Tag: cross-cultural

• 10 Reasons Why Mission Matters in a Post Missional World

  

  Last week I was with persecuted Christians. A young mother was taken away in handcuffs and placed in leg shackles and put in a dingy wooden village jail, treated like a common criminal. Her only crime…refusing to sign a paper that would effectively deny her faith in Jesus. This week I’m with privileged Christians. After…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  June 1, 2017

  Missional Living, Strategy & Church

  1040 window, activism, cross-cultural, Discipleship, Generation Y, Generation Z, Giving, Global Missions, globalization, God’s glory, Gospel, Millennials, missiology, mission, Missional Living, missionary, Persection, prayer, Priviledge, social justice, Third Word Country, Unreached People Groups, western church, western traditions

• Bonfires VS Forest Fires: Sparking Church Movements

  

  I once started a forest fire. As a teenager I always had a lighter in my pocket to smoke a cigarette or a joint. One day, when I was a bored novice monk in Fresno, CA, I wanted to see if sparks could light some dry grass behind the Buddhist temple. Yea, I know, really…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  January 21, 2016

  Strategy & Church

  APEST, Apostolic, church, church planting, cross-cultural, Disciple Making Movements, Discipleship, Faith, fire, Holy Spirit, Missional, missionary, Missions, pioneer

• 6 Reasons Why Asian Americans Make Great Missionaries (Part 2)

  

    The last post gave you 3 reasons why Asians can be strategically positioned to fulfill the Great Commission.  Here are the final 3 reasons why you’d make a great ninja for Jesus. Reason 4) Pioneering Opportunities: Caramel Faces Just the other day we sat in a thatched house in a tiny little village at…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  July 9, 2014

  Asian Faith, Missional Living

  Asian-American, Christianity, church, cross-cultural, culture, Faith, Gospel, Kingdom, missionary, Missions, ninja, pioneer, religion, sticky rice, super heroes, Unreached People Groups

• 6 Reasons Why Asian Americans Make Great Missionaries (Part 1)

  

  Have you ever asked yourself if engaging the lost in some far-off country was something you could do? Have you ever considered being a cross-cultural worker for the Kingdom? Your parents, as refugees and migrants, might think you are insane for even considering going back to the country they left. But don’t fret, all things…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  June 29, 2014

  Asian Faith, Missional Living

  1040 window, Asian-American, Asians, Christianity, church, cross-cultural, Faith, Global Missions, globalization, Joshua Project, karate, Kingdom, missionary, Missions, ninja, religion, Unreached People Groups

• The Motivation for Mission

  

  There are many honorable and noble reasons to engage the lost in a cross-cultural setting but there is only one that will truly sustain you for the long haul. Missions is not about alleviating poverty, eradicating world hunger, stopping human trafficking, and listen carefully…it’s not even about saving souls. Missions is about spreading the fame…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  February 11, 2014

  Missional Living

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