As we close out 2024, the Missions Leaders Blog has been around for about 18 months. We’ve been thankful for the opportunity to share lessons and encourage other leaders who are pursuing pioneering work among the unreached. We have some exciting things in store for 2025, as we launch a new ministry focused on helping […]
Category: Missions
Posts related to the Great Commission, specifically cross-cultural missions.
In the first post reflecting on 10 years, I looked back on some of the favorite memories from our time on the field. In this post, I’ll mention some of the lessons and themes that came out of looking back on the events of the 10 year timeline. Union with Christ and Resurrection Life As […]
Jenn and I launched to Thailand on this day 10 years ago: November 4, 2014. 10 years on the field – in ministry leadership and through a pandemic, cancer, and role transitions – has felt like the equivalent of 20 years in comparison to what life was like back in the States before we launched. […]
One of the topics that I’m most passionate about is empowering women towards leadership in missions. Half of the people among the unreached are women, and in many contexts, women are both the early adopters of the gospel and the ones who pass faith and discipleship onto their families. Currently, women make up ⅔ of […]
In How To Recruit Teammates (Part 1), we talked about how to cast vision broadly to networks of goers, with a particular eye out for leaders. In Part 2, we’ll describe more of the process of filtering and discerning a potential recruit’s fit on your team, and how to invite them to your team. Filter […]
One of the responsibilities of a Team Leader is to recruit the right teammates onto your team. We’re often asked many questions around the area of recruiting, including: “How do I know if someone’s right for my team?”“How do I cast compelling vision for someone to join?”“Should I prioritize role fit, gifting, or character?” We […]
In Part 1, we addressed some of the realities of spiritual warfare. In this post, we’ll get more practical – how do you prepare for spiritual warfare? What are the indicators that you’re encountering spiritual warfare? And what are some best practices and responses for those situations? How to Prepare When we first started learning […]
One of the biggest questions we had before launching to the field, and one of the biggest questions we still get from people preparing to go, is about spiritual warfare. Is it real? What does it look like? How should I respond to it? We are by no means experts on this topic, but this […]
Hi, we are Steven and Jenn Chang. Welcome! The Missions Leaders blog exists to provide tools, insights, and resources for leaders in the missions world. Who We Are and Our Story We have been team leaders among the unreached for the past 8 years, and we want to pass on the lessons we’ve learned in […]