Links
I don't necessarily agree with everything written on these sites! But they are all thought-provoking and informative.
- Voice in the Desert : a weblog by my colleague, Steve Davies, with some great stories and music from Burkina Faso.
- Keith's Photos : Browse a collection of my photos at Flickr
- Glenwood Church : my home church
- World Horizons : my sending mission agency
The Fulani
- Jam tan : probably the most comprehensive site on the web about the Fulani
- Fulani Ministries : by Diallo Boureima, a Fulani evangelist
- Fulfulde language report : an overview of dialects of the language of the Fulani
- Freedom in Fulani Social Life: an introspective ethnography : the definitive book about the Fulani, by Paul Riesman
Burkina Faso
- All Africa.com : a good site for the latest news from Burkina Faso and all Africa
- Bradt Guide to Burkina Faso : the best guide for visitors to Burkina Faso
- UN HDI Factsheet : Human Development Index factsheet on Burkina Faso
- Fasoweb : In French: lots of info on Burkina Faso
- Burkina Online : In French: links to Burkina newspapers
- Burkina Faso Government Website : In French
- World Factbook - Burkina Faso : CIA site with statistics and information on Burkina Faso
- Ouaganet : photos and video from Burkina Faso
- Burkina Faso Embassy in the US : if you are planning a visit to Burkina Faso, you will be needing a visa
- Ethnologue : languages of Burkina Faso
- Burkina Faso : Stanford University has this useful Burkina Faso links page
Other friends and ministries
- AEAD: headed by my friends Philippe and Josephine Ouedraogo, involved in development, education, training, and evangelism in Burkina Faso
- DCI: Les and Pilar Norman, heading a network for World Christians, focusing on unreached peoples, training, social ministry, and serving and equipping pastors
- The Gibsons : Mark and Cheryl Gibson, working with SIM among the Fulani in Burkina Faso
- Great Lakes Outreach: founded by Simon Guillebaud, working in evangelism and discipleship, fighting AIDS, and supporting work with orphans and street children in Central Africa
- Mike and Ceceil: working with the Fulani in Niger
- ANCC: All Nations Christian College
- HICF: My good friends at Hatteras Island Christian Fellowship
Church and Mission - Resources
- Bible Gateway : a searchable online Bible resource
- Operation World : pray for the world!
- The State of World Evangelisation : the task accomplished and the task remaining
- Joshua Project : information on unreached peoples of the world
- 10/40 Window : do you know what the 10/40 window is?
- Adherents.com: world religion statistics
Church and Mission - Discussion
- Mission Frontiers : many missions-related articles
- IJFM : International Journal of Frontier Missions
- John Stott ministries: John Stott is probably the foremost evangelical thinker of our generation
- NT Wright : great articles from the theologian NT Wright
- Lesslie Newbigin : articles by missiologist Lesslie Newbigin
- Emerging Church: a forum for thinking about ways forward for the church in the UK
- Open source theology: developing theology for the emerging church
Justice Issues - Information and Discussion
- Millenium Development Goals : internationally agreed goals for human development
- UN Human Development Report 2004 : development information on the countries of the world
- Relief Web : news on the latest humanitarian crises
- New Internationalist : reports on world poverty and injustice
- Global Issues : discussions on trade, poverty, globalization, human rights, geopolitics and the environment
Justice Issues - Christian Responses
- Tear Fund : Christian action for the world's poor - relief, development, prayer, and campaigning
- Christian Aid: a development agency of churches in the UK and Ireland
- Ecumenical Alliance : theological resources for the trade campaign
- Fair Trade Helping assure a better and fairer deal for farmers in the developing world
- World Vision : Christian relief and development organization dedicated to helping children and their communities
- Sojourners : Christian organisation whose mission is to 'proclaim and practice the biblical call to integrate spiritual renewal and social justice'
Justice Issues - Campaigning
- Make Poverty History and the ONE campaign: a broad-based campaign on issues of poverty relief
- Christian Aid - Trade Justice Campaign
- Jubilee : working for cancellation of poor country debts
- Tear Fund Campaigns : Christian campaigning on trade justice and the environment
- Oxfam : campaigning on trade, aid, and debt
- Seek Justice : advocacy arm of World Vision
Environment
- My footprint : take this quiz to learn what impact you are having on the world by the way you live
- Christian Ecology UK
- Evangelical Environmental Network : a Christian approach to caring for the environment
- Green consumer guide : ethical and environmental products, services, and news
Environment - The Science
- BBC Climate Change Portal : a good set of features on climate change
- IPCC : the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change
- New Scientist on climate change : discussion of climate change in this renowned science journal
- Union of Concerned Scientists : a group of scientists helping to build a cleaner, healthier environment and a safer world