For the Spouse of a Short Term Missionaries
We know that those who go on missionary trips usually have adjustments to make — both when entering into another country and working there (for however long that may be), and also when they re-enter...
View ArticleAccountability Questions to Ask Yourself to Stay Pure
Missionaries, like any servant of God, are not immune from temptation. Those who are working on the “front lines” in battling against the powers of darkness HAVE to threaten the enemy of our faith all...
View ArticleWhat Workers Ought to Know About Sexual Stress
Sexual stress? Do you think that maybe it couldn’t happen to you? “Could it happen to you, a cross-cultural worker? Of course, it could. You are human, aren’t you? It is a natural human tendency to...
View ArticleEmotionally Abandoning Spouse For the Sake of Ministry
Some people protest that God alone meets all our needs, that he doesn’t need to involve a spouse to remove our aloneness. They quote Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things through Him who strengthens...
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Is Marriage In Conflict With Your Ministry?
Many times couples feel as if marriage is in conflict with ministry. The attitude seems to be: “If I really give to my marriage what all these books and counselors say I should, my ministry will...
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The Better and Worse of Intercultural Marriages
“For better or worse, for richer or for poorer in sickness and in health, forsaking all others, ’til death do us part.” That’s the vow that we make when we marry. But what does the “for better or...
View ArticleThe Ministry of Marriage: For Missionaries
When you are called by God to be a missionary, you eventually have a fairly good idea of what your calling will be and what will be the focus on your ministry. There will always be some surprises and...
View ArticleDepressed and Sometimes Burned Out Missionaries
“Missionaries and Christian workers don’t get depressed.” True? No. Even though many people think that they wouldn’t be, couldn’t be, or shouldn’t be… the fact is that there are many who experience...
View ArticleCoping When Ministry Spouse Travels
When one ministry spouse travels and the other is “left behind” to keep things going on the home front, there are various issues that arise — with loneliness and carrying an extra work load, being...
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