Martin Mostert

I worked in Thailand for 13 years, living amongs Thai people, speaking Thai. I deeply miss being able to get a genuine green curry for breakfast. We brought our kids up between the slums and red-light districts of Bangkok and Haad Yai: an interesting excercise in raising bi-cultural children which I had to learn by the seat of my pants!

I work as a free-lance lecturer (up to honours level only so far - next step from my MTh is my DTh, which is not in the pipeline yet). My core subject is Mission: mission History; mission & culture; mission & evangelism; mission & creativity. I also work as a free-lance illustrator and artist, and as a free-lance evangelist.

From working in different parts of the world I have come to realise that visual communication is as important as the words I speak. I have always drawn and painted, ever since I can remember, and graphic elements form an integral part of any presentation I give.

Experience over 30 years has taught me that Christians are generally a shy and frightened bunch of people who need a lot of help to cross the threshold of their churches and enter their world with positive energy, creativity and general chutzpah. At the same time, I think that often those who evangelise are often extremely cringeworthy.