Overview “God, gold and glory” was the rallying cry of the Spaniards who went to the new world. God was the motivator for many Jesuit missionaries, and that put them in conflict with those who came to take the gold and enslave those who needed God. The original inhabitants were decimated by European conquests and […]
By Dave Hackett The world zipped past an unnoticed milestone as 2006 arrived. Over one billion people were online. Roughly 15.7% of the world’s people connected through the fastest communication service ever devised.1 Are Evangelistic Websites Drawing Visitors?The following is a sample list of sites divided by language. Arabic: http://www.maarifa.org/. Called the most popular Arabic-only […]
By Marcell Silva Steuernagel Since I am on the planning team for the 2006 Younger Leaders Gathering (YLG-06), my obvious answer to the above question is, “Yes, we do!” However, it isn’t as simple as saying we need this gathering. It isn’t simple for young leaders to realize exactly what it is they need […]
By Laurie Fortunak Originally desert nomads who traveled from place to place because of land and government issues, the Saharawi can now be found in southern Morocco, the western Sahara region, north of Mauritania, Algerian refugee camps and the Canary Islands. Conflict between Arab rulers and Berbers between 1300 AD and 1600 AD led […]
By Dave Hackett John Edmiston, who coordinates a twelve-week course in cybermissions and Internet evangelism with the Asian Internet Bible Institute, has compiled a list of forty-three high-potential nations for Internet evangelism.5 The opportunities are clear, the technology is available and the first generation of Internet evangelism pioneers is plowing new ground. Initial reports from […]
By Dave Hackett Some sites are more implicitly Christian, delving into their general interest topics from a Christian worldview. Their evangelistic purpose may be so contextualized within a felt need that the casual visitor would not recognize this until captivated by the quality of the site’s content, and follow links to other sites that are […]
By Adrian de Visser I am deeply appreciative of the work that was done by true and genuine missionaries who worked for the good of the Sri Lankan people, above all with a sincere motivation of saving the lost and building God’s kingdom. My appreciation, however, does not stand in the way of highlighting some […]
By Harry Bryans At the 2004 Lausanne Forum in Thailand, the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization rated the www.hikidz.org children’s website as one of the four most strategic tools to communicate the gospel to the world’s two billion children over the next ten years. According to the Barna Group, individuals are five times more likely […]
By Larry Russell I’m just a little cynical these days about all that is being written on Christian leadership. And perhaps my American cultural bias is showing through. I subscribe to a variety of Christian magazines and often browse through local Christian bookstores. Sometimes I am just a little overwhelmed at the multitude of resources […]
By Laurie Fortunak The Diaspora Han Chinese have often prospered economically. However, they still need the gospel. As the largest ethnic group in the world—numbering 1.3 billion—the Han Chinese reside in nearly every country in the world. The Diaspora Han Chinese in Cuba are included in this number. After the Mongol Invasion around 1276, […]
By Peter Brierley It may appear all doom and gloom on the church horizon as we look at declining United Kingdom church attendance; however, there is one area in which this is absolutely not the case—the churches which are attended by those in “ethnic minority” groups. In whatever race or culture these growing churches occur, […]
By Jonathan Bonk Faculty at Makumira University College in Tanzania use the DACB. Maverick economist E. F. Schumacher once stood on a street corner in Leningrad, Russia, trying to understand the map his Russian hosts had given him. He was confused. While there was some correspondence between what the map registered and what he could see […]
By Justin Long Central America The eight countries on the land bridge between North and South America sit on a strategic trade route between the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans. The region has many resources, including water, timber, oil and metals. However, it is also prone to natural disasters. It lies directly in the path […]
By Steve Irvin The massive shift of the Christian center of gravity from the North and West to the southern and eastern regions of the globe has been fueled by explosive church growth in many countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America. Increased numbers of converts and of local churches has not resulted, however, in […]
