Earlier this month, I had the opportunity once again to present and participate in the International Wholistic Mission Conference in Phoenix, Arizona.
Continue ReadingWell, I knew that this past December and January were setting themselves up to be a busy season and they were, just not entirely in the way I was expecting.
Continue ReadingIt is a ‘profound change’ in the idea that Short Term Mission does not align well with Missio Dei if we don’t experience it outside of Long Term Partnership
Continue ReadingAs our EXPLORE and SCP Vision Trip team members discovered (and was re-confirmed to us) our brothers and sisters in Central Europe are eager to not only talk about what we have in common…
Continue ReadingCompartmentalizing, categorization, and silo making…you may not realize it, but if you’re a North American or a church in North America, you’re good at these.
Continue ReadingJanuary 2015 will mark 13 years since we (Shelly and Randy Schmor) began to serve with Gateway Teams (where has the time gone?!) and with each year we continue to see God using this ministry to develop “Global Partnerships through Kingdom Mission.” Here’s some of the most notable developments at Gateway this past year:
Continue ReadingJapan: the land of the rising sun. A country filled with history and tradition, it is one of the world economic powers and is known for cutting edge technology.
Continue ReadingTo those of us involved in Gateway Teams, the country of Romania represents what became an opportunity for this ministry to significantly extend its reach in addition to the North American Baptist’s (NAB) established mission fields. Gateway was invited to serve in Romania, and a number of other nations since, by NAB churches in Alberta who had established some relationships there.
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