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New book: Vulnerable Mission for Practitioners
Possibly for the first time ever, the AVM has published a book on vulnerable mission that is directed at people on the ground or preparing for missionary service.
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Webinar recording: Serving in an affluent Japanese context
On 24 April 2025, Chris Sadowitz, long-time US-missionary to Japan, shared his thoughts on what vulnerable weakness in ministry and mission looks like in a wealthy, largely non-Christian Japanese society.
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Statement on investigations against Dr. Jim Harries
As Executive and Governing Board of the Alliance for Vulnerable Mission, we wish to express our bafflement and our great concern regarding the criminal investigations against Dr James O. ‘Jim’ Harries. These are currently being undertaken against him in his…
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AVM Transition Celebration
Two celebrations, both entirely on-line, were enjoyed by a total of about 75 people, many of them mission scholars, and others very concerned for spreading of the Gospel of Jesus around the world! The first one was in English, and…
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Press Statement: New Chapter for the Alliance for Vulnerable Mission
The Alliance for Vulnerable Mission (AVM) is opening a new chapter. The network of mission reformers, founded years ago by Brit Jim Harries, is now registered as an association in Germany but continues to operate internationally. In this context, Marcus…
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