An excerpt from a paper I wrote for my recent communications class at Biola.

The Difficulties of Modern Missionary Communication

In the world today there are more people to evangelize, more missionaries on the move originating from more churches, more agencies, and more countries than ever before. Clearly, we’ve entered into a new era of missionary work. This massive increase in the scope of missionary work requires new ways of thinking about how the work is done, and especially about how to communicate.

Missionary communication is inherently difficult and complex. Language and cultural barriers, distance, inconsistent technology and communication tools, and diverse communication protocols combine to create an environment that is discouraging and inhibitive to communication. D