June / July 2010 By Sadiri Joy Tira The author shares how three films are being used in evangelism and how this type of outreach can reach segments of society where the traditional church cannot go. Read Article >> Beyond Basic Evangelism: Pentecostals and a Broadened Lausanne Evangelistic Agenda, Part One By Grant McClung Biblical […]
By Dion Forster June / July 2010 Thus, simply knowing the location of the population5 is not enough for truly effective evangelism and missions. We need to “listen” to the emerging language these platforms are generating. Just as earlier shifts in the gospel (from Jerusalem, to Rome, to England, to America) required a change in […]
By Dion Forster June / July 2010 That is significant! How many ministries and churches are taking this “scattered community” seriously? Are we sending the message of the gospel to places from which the recipients have already moved? The Relationship between Technology, Evangelism, and the Apostles For some years I used to teach an introductory […]
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 Dion Forster April 2010 Cunningly, this ensured that black citizens, who are the majority population group in southern Africa, did not have a right to vote in “white” South Africa (even if they lived there) since they were only eligible to vote in their “independent homeland.” The black independent homelands were the most remote, […]
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 […]
April 2010 By Bob Creson In 1999, Wycliffe and other partners adopted Vision 2025 to see all language communities having a Bible translation program in progress by 2025. Here is an update. Read Article >> Surprised by God: How God Used Us to Impact a People Group for Him By Rick Dunn An example of […]
By Laurie Fortunak Nichols January 2009 Author, scholar, and mission strategist Dr. Tetsunao (“Ted”) Yamamori began his new calling as president/CEO of a revitalized WorldServe Ministries 1 November 2008. For over four decades Yamamori has played an integral role in evangelism on a global scale. After teaching at the college and seminary level for eighteen […]
By Laurie Fortunak Nichols January 2009 I have been saying, “China by the Chinese and the world by the Chinese believers.” It is partly a prayer, but it is a realistic prayer. Today’s estimate of Christians in China is 130 to 170 million. The Church in China has grown because the Chinese believers nurtured the […]
By Dion Forster September 2010 The workplace. It is the least reached place in the world. Likely you have heard of the 10/40 Window, a geographical region extending from 10 degrees to 40 degrees north of the equator with very few Christians. For many years, churches and Christian ministries have focussed their energy and attention […]
By Doug Birdsall Instructing younger leaders on leadership is vital to world evangelization in the twenty-first century. Read Article >> Charity and Justice By Lon Allison How Bono and a lawyer/pastor from Malawi led a call recently for justice and charity. Read Article >> Introducing Lausanne World Pulse! By Lon Allison It is with great […]
By Greg H. Parsons An in-depth look at the purpose of the 2004 Forum Issue Groups in the context of the Lausanne movement. Read Article >> Global Missions Health Conference Focuses on Whole Person Missions By Rebecca Barnes More than 2,400 students, mission workers, agencies, organization representatives and healthcare professionals attended the 2006 GMHC. Read […]
By Lon Allison LWP co-publisher Lon Allison reflects on the life of Dr. Mel Lorentzen and the importance of being an “aspen-leader.” Read >> THEMED ARTICLES: Bible Translation in the New Millennium: The Changed and Changing Context Understanding the history of Bible translation can help Bible translators today better prepare for the context in which […]
By Nicky Chong and Soak Wan Leong April 2011 When we hear the Bible read in Bahasa Indonesia, it is like the sound of birds singing among the tree branches—beautiful to hear, but we cannot understand what it means. But when we read God’s word in our language, we are like a man suddenly being […]
