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By Durk Meijer A provocative call to radically rethink our communication of the gospel was the central theme of the 2005 International Orality Network (ION) Annual Working Conference held recently in Anaheim, CA, USA. ION participant shares her expertise in storytelling.  Two hundred ministry leaders, field practitioners, educators, media producers, pastors and interested lay people, […]

By Justin Long The amount of media evangelism among the unreached really is amazing. The Western world is media-rich, and missionaries worldwide have learned to use this medium very effectively. Audiocassettes and CDs are widely used in some countries. For example, the North Africa Partnership has used tapes with recordings of the JESUS Film for […]

[Cybermissions: The intentional front-line cross-cultural use of computers and the Internet to facilitate the Great Commission.] Search engines such as Google, Yahoo and MSN can help hundreds of millions of people who are interested in searching for faith to find the gospel. In fact, “God” is one of the top online search terms. For the […]

By Martin Johnson Over one and half million people live in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya. That is half the city’s population. More than 300,000 people are crowded together in Karagoche, Nairobi’s worst slum. Families live in extreme poverty and struggle to make a living.  People are selling things at every corner: small bundles of […]

By Carl Moeller North Korea, which tops Open Door’s World Watch List of countries where persecution of Christians is the worst, was one of the countries spotlighted during the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church 13 November. The communist country has topped this list for three straight years. However, thousands of churches around […]

The Spread of AIDS in China The first AIDS case in China was reported in 1985. The following years witnessed rapid growth of the HIV-positive population. Geographically, HIV-positive cases have now been reported in each and every one of the thirty-one provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities of mainland China. By the end of 2003, the […]

By Grace Tazelaar Among students in the health professions, the Annual Global Missions Health Conference (GMHC) in Louisville, KY, USA, is quickly becoming known as the “Urbana” of healthcare missions. (Editors note: the author’s reference to Urbana relates to the Urbana Missions Convention, www.urbana.org, held since 1946 by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship) Louisville’s Southeast Christian Church […]

Every day 14,000 Africans become infected with HIV/AIDS. In an effort to counter the spread of this unrelenting enemy on the continent, international Christian broadcaster Trans World Radio (TWR) and Kerus Global Education have partnered to produce character-based radio programming geared toward helping African teenagers make responsible lifestyle choices. TWR and Kerus agree the best […]

By William Sunderland Where were you when the tsunami of 2005 devastated huge portions of Southeast Asia? I was celebrating the birth of Jesus, creator and savior of humankind, on a bright, sunny morning. However, it was not long before I began learning of the tsunami’s impact via reports on television. After listening to the […]

By Adrian de Visser Sri Lankan beaches are the most picturesque in the world. Soft sounds of the waves lapping, an endless strip of white, sandy beaches contrasting with deep, blue waters and  coral reefs that are home to many types of tropical fish—these are the wonders of the Sri Lankan coast (www.triptosrilanka.com). In December […]

By Robson Pereira Life for a person living below the poverty line is short. This is the terrible conclusion one can reach by looking at indicators concerning human development.1 To many evangelists, this might produce a sense of powerlessness. People are starving, suffering and dying everyday. Misery has been among us for a long time2,and […]

By Yvonne Choo Singapore held its first National Consultation on International Students Ministry (ISM) on 1 October 2005 in St Andrews’ Cathedral. The consultation was initiated by representatives of the Fellowship of Evangelical Students (FES), Campus Crusade For Christ (Singapore), International Students Inc, Pasir Panjang Hill Brethren and Varsity Christian Fellowship. The objectives of the […]

By Jeff King I went to meet Mrs. M. today. Her husband was a wonderful pastor who loved and reached out to Muslims. He was assassinated recently. I met her in a secluded place overseas because her husband’s murder had been widely published and the security service did not allow her to meet with foreigners. […]

By Rebecca Barnes Heal the sick who are there and tell them, “The kingdom of God is near you.” (Luke 10:9, NIV) Joni Earekson Tada at the 2004 Global Missions Health Conference. Nearly one year ago, Joni Eareckson Tada pleaded with an audience of more than 2,000 to, “practice Christianity with your sleeves rolled up.” […]