Our view of culture many times is the same. We really do not understand culture, even our own culture . . . we just swim in it. For this reason, often we are unknowingly dominated by our culture. The greater culture infiltrates our churches in ways contrary to scripture. We do not know how to speak the gospel into current culture, and we are imprisoned in antiquated methods that reflect a culture from times gone by.

Since 1950, BMA missionaries have been sent to foreign fields, leaving a legacy of faith, perseverance, and obedience to the call to serve. Sometimes those fields are fraught with danger, but the men and women of the BMA are more likely to run into the fire rather than away from it. Why? Because that’s where the lost souls are.

Honoring our legacy missionaries is a priority for BMA Global, and whether deceased or alive, learning from their lives and ministries is important to their incredible legacies. Through family testimonies, archived articles, and ministry partner stories, understanding the ongoing work in their former fields impacts future generations.

In 1973, a visionary leader named Prakash Guruputra and his wife Susheela embarked on a journey as a missionary to India, armed with deep faith and burning desire to serve his community. Hailing from a small village in India he established a church planting ministry, children’s home for the needy, and Christian school, all of which had a profoundimpact on the community.

It is normal that we are concerned about the future, from a human and material point of view. We are always focusing on our children and the way in which we can train them so that in time they can take care of themselves and get ahead. Our concern that our children study is because it will help them in their training as well as open doors that allow them to find a decent job and thereby earn a decent salary to support themselves.

“Speed of the leader, speed of the team!” Several surveys point out that many ministry leaders are not spiritually healthy and have even ignored their own personal soul care. The pressures of ministry help to promote death by one thousand papercuts because the pressure is unrelenting. The enemy seeks to break you but God desires to use your challenges and setbacks to make you into who He desires you to be.