Reflections

God’s Mission in the Face of Global and Asian Realities

We live in a rapidly changing world. With changed realities, it can no longer be business as usual for churches,...

The Advent is God Entering into Our Stories

Dear Friend and Partner in God’s mission, Choicest Christmas Greetings! This season of the year is when many of us are most...

Mission Possible

By Kumar Aryal - AsiaCMS Co-Mission Partner Last words are very important. Last words that people say reveal what is closest to...

In His Mission, God’s leading is not always apparently logical…

Acts 8:26-27 Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place. And he rose and went. And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians… When we live to obey God in His mission, His leading is not always immediately logical to our human eyes. Yet, when we choose to obey, the impact is often multi-dimensional and beyond our human expectations. In Acts 8, Philip is the primary agent in a mass turning of a previously resistant people group toward Christ. Amidst that spiritual revival, in an unexpected turn of events, God’s angel tells him to “go toward the south… a desert place.”