Tag: Islam

• Modern Day Slavery, From Fear to Freedom

  

  Slavery comes in many forms. It exists in every culture…even among tribes in Southeast Asia. I had never seen a tribe so remote. After 2 hours of motorbiking and 3 hours of boating we finally arrived in a small village along the river. The houses sat on stilts, the roofs were made of thatch and…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  July 4, 2016

  Asian Faith, Missional Living, Strategy & Church

  Buddhist, Christianity, church, culture, discrimination, Faith, Freedom, God, God’s glory, Gospel, Hillary, Hindu, Islam, jesus, Muslims, persecution, racism, religion, slavery, Southeast Asia, Spiritual Bondage, Tribe, Trump, Unreached People Groups, USA, Yellow Leaf People

• The Kingdom of Who?…Model, Assist, Watch & Leave

  

  I walked into an immaculate church building recently and was blown away. It was brand spankin new. You could still smell the sky blue colored paint. It was equipped with everything you would need to do traditional church stuff; sound system, keyboard, projector, laptop, new kitchen, open cafeteria, all-you-can-drink powdered coffee and guestrooms with air…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  September 30, 2015

  Missional Living, Strategy & Church

  Animism, Buddhism, Christianity, church multiplication movement, church planting, dependency, Discipleship, eternity, evangelism, Gospel, Islam, jesus, Kingdom of God, leadership, MAWL, missionary, Model, Southeast Asia, strategy, T4T, Tradition, Training for Trainers

• A Story of Hope: From Afghanistan to San Diego

  

  Ghaffar was furiously digging a hole through a prison wall in Pakistan. His life depended on it. Over three years ago the Taliban captured him, an Afghani refugee, on his way to the United Nations refugee camps (UNHCR) in Turkey. He was separated from his wife, Shabana, and their four kids. He remembers how much…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  March 13, 2015

  Asian Faith, Missional Living

  Afghanistan, Faith, God, Gospel, hope, Islam, jesus, lostness, Miracles, Muslims, persecution, prayer, refugees, Taliban, Testimonies, Unreached People Groups

• The Lack of Cultural Diversity in the Missional Movement: Where All My Colored People At?

  

  I was a ghetto Asian-American juvenile delinquent, fresh in the faith, when I first walked into a southern California mega-church with a group of other knuckleheads wearing saggy Dickies and oversized t-shirts. This church was located in the heart of one of the most ethnically diverse cities in America and we were excited about connecting…

  The Asian Rough Rider

  November 12, 2014

  Asian Faith, Missional Living, Strategy & Church

  African-American, Asian-American, beer, Christianity, church, culture, diversity, ethnicity, Faith, food, Gospel, Hindu, Islam, jesus, languages, Latino, lost, mission, Missional, missionary, movement, nations, racial, relevant, religion, Tribe, vision