Biblical Missions for Every Context

After 25 years serving alongside her husband Kris in Croatia, missionary wife Nina Brackett sits down with Shelbi Cullen to reflect on her life of ministry. As a missionary wife, Nina offers honest, hard-won wisdom for missionary wives and couples preparing to go—or preparing to come home.

Missionaries inevitably confront suffering on the field. But the Book of Job answers the problem of suffering: True comfort comes only from faith in a wise and caring God who will ultimately overcome sin and death. Although mercy ministry has its place, the church’s deepest hope for the suffering lies in the gospel of reconciliation through Christ.

Whom did the early church help? From shared possessions in Acts 2 to Paul’s collection for Judea, this study traces every major passage on social ministry in Acts to answer the question: Who received the church’s charity? Time and again, fellow believers—not society at large—received the church’s practical aid.