Lausanne World Pulse – Perspectives Articles

By Laurie Fortunak Nichols
In a country where nearly ninety-two percent of the one billion plus people profess to be either Hindu or Muslim, Christians in the nation of India are working hard to get the gospel message out to those who have never heard. Read Article >>

Fighting against Forced Child Prostitution in India: How Restore International is Seeking to Defend the Defenseless

By Bob Goff
India ranks high on the list of countries where commercial sexual exploitation of underage girls occurs. Read Article >>

Jesus. All about Life: Using Prime-Time Australian Media to Tell Others about Jesus

By Martin Johnson
Nicole is in her final year of high school in Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. She and her family attend an Anglican church which had signed up to be part of the “Jesus. All about life” (JAAL) campaign. Read Article >>

Tough Questions Posed at the Anglican “Hope and a Future” Conference

By Doug Henneman
Unanswered questions regarding the social interactions of individuals and entire cultures require us to pause and look deeply at ourselves, our lives and our circumstances. Read Article >>

ERF Television: Opening Evangelistic Windows to Europe’s One Hundred Million German-speakers

By Glenn Carlson
For the first couple of decades following its founding in 1959, TransWorld Radio’s German sister ministry, Evangeliums-Rundfunk (ERF), based in Wetzlar near Frankfurt, kept fairly close to the extended family’s radio-only mode. Read Article >>

Motives for Mission

By Andrew Kenny
The mission of the Church may be defined as “what God has sent the Church into the world to do.” This includes both evangelistic and social responsibilities. Many speak of our mission, but what about our motivations for mission? Read Article >>

Portable Dentistry and Proclamation of the Gospel in One Ministry

By Doug Kazen
These are encouraging times for mission organizations and workers committed to serving the health needs of suffering people. Never before have there been more opportunities to reach non-believers with pain relief and the caring gospel of Jesus Christ. Read Article >>

The “Small” Problem of Leprosy is Bigger than We Think

By Zannah Kearns
In the face of devastating diseases such as HIV/AIDS and malaria, and global needs such as poverty and trade injustice, the relatively “small” problem of leprosy can often be forgotten. Read Article >>

Finishing the Task Partners Committed to Reaching UUPGs

By Marcus Vegh
World renowned mission agencies have challenged local churches to work with them in Finishing the Task (FTT). This vision, to launch indigenously-led church planting movements to targeted groups around the world, was presented 14-17 November at the Billy Graham Training Center, in Asheville, NC, USA. Read Article >>

InterVarsity Makes AIDS a Priority Issue for Urbana 06

By Kristine Whitnable
The United Nations reports that nearly forty million people in the world are infected with HIV/AIDS. Read Article >>

Tales from the Gulf Coast: American Bible Society Delivers Nearly One Million Bibles and Scripture Portions to Katrina Victims

The American Bible Society’s response to the need for Bibles for Hurricane Katrina evacuees was swift and coordinated with churches and like-minded organizations throughout the United States Gulf Coast area. Read Article >>

Chinese Christian to lead OMF International

OMF International (formerly the China Inland Mission) has announced that Dr. Patrick Fung will become the tenth general director of the mission. Dr. Fung, a Chinese Christian, is the first Asian to lead the ministry, and succeeds the Rev. Dr. David Harley, who served as general director since 2001. Read Article >>