There are, as we all know, many different types of evangelism. There is the straight didactic and kerygmatic proclamation of the gospel content with no frills of any sort added. There is issue evangelism, when we package the gospel around the addressing of an issue or use an issue as a pretext, once addressed, for […]
The challenges confronting Bible agencies are greater than ever. The population of the world is increasing and the number of non-literates can be counted in the hundreds of millions. Furthermore, millions of children are going to school and learning to read and write; however, about half are likely to stop the learning process before actual […]
“You can see leaves on trees?” Those were the first words out of my mouth as I exited the optometrist’s office. At nine years of age I learned that trees seen from a distance did not match the iconic pictures of trees often drawn by children—a brown trunk topped by a fuzzy green circle—and I […]
Q. Tell us about your family. A. I am married to the man whom I have loved since I was 17. His name is Roland. He is general secretary of the German YMCA, linguist, author, evangelist, and Bible translator. Q. Give us a brief overview of your work and ministry. A. I am the leader […]
Christian missions do not have a good track record in collaboration. In the early days of the nineteenth century, the activities of missions in Africa closely resembled the land grabbing campaigns of European nations in the so-called “rush for Africa.” In Eating Africa, Cedric Pulford records that in Uganda, “The Catholics felt it their duty […]
While the author gathered ideas for this article, Google Earth showed where people around the world were coming to faith in Christ. While composing these few lines, like anyone writing for Lausanne World Pulse, my fingers are dancing over the keyboard of my computer. Indeed, the personal laptop has brought a dramatic change to our daily […]
While the author gathered ideas for this article, Google Earth showed where people around the world were coming to faith in Christ. While composing these few lines, like anyone writing for Lausanne World Pulse, my fingers are dancing over the keyboard of my computer. Indeed, the personal laptop has brought a dramatic change to our daily […]
(Editor’s note: Although this topic has been touched upon a number of times in other publications and our hope is that these guidelines are second nature to those speaking cross-culturally, nonetheless we feel it important that all of us remind ourselves from time to time what a biblical, effective, humble cross-cultural servant looks like.) It […]
One of the major problems we face when dealing with HIV/AIDS is deficient or incomplete knowledge, especially concerning how this disease is transmitted from one person to another. To what extent can a person deal with people who have HIV/AIDS? HIV/AIDS is a very weak virus that cannot be transmitted through shaking hands, hugging, kissing, […]
In 1983, I left a ministry to university students to give direction to the ministry with which I am presently involved in Montréal. It is interesting to reflect back on how a relevant theology and missiology of the city evolved through that change. One day, as I was looking out the window from the sixth […]
17 December 2007. Forty-eight saffron-robed Buddhist monks convened peacefully in front of the Vietnamese embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. They were there to submit a petition calling for the release of an ethnically Cambodian activist monk imprisoned in Vietnam, the resolution of land issues and respect for minority rights in Vietnam. In response, the Cambodian […]
A church in Minnesota (USA) played a key role in leadership development for an international ministry operating in 150 countries. In March 2008 members of the Ebenezer Lutheran Brethren Church of Minneapolis hosted Daniel Bourdanné, the general secretary of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students (IFES). The meeting was a joyous reunion of the type […]
A middle-aged Banjara man stood in front of about one hundred men, women, and children holding a small black audio player. Everyone was transfixed on the words being broadcast across the room. “I’m so illiterate I can’t even write my own name,” he said. “For all these years I’ve heard others talk about the way to God […]
After a quarter of a century in Edmonton, my Filipino-Canadian, Christian-worker parents were being reassigned “out east” to Toronto—Canada’s most multicultural city. We packed up their garage, placing in one corner an older television set, a bookshelf, rugs, picture frames, kitchen utensils, an office desk, winter clothes, and more. They were amazed by the amount […]
