A missionary must learn the language of the people he serves in order to be effective. This is not an option. I know first hand, that learning any language is not easy, it is a process that takes a life time. There are many words that I do not know in English. If that is […]

The last blog was about how an effective missionary prepares for the future by saving for his return from the field (specifically for retirement). This is so he is not a burden on those churches that have faithfully supported him. This post continues the thought about preparing for the future, but more specifically in the […]

We will be at our home church this Sunday! We are sent from Victory Baptist Church in Loganville, Georgia. Leslie has been a member since she was 13 years old. I started attending when I was 18 years old. It is where we each served and grew in our youth, it is where we met […]

I have been posting different articles on characteristics of an effective missionary. There are characteristics that effective missionaries have. They can be in different countries, serve in different ways, sent from different churches, and have different backgrounds that make them each unique, but they still have certain characteristics in common. This post in the series […]