Read >> LEADERSHIP PROFILES: Leadership Profile: Kath Henry, Northridge Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Thornleigh, Sydney, Australia Kath Henry, co-pastor of Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Thornleigh, Sydney, Australia, talks about her passions and hopes for the future. Read >> PUBLISHER’S MEMO: Engaging with Our Difficult Past through Christ Our Reconciler By Doug Birdsall All believers are […]
By Dion Forster April 2010 Introduction The Christian Church is one of the most pervasive and significant institutions in South African society. For the past 350 years Christianity and the Christian Church have made significant contributions to the best and the worst of South Africa’s history. Christian History in Southern Africa Christianity first settled on […]
By Elizabeth Childs Drury April 2010 ”Yes—plus the fact that he was planning to shift off all responsibility to the nationals instead of doing it himself,” another would grumble indignantly. “That is certainly not the way he was raised.” “His hard-working parents would not have approved, that’s for sure.” “And what about Billy, for […]
By Elizabeth Childs Drury April 2010 In an Ideal World… Ron and Billy would have engaged enthusiastically in the approaches to kingdom work presented in David Garrison’s Church Planting Movements1 and in Steve Rundle and Tom Steffen’s Great Commission Companies2. Both books would have fit paradigms they already knew, and both would have excited […]
By Dion Forster April 2010 What was required for this mission was a measure of flexibility that allowed for an interaction between orthodoxy (what we believe) and orthopraxis (what we do), an approach to faith that recognised and celebrated the truth of who God is (personal piety), yet was expected to enact God’s will for […]
By Elizabeth Childs Drury April 2010 I recently volunteered in the exhibit hall at a Christian conference. Standing at the booth of a relief and development organization, I frequently engaged in conversation with a woman at the booth next to us. She was a representative of a traditional mission department for an evangelical denomination. Our exchange about innovation […]
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By Rick Dunn April 2010 “Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.” – Ephesians 3:20 A Calling When we reflect back to the days when we first became Christians, we remember the excitement we felt in […]
AFRICA: God’s Word Reaches Remote Peoples in Their Languages Although the Bible is not illegal or banned in some African countries, language and literacy issues nevertheless can impede the sharing of God’s word. Faith Comes By Hearing (FCBH) is responding to this challenge through tools such as its Proclaimer, a self-powered audio player with the […]
August 2008 “From the commencement of this consultation, it seems to me that God has a message for the churches and the indigenous missions groups in Africa.” – Rev. Dr. Panya Baba Twenty-five people from Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, and Zambia met in Abuja, Nigeria, for three days of intensive discussion and planning 21-25 April 2008. […]
By Peter Sung August 2008 “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.” – Isaiah 60:1-3 It’s Sunday afternoon in Beijing. Outside, people are enjoying a warm spring day, a welcome respite before the harried work-week begins. But inside an office building in a newly-developed section […]
China: The Next South Korea? Thirty years ago, Christianity fever was rampant in South Korea. The Church nearly tripled in size during the 1970s, the “great decade” of Korean church growth.1 However, although the Church was exploding, South Korean mission involvement was minimal. In 1979, there were just ninety-two missionaries sent from South Korea.2 Today, […]
By Peter Sung August 2008 To the Ends of the Earth Persecution and hardship have been marks of the Chinese Church for decades. Western believers may find it odd that some Chinese church leaders, while not asking for pressure from the government, also do not run from it. Throughout Christian history, God has used persecution […]
By Peter Law Using the strategy Jesus employed—of moving people from outside the kingdom to becoming believers, disciples, workers, and eventually world Christians—church-planting ministries have consistently employed their own versions of what some refer to as the “Ministry Multiplication Cycle.” Read Article >> Time to Shine: The Chinese Church, Church Planting, and World Missions By […]
