learning that his love is for everyone, not just those from Christian backgrounds.
See an account of a high-caste Hindu won to Christ that also illustrates barriers to the gospel and how they can be overcome (Beyond).