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Africa’s Tension Belt: The Changing Face of Mission

Exploring a mission call in the early 1990s, I developed a romantic notion of what it meant to be a missionary — rural, rugged, sacrificial, cross-cultural, frontline. But also in my mind it was mostly the West to the rest of the world. Adding to the image was my own heritage — [...]

2021-05-24T21:10:07-07:00

Iran: Behind the Headlines

Nuclear threat. Political and religious oppression. Human rights violations. Economic sanctions. Rogue state. What does the media's fiendish portrayal of Iran's power structures say, if anything, about its citizenry? David Yeghnazar, Executive Director of Elam Ministries, reminds us in the following interview to be careful not to conflate the two. First Fruit:  What is the Iranian [...]

2021-05-24T21:16:24-07:00
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