May 2008 By Samuel Escobar The Lausanne Movement started at a momentous point of evangelical convergence in the twentieth century. It had been preceded by the amazing growth of evangelical missionary activity after World War II and the surge of the United States as a dominant nation in both world politics and Christian mission sending. […]
May 2008 By Daniel Willis The reconciliation project in Rwanda is transforming both relationships and worldviews. The teacher had her Bible open to Genesis. Her 8 and 9-year-old primary students opened their Bibles to the same passage—Genesis 3—and together they read the story of the fall of Adam and Eve. I was in the […]
May 2008 By Enoch Era “Hello. I am Bhasker.” His neighbour responded, “Hello. I am Lenny.” “Are you from_____?” (mentioning the destination) “Yes, I am studying there.” “Are you a Christian?” “Yes.” “Which church do you go to?” He mentioned the name of a church and further questioning revealed that he was Catholic. “Do you […]
May 2008 By Jim Harries Recent decades have seen radical changes in mission methodologies. Talk has turned to partnership. Increasing numbers of short-term missionaries from the West offer weeks, months, or even a few years of their lives in service. This essay explores some of the implications and outcomes of three approaches (models) to “mission” […]
May 2008 By Sandra S. K. Lee Thirty-one participants representing twenty countries were in attendance for the 5-day “The Whole Gospel” consultation in Chiang Mai. From 11-15 February 2008, the Lausanne Theology Working Group (LTWG), in partnership with the World Evangelical Alliance Theological Commission, convened its working consultation on “The Whole Gospel” in Chiang […]
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 […]
, published by Paternoster, is part of a set of prayer tools that aim to help Christians lift world evangelization to the Lord. Johnstone and Mandryk carried out another complete survey on all the world’s denominations to put together a picture of the world at the dawn of the new millennium. All non-confidential Operation World […]
February 2006 By Rusty Wright Could God use you to reach people for Christ via the Internet? The answer may surprise you. What if you could interact personally with seekers at their points of keenest interest, when they felt relaxed and under no pressure to respond and invited your thoughts and insight into spiritual matters? […]
By Stephen M. Davis Contact between ethnic groups, whether resulting from immigration, warfare and displacement, or tourism, is unprecedented. How can we communicate the unchanging gospel of Jesus Christ in the midst of a changing world? This is one of the great missiological questions of our day. Gone are the days when the isolated […]
By Gordon Showell-Rogers Looking Back to Look Forward Europe is hugely varied. Albania and Switzerland could almost be on different planets. However, the entire continent shares a common heritage, geographical space, and some elements of culture in a globalised world. Europe today also shares some significant similarities with the world in which the early Christians lived. […]
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 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 […]
By Doug Birdsall In every generation, the question is, how can we more effectively communicate the truth of the gospel to all peoples? Read >> THEMED ARTICLES: Communications among International Christian Leaders By Phill Butler Raising awareness regarding the current international context and practices of communication between international Christian leaders might yield near-term as well […]
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 […]
