Diaspora Missions: Who Is Sitting Behind You?

Invite an international student to share a meal with your family.

The world is at our doorstep, but in some cases the world’s future leadership may be sitting near you in church! As we greeted people around us during a recent Sunday service, we met two international students sitting behind us. They had taken the bus on their own. It was their first time to be in a church.

There were about one million foreign students enrolled at U.S. campuses in 2015, with China, India, South Korea, and Saudi Arabia as the top sending nations. There is also an increasing number of international high school students.

God has sovereignly opened an unprecedented opportunity for the local church and campus ministries to welcome and befriend students from other nations. Read More