July 28th, 2009 by Laura Woodworth
“Take up the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God…” This is God’s admonition for us in Ephesians. But how many of us have separated the spirit from the word? We’re content to quote scripture and apply it to our daily lives, but many times we’ve lost or ignored the life-giving breath [...]
March 16th, 2009 by Laura Woodworth
What is cross cultural ministry? Most people lump cross cultural ministry into “missions” and then leave the work of this ministry to “missionaries.”
Although missions very much involves crossing cultural boundaries in big ways, you don’t have to go far in this day to bring the gospel to the nations.
Cross your street and you’re probably crossing [...]
November 1st, 2008 by Laura Woodworth
Missionaries - beware! Especially Western missionaries… and particularly American missionaries! We have a bad reputation of entering a nation and taking over. Granted, in pioneer missions, this may be exactly what is needed, for the incoming missionary to “do it all.” However, most missionaries never move out of that position, essentially keeping themselves as over [...]
August 30th, 2008 by Laura Woodworth
Most people think the first step in touching the nations is to GO… but really, the first step is to PRAY. You can have a powerful impact on the nations right where you’re at, whether you’re in Kansas City, Missouri or Freeport, Illinois (our old home town) or Kalamazoo, Michigan… or somewhere else in the [...]