By Chris Leake A STM participant learning to make flatbread in a home in North Africa Short-term mission has missed the point of the Great Commission. Something hundreds of thousands of Christians are doing every year with the term “mission” in its title has very little to do with the Mission—making disciples of all nations. […]
By Bethany Newman Only three percent of missionaries are serving among unreached peoples in the 10/40 Window. There is a small area of the world that extends from ten degrees to forty degrees north of the equator and stretches from North Africa to China. Two-thirds of the world’s population (nearly four billion people) live inside […]
By Peter Brierley The growth of the Muslim community and the decline of church attendance in the United Kingdom seem of perpetual fascination to the media. When the BBC Sunday programme “Heaven and Earth” chose five key facts about religion in Britain to explore, one of them was: “When would Muslim mosque attendance overtake Christian […]
By Leighton Ford We are hearing a great deal these days about the “emerging Church”—though no one seems able to say exactly what is emerging. Perhaps that is because we are going through a huge seismic change. A friend suggested recently that the Church is entering a third era. The first was the apostolic Church […]
HCJB World Radio, the world’s first missionary broadcasting ministry, which has also developed an international medical outreach, has changed its name to HCJB Global. The ministry also named its media ministries HCJB Global Voice and its healthcare ministries HCJB Global Hands. “We feel as we move into the future and expand the incredible dynamic between […]
“For in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith. As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ […]
As people across Romania and Bulgaria ushered in 2007 with fireworks celebrating their countries’ entrances into the European Union (EU), Bible League staff in those two countries started another year of ministry in prayer. EU membership will be a “double-edged sword” for Bible League ministry in these two Balkan nations, according to the Rev. Robert […]
By Peter Harris and Barbara Mearns Care for Creation—A Major Theme of the Bible? The way the Bible frames the question “What is Christian mission?” is to ask who Jesus is, and what it means to follow him as Lord. From the beginning of Genesis to the final promises of Revelation, the biblical story is […]
By Laurie Fortunak Diaspora Arabs look radically different than the more traditional Arabs. With more than 200 million Arabs making up the majority populations of twenty-two nations, this people group represents the largest, most diverse and most politically influential Muslim ethnic group in the world. Many of these Arabs, including those found in the Netherlands, […]
By Mark Russell Global warming has thrust environmental concerns onto the center stage of world affairs. Times are changing and many say the weather is too. The dramatic rise of the Internet, global communications and satellite networks means that we are more in touch with what is going on around the world than ever before. […]
By Ferdinand Nweke “As [Jesus] sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster flask of very costly oil of spikenard. And she broke the flask and poured it on his head. But there were some who were indignant… and said ‘why was this fragrant oil wasted?’…and they criticized her sharply.” (Mark 14:3-5) The […]
Overview Christianity seemed defeated until the latter decades of the tenth century. Animistic Vikings invaded Western Europe with little resistance, burning churches and monasteries, along with precious hand-written copies of the scriptures. The Magyar Empire pressed in from the east. Muslim armies moved north with their zeal for Allah. During the sixteenth century the Reformation […]
By Brian Edgar Evangelicals believe Psalm 24:1, which says, “The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it!” Should evangelicals have anything to say about climate change? Some might suggest that it is not a topic of concern for evangelicals. Others might see it as a matter of science beyond the expertise of […]
By Justin Long Western Europe has three areas: northern Europe, western Europe and southern Europe. Because each is slightly different—and has different issues it is facing—we will focus on each area separately. Northern Europe The ten nations (and three smaller island chains) of northern Europe may be small, but their contributions to global politics, economics […]
