I am Helen Harrison and I am a post-grad student of Springdale College in Birmingham, affiliated to University of Wales. I am currently studying foran MA in Missional Leadership, and for my dissertation I am exploring the impactof short-term
I'm sure every missionary faces the challenges of helping the poor people and the Bible teaches us to have compassion on them and give generously but should we set limits? Some we help regularly now turn up on our doorstep every time they have a need
Operation World says there are (were) 10,654 UK missionaries in 183 agencies in 198 countries. Anybody got any idea whether that figure is increasing or decreasing?
Are there any statistics on how many independents there are, and whether that number
Please post any suggestions you have for a theme/topic to a live chat here. If you also want to suggest a time to make sure you can be present, that would be fine too. These can be one-off chats or a weekly gathering around a theme. We'll then set it
Is there a way of not indicating whether one is attending a meeting. I find if I want to advertise an event, that it automatically assumes I'm attending, and then if I click that I'm not attending, it no longer lists them under 'my events' :(
Here at allnations we are looking at security issues with Facebook! Obviously a minefield - but wondered if anyone has experience or good ideas in particular with regard to sensitive countries?
Hi all! One of our workers on the field has asked me if I had any feedback on SALT insurance. I see that it is listed with Oscar (so it MUST be top-notch!) :-) But I wondered if anyone had first hand experience of their service. Thanks!
Please share with us your experience of your first Christmas in a different culture.
Here are some questions you may like to consider:
What were the major differences in how Christmas was celebrated there?
Did you feel homesick?
Any amusing encounte
I'm in the process of beginning to write a second devotional (a follow on from 'Steps on the Missionary Road') addressing issues mission partners face on the field. It would be good to know what issues people are facing e.g. work issues; home life; f
Hi, someone told me that there is quite a big difference between the number of males and females working as full-time missionaries overseas (i.e. significantly more females)...but i can't find any stats to back up the claim...anyone know? and while w
How is the credit crunch affecting your individual or mission's financial support? Are you finding a large decrease in the amount people are giving? Have many of your supporters pulled out? Are you having to find new ones in this difficult financial
Let's 'open the box' on ideas and suggestions for using this OSCARactive community to help world mission. Chip in with anything you might want to add ...