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Josh Duncan

Oct 285 min read

Vetting National Partners

See our previous articles on the why and how of funding national partners or organizations and on how to find them . Vetting indigenous...

Funding Nationals or National Organizations: The How

Josh Duncan

Oct 75 min read

Funding Nationals or National Organizations: The How

In our previous blog post , we delved into why funding national work is a powerful strategy for advancing God’s mission among the...

Funding Nationals or National Organizations: The Why

Josh Duncan

Sep 305 min read

Funding Nationals or National Organizations: The Why

In late April and early May of 2015, the country of Nepal was struck by two devastating earthquakes, measuring 7.8 and 7.3 in magnitude....

Mike Easton

Oct 9, 20234 min read

Why Empower National Partners

One of the great joys of being a missions leader is getting to travel and see the work of God in the least-reached places of the world....

Matthew Hirt

Oct 2, 20235 min read

Building Healthy Multinational Teams

A young man from a West African country asked me, “How can I be a missionary? Missionaries do not come from my place.” The only...

How National Christians Can Bless and Teach Western Churches

Chris Howles

May 15, 20235 min read

How National Christians Can Bless and Teach Western Churches

Have you ever heard of a “truncated icosahedron”? If not don’t worry—you’re not alone. I’m informed it’s a “bitruncated order-5...