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Ministering from Weakness: Embracing the De-centering

By Yong Choi | Western missionaries facing social, political, bodily, and spiritual “de-centering” should not deny or overanalyze their loss but meet God in weakness. Yong Choi calls for honest reflection, naming grief, and humbly moving forward. In this way mission advances through vulnerability rather than power.

October 15, 2026

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Summary: Western missionaries facing social, political, bodily, and spiritual “de-centering” should not deny or overanalyze their loss but meet God in weakness. Yong Choi calls for honest reflection, naming grief, and humbly moving forward. In this way mission advances through vulnerability rather than power.

By Yong Choi

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