By J. D. Payne March 2009 Of all the countries, by far the United States leads the world as a host country, receiving thirty-eight million immigrants in 2005 alone (approximately thirteen percent of the population). Although Canada did not receive nearly that many people, its immigrant population for the same year comprised almost nineteen percent […]
By Samuel Escobar May 2008 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. […]
By Victor Cuartas May 2010 God is the one who established diversity. Galatians 3:28 reminds us that “…there is no Jew nor Greek, no male nor female, no slave nor free. We are all one in Christ Jesus.” According to James Breckenridge and Lillian Breckenridge, “In the quest to recognize and to appreciate diversity of […]
By Knud Jørgensen May 2010 For the Professionals? From the early nineteenth century, mission societies were the bearers of mission from Norway to the non-Christian nations. Norwegian mission in terms of missionaries and funds for mission became the world champion when compared to the size of the Norwegian population. In that sense, mission in Norwegian […]
By Knud Jørgensen May 2010 This process has started and migrant churches and leaders are increasingly realising the challenge to become a source of inspiration and renewal in the Norwegian setting of often stale church life. Here we are not talking about inspiration in terms of rhythmic dancing and hand-clapping. Rather, the local church in […]
By Victor Cuartas May 2010 5. Flexibility. Frustration and resistance arise when team members are not willing to be flexible. This is a humbling process that allows us to grow and understand different perspectives. There needs to be a common ground that facilitates the communication and dynamics within the group. Working with Majority World missionaries […]
By Knud Jørgensen May 2010 But the shift has implied major challenges for the established go-structures in terms of finding their new roles, forms, and identities. Most are going through a time of crisis to find their feet financially and conceptually. Corpus Christianum Local churches are also in the midst of a troubled paradigm shift: […]
By Tuvya Zaretsky May 2010 In five months, Lausanne Cape Town 2010 (CT2010) will be a fresh opportunity to think about creative approaches for relational forms of evangelism. One new paradigm to consider is glocalized evangelism at the intersection between global people movements and local contexts for cross-cultural evangelistic ministry. Glocalization The term “glocalization” combines […]
By Tuvya Zaretsky May 2010 After Pentecost those three thousand new disciples carried the message back home to their cities and synagogues in the diaspora communities. In those cases, the evangelist was a safe and trusted member of the community who returned with a new and powerful message. However, after the martyrdom of Stephen, the […]
By Lon Allison How Bono and a lawyer/pastor from Malawi led a call recently for justice and charity. Read >> THEMED ARTICLES: Philip 8.4.8 and Short-term Missions By Carolyn Bennett Mobilizing and equipping believers to reach ethnic communities in North America. Read >> What’s Happening in Short-term Mission? By Roger Peterson Looking at the stategic […]
By Seth Barnes Short-term missions (STMs) have become a normal part of many church calendars. Most mega-churches will list their short-term projects in a brochure for their members. Though exact total numbers are impossible to find, estimates are that more than four million people annually go on short-term trips from the United States alone. The pace of […]
By Lon Allison How Bono and a lawyer/pastor from Malawi led a call recently for justice and charity. Read >> THEMED ARTICLES: Philip 8.4.8 and Short-term Missions By Carolyn Bennett Mobilizing and equipping believers to reach ethnic communities in North America. Read >> What’s Happening in Short-term Mission? By Roger Peterson Looking at the stategic […]
By Seth Barnes May 2010 5. Partnerships Church partnerships that start out as summer projects progress into long-term partnerships with multi-year commitments and the exchange of pulpits (pastors preaching at the partner church). This is a relational generation and STM leaders today are giving relational ministry priority. Long-term, suburban-urban local partnerships are growing in communities […]
March 2006 By Seth Barnes March 2006 Short-term missions (STMs) have become a normal part of many church calendars. Most mega-churches will list their short-term projects in a brochure for their members. Though exact total numbers are impossible to find, estimates are that more than four million people annually go on short-term trips from the United States […]
