Alemu is a brave evangelist and felt called into a remote village to share the gospel. He rented a simple home and started to share about Jesus every day to whomever would listen. However, the Muslim people who lived in the area decided they needed to get rid of Alemu, but didn’t want to simply…
No, you didn’t get the wrong blog. I want to talk to you about the leader I met named Sheik Mohammed. In case you didn’t know, “Sheik” is a trained Muslim religious leader who leaves his family. A “Sheik” is a kind of a missionary Muslim preacher. For reasons soon to be obvious I will…
“Toxic Charity”, by Robert D. Lupton. HarperCollins. New York. 2011. 191 pages. Review by Steve Hyde You could have entitled this book, “Blowing my own horn”. The entire book basically uses Lupton’s own ministry as the “model” of a good NGO/ community program. Though this book attempts to apply to international NGO’s and does use…
Romans 10:17 says, “Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” This verse has spurned Bible study and even organizations dedicated to the audible scriptures. As a believer raised in the Baptist Church my Christian life has always revolved around the Bible, its study, memorization and application. As Hebrews 11:1 affirms, faith…
Last month was the Easter vacation in Ethiopia. The Kale Heywert School of Missions sends all of their missionaries back home for a rest. Samuel, like most students, took the time not as a vacation, but an opportunity for more ministry and sharing the gospel. Samuel was asked to speak at a Christian gathering. He…
Spiritual warfare is very real. The demonic is very real. Alemu, an evangelist here in Ethiopia, experienced spiritual warfare in an amazing way. It all happened when he went to a region of Western Ethiopia to share the gospel amongst a Muslim tribe. He was staying in one small village, but he had an opportunity…
Abera is an amazing man with an amazing wife. I met them here in Ethiopia. They are national evangelists and missionaries. Abera is hard to miss. He has only one eye but has big smile. As I was teaching I talked about persecution and his wife signaled to me that Abera had been beaten for…
Sometimes as I teach I am intimidated by the faith or experience of my students. Often, especially in academic circles, you have two kinds of students: Those who know nothing and are taking the classes because it is all new to them, or those who are incredibly experienced, but are taking the class because they…
Pinch! It’s real. I am living a dream! I am sitting on the balcony of a guest cabin of the Kale Heywert School of Missions campus in Durame, Ethiopia. I arrived last night after three days of traveling from Cambodia. I had to make six plane connections and one six-hour drive in a small Toyota. …
There is nothing more painful than when a missionary leaves the field, whether it is for a short break or permanently. This is because somehow the missionary feels they are failing in what God has called them to do. Missionaries have a saying too that “the only honorable way to leave the field is in…