May 2011 By The Rev. Canon Mark Oxbrow Where real partnership and collaborative ministry have taken place, it has often been occasioned by adverse contexts. The author shares four examples. Read Article >> Internet Evangelism Day and the Majority World By Tony Whittaker Digital evangelism is on the rise, and with the rapid increase of […]
By Lawrence Darmani May 2011 Another advantage is the popularity of the authors. According to one publisher in Kenya, whose annual list includes eighty percent foreign titles, “The more famous the author, the higher the sales.” As a result, local authors are overlooked. This imbalance is a great cause for concern. Even publishers who […]
May 2011 By Julianne George How sharing stories of telling the gospel can open up the hearts of those around us. Read Article >> For Real?! By Rachel Fields How one Muslim man’s faith in Jesus led increasing numbers of fellow Muslims in his community to also put their trust in Jesus as Savior and […]
By Doug Birdsall May 2011 “Evangelism itself is the proclamation of the historical, biblical Christ as Savior and Lord with a view to persuading people to come to him personally and so be reconciled to God.” – Lausanne Covenant “Evangelism is the outflow of hearts that are filled with the love of God for those […]
By Lawrence Darmani May 2011 The Dictionary of African Christian Biography is an electronic database with biographies of African Christian leaders, evangelists, and lay workers chiefly responsible for laying the foundations and advancing the growth of Christian communities in Africa. An international team of scholars and church leaders—primarily Africans—is facilitating the project. Contributors are […]
By Lawrence Darmani May 2011 Achievements in African Publishing Despite the challenges, bright spots in Christian publishing dot the landscape. With the Church in Africa growing numerically, Christian publishers have the opportunity to produce relevant books to nurture its members. Books on ethics, evangelism, leadership, discipleship, Christian education, and other issues that adequately address […]
May 2011 By Lawrence Darmani Although publishers and authors in Africa face real challenges, the achievements and growth of local writers is a sure sign of continued success. Read Article >> A New Day for French-speaking Africa By John Maust An overview of Francophone Africa reflects the challenges these countries face, but also the hope […]
May 2011 AROUND THE WORLD: Bible.is App Expands Global Gospel Outreach by Adding Arabic Bible.is, the popular Bible app from the Audio Bible ministry Faith Comes By Hearing (FCBH), is now available for use in Arabic. Spoken by more than 221 million people throughout the world, Arabic now joins Spanish and English as the major […]
By Lawrence Darmani May 2011 During a critical leadership succession period in a publishing house in Côte d’Ivoire, the new CEO, Jules Ouoba, needed urgent help. Survival was uncertain, yet crucial for Centre de Publications Evangéliques (CPE), the largest Christian publisher in French-speaking Africa. Bob Reekie, Media Associates International (MAI) co-founder and president for many […]
By The Rev. Canon Mark Oxbrow March 2012 In one city in the Arabian Peninsula, an Ethiopian pastor trains every one of his church members as a missionary. There are thirty-five thousand Ethiopians working in that country; ninety-six percent of them are young, female, domestic workers living on a few dollars a week. The Christians […]
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 […]
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By The Rev. Canon Mark Oxbrow March 2012 David Bosch, Stephen Bevans, Roger Schroeder, and others have provided us with helpful historical reviews of how mission has been understood and developed over the centuries. Bosch6 speaks of six epochs, while Bevans and Schroeder7 talk of periods during which different primary models of mission dominate. In […]
By The Rev. Canon Mark Oxbrow March 2012 For many centuries, it was the religious communities who carried the Christian faith from village to village, tribe to tribe, to India, China, and beyond. Today, we see the rise of a new monasticism11 and renewed interest in missional communities. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, European […]
