SEND understands that it takes people from all nations to reach all nations. It’s part of our history: Some of SEND’s earliest missionaries were Asians who returned home after World War II to share the gospel with their war-ravaged fellow countrymen, while others were North Americans who had developed a heart for reaching Japan. As our efforts have expanded to more than 20 countries, we continue to be intentionally multiethnic and multinational, collaborating with sending offices and partner agencies around the world to send disciple-makers to the unreached.

I want to go ...

Do you want to serve on a multicultural team? SEND offers opportunities to reach the unreached in more than 20 countries. Click here to contact a Missions Coach who can help you discern your role in the Great Commission.

I want to help send missionaries ...

• Global Worker Initiative: We don’t want finances to stand in the way of missionaries from the majority world. The Global Worker Initiative covers some of their mission-specific costs. Click here to learn more or to give. 
• Global mobilization: Help us find and develop the next wave of cross-cultural workers. Click here to learn more or to give. 

I want to pray...

SEND’s global family of workers continues to diversify, and we are grateful! This summer German, Russian, Chinese, Costa Rican, and Guatemalan missionaries will join with North American missionaries for training, fellowship, and planning. Pray for cross-cultural and multi-national understanding so that together SEND can engage the unreached globally! Pray for many more workers from all nations!

You can find daily prayer requests in Intercede & SEND:

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I want to understand our changing world ...

Even as the number of people identifying as Christians in Western contexts is dropping, Christ’s Church is growing throughout the majority world. 

• In 1910, the vast majority of the world’s Christians — over 80 percent — lived in the global North. Today, that figure is only 41 percent.
• In Asia, Christianity is growing more than twice as fast as the general population.
• In 1970, 41.3 percent of all Christians were from Africa, Asia or Latin America. By 2020, this figure is expected to be 64.7 percent.

Graphics — This graphic shows how the Christian world is changing. You can take a closer look at some of the largest sending countries today here.

Elsewhere online — Curious to know how your culture relates to others? A German researcher has developed a fascinating site that allows you to compare up to three countries at a time, based on six different criteria. Check it out here. 

Podcast episdoes —

• What's the Role of the North American Church in Global Mission?: Dr. Paul Borthwick, author of "Western Christians in Global Mission," inspires and gently convicts the North American church to examine its role as global missions becomes more inclusive.
• The Globalization of Missions: From Everywhere to Everywhere: Don Parsons, SEND's Director of Globalization, talks about how missions has shifted from "the West to the rest" to "from everywhere to everywhere." He delves into the benefits and the challenges of globalization in missions.
• Doing Cross Cultural Partnerships Well: Mary Lederleitner, author of "Cross Cultural Partnerships — Navigating the Complexities of Money and Mission" and a consultant for the Wycliffe Global Alliance, discusses best practices in cross cultural ministry partnerships and the importance of recognizing that cultural differences will likely come into play. She offers practical steps for a church or missions committee to consider as they build healthy partnerships. 

Books about multicultural teams — For deeper reading on multicultural teams and the changing face of global missions, SEND staff recommend: 

• Biblical Multicultural Teams by Sheryl Takagi Silzer 
• Building Credible Multicultural Teams by Lianne Roembke 
• Foreign to Familiar: A Guide to Understanding Hot - And Cold - Climate Cultures by Sarah A. Lanier
• Leading Across Cultures: Effective Ministry and Mission in the Global Church by James E. Plueddemann
• The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business by Erin Meyer

I want to read more Better Together stories ...

• Four strengths of multicultural ministry teams: Many people associate ethnicity with religion — to be X is to believe Y. Multicultural teams contradict this notion by their very existence.
• 'Vital instruments' in new faith: Four Latin American interns passionately share their faith in Thailand, and two young women decide to follow Jesus!
• Missionary, know thyself: Multicultural teams work together more smoothly when each member understands their own culture. These questions can help.
• The best kind of breakdown: More time at the mechanic means more opportunities to share the love of Christ. 
• Unity prayer for multicultural teams: Five ways to pray for the kind of oneness that attracts the unreached to Jesus. 
• A heart for Japan's hopeless: Our first global worker from Taiwan looks back and understands why God called her to work with SEND.
• 'No one nationality could accomplish all that the Lord does through us working together': Program for non-native English teachers has sent graduates into 32 countries to engage the unreached.  
• Bridging cultural divides to remedy Babel's confusion: Multicultural teams that display the unity of his Spirit show the world an alternative to the fragmentation of Babel.
• Movement envisions China sending 20,000 as lights to the nations: 'Over the course of the next couple of years, we envision thousands of Mainland Chinese brothers and sisters engaging in mission.'
• Pro tips from multicultural ministry AND marriage: Every aspect of Irish missionary's life proves: 'If we want a rich harvest, we are necessarily and hugely Better Together!'
• Missionary care, Slavic style: SEND’s Missions Mobilization Ministry sees more and more Ukrainians displaying a personal connection to the Great Commission.