By Doug Birdsall Exciting things are happening within the Lausanne movement within the next six months. Read >> THEMED ARTICLES: Seeking God for Revival: South Africa and Beyond By Francois Carr A look at revival and spiritual awakening both in South Africa and around the world. Read >> The Rise and Rise of Pentecostalism By […]
By Scott Holste and Jim Haney Over the past two decades we have witnessed significant advances of the kingdom. Churches have mobilized their memberships, sending out thousands of new missionaries who have shared the gospel, baptized and discipled believers, established indigenous churches and trained leaders. The Ultimate Priority—All People Groups Today, God continues to draw […]
By Michael Klitzke The response to the gospel outreach ProChrist, organised by an alliance of different local churches, exceeded all expectations. In eight evenings, from 6-13 April 2008, about twenty thousand of the eighty thousand visitors to ProChrist in Poland accepted the invitation to come to faith. That’s one-quarter of the people! The main speaker, […]
By Peter Law While catalytic points of reference have shifted to include a now stronger, more dominating representation from the Global South, faithful efforts at establishing Christ’s Church in obedience to the commission of Matthew 28:18-20 continue from points all across the globe. Christian mission has become the responsibility of the Global Church and within […]
By Peter Law New believers are given an opportunity to participate in a Christian Leadership Training Institute consisting of eight weeks of intensive Bible courses spread over two years, now taught mainly by Moldovan teachers. Graduating students become actively involved in their local churches and are equipped to offer ministry leadership, and in some cases, […]
By Peter Law Multiplication not Addition Basic to Jesus’ approach is the concept of multiplication, as distinct from addition. From the beginning, Jesus had commissioned his disciples to go out two by two. When he sent them out with his final charge to “be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, […]
By Steve Moore North American Mission Leaders Conference 2008 24-27 September 2008 Denver, Colorado USA Historically, CrossGlobal Link (formerly IFMA) and The Mission Exchange (formerly EFMA) have jointly sponsored a tri-annual conference for North American mission executives. The primary administration of the conference alternates between CrossGlobal Link and The Mission Exchange. The 2008 event is […]
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 time, Christianity […]
By Silas A. Pinto A Global God for a Global Village The primary purpose and meaning of the universe is to bring into existence, out of all God’s offspring, an eternal Bride for the Lamb. God so loves this rebel planet that he conspires with the world affairs to graft into his body a multitude from […]
August 2007 By John Pellowe Churches and parachurches are increasingly seeing the importance of working together. Helping the members of his congregation prepare to share their faith was a dream for Glenn Driedger, pastor of Carman Pentecostal Assembly in Carman, Manitoba, Canada. It is a dream that most pastors share. Yet after six years, Driedger […]
August 2007 By John Pellowe It Is a New Day The Canadian Council of Christian Charities survey shows a widespread improvement in relations. Pastors are open to parachurch ministries that fit their needs, and vice-versa. John Wilkinson, executive director of Toronto Youth For Christ, was asked to preview the results of this study and comment. […]
August 2007 By John Pellowe Christ the Living Word is growing today because Melodie Bissell and CEF made the decision that CEF would commit to the local church. Instead of running CEF programs under their own name, they do all their ministry in partnership with the local church. Last summer they partnered with ninety-six churches, […]
By Glenn Smith This summer, thousands of university students from the Global North moved into urban slum communities in the Global South to live alongside the poor. (See the statistics in the sidebar.) Working Definitions and Facts “Urban poor” defined: Those living on less than $1 USD or $2 USD per day (Millennium Development Agenda). […]
By Julia M. Smith-Brake Kigali is the capital of Rwanda and is located in the centre of the country. Rwanda is still largely rural, with the majority of its population involved in subsistence agriculture. Kigali has a population of less than one million, approximately one-tenth of Rwanda’s total population. It is estimated that the average […]
