Dan Buttry

We like to think of ourselves as a great missionary church from a great missionary sending country.  But we have to go to the area formerly known as the “mission field” to see what a passion for missions can really do.This December I was in the state of Manipur in northeast India.  I » read more

From the Republic of Georgia, November 2009

“The New Rugged Cross”

When I grew up one of the favorite hymns to sing was “The Old Rugged Cross.”  It spoke of the passionate love of God for us expressed in that cross� » read more

Yangon, BurmaI'm in Burma again--I've lost count of how many times I've been here.  But one thing you always know as a Baptist missionary in this country is that you are following in historic footprints.  This is where Adoniram and Anne Judson came almost 200 years ago.  There are p » read more

“So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.” (Galatians 6.9)This verse from Galatians is one of the great words of encouragement to me, for most serious peacemaking work takes a lot of time and is characterized by moments of frustra » read more

Missionary Journal from Dan ButtryFrom Orissa, India—oops, Beaumont Hospital!“On the road to…..Detour!”James 4 gives us sage advice:“Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town and spend a year there, doing business and making money.’ Yet you do not e » read more