Source: Mission Frontiers, November 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than two billion people live in places where they have never heard of Jesus, where the gospel has not taken root, and where the cost of bearing witness can include imprisonment, violence, or death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These are the hardest places\u2014contexts of severe political oppression, active conflict, extreme poverty, and systematic hostility toward the Christian faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet many mission organizations and churches in the West remain functionally risk-averse, sending workers primarily to relatively safe locations while the unreached remain unreached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To send people into environments of prolonged despair, danger, and uncertainty requires more than courageous slogans or better insurance policies. It calls for a deeper understanding of the biblical and practical importance of risk, fostering purpose and resolve in the Christ-follower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read more of this article from subject-matter specialist Anna Hampton<\/a>. It\u2019s part of a whole edition of Mission Frontiers on\u00a0how to think about and prepare to step into risk faithfully<\/a>. Much to consider, including articles about moral responsibility for senders and how to craft a theology of risk. Many are written by people who train others in these areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MissioNexus also released a new study related to risk<\/a>. They asked 190 mission leaders across 40+ countries told us which risks could most disrupt Christian mission over the next 3\u20135 years, and which opportunities could most strengthen it. Take a look.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Mission Frontiers, November 2026 More than two billion people live in places where they have never heard of Jesus, where the gospel has not taken root, and where the cost of bearing witness can include imprisonment, violence, or death. These are the hardest places\u2014contexts of severe political oppression, active conflict, extreme poverty, and systematic hostility … Continue reading World: How to Cultivate Risk Tolerance for Mission in Dangerous Places<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14908"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14909,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14908\/revisions\/14909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}