Field Research for Missions

This section on Today’s Missionary is called Field Research for Missions* It focuses on one main topic, Field Researching Missionaries* A secondary topic is that all Field Missionaries also need to be involved in some research on nearby groups This section was originally intended to be my second book entitled “Research among Remote Unreached People … Read more

400 Field Researching Missionaries in the totally unreached people groupings (clusters, pockets, dark patches, call them what you will) I have been a part of the mission information community for several years. One thing keeps coming up during our meetings, conferences, etc. “We need more research from the field.” It is important to know that … Read more

So, the question is “If the nations coming to us so why do we need to go?” People groups are on the move. Some are internally displaced within their own country. Some are across the border from their own country. Those are able to be reached more strategically. Some come to our country because they … Read more

In order to form a people group list for field research, we need to understand that the ultimate goal is to reach people. People are behind barriers that the Gospel message has to get over in order to reach them. Many terms have been used to describe these barriers but one thing is clear. Until … Read more

So your task is to get a people grouping list together before you go into the field. You should look at the sources out there taking some things into consideration. There are not many sources of people group information on the internet that have relevant information to missionary sending and placement. Of the five sources … Read more

Your people group information is the most important part of forming a plan to discover the man of peace. If you don’t know which towns the people group lives in, you wont know where to look for the man of peace. Once you know the towns names you will be traveling in, you are ready … Read more

When I teach missionary candidates about this subject, I use the illustration of a dog being pulled on a leash against his will. This is the picture of how it’s going to be for you in your first couple of years on the mission field. You can reduce this time if you can get prepared … Read more