Representatives of ALARM Rwanda met to discuss the Church’s role in remembering the 1994 genocide which devestated that country. As a member of the Global Reconciliation Network and a co-convener of Issue Group on Racial and Tribal Reconciliation at the Lausanne 2004 Forum for World Evangelization in Thailand, I and the staff of African Leadership […]
October 2007 By Chris Rice From Nigeria and India to the Balkans and Iraq, from Sudan and Sri Lanka to Northern Ireland and the Middle East, the mission of the Church takes place on a landscape of conflict, and increasingly so. In today’s world, there cannot be faithful Christian witness without an intimate relationship between […]
October 2007 By Chris Rice This vocation of reconciliation is not a one-time event or a linear journey of progress. It is a long and costly journey. In a Christian understanding, no one has the greater burden to take the first step in this journey—whether majority or minority, powerful or powerless, aggressor or afflicted. The […]
October 2007 By John Edmiston The Internet began to affect our lives in 1994 with the creation of the World Wide Web and the Mosaic web browser. Shortly after that, Christians began to share their faith with others in cyberspace; Internet evangelism and cybermissions were born. In this article, I would like to jump ahead […]
October 2007 By Chris Rice From Nigeria and India to the Balkans and Iraq, from Sudan and Sri Lanka to Northern Ireland and the Middle East, the mission of the Church takes place on a landscape of conflict, and increasingly so. In today’s world, there cannot be faithful Christian witness without an intimate relationship between […]
October 2007 By John Edmiston The Internet began to affect our lives in 1994 with the creation of the World Wide Web and the Mosaic web browser. Shortly after that, Christians began to share their faith with others in cyberspace; Internet evangelism and cybermissions were born. In this article, I would like to jump ahead […]
June 2006 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 […]
June 2006 By Jerry Root I have had the privilege of teaching evangelism for many years. The topic is complex for at least four reasons. First, it is central in the biblical narrative. Second, it is fed by two thousand years of Church history and tradition. Third, there are a variety of ways the good […]
June 2006 By Kenny Joseph Today there are many seminars and books on the “mysterious mystique of the peculiar Japanese people and their country.” I learned all about this during my fourteen days on the American President Line’s ship, the Wilson, while sailing from San Francisco, California, USA to Yokohama, Japan in April 1951. We […]
June 2006 By Suraja Raman Families in Africa are confronted in their relationships with each other as they live lives in accordance with the scriptures. Pastors and educators encounter families in crisis during their teaching and nurturing sessions in the church. The difference between the cultural world of the Bible and the culture of contemporary/traditional […]
June 2006 By Timothy Olonade Church leaders in Africa gather to discuss how to share the gospel with those around them. The Nigerian Church is arguably the largest and most vibrant Church in Africa and one of the most dynamic in the world. Nigeria is home to the largest fifty thousand-seat single service auditorium. […]
June 2006 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 […]
June 2006 By Keith Swartley I had just been treated to a wonderful dinner by a group of eight Muslim high school teachers and our conversations had been warm and engaging. However, when we returned to their apartment, things turned ugly. They had prepared objections to the gospel and studied the Injil (New Testament) to […]
June 2006 By Joseph D’Souza Children at Dalit Education Centers in India are being empowered for the future. Looking deep into 8-year-old Susmita’s eyes, anyone can tell that hers is a difficult life. The clothing on her back is ripped, dirty and worn. Her slightly jaundiced face reflects the illness caused by a lack […]
