June 2006 By Chacko Thomas Fred Flack ministered to India for over forty years. Brother Fred Flack will be one hundred years old in July 2007. He served for forty years in India with the indigenous church planting movement associated with Brother Bakht Singh. He and his twin brother are the oldest known twins alive […]
June 2006 By Krish Kandiah I had my eye on Arnold Schwarzenegger as I travelled by bus from Singapore to Thailand in the summer of 1994. At that time, instead of using standardised, mass-produced film posters, each cinema would hire an artist to paint picture billboards to advertise the movies. One of the film star’s […]
June 2006 By Frauke Eicker Nearly 2.5 billion of the six billion people around the world are aged 15-35. Emma is doing well in life. At twenty-six she has a good-paying job, a boyfriend who loves her and a group of friends with whom she spends weekends. Yet she is not satisfied. Emma desires something […]
June 2006 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, […]
June 2006 By Mark Russell God’s hands are needed all over the world, including in Bangkok, Thailand. Recently my wife and I moved back to the United States after spending several years abroad as missionaries. Upon our return I conducted a survey at a large church. After looking over the results, I reflected on other […]
June 2007 By Don Heckman Contextualizing our message, methods and ministry to Muslims may overlook our greatest asset: the impact of Muslims upon Christian workers. Call it a gift from the Muslim world. I first noticed this impact on my life when I started to counsel workers who were in ministry to Muslims. One couple […]
June 2007 Overview The first missionaries who went to the twenty-seven island nations of the South Pacific two hundred years ago were stunned by the beautiful green landscapes and women with long, black hair. But they were also appalled by immorality, human sacrifices and idolatry. Thanks to the hard work of these missionary pioneers, it […]
June 2007 By Jonathan Petersen Wi-Fi is making limitless Internet access possible. The world is on the move. People can’t stand still. There are more than 600 million motor vehicles worldwide; global bicycle production in 2000 alone totaled 101 million. Over thirty thousand commercial airline flights occur every day in the United States alone, and […]
June 2007 By Steve Knight In my communication role for an international, inter-denominational mission organization, I have the privilege of providing communication training for new missionaries who are preparing to serve cross-culturally. Most of the men and women I speak to are trained to do medical work, theological education, children’s ministry, etc.—only a small number […]
June 2007 By Phill Butler Communication is key for international Christian leaders. It was a steamy, late nineteenth century day in Bombay. The noise on the docks was deafening, shouts of stevedores mixing with the cry of local vendors and the screech of overburdened block and tackle. Two British missionaries, bound for home after years on […]
June 2007 By Justin and Heidi Long Here is the problem: In 1900, 879 million people (fifty-six percent of the world’s population of 1.6 billion people) had never heard of Christ, Christianity or the gospel. They were unevangelized. They could not get access to the gospel very easily. They had no churches, no preachers, no […]
June 2007 By Bryan Galloway New Christian believers sometimes borrow what they see others outside their culture do. This is called cultural appropriation. Several years ago my wife and I returned to our first church plant for a Christmas worship service. Some years had passed since we worshipped with the believers and many changes had […]
June 2007 By Andrew Sundar We should never ignore the empowering of the Holy Spirit in overcoming communication barriers and boundaries in order to share the gospel with people from various languages, cultures and social backgrounds. The tower of Babel may signal the beginning of such obstacles as a result of humanity’s selfishness. God’s response […]
June 2007 By Sandi Kim From the time of creation, God blessed both man and woman to “be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it” (Genesis 1:28). As we continue to read redemptive history from Genesis to Revelation, God’s design has been for all of creation, and both men and women specifically, to […]
