Through the Scripture Advance Project countless Cusco Quechua are learning to read scripture. In the town of Lamas in the Andes Mountains, Rumalda stood in the church doorway, listening to the singing which was coming from within. Her face showed her conflicting emotions. She could not muster enough courage to follow the pull she was […]
Overview of Cairo, Egypt One of the oldest cities in the world, Cairo (Egypt) has a rich history and culture that dates back to biblical times. Whereas the pyramids, the Nile and the rich culture may appeal to foreigners, such romanticism may not be prevalent among the nearly twelve million people who live in Cairo. […]
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 years, Yamamori went on to work […]
Thousands gather for the triennial Urbana conference Since its beginning in 1946, Urbana, InterVarsity’s triennial student North American missions convention, has challenged delegates to submit to the lordship of Jesus Christ and join in God’s mission of bringing the gospel to the whole world. Stacy Woods, first president of InterVarsity, said in 1951, “To […]
Some Sobering Stories In Singapore, a young woman happily signed up to The Four Spiritual Laws and prayed a prayer “to receive Jesus.” This delighted the foreigner who had met her on the street. The young woman then went home and added an offering to Jesus to her already well-populated god-shelf. In London, an evangelical […]
For the first time since the arrival of Islam in the seventh century, a Christian church, headed by Scottish archdeacon Ven Ian Young, will be built in conservative Muslim Qatar. Work on the Anglican Church of the Epiphany will begin on land donated by the Emir of Qatar, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani. The church, […]
There is a clear difference between missions and evangelism. Missions includes evangelism but is not limited to evangelism. Evangelism could be defined as the sharing of good news of Christ with those who do not believe and calling them to faith and repentance. Missions (which is different from “Mission”) has been defined by George Peters […]
Faith in South Africa is predominantly Christian faith, commanding a demographic majority of close to eighty percent of the population. Other religions are vastly outnumbered, thanks to centuries of Christian missions in South Africa. In this is both the advantage and disadvantage of the Christian presence in South Africa. The advantage is that as a […]
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 more… A comparison of the Ibero-American missions enterprise between 1987 and 2008 reflects great progress.Read more… Poverty in Nordic climates Towards a de-westernization of the gospel Theology in […]
As missionaries and nationals work on Bible translation across the globe, Wycliffe Associates serves to support that translation work. Wycliffe’s Norm Every says he works to maximize translation efforts in the Americas by sending short-term teams to help with construction and administrative tasks. “My function is to get volunteers connected with opportunities to support Bible […]
The Andi of Russia need to hear the gospel. Although having a population no greater than ten thousand people, the Andi of Russia are an unreached people group in need of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Also known as the Qwannab, the Andi are one of the indigenous groups of the former USSR who live […]
Where is God? That question is an understandable reaction to the appalling earthquake in Haiti, where on 10 January 2010, around 200,000 people died in under a minute. Similarly, we can ask the question of the 8.8 magnitude quake that occurred in Chile on 27 February 2010 and others that have occurred since. A second […]
It is urgent for the future of the Church that we recover a whole-life model of discipleship that understands every legitimate human activity as responding to a call from God.Read more… The author shares an example from South Africa of how mission is being done in the workplace.Read more… Christians must work toward creatively engaging […]
After a two-year interruption due to widespread violence in the country, the Church of the Nazarene in Haiti resumed and completed eleven district assemblies in April. Final membership totals are not yet complete, but nearly every district showed growth. Two districts showed significant losses due to deaths suffered from flooding over the past two years […]
