by Brooks Buser | Nov 21, 2023 | Blog, Radius Report
If we think of missions and, more specifically, missions to unreached language groups, John Gibson Paton looms large.[1] Paton is a towering figure, primarily because of what the Lord allowed him to accomplish through unbelievable hostility and the level of suffering...
by Brooks Buser | Sep 27, 2023 | Blog, Radius Report
I am always intrigued when I read the writings of those from previous generations who served as missionaries, especially the pioneering sort. Where did their initial drive, their sustaining perseverance, get instilled in them? Without a doubt they were first and...
by Brooks Buser | May 30, 2023 | Blog, Radius Report
If I were 18 years old, wanting to go to the mission field, and wanting to go to an unreached language group (ULG), what should I know and do before I go? More and more I am getting this question. Sometimes I am hearing this from aspiring missionaries, more often from...
by Brooks Buser | Apr 24, 2023 | Blog, Radius Report
As I sit in my seat on JAL Airlines, typing this out while flying home from Papua New Guinea, I am deeply encouraged by the story of God’s people across time, language, and culture, and what unites us over those huge chasms of difference. The last month has been a...
by Brooks Buser | Oct 26, 2022 | Blog, Radius Report
Recently I attended a gathering of pastors and missions pastors that pressed into the area of needs around the world, specifically in church planting. After hearing a few talks regarding the paucity of work among unreached unengaged language groups (language groups...