https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq week 10 Padlet en-us 2018-12-07 01:05:04 UTC 2024-10-28 04:36:42 UTC hello@padlet.com aaronschuschu11 https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312087122 Missions wing of Presbyterian Church of America

]]> 2018-12-07 01:07:25 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312087122 aaronschuschu11 https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312087202 Their primary goal is to plant churches in unreached countries and people groups that contribute to the general well- being of the community they’re in- be it outreach for refugees and the homeless, teaching English, disaster response, being a doctor, or trauma counseling (and other related work). 

]]> 2018-12-07 01:08:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312087202 aaronschuschu11 https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312087265 One of their most recent goals that they’re working towards is pushing every PCA church stateside to send 1% of its congregation out into the missions field. 

]]> 2018-12-07 01:08:26 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312087265 aaronschuschu11 https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312087363 Lengths of missions vary, and there are different types of missions- there are missions for nursing, missions for the workplace, and vision missions (missions specifically designed for determining if going into the missionary field is a good fit)]]> 2018-12-07 01:09:00 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312087363 aaronschuschu11 https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312087753 Other missionary organizations consider the marketplace (jobs) as a missions field as well]]> 2018-12-07 01:11:36 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312087753 aaronschuschu11 https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312087910 Most of the missionary recruitment and prayer efforts seem to be focused on Cambodia]]> 2018-12-07 01:12:33 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312087910 aaronschuschu11 https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312088503 On their site, they have a “pray for” section which displays dynamics that contribute to the antipathy towards missions- skewed claims about the state of Christian belief in Europe and (at times) cumbersome attempts to heal denominational schisms caused by racial tensions in the United States. It is as it often is with the missionary wings of other denominations. 

]]> 2018-12-07 01:17:00 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312088503 aaronschuschu11 https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312088772 There are missions in Thailand, Taiwan, Cambodia, Asian Crescent (code for Muslim countries in Southeast Asia that technically won’t allow missionaries in), Japan, Australia, US, Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe, and a few in Northern Africa. 

]]> 2018-12-07 01:19:08 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312088772 aaronschuschu11 https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312088930 There were no missions in Russia, India, Brazil, or the Middle East from what I could see of a map ]]> 2018-12-07 01:19:57 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312088930 aaronschuschu11 https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312088956 Vision missions feed into the claim of the non- religious that short- term missions are self- serving- on top of the negative reputation that missions already have of being a medium through which colonialism decimated cultures. On the other hand, if missions are a serious profession and they want to recruit the best of the best and the purest of the pure, vision trips are a key part of the discernment process. What do you think? ]]> 2018-12-07 01:20:14 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312088956 aaronschuschu11 https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312089659 mtw.org]]> 2018-12-07 01:25:03 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312089659 aaronschuschu11 https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312090058 MTW is financed by donations]]> 2018-12-07 01:28:01 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312090058 aaronschuschu11 https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312090105 Some missionaries are unlisted in the giving process for security reasons as they are going into countries that don't officially legalize Christianity.]]> 2018-12-07 01:28:19 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312090105 aaronschuschu11 https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312090344 https://mtw.org/missionaries/map]]> 2018-12-07 01:30:26 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312090344 aaronschuschu11 https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312090483 A close personal friend of mine and her family teach English in the Asian Crescent through MTW]]> 2018-12-07 01:31:15 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312090483 jennymburggraf https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312340717 2018-12-07 17:49:39 UTC https://padlet.com/aaronschuschu11/4d6cikt4t4dq/wish/312340717