By Todd Nettleton “It must be understood that there are no nominal, halfhearted, lukewarm Christians in Russia or China. The price Christians pay is far too great. Read >> Persecution of Christians in the Muslim World By Patrick Sookhdeo While most Muslim states have signed United Nations declarations on human rights, they usually add caveats […]
By Carl Moeller On 1 September 2005, the Indonesian Indramayu local court found Dr. Rebekka Zakaria, Eti Pangesti and Ratna Bangun guilty of breaching the 2002 Child Protection Law and sentenced them to three years in prison. The three Christian women were convicted for running a religious education program for children in their community. Islamic […]
By Brian Considine Nearly three million people die annually due to AIDS. The Global Aids Prayer Partnership (GAPP) is a grassroots movement designed to motivate, equip and mobilize Christians worldwide to unite in prayer and collaborative action toward the reversal and eradication of AIDS. GAPP is a coalition of Christian organizations, churches and individuals who […]
By Lon Allison It is with great joy and hopeful expectation that we bring you the first copy of Lausanne World Pulse—a FREE monthly, online magazine that provides you with missions and evangelism news, information and analysis. Read >> THEMED ARTICLES: Internet Evangelism and Cybermissions Course Prepares Students to Share the Gospel via the Internet […]
Editor’s note: Hanna Varghese is a Malaysian artist who uses acrylics and batik-dyeing to share biblical themes with her audience. After being inspired by the artwork of various Asian Christian artists, Varghese began her own journey to use painting and drawing to share her faith. Her pieces have been exhibited in various galleries throughout […]
September 2007 By Paul Eshleman As we look toward the third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization to be held in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2010, we need to wrestle with both the theological and the strategic issues facing the Church at this time in its history. During a recent meeting of the Lausanne Strategy […]
We are sorry to announce that with the August 27 issue (#14) we are discontinuing publication of World Pulse. Due to decreasing subscriptions for the past five years, we have made the difficult decision to end this unique newsletter. World Pulse served the evangelical church and missions community for 20 years thanks to Jim Reapsome, […]
Unemployment, drugs, prostitution and alcohol are becoming an inseparable part of Albanian society,” said Besa Shapplo, director of Mission Possible Albania. Among its multiple ministries, Mission Possible Albania has sought to reach Albanian children since it opened its doors and started partnering with local churches in 1991. Mrekullia (Miracle in English), its children’s magazine, aims […]
My Feb. 13, 2004, World Pulse column on ten things I liked about the emerging generation brought much feedback. One angry mission recruiter accused me of treading lightly on the challenge of mobilizing this “generation of slackers” (his words, not mine). On the other hand, a mission executive pleaded, “Come help us; our agency culture […]
By Doug Birdsall The Lausanne Movement has much to be thankful to God for in 2006. And we look forward to even greater things that God will do in 2007. Read >> THEMED ARTICLES: Biblical Reasons for the Divine Uniqueness and Finality of Jesus Christ: Basic Requirements for Evangelistic Outreach By Rolf Hille The most […]
By Judy Nuñez Caring for the disabled in Latin America is the concern of FRIDLA. Friends of the Disabled Latin America, Inc. (FRIDLA) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to glorifying God by seeking out and assisting those affected by disability, presenting the gospel of Jesus Christ and building them up in the faith. This […]
Bella-vista Prison’s door revolved 10 times for Edison, an angry young man who knew no other livelihood except stealing and killing. Orphaned as a child when his parents died, he was reared on the violent streets of downtown Medellín by sicarios-hit men. Burglar turned pastor Juan Piedrahita served part of his own prison sentence with […]
January 2007 By Laurie Fortunak Ninety-nine percent of the Jula of Mali still lack a relationship with Jesus Christ. The Jula of Mali are descendants of the Malinke (Mandingo) inheritors of the ancient Mali empire. By the 1500s the Jula began settling in towns where they often became politically subservient to the kings and chiefs […]
By Doug Birdsall “The whole Church taking the whole gospel to the whole world” looks different, and yet remarkably the same, in light of the shift in the center of gravity of the global Church. Read >> THEMED ARTICLES: Contextualization and God’s Global Mission By Glenn Smith Missio Dei establishes the priority of God’s activity […]
