by Chris Hall | Mar 22, 2017 | Opinion
Everyone should have access to clean water wherever they live in the world. It’s a basic need that we require to survive and thrive. But millions of people don’t have that access and that is a challenge to the church: Should we respond to this huge need...
by Chris Hall | Nov 17, 2016 | Opinion
I love the idea of being “green.” Buy organic; recycle; carbon offset; take public transport or walk, instead of taking the car – I am up for all of that. And then my good thoughts and intentions come grinding to a halt. It comes down to one thing:...
by Chris Hall | Aug 19, 2016 | News
How do you cope with living through the war in Syria? Denial helps. “Most live in false hope,” says Fares, a Christian nongovernmental organization worker originally from Aleppo, who visits Syria every month to support the church there. “You want to...
by Chris Hall | Sep 23, 2015 | Opinion
Sustainable Development Goals (or SDGs for short) may not sound very exciting, but they are set to make a huge impact on how governments, nongovernmental organizations, businesses and BMS World Mission approach the world’s problems. Here are four (mostly) fun...
by Chris Hall | May 22, 2015 | Opinion
On a recent Sunday night, BMS World Mission worker Ann MacFarlane received a text. “Come to the port in the early hours of Monday morning.” If MacFarlane had been back in Reggio Calabria on Italy’s southern coast, she would have been there at the...