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Core Values Matter

by Steve Richardson, PIONEERS-USA President

One degree can make all the difference. A close compass reading may seem adequate at first, but along the way you may discover that you missed your destination. And all because of a "minor" detail!

Mission agencies have many similarities, yet each has it's own organizational culture and priorities. This is not to say one organization is better than another. Each has a place in God's plan. However, it does mean that a careful look at the beginning of your journey is important.

God's Patchwork Quilt: The Peoples of South Sumatra

This article was published in our Xpress Magazine March 2008

by LD Waterman, Pioneers workers in Southeast Asia

Indonesia, though 10 percent Christian, has many ethnic groups and areas with little or no gospel witness. One such area is the province of South Sumatra, home to over 20 different unreached people groups. Much of South Sumatra is isolated, with only minimal educational opportunities outside the cities, and almost non-existent medical care. Most people wouldn’t choose to go to South Sumatra. When people from the outside do arrive there, residents are immediately curious about why they have come. This eager curiosity can open the door for building relationships.

South Asia: a patchwork of cultures

This article was published in our Xpress Magazine Sept 2007

by K P and T S Pioneers workers in South Asia

There is nothing in the world quite like the regions of South Asia and Southeast Asia. As Sarah McDonald states regarding India,…it “is beyond statement, for anything you say, the opposite is also true. It’s rich and poor, spiritual and material, cruel and kind, angry but peaceful, ugly and beautiful... It’s all the extremes.” It is a complex mix of life and yet arguably nothing is more overwhelming than the situation found today in this part of the world: the sheer volume of people, the variety of cultures and range of religious beliefs, the entanglement of corrupt governments and the complications of the massive population of desperately poor people, all mixed together in the melting pot of humanity.

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