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    Review: We are not the Hero: a Missionary’s Guide for Sharing Christ, not a Culture of Dependency

    Posted on: 10th April 2019

    ‘We are not the hero: a missionary’s guide for sharing Christ, not a culture of dependency,’ Jean Johnson, Deep River Books, Sisters, Oregon 2012. Review by former CMS Mission Personnel Secretary Peter Blowes ‘We are not the hero’ encourages mission practitioners and supporters to think before they act in cross-cultural contexts, so as to avoid […]

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