Integral Mission

Changing Tomorrow: Changing the Way We See the World

When I heard the first whistle, I got tense. It just kept coming closer and closer. Then a few blocks away the rocket landed and exploded. Since this was a well-populated suburb I thought it hit a house. I felt sorry for those who were inside. Then, the second whistle started. A few years earlier…

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Why Integral or Wholistic Engagement?

Why is wholistic or integral engagement with God’s world a fundamental aspect of Interserve’s ethos? This quote from Change Across Cultures by Bruce Bradshaw, published by Baker Academic in 2002 highlights why wholistic engagement is so important: The great [overseas] outreach of the 19th and 20th centuries planted churches around the world. It was less successful, however,…

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