Articles
5+ Questions to Ask a Visiting Missionary at Dinner
Ok, so you’re inviting a visiting missionary over for dinner. For sure you’ll ask them about their ministry and all they are experiencing God doing ...
Culture and Conflict Resolution
After years of relative neglect, culture is finally receiving due recognition as a key factor in the evolution and resolution of conflicts. Unfortu ...
Conflict Mediation Across Cultures: Pathways and Patterns
Believing not only that conflict is inevitable in human life but that it is essential and can be quite constructive, Augsburger proposes a shift to ...
Managing Conflict Creatively
A practical, Bible-centered approach to the dynamics of conflict and conflict management. This manual is intended to serve as a teaching and study ...
Receiving Well: Eleven Tips for Helping Expats Come Home
Ok this is awkward. There’s a solid chance that the demographic which might best benefit from this post (and the brilliance in the comments that fo ...
When Narcissism Comes to Church: Healing Your Community From Emotional and Spiritual Abuse
Why does narcissism seem to thrive in our churches? We've seen the news stories and heard the rumors. Maybe we ourselves have been hurt by a narcis ...
Churches That Abuse
A look at churches that practice authoritarian leadership, manipulation, excessive discipline, and spiritual intimidation warns and informs readers ...
Former child New Tribes Mission members speak out on alleged sex abuse
A group of women, whose parents joined the massive Evangelical group known as New Tribes Mission when they were children, open up to NBC’s Kate Sno ...
EIGHT CRUCIAL STEPS: Preventing and Recognizing MK Abuse
Nearly two years ago, I wrote an article titled "Speak It" that garnered significant attention. This is a follow-up post providing parents with con ...
Are you experiencing abuse? Here’s how to get help
If you or someone you know is in crisis and needs help, resources are available in Canada.
By Olivia Bowden
Understanding Sexual Abuse: A Guide for Ministry Leaders and Survivors
It is said that the true test of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable members. As many as one in four girls and one in six boys experienc ...
The Spiritual Impact of Sexual Abuse, 5-pack
Are you ministering to someone whose trauma of sexual abuse has shattered their trust in God? If the abuse happened when they were a child, they ma ...