April 2008 By Valdir Steuernagel This is an historical time in the Evangelical Church in Latin America. Never before have so many churches awakened to the universal nature of the missionary task, with such willingness to make their contribution. Let us rejoice because of this new trend, but let us rejoice with caution. Never before […]
April 2008 By Wonsuk Ma Pentecostals must move to the third ripple of mission engagement, where they take on the social issues of the day. This article will deal with a third area of Pentecostal mission, a deeper and more strategic level of social engagement and beyond (click here for the first two ripples). […]
April 2008 By Wonsuk Ma Pentecostals are often identified by their dynamic and participatory worship and mission commitment. In its short history (slightly more than one hundred years) Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity has not only grown, but has made a significant contribution to Christian mission. At the time of the 1910 Edinburgh Missionary Conference, which presented a […]
April 2008 By Samuel Escobar As we consider the missionary pattern modeled by Jesus, and the meaning of his death and resurrection, we face the uniqueness of his person and work. The Lausanne movement that started after the 1974 International Congress on World Evangelization (Lausanne I) had a significant impact on the practice of mission […]
April 2008 By U. Obed Africa’s incommensurate growth of spirituality has been described as “one mile wide and one inch deep.” In Operation World: 21st Century Edition (2001), Patrick Johnstone and Jason Mandryk reported that the twentieth century global Church was very successful in her pursuit of evangelizing the world. In that period of […]
By The Rev. Canon Andrew White Here, in one of the most dangerous places in the world, the gospel is simple: we love God because he first loved us. We had lunch with one of the Archbishops in Baghdad last week to talk about the struggle Christians in Iraq have and the way the […]
By Sandra S. K. Lee When discussing strategies to increase the efficacy of world evangelization, we often focus on developing new and innovative plans, programs, and methodologies. We are constantly looking for the next revolutionary evangelistic paradigm to effectively engage diverse peoples in a rapidly changing world with the unchanging truth of the gospel. We […]
July 2006 By Nate Butler Did you know that people in ancient cultures around the world actually produced and read comics? Don’t laugh … It’s true! “Comics” may be defined as “a series of pictures which tell a story or make a point.” They are neither a new phenomenon nor the exclusive invention of any […]
February 2008 By Michael Cassidy Wherever the Church is, regardless of cultural context, it has the universal obligation to be true to Christ and his word. The Church of Jesus Christ is that body of people in any given socio-cultural context who have committed their lives to Christ and who worship and follow him […]
February 2008 By Knud Jørgensen Less than twenty percent of Europeans visit a place of worship weekly. How important is religion to people in Europe? In Muslim nations, about ninety percent declare that religion “plays a very important role” in their lives, while the United States figure in 2002 was about sixty percent. The […]
February 2008 By David G. Wyman God surely has many more ways for us to extend his kingdom and establish his Church worldwide than we have even thought, much less developed and implemented. It all began with Moses. God spoke to the old man. He said it was time to die. The years of discipline […]
By Eliseo Mondragón The idea that the arts can be used in evangelism is not a new idea. The Greek theater developed thanks to representations of the goddess Dionis; the Spanish conquerors of Latin America staged dramas to “evangelize” the indigenous peoples. Art has long been used to express religious and spiritual themes. Art has […]
By Eliseo Mondragón La idea de usar las artes para evangelizar no es nueva ya que el teatro griego surge gracias a la representaciones hechas para el dios Dionisio, incluso los conquistadores españoles usaron las representaciones dramáticas para “evangelizar” a los indígenas en los territorios conquistados, es decir el arte ha sido usado para explicar […]
By Doug Birdsall We must integrate and incorporate the voices, thoughts, and ways of the Global South into our view of global missions and evangelism. Read >> THEMED ARTICLES: A Theology of Evangelism in the Global South By Samuel Escobar By the 1960s, evangelical leaders in Africa, Asia, and Latin America started the quest for […]
