Lulu Fleming: Medical Missionary

Lulu (Louise Celestia) Fleming (1862-1899), the daughter of a slave and Civil War veteran, valedictorian of her class at Shaw University, became the first ...

Turn-of-the-Century Female Leadership

Helen Barrett Montgomery (1861-1934) was both a reflection of the gains made by Baptist women in the 19th century and a precursor of change in the 20th ...

The Joy of Service

Jim Paputsa: For this volunteer, the gospel's a shoe-in.

Pounding hammers and whirring saws are Jim Paputsa's tools of trade. But when winter weather halts ...

The Most Important Work

The future of the Christian work which is now being carried on with such great intensity does not depend upon curtailment or reorganization. It depends ...

Sacrificing Quietly

Jim Montgomery is a missionary. He once taught high school in San Jose, California. I remember when the Lord called him. After he was in the Philippines, ...

Missionaries' Pressures

What problems do missionaries face? For what things do they need prayer? Cedric Johnson and David Penner surveyed 55 North American Protestant mission ...

Already Half-Dead?

If we refuse to take the risk of being vulnerable, we are already half-dead. If you are half-dead, you don't have to starve with the people of Ethiopia. ...

Quit Talking and Go!

In our opinion, the greatest enemy of world evangelization is Christian rhetoric--the continual rhetorizing (playing the orator), discussing, arguing, ...

Average Talents

If this world is going to be reached, I am convinced that it must be done by men and women of average talent. After all, there are comparatively few people ...

Privileged Commission

It is our privilege to have world evangelism as a passion, not our responsibility to have as a burden.