By John Godson Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit” (John 3:5-6). Prayer is communion with God. It is going into God’s presence to be with […]
By Timothy Huff and Julia Goodhew From 29 March to 1 April 2006 nearly 350 individuals, representing some seventy organizations from across Canada gathered at the Westin Hotel in downtown Ottawa, Canada, to participate in StreetLevel 2006, a conference for people who are passionately engaged in finding solutions to poverty and homelessness Participants represented ministries and […]
By John Edmiston Praying for the Lost Works In 1993 I led a Bible study series with a group of twenty or so rather boisterous university students who asked to be taught about prayer. In the process we had a book for the prayer points. This book contained three columns: Request, Date Entered and Date […]
By Helene NSIN OUM What is World Evangelism? Evangelism is a way to gain unbelievers to God. We cannot evangelize without prayer. Prayer is the key ingredient in evangelism; we must pray before, during and after we tell others about Christ (1 Thessalonians 5:17). Fasting is choosing to remove the distractions, giving the Lord God […]
By Tom Douglas Millions in China need to hear the gospel. Over 140 years ago, Hudson Taylor, founder of the China Inland Mission (now OMF International), wrote a small book entitled China, Its Spiritual Needs and Claims. The book introduced the Chinese people to the Western world and sought to mobilize more prayer and […]
By Linda Gotts The deepest desire of those of us in a broken world is to become what we were created to be: whole people in Christ. With its mission of “the whole Church taking the whole gospel to the whole world,” the Lausanne movement desires to first obey Christ in the Great Commission: “Making […]
By Justin Long FEATURED UNREACHED PEOPLE GROUP Central Tibetans More than 350 delegates, representing every continent of the world, recently came together for Ethne ‘06 to celebrate progress, assess status and accelerate efforts to reach the least-reached peoples of the world. Most global conferences draw people from all over the world and organize themselves around […]
By Laurie Fortunak Photo source: COMIBAM/Sepal Tibetans commonly dressin long robes and areadorned with ornate jewelry. Nearly five million Central Tibetans live in an area of northern China often known as “the roof of the world.” It is called this because its average height is fourteen thousand feet and it contains many of the world’s […]
In Muslim countries where conversion and proselytizing is illegal, cyberspace is an anonymous haven for North Africans to explore Christianity—and a means for the gospel to penetrate a closed society. With Avant Ministries’ assistance, the growing underground church is establishing public cybercafés equipped with pay-per-minute computer terminals. Already popular venues in North Africa, these cyber cafés […]
By Sterling Huston The Internet is the fastest growing media form in the history of the world. Ten years ago there were only a few million users worldwide, mostly in developed Western nations; today, more than one billion people access the World Wide Web. Although it is estimated that the United States leads with nearly […]
By Byron Barlowe Does your ministry have an underperforming website? Or do you have yet to enter into the twenty-first century and Internet outreach? Have you (or your donors) heard war stories and astounding stats from high-flying sites and wondered if you could ever see such results? Take heart. For eight years it was […]
By Dave Hackett The world zipped past an unnoticed milestone as 2006 arrived. Over one billion people were online. Roughly 15.7% of the world’s people connected through the fastest communication service ever devised.1 Are Evangelistic Websites Drawing Visitors?The following is a sample list of sites divided by language. Arabic: http://www.maarifa.org/. Called the most popular Arabic-only […]
By Tony Whittaker In New Testament times, the Roman Road system was strategic in God’s plan. It enabled the spread of the gospel throughout the then-known world. In the same way today, the Internet is a worldwide network that can facilitate effective gospel communication. The Internet Evangelism Day website offers resources for Christians at two […]
By Robby Richardson I have had the privilege for over ten years of working in various capacities with Gospelcom.net, the Internet outreach of Gospel Communications International (GCI). It has been a joy to watch individuals and ministries take hold of this technology and develop creative ways to share the good news of Jesus Christ via […]
