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Crosslinks Blog

Europe / Blog / September 2022

Sharing the gospel with the Eastern Orthodox in Serbia

Project Timothy
Europe / Blog / September 2022

Sharing the gospel in post-Catholic Belgium

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#Missionary life #Mission thinking #Evangelism #Caring for mission partners #Tools for partnership #Get involved #Church partnerships #Short-term mission #Children's ministry #Pastor training #Missionary children #Praying #Go #Culture #Returning home #Prayer #Giving
Europe / Blog / September 2022

Healing the Divides book review
Africa / Blog / September 2022

26 years of midwifery and ministry in Morocco
Africa / Blog / September 2022

Deported by Idi Amin but not defeated
The Arctic / Blog / September 2022

Mission in a parish the size of Great Britain
Africa / Blog / September 2022

Load shedding, prosperity gospel, kidnapped students: Life in Kampala
Africa / Blog / September 2022

From mission partner to mission co-ordinator
The Americas / Blog / September 2022

A day in the life of the Walker family
Asia / Blog / September 2022

Using my retirement for the Lord
Europe / Blog / September 2022

Princess, traitor, faithful: meet Renée of France
Africa / Blog / August 2022

How a Samburu warrior opened a door for the gospel in Kenya
Africa / Blog / August 2022

Discover 'the place of the winds'
Asia / Blog / August 2022

Battling the Indian heat
Asia / Blog / August 2022

Meet Maggie, the BCMS elephant!
Europe / Blog / August 2022

How Crosslinks began
Europe / Blog / June 2022

First impressions after 17 years

Josh and Cathy Hooker
Africa / Blog / June 2022

Heavenly access

Joe and Rachel Clarke
Europe / Blog / May 2022

Short-term mission: why and why not
Africa / Blog / April 2022

Challenges from Ramadan
Africa / Blog / April 2022

During Ramadan
Europe / Blog / March 2022

Partnership Counts
Europe / Blog / March 2022

The Joy In Giving
Europe / Blog / March 2022

City of God
Europe / Blog / March 2022

The Power of Prayer
Europe / Blog / January 2022

Best of 2021
Europe / Blog / December 2021

How to help those who stay behind
Europe / Blog / December 2021

Christmas around the world
Asia / Blog / November 2021

Jesus is my friend

John and Gillian Robinson
Europe / Blog / November 2021

Five non-financial ways to get involved with mission

Crosslinks
Europe / Blog / October 2021

Our weak and fragile church

Mark Oden
Europe / Blog / October 2021

How to raise up future mission partners from your congregation

Crosslinks
Europe / Blog / October 2021

How to take great photos with your phone

Joel Upton
Europe / Blog / September 2021

Playing our small part

Martin Lane
Europe / Blog / September 2021

Small milestones

Chris and Lotta Strajnic
Africa / Blog / September 2021

For us it is a great story

Gerald Mwangi
Europe / Blog / August 2021

Thinking about overseas ministry
Africa / Blog / August 2021

Seven books on mission

Chris Howles
Europe / Blog / July 2021

How to make great missionary update videos

Joel Upton
Europe / Blog / June 2021

Nitty-gritty gospel partnership

Jamie Read
Europe / Blog / May 2021

A new milestone in Serbia

Colin Morris
Europe / Blog / May 2021

A laptop on the dining table and back-to-back Zoom calls!

Beth Buchanan
Europe / Blog / April 2021

How to get kids involved in mission
Europe / Blog / April 2021

Five things we forget to pray for mission partners
Europe / Blog / April 2021

12 lessons from a pandemic year

Mark Oden
Africa / Blog / April 2021

What can really be achieved on short-term mission?

Adam Tomalin
Europe / Blog / March 2021

Following your parents overseas

Theo Milson and Sofia Oden
Europe / Blog / March 2021

Our mission partners’ ministry is ours too!

Neil Barber
Europe / Blog / March 2021

St Patrick, myths and mission

David Armstrong
Africa / Blog / March 2021

Being a mum on the mission field

Harriet Algeo
Europe / Blog / February 2021

5 Ways to Support Mission During COVID

10ofThose
Europe / Blog / February 2021

My path to the mission field

Nicky Milson
Europe / Blog / February 2021

My identity today is not my past

Nenad Jovisevic
Europe / Blog / January 2021

Where is home for the missionary kid?

Claudia Chan
Europe / Blog / January 2021

Helping mission partner children say goodbye

Claudia Chan
Africa / Blog / January 2021

Uganda has turned off the internet

Jamie Read
Europe / Blog / December 2020

A 2020 look at mission

Jamie Read
Europe / Blog / December 2020

Life as a mission partner child
Africa / Blog / December 2020

Married in lockdown

Rachael Muluuta
Africa / Blog / November 2020

Responding to the Ethiopian conflict: a former Crosslinks study partner speaks up

Bekele Deboch

Europe / Blog / October 2020

Getting involved in mission from home
Europe / Blog / October 2020

What did online church reveal about us?

Ray and Rebekah Brown
Europe / Blog / September 2020

A word in season

Jamie Read
Europe / Blog / September 2020

A song for the harvest

Jamie Read
Africa / Blog / September 2020

Thinking outside the box

Sarah Hopkins
Asia / Blog / September 2020

Filled with compassion

Devender Verma
Africa / Blog / September 2020

A window of opportunity

Jean Ngirimana
Europe / Blog / August 2020

The fatherless generation

Mihail Chisari
The Americas / Blog / August 2020

An evangelism failure?

Diego Pacheco
Europe / Blog / July 2020

July in pictures!
Europe / Blog / July 2020

Why run summer camps?

Colin Morris
Europe / Blog / June 2020

What’s kept you going?
Europe / Blog / June 2020

Will you use Zoom when lockdown is over?
Africa / Blog / June 2020

Courageous leadership in a refugee camp

Jem Hovil
Europe / Blog / May 2020

How is everyone doing?

Beth Buchanan
Africa / Blog / May 2020

When coronavirus cancelled my gap year

James Saunders
Africa / Blog / May 2020

A gap year gone wrong?

Kirsty McLaren
Africa / Blog / May 2020

Mission partners in lockdown
Africa / Blog / May 2020

A gap year cut short

Bobby Barnardo
Europe / Blog / April 2020

Is there any good news?
Africa / Blog / April 2020

Youth ministry in the thick of the virus

Adam Tomalin
Europe / Blog / April 2020

Were you ready for quarantine?

Julia Tilford
Europe / Blog / March 2020

Remember my chains

Jamie Read
Europe / Blog / March 2020

Keeping in touch

Jamie Read
Europe / Blog / March 2020

How to survive and thrive in lockdown

Mark Oden and Stefano Mariotti
Europe / Blog / March 2020

Coronavirus: how can I pray for the world?
Africa / Blog / March 2020

What’s it like to be a missionary kid?

Chris and Ros Howles
Europe / Blog / March 2020

The cost in returning from overseas mission
Africa / Blog / March 2020

Culture shift

Jomo Nderitu
Africa / Blog / March 2020

Short-term mission: what’s the cost?

Emily Crutchley
Europe / Blog / March 2020

What next?
Europe / Blog / March 2020

8 Things the coronavirus is teaching us

Mark Oden
Asia / Blog / March 2020

The cost of being a single mission partner
Africa / Blog / February 2020

Training for children's ministry

Irene Apio
Europe / Blog / February 2020

Short-term mission: expectations vs reality

Naomi Brown
Europe / Blog / February 2020

A really shrewd investment

David Luckman
Europe / Blog / January 2020

Culture shock: up, down and level

Julia Tilford
Europe / Blog / January 2020

Ten ways to support returning mission partners
Africa / Blog / January 2020

30 years of disability ministry: an interview

Bridget Hathaway
Africa / Blog / December 2019

A parents' perspective

Piers and Carolyn Bickersteth
The Americas / Blog / December 2019

The cost on the family

Bethanie Walker
Europe / Blog / December 2019

Yes, there’s a cost, but...

Trevor Watson
Africa / Blog / December 2019

Evangelising the enemy

Ochalla Omot Cham
Africa / Blog / December 2019

Christmas overseas

The Watson, Moody and Creighton families
Europe / Blog / December 2019

Language learning: from frustration to curiosity

Rob Law
Africa / Blog / November 2019

Returning to Africa after UK home leave

Nick and Harriet Algeo
Europe / Blog / October 2019

Year abroad in Brussels

Nathan Mair
Europe / Blog / October 2019

Crossing cultures

Robyn Atkinson
Africa / Blog / October 2019

Weep with those who weep

Paul Hunter
Europe / Blog / October 2019

What do Swedes know about Christianity?

Chris and Lotta Strajnic
Europe / Blog / September 2019

Prayer. People. Pennies.

Jamie Read
Europe / Blog / September 2019

Finding Jesus in jail

Gillian Pegler
Europe / Blog / September 2019

InterAction Belgium: Washing dishes for the sake of the gospel

Shannon Black
Europe / Blog / July 2019

What to say to a mission partner on home leave
Europe / Blog / July 2019

What NOT to say to mission partner kids
Africa / Blog / July 2019

Crossing cultures in Kenya

Gerald and Louise Mwangi
Europe / Blog / July 2019

Are you hot, cold or lukewarm?

Joe Clarke
Asia / Blog / July 2019

To be Thai is to be Buddhist?

Janet
Africa / Blog / July 2019

Holy Spirit, Heavy Spirit?

Mark and Mands Vernon
The Americas / Blog / July 2019

Short-term mission in Bolivia

John Lobb
Africa / Blog / June 2019

Being a missionary as a mum and wife

Tjino Endjala

Europe / Blog / June 2019

Coming home as an angry alien

Kerstin Prill
Europe / Blog / June 2019

The pain in returning home

Kerstin Prill
Europe / Blog / June 2019

The shame in returning home

Kerstin Prill
Europe / Blog / June 2019

The guilt in returning home

Kerstin Prill
Africa / Blog / June 2019

Training pastors in Rwanda

Fred Kiiza
Africa / Blog / May 2019

Three churches to pastor but no ministry training

Gabriel Anyang Look
Africa / Blog / April 2019

What I learnt from stand up

Adam Tomalin
Europe / Blog / April 2019

6 reasons to visit your mission partner
Europe / Blog / April 2019

The mission partner lifecycle: Mission

Jamie Read
Europe / Blog / April 2019

The mission partner lifecycle

Jamie Read
Europe / Blog / April 2019

The mission partner lifecycle: Commission

Jamie Read
Europe / Blog / April 2019

The mission partner lifecycle: Recommission?

Jamie Read
Europe / Blog / April 2019

A sweet aroma
The Arctic / Blog / April 2019

The sword of the spirit in the Arctic

David Luckman
Europe / Blog / March 2019

Praying for Missionary Kids
Africa / Blog / March 2019

How I became a Christian

Sarah Irungu
Europe / Blog / March 2019

Mission in 140 characters
Europe / Blog / March 2019

The gospel in one minute
Europe / Blog / March 2019

Why our church has mission partners

Crossway Stratford Church
Africa / Blog / March 2019

Meet our study partners

Steve Rockwell
The Arctic / Blog / February 2019

A bible in one hand and dog-sled in the other

David Luckman
The Americas / Blog / January 2019

From Rugby star to theology teacher

Felipe Chamy
Europe / Blog / January 2019

What's the point in short-term mission?
Africa / Blog / January 2019

Sow, Grow, Send – a vision for theological education around the world

Jamie Read
Europe / Blog / January 2019

Re-presenting the gospel

Mark Gillespie
The Americas / Blog / January 2019

A letter from Cuba

Alexis Pérez
Europe / Blog / January 2019

Moldova: hope in a hopeless country

Graeme Innes
The Arctic / Blog / January 2019

100-year-long bible translation project

David Luckman
Europe / Blog / January 2019

Get prayer letters sent direct to your phone
Europe / Blog / December 2018

Giving birth in a strange city
Africa / Blog / December 2018

Cathedral of Christ the King

Paul Hunter
Africa / Blog / December 2018

Julius goes to bible college
Africa / Blog / December 2018

Baptising the 52

Rick Creighton
Europe / Blog / December 2018

What do the Crosslinks office teams do?

Mark Gillespie
The Arctic / Blog / November 2018

How did the gospel ever reach the Inuit?

David Luckman
Africa / Blog / November 2018

The issue of the 95%
The Americas / Blog / November 2018

Let me tell you about Diego

Jamie Read
Europe / Blog / November 2018

Does your church care about mission?

Peter Tibbott
Europe / Blog / October 2018

Seven top tips for sharing the gospel with Muslims
Africa / Blog / October 2018

Life at the coalface in North Karamoja

Chris Howles
Europe / Blog / October 2018

The challenge of giving

Peter Tibbott
Europe / Blog / October 2018

Baptisms on the beach

Mark Oden
Europe / Blog / October 2018

Feeling lonely?

Joe and Rachel Clarke
Europe / Blog / October 2018

One Roman Catholic priest's journey to Christ

Mark and Jane Oden
Europe / Blog / October 2018

The joy of giving

Peter Tibbott
Africa / Blog / September 2018

Why send missionaries to South Africa?

Kayley Shum
Africa / Blog / September 2018

Lesotho mission trip

Cecilia Mumbi
Europe / Blog / September 2018

The grace of giving

Peter Tibbott
Africa / Blog / August 2018

‘Theology lacks academic rigour'

Wanyeki and Mary Mahiaini
Europe / Blog / July 2018

Year abroad reflections

Emma Whitmarsh
Africa / Blog / July 2018

The inside scoop on short-term mission

Lizzie Standring
Africa / Blog / July 2018

Apprenticeships: why we think they’re a big deal
Europe / Blog / July 2018

We need to talk about mission

Mark Gillespie
Europe / Blog / July 2018

10 small ways to support your mission partner
Africa / Blog / June 2018

I am not ashamed

Joseph Matovu, Andy Harker, Ken Irungu
Europe / Blog / June 2018

Tips for praying for your mission partner
Africa / Blog / June 2018

Life as a reverend in Uganda

Chris Howles
Africa / Blog / June 2018

A mission to northern Kenya

Gerald and Louise Mwangi
Europe / Blog / June 2018

New Crosslinks Mission Director
Africa / Blog / June 2018

Spot the difference

Daniel Odhiambo
Europe / Blog / May 2018

When a black cat crosses your path...

Mark Oden
Africa / Blog / May 2018

Challenges faced by Christian women in Ghana

Portia Yiadom
Africa / Blog / May 2018

Why bother learning the culture?

Andy Harker and Jonny Burgess
Europe / Blog / May 2018

Returning from overseas mission

Jamie Read
Africa / Blog / April 2018

There's no place like home

Beth Burgess
Europe / Blog / April 2018

Living in a foreign land

Joe Clarke
Africa / Blog / April 2018

Passing on the wrong baton beautifully

Wanyeki Mahiaini
Africa / Blog / April 2018

Why spend four years at bible college?
Africa / Blog / March 2018

Do we really need to send missionaries overseas?

Andy Harker
Europe / Blog / March 2018

Young Europeans running away from church
Asia / Blog / March 2018

Pastor training in Myanmar
Africa / Blog / March 2018

Reading without assuming

Alex Maclean
Europe / Blog / February 2018

Pray as you go

Jamie Read
Europe / Blog / January 2018

What do we mean by ‘partnership’?

Jamie Read
Asia / Blog / January 2018

How does sharing the gospel in SE Asia compare?
Europe / Blog / January 2018

From Serbia to Sweden - does evangelism look the same?

Chris and Lotta Strajnic
Europe / Blog / January 2018

Sharing the gospel overseas: it's just a matter of learning the lingo, right?

Anna Read
Africa / Blog / December 2017

Eight ideas to support your mission partner even better

Andy Harker
Africa / Blog / December 2017

A taste of short-term mission

Jonny Tilford
Europe / Blog / December 2017

The Reformation and mission

Lee Gatiss and Michael Reeves
Europe / Blog / November 2017

Mission work is just for ‘top level’ Christians, right?

Colin Morris
Africa / Blog / November 2017

Meet some of our Study Partners
Africa / Blog / November 2017

The Reformation in 90 seconds

Alex
Europe / Blog / October 2017

A Good Deal for Europe?

Jamie Read
Africa / Blog / October 2017

Training the first Kisii-speaking church leaders

Jem Hovil
Asia / Blog / October 2017

Short-term diaries: India and Pakistan

Robbie Strachan
Asia / Blog / October 2017

Short-term diaries: India and Pakistan

Robbie Strachan
Asia / Blog / October 2017

Short-term diaries: India and Pakistan

Robbie Strachan
Europe / Blog / October 2017

The Reformation and mission

Michael Reeves
Europe / Blog / October 2017

Well do I know my Guide...

Julian Milson
Europe / Blog / October 2017

Lee Gatiss - what was the Reformation all about?

Lee Gatiss
Africa / Blog / September 2017

Why go on a Crosslinks gap year?

Rebecca Prior
The Arctic / Blog / September 2017

A perilous voyage

David Luckman
Asia / Blog / September 2017

Five minutes with a gap year team leader… 

John Lobb
Africa / Blog / September 2017

GracePoint Kikuyu

Katherine Stephenson
Africa / Blog / August 2017

96 years and counting...

Paul Hunter
Africa / Blog / August 2017

Singleness in the mission field

Ben Williamson
Africa / Blog / August 2017

Summer team showreal
Europe / Blog / July 2017

What's it like moving your family overseas?

Jane Oden
Africa / Blog / July 2017

Unshakable bible teaching

Katherine Stephenson
Europe / Blog / July 2017

Children’s Bible Club in Riga

Mārtiņš Martinsons
The Arctic / Blog / July 2017

Arctic School of Biblical Training

David Luckman
The Americas / Blog / July 2017

The Fosters in Chile

Luke and Mary Foster
Europe / Blog / July 2017

Mark Oden: Seeking Europe's Lost

Mark Oden
The Arctic / Blog / June 2017

A mission to reach the Inuit

Arctic Diocese
The Americas / Blog / June 2017

Church building in downtown Santiago
Africa / Blog / June 2017

Servants of the Word
Europe / Blog / May 2017

Preach the word with umpf!

Thorsten and Kerstin Prill
Africa / Blog / May 2017

"It was amazing to see their humility..."
Europe / Blog / May 2017

Books for Serbia

Project Timothy
Europe / Blog / April 2017

‘In April, May calls June election…’
Europe / Blog / April 2017

Liberation Day

Mark and Jane Oden
Africa / Blog / April 2017

Good news for The Gambia
Africa / Blog / April 2017

A different hope
Europe / Blog / April 2017

Ongoing repentance

Joe and Rachel Clarke
Australia / Blog / March 2017

Teaching Christ in Context
Africa / Blog / March 2017

Voices from Africa’s Great Lakes Region

Jem Hovil
Africa / Blog / March 2017

Is there joy in repentance?

Marsabit Youth Worker
Europe / Blog / February 2017

Door-to-door repentance
Europe / Blog / February 2017

Guilt and forgiveness

Gillian Pegler
Africa / Blog / February 2017

'No smoking, no pick-pocketing, no preaching!'

Marsabit Youth Worker
Asia / Blog / February 2017

Grace for Christian families in Pakistan
The Americas / Blog / February 2017

Why cry for Argentina?

Andrew and Bethanie Walker
Africa / Blog / February 2017

Transforming discipleship

Gerald and Louise Mwangi
The Americas / Blog / January 2017

How I hate to Suffer
Africa / Blog / January 2017

85 years of witness

Marsabit Youth Worker
Africa / Blog / January 2017

Do not lose heart
Africa / Blog / January 2017

Study Partner Diary
Africa / Blog / January 2017

The most powerful weapon

James and Lucy Buchanan
Asia / Blog / January 2017

New believers in Bangkok
Asia / Blog / January 2017

Miss Jocelyn Gordon (1923 – 2015)
Europe / Blog / January 2017

Student stories from Athens
Asia / Blog / January 2017

The Language of Repentance in Asia