Missionaries of Charity

What do you think why many traditional charity projects usually become unsuccessful? In The Blue Sweater, the author, Jacqueline Novogratz, had a chance to work with a project that failed because of several reasons. However, the two main reasons why traditional charity projects often fail are a lack of an efficient financial plan and a lack of professional experience and political connections of management team. To begin with, traditional charity projects fail because of a lack of an efficient…

Patience in Action and Faith is a Virtue of Jesus Christ Growing up in rural Upstate New York, I can remember how quite often my mother and father would repeatedly tell me and my brother that “patience is a virtue”. Granted this counsel, was often repeated during times of impatience and frustration. As a young child, it brings to my remembrance many experiences of sharing toys with my brother, wanting and waiting for the sharp edge of my popsicle to be cut off with scissors, or the endless “Are…

The creation of the internet and social media has permanently changed how people interact with one another. Millions of people log on to the internet daily for the purpose of interaction. Additionally, according to Nils Smith, social media is the most popular activity on the internet. This twenty-first century phenomenon is a great opportunity for churches to capitalize on this innovative technology using it as a ministry tool for evangelism. Thousands of people use social media daily, but…

European exploration, Europe managed to establish and maintain at least a limited amount of interaction through commerce and the spread of religious beliefs; however, Europe experienced more success in maintaining contact through trade than through missionary activity. Asian attempts to limit European contact through trade proved to be largely unsuccessful, as laws in several Asian societies were not strict enough to totally eliminate their commerce with Europe. Although Asian authorities and…

scene would remain intact, as well as sound more fluid without the interruption. Either through carelessness, or other rationale, the numerous awkward placement of God and transitions makes it clear that this text was redacted to serve a Christian missionary…

WHAT IS A MISSIONARY? A missionary is a person sent on a religious journey, to share their faith with others. They often go to countries where their faith is uncommon or unknown. Lottie moon Charlotte Diggs (Lottie) Moon is an example of a Christian missionary. She lived in Virginia in the 19th century, and had six siblings. Though she attended the church services her mother held in their home, she was uninterested in church until she was eighteen and her friends invited her to hear about…

two types of mission trips differed by duration: short-term and long term mission trips. In addition to that there is also one more factor, and that is wheatear or not it is a local trip or a trip abroad. There has been an ongoing debate in the missionary world about the effectiveness of short-term mission trips and what role they play in the lives of the community and those going there to serve. There are some clear negative consequences that affect the people being served and the people going,…

David Livingstone: God’s Missionary and Africa’s Explorer In this essay I will be discussing one of the most remarkable missionaries and one of Africa’s finest explorers, Dr. David Livingstone. Dr. Livingstone was from a small town called Blantyre in Scotland. Most of his life there, he worked in a cotton mill. He wanted to become a medical missionary and constantly had people that were discouraging him. That did not stop him from pursuing his dreams. In his life time Dr. Livingstone faced many…

and they live by it through self-experience. The Vatican II movement has become into the movement of mission work. Pope Francis where the first to come global, he has set an example of what the contemporary mission is all about. Escobar and his missionary movement has reached many religion (Roman 8:14 -17). Escobar believes the Spirit of God can be reached all over the world. Even though there are different cultural and languages, the word of God can transform others to become faithful in the…

Much can be learned from a cursory online search of the writings of Lesslie Newbigin. Many well known outlets feature his works, and give tidbits of biographical information. A prolific author, most of his literature revolving around the construction, operation, mandate, message and mission of the Christian church. He is touted as being instrumental to the foundation of the contemporary missional church movement. Newbigin does not consider our selected reading, The Open Secret: An…