By Ram Gidoomal September 2010 There are Christians working in public service at all levels across the world, with major opportunities to represent Christ and impact society through their words and actions. And the opportunities are manifold, because the public arena encompasses such a huge range of organizations. For example, it includes political and public […]
By Dan Scribner September 2010 How many people groups are there in the world? How many are unreached? Which numbers are correct and which list of people groups is “right”? The varying answers to these questions can cause confusion in the mission community. The Lord has graciously provided the global mission community with several sets […]
By Ram Gidoomal September 2010 3. Reconciliation. How the world cries out to be reconciled! And how greatly people need to be brought into right relationships with each other! The news is full of programmes about warring neighbours, nations sending huge armies against each other to dispute ownership of oil wells, or bitterly contested territorial […]
By Ram Gidoomal September 2010 There are Christians working in public service at all levels across the world, with major opportunities to represent Christ and impact society through their words and actions. And the opportunities are manifold, because the public arena encompasses such a huge range of organizations. For example, it includes political and public […]
By Glenn Smith In Nordic cultures all over the Northern Hemisphere there are urban poor living in substandard situations facing harsh climatic conditions. Read Article >> Hochma: A Different Way to Plant a Church with the Urban Poor By Michel and Lyne Monnette Establishing a community rooted in discipleship and integral mission oriented to the […]
By Knud Jørgensen Christians in all cultures and nations have an equal right to produce their interpretation of the Christian faith. This implies a need for self-theologizing. Read Article >> Facing the Empire: Trends in Ministry Formation By Ron Fraser Ministry formation in Jesus’ time, in the Constantinian world, and today. Read Article >> Imitation […]
By John Edmiston The truly effective and productive missionary is not the one with the largest organization, but the one whose precious and godly work of love survives into eternity. Read Article >> Missions with Spanish and Portuguese Accents By Grant McClung A comparison of the Ibero-American missions enterprise between 1987 and 2008 reflects great […]
AROUND THE WORLD: North Korea Tops World Watch List for Sixth Year For the sixth straight year, North Korea tops Open Doors’ World Watch List, which lists where persecution of Christians is the highest. Rounding out the top ten are: Saudi Arabia, Iran, Maldives, Bhutan, Yemen, Afghanistan, Laos, Uzbekistan, and China. Islam is the majority […]
By Lon Allison March 2008 Chicago, Illinois (USA) is in the midst of a very cold and snowy winter. Temperatures are far below normal almost every day, and this winter’s snowfall totals are the highest in thirty years. When you live here, however, you get used to it. It is the way of winters in […]
By Gideon Para-Mallam March 2008 A blossoming Christianity devoid of discipleship suggests a weak doctrinal grounding. This approach lacks depth, will hurt our commitment to evangelism, and could scuttle the mission of the African Church. The Rev. Billy Graham once observed, “If you lose your health you have lost something, but you have not lost […]
April 2006 By Harry Bryans April 2006 At the 2004 Lausanne Forum in Thailand, the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization rated the http://www.hikidz.org/ children’s website as one of the four most strategic tools to communicate the gospel to the world’s two billion children over the next ten years. According to the Barna Group, individuals are […]
By Rob Brynjolfson July 2007 Schools and training programs are blooming in a colourful kaleidoscope of diversity in models, methods and practice. When the majority world mission movement was emerging and we still spoke of “new sending countries,” a prevailing attitude was mildly perceptible: “We won’t make the mistakes that Western missionaries made because we […]
June / July 2010 ALGERIA: Christians Stand Firm, Meet in Vandalized Church Even on an ordinary Sunday, it takes courage for Pastor Mustapha’s church to meet together. As Christians living in Algeria, many face daily pressure from their families and neighbors, as well as the threat of growing surveillance and restriction from authorities. Recently, the […]
AROUND THE WORLD: Eldon Barkman Serving as Interim President of JAARS Eldon “Butch” Barkman is serving as interim president of JAARS until a new president is chosen. David Reeves resigned in April 2010 as president of JAARS. Reeves and his wife will continue in ministry with the organization. JAARS provides technical support services and resources […]
