A Western Trainer’s Take on Global Christian Publishing
Thursday, 12 July 2018
By Tony Collins, MAI trainer and editor at large for SPCK/IVP, based in London. It’s all too easy for Westerners to assume that the twin focal points of Christian publishing, the USA and Britain, define what is happening worldwide in Christian books. Look a little closer, and you would be amazed at the diversity, energy
- Published in Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, training
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Italy: Simple Visit Opens Door
Thursday, 15 June 2017
By John Maust We don’t get many international visitors at our office near Chicago. So, I was surprised and pleased when Italian publishing manager Daniela Benevelli stopped by one day. As Daniela talked about the work of The Bible House/Geneva Bible Society in Turin, it became apparent that our two ministries shared a similar vision
- Published in Europe, MAI, publishing, training
Writing goes places where we cannot
Tuesday, 30 May 2017

- Published in Africa, Asia, Europe, John Maust, Latin America, MAI, Middle East, training
Meet Our Traveling “Physician”
Tuesday, 01 November 2016
Like a doctor who pays house calls to patients upon request in many parts of the world, our “Dr.” Ramon Rocha treks the globe to offer a confidential listening ear and advice for various publishing ailments. Since 2012, he has extended MAI’s consulting services to Christian publishing leaders and writers in 25 countries as Director
- Published in MAI, publishing, training
Three messages for nurturing local writers
Wednesday, 20 July 2016
Kara Lassen Oliver shares three key messages for nurturing local writers in the 2-minute video below. As a published author and a former missionary in Malawi, she is passionate about equipping and empowering writers in Africa to write and publish the materials they need to strengthen the Church. Developing local writers is about encouraging them
Stewarding Novel Ideas
Tuesday, 12 July 2016
MAI President John Maust was featured in the new book, The Calling of the Knowledge Steward, authored by Jon Hirst, GMI President and a former MAI Board member. We’re delighted to share this excerpt with you. If I were looking for an exciting one-on-one study opportunity in Wheaton today, I would love to learn from
- Published in MAI, personal development, training
Chile: Writers Gain Strong Foundation
Saturday, 16 January 2016
Omar Cisneros had been a skeptic from an anti-Christian background. But now he serves in his first pastorate, shepherding a small Baptist church. Pastor Omar dreams of writing his own story to reach skeptics. (See front row in photo below.) In January he joined six other new writers for MAI’s creative writing workshop in Santiago,
A Legacy of Equipping Malaysian Writers
Wednesday, 30 December 2015
Stemmah Sariau from Sabah, East Malaysia, was a tireless trainer of writers, translators and editors in Malaysia. Even though she was nursing a bad cough, in early November she came to LittWorld 2015 in Singapore, because she was passionate about her calling and wanted every opportunity to hone her skills. Less than a week after