By Linda Ndethiu Only a few days ago, we lost another little child. One of his friends had been praying for him, just as he had prayed for two other friends, Kamau and Kimani. Now, this friend was gone too. “But I prayed for him,” said the 10-year old, the look of defeat clearly seen […]
By Brian Considine World AIDS Day is 1 December and the Global AIDS Prayer Partnership is launching two new initiatives to help mobilize an evangelical response to the AIDS pandemic. Every hour 354 people die of AIDS. That’s about one every ten seconds. That’s like a Boeing 747 crashing every hour, twenty-four hours a day, […]
Release from the World Evangelical Alliance European Evangelical leaders were challenged to live out their “true identities” as “Christian nobodies” by becoming God’s catalysts for change. “Christendom is dead, and thank God,” said Gordon Showell-Rogers, general secretary of the European Evangelical Alliance, during the closing session of the joint EEA, European Evangelical Missionary Alliance (EEMA) […]
By Bruce Sonnenberg “I really think it’s best if you don’t come back to church here anymore!” Can you imagine what it’s like to hear those words from your pastor? You may wonder what you did to deserve excommunication. Well, you are guilty of having a virus, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which is determined […]
By Martin Johnson Rev. Karl Faase, Martin Johnson, Rev. Daniel Willis and supporter David Smith standing across the street from a “Jesus. All about life” billboard. Nicole is in her final year of high school in Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. She and her family attend an Anglican church which had signed up […]
By Peter Batzing The old stereotype of a nattily-dressed hawker standing on the street corner handing out black and white “hellfire” gospel tracts is gone. Well, nearly. Modern-day tract evangelism has become extremely relevant, effective and even technological. And the best part is…it’s all so easy. American Tract Society (ATS) traditional “paper” tracts hold their […]
Dr. Patrick Fung OMF International (formerly the China Inland Mission) has announced that Dr. Patrick Fung will become the tenth general director of the mission. Dr. Fung, a Chinese Christian, is the first Asian to lead the ministry, and succeeds the Rev. Dr. David Harley, who served as general director since 2001. Dr. Fung became […]
By Jan-Peter Graap It is amazing to see what God has done at the turn of the millennium using modern satellite technology both in Germany and throughout Europe. Since the first evangelistic crusade with Dr. Billy Graham in 1993 in Essen, Germany, “ProChrist” (www.prochrist.de/) has gained momentum and decisively shaped evangelistic efforts in many places […]
By Russell Pratt “You gave us your heart.” These five words are foundational in my ministry. At times it is easy to be frustrated with missions and in particular with HIV/AIDS ministries. There is the potential to achieve so much and at times we seem to be moving so slow that we get almost angry […]
More Than Dreams Video Programs The distribution strategy of More Than Dreams involves a multi-pronged approach in which each of the five stories will be dubbed into different languages in order to reach the largest target audience possible. It is estimated that Islam numbers over one billion followers worldwide. Through satellite broadcasts and massive “home […]
By David Eller The issue of HIV/AIDS in the world today is so large that it may appear beyond hope. According to the UNAIDS/WHO 2004 AIDS Epidemic Update, there are more than 13,400 new infections and 8,400 deaths each day from HIV/AIDS. The same report shows that nearly forty million people are living with this […]
By Justin Long The amount of media evangelism among the unreached really is amazing. The Western world is media-rich, and missionaries worldwide have learned to use this medium very effectively. Audiocassettes and CDs are widely used in some countries. For example, the North Africa Partnership has used tapes with recordings of the JESUS Film for […]
By Harvey Hoekstra The advent of the “Talking Bible” revolutionizes how we can make the translated scriptures available in audio for non-readers. The “Talking Bible” dramatically increases the value of every Bible translation. It creates new possibilities we could not have dreamed of just a few short years ago. Using the Talking Bible is simple […]
By Ron Forseth The mission of Outreach, Inc., www.outreach.com, is to empower Christian churches to reach their communities for Jesus Christ. To do this, we seek to identify and utilize timely and appropriate bridges of relevance by which churches can engage the culture. These bridges are comparable to the redemptive analogies found in cultures around […]
