By Floyd McClung
Floyd is the director of All Nations and is based in South Africa.

Imagine a well-dressed businessman who walks out the front door of his big mansion of a house, strolls down the path, and once again climbs in his shiny big car, ready for work. He closes the driver's door with a smile, when he hears the heavy thunk of a very well-made, tightly engineered automobile. As he grips the steering wheel with both hands, he notices one of his neighbors pulling out of the drive, heading for work as well. He offers a friendly salute to his fellow commuter and turns his eyes back toward the road. The day drags on as Mr. Businessman waves and grins at those who walk or drive by. His big-boy car draws appreciative glances, and he waves at them all. After a full day of sitting in his car, pointed in the direction of work, he piles out, stretches, and heads back to the house.

By Ryan Shaw
Ryan is the international lead facilitator of SVM2 and currently lives among the unreached.

The book of Jonah is a powerful little book that has much to teach the modern church of Jesus Christ. Several great themes and purposes are encapsulated within it. The central figure is a prophet who came from a town about an hour's walk from Nazareth. He probably was a disciple of Elisha and succeeded him as prophet. He lived during the reign of Jeroboam II and was a statesman in the northern kingdom of Israel. He is mentioned also in 2 Kings 14:25.

By Sampson Dorkunor
Sampson is the president of the Ghana Evangelical Missions Association and general overseer of Living Bread Missions, Inc. and currently lives in Accra, Ghana.

Marriage is a very critical element in missions, much more than it is in most other careers. The marriage partner could either be the reason for a great success in the field or s/he could be the reason for frustration and eventual abandonment of the message bearer career.

It is therefore very critical that we carefully consider who becomes our life partner and eventually living with us "until death (do us part) separates." In the old marriage celebration manuals, the exhortation goes that because marriage is holy and sanctified by God, it should not be entered into 'unadvisedly.' The notion here is that before marriage vows are taken, the would-be partners should seek enough godly counsel and be convinced about the will of God in the relationship  more >