Tag: missionaries

Like all caricatures, “The Book of Mormon” musical gets a lot of laughs, but it’s a distortion that fails to get at the heart of why actual missionaries do what they do.

“Are you willing to kind of jump off a cliff and say yes to God?” Norman asked his wife, Diane, as they sat in their driveway with their three children. Everyone prayed and said they obeyed the call to the mission field. Norman’s friend served in Native American ministry and encouraged the Norman’s to live on a reservation during the summer of 1984, followed by a months-long, cross-cultural training with North America Indigenous Ministries.

With the United Kingdom’s heightened assault on transgender rights, more people than ever are looking at so-called “first world” countries’ stances on human rights. It isn’t just the richest nations, though — Iran’s revolution has also sparked many TikTok videos, blog posts and real-life conversations, though many have pointed out there are fewer news articles than there perhaps should be.

Some of the most visible missionaries in the United States are from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Why do these people give so much of their time to participate in missionary work?

After decade-long resistance, the Southern Baptist Convention will admit missionary candidates who speak in tongues, a practice associated with Pentecostal and charismatic churches.

I spent the morning hunched over my laptop talking to a friend in Nigeria. He has been working to bring Muslims and Christians together on the streets of Lagos for several years now.

(RNS) A measles outbreak tied to a group of Amish missionaries in Ohio has reached 68 cases, giving the state the dubious distinction of having the most cases reported in any state since 1996, health officials say.