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Why We Talk to Muslims on the Street

Twenty seven years ago we knocked on doors in a street in France, to share the gospel. A conversation with one man led on to Bible studies. Next week we will see this man in Paris: a keen believer whose journey to faith started in that doorway.

What’s it Like … When your Parents are Mission Workers?

Last year, the number of UFM children reached almost 160! The term Third Culture Kid (TCK) has been coined to describe children who spend some of their formative years outside their parents’ culture. They build relationships with both cultures, without fully owning either, and often identify most with other TCKs. This is one reason children in the UFM family love our Summer Conference. They feel they have met their ‘own tribe’!

No Weapon Fashioned Against You Shall Succeed

Hindu mobs wielded rods, tridents, swords, guns, kerosene and even bottles of acid. Adorned with Hindu militant headbands, they shouted slogans such as, “Jai shri Ram!”, (Victory to Ram, the Hindu god) and “Jai bajrang bali!”, a tribute to another Hindu deity.

Focus on…Italy

“Let’s get one thing straight. Your Italy and our Italia are not the same thing. Italy is a soft drug peddled in predictable packages, such as hills in the sunset and olive groves. Italia, on the other hand, is a maze ... you can go round and round in circles for years.”

Rebuilding from Storm, False Teaching and Broken Lives

With winds up to 280km/h leaving 1.5 million displaced and ruining 711,000 hectares of crops, Cyclone Idai grabbed the headlines earlier this year. It caused an estimated $1bn damage to infrastructure across Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

How Can We Become Better Sending Churches?

We asked Andy Upton, pastor of Knighton Free Church, Leicester, about world mission and the local church...

Training for Thailand’s Remotest Church Leaders

Somphon and her mother received a tract in a nearby city and became Christians – the first in their village. Somphon’s husband, a rice farmer who struggles to read, soon followed. Concerned for their village, the family built a simple church on their farmland and invited neighbours and friends to hear the Good News.

What Cultural Glasses Do You Wear?

In the first of our new series on tricky questions in mission, UFM mission worker, Rosie Crowter, highlights the importance of considering our own - and others' - worldview...

2019 Summer Conference Audio Recordings

Johnny Prime brought us this year's Bible Ministry from the Psalms of Ascent under the theme "The Pilgrim's Playlist".

What Does Mission as ‘Life Evangelism’ Look Like?

So many people have asked why I went to the Middle East. I didn’t have a dream like Paul, but I know that Islam is the biggest unreached people group in the 10/40 Window.

Shining Like Stars

“… in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life.” (Philippians 2:15)

Kayla’s Seven-Year Journey to Faith

“How will they hear unless someone tells them?”

Change, change…and more change

As individuals, and then as a couple, we have for many years felt a tug towards cross-cultural mission, but in what capacity, and where, and when?

Kairos Mission School: Blessed by Being a Blessing

I have been living and serving in Romania for six years and it has been such a privilege to be used by God in this time to reach people with the gospel message and to bring the only true hope to people often without any hope.

Using Digital Technology to Spread the Word

Have you ever seen an instant success? A business or artist that suddenly bursts on the scene from nowhere to accomplish great things.

Building That Will Last

The Wild Atlantic Way is (in the words of the tourist board) an “unforgettable coastal touring route” that takes tourists along the West Coast of Ireland “to enjoy breathtaking scenery and exceptional experiences”.

There Was No-one To Take Care Of Me

We work in a small, insignificant country which is officially the poorest country in Europe. It has somehow fallen off the map of the world and its name is regularly air-brushed from newspaper and TV maps of the area – it is most usually pictured as an un-named country.