3 Things Your Next GO Team is Not…
Try to think back to how you felt before your very first mission trip experience. Or, if you’ve never gone on a mission trip, imagine what you might be thinking…
Powerfully Indirect
I won’t be surprised if someone says to us one day, “Wait a second, you guys don’t really mobilize mission trips at all!” Unknowingly, they’ve just put their finger on…
A Lesson on Mutual-Edification with Rose Bugusu
At 127 Worldwide, we use the phrase “mutual-edification” a lot. We believe that fostering mutually-edifying relationships with our local leaders is integral to caring for the vulnerable. We’ve seen how…
4 Ways to Evaluate the Self-Centeredness of Your Service
In ministry, it is paramount that our service flows out of a heart of thankfulness for the gospel. The gospel reminds us that everything we are and everything we have…
Why 127 Can’t “Un-Center” the Gospel
Our unique ministry philosophy at 127 Worldwide sets us apart in almost every arena. We choose to support the work of local leaders who know their communities best rather than…
Who Are You Ministering To With Your Presence?
I was visiting rural Kenya with a team building an aquaponics system that would benefit a local church. It was hard work, and our team of local Kenyans and Americans…
4 Principles for Reevaluating Your Missions Strategy
This is the first summer in twenty years that I have not gone, or helped people to go, on short-term mission projects. Twenty years means that I’ve had multiple decades…
5 Ways to Help the Poor Without Hurting Them
When I boarded my jet for Kenya in 2015, I couldn’t wait to arrive at the Nairobi slums and get busy. Many people there needed help. I was prepared to…
Are You Living a James 1:27 Lifestyle?
“RELIGION THAT IS PURE AND UNDEFILED BEFORE GOD, THE FATHER, IS THIS: TO VISIT ORPHANS AND WIDOWS IN THEIR AFFLICTION, AND TO KEEP ONESELF UNSTAINED FROM THE WORLD.” JAMES 1:27…
Speaking Up for Justice: Creating a Culture of Advocacy
Esther was a woman who used her voice to speak up for people suffering injustice. Her husband, the king, allowed his second in command to issue an order in his…