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Abiding in Christ Personal Suffering Union with Christ

Lessons from Cancer: Surrender the Self to the Point of Death

Jenn’s post shared about our initial experience of discovering Jenn had brain cancer and some of the lessons about suffering and surrender that came through that. For this post, I’ll share some of my experiences from this past season and also some of the things we’ve received from God out of being brought to a […]

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Abiding in Christ Personal Suffering Union with Christ

Lessons From Cancer: Suffering Leads to Surrender

One of the main reasons why we started this blog to pass on lessons to missions leaders was that this past season of cancer made us realize that our time is limited. In this post, I want to share about my experience of finding out I had cancer, the ways that God met us in […]

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Personal Quick Reads

“i am running into a new year”

Cancer, more than anything, transformed our lives into “before” and “after.” At the end of 2021, while going through cancer treatment, I stumbled across this poem by Lucille Clifton. Its message reflected the bittersweet experiences Steven and I were facing as God used suffering to refine and transform us into who He wanted us to […]

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CPM Personal Thailand

625 Days & Talia’s Story

From time to time, we’ll update some about our personal lives and ministry here in Thailand. This past weekend, we had the opportunity to travel through the mountains to meet up with one of our closest Thai partners, Talia (name changed for security purposes). We’re planning to post about our past season of cancer treatment, […]

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Missions Personal

Who We Are & Why We Started This Blog

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 […]