The key to reaching this generation for Christ is through love. Burned Out on Church My wife and I have spent the last seven years in three different countries, all of which had a cultural base of Christianity. However, we have also found a negativity toward church. We spent much time with people who were […]
SAT-7 is partnering with TURK-7, a new media outreach to the Turkish people, to create indigenous television programs that will both grow the believer in the Christian faith and lead non-believers to Christ. According to one Turkish pastor, Ì¢‰âÂÒTurkey is a big country and the number of Christians is still small. Television is a very […]
The International Bible Society (IBS) is using the life-changing power of scripture in the battle against the deadly HIV/AIDS virus. In 2004, IBS launched its scripture-based Reach 4 Life program in South Africa and has subsequently expanded it into other African countries, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the United States. Behavioral change has been shown […]
Zambia’s major denominations melded during January’s global week of prayer for Christian unity. And while the churches are expected to play a pivotal role in national elections scheduled to take place by the end of 2006, civil society groups pressing for change wonder if that cohesion can carry over into the political sphere. Leaders of […]
Arriving to help victims of natural disasters Youth with a Mission (YWAM) teams have been working in war zones, crisis and natural disasters for the past twenty-six years. However, nothing has impacted us more than the 2004 tsunami. A red flag in Aceh was a sign to the military or the police that there was […]
“Evangelism itself is the proclamation of the historical, biblical Christ as Savior and Lord with a view to persuading people to come to him personally and so be reconciled to God.” – Lausanne Covenant “Evangelism is the outflow of hearts that are filled with the love of God for those who do not yet know […]
In this article I intend to present: Biblical foundations for political involvement Examples of godly politicians in the Bible A story of how I got involved in politics Seven reasons why I am in politics Seven lessons God has taught me while in politics Dangers I see in politics Practical advice for those who feel […]
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. Volunteers working on the frontlines have given out nearly one million Bibles, scripture portions and booklets, in English and Spanish, to dislocated individuals and congregations […]
It seems we tend to treat neighbourhoods of poverty like disposable places. Places like Cap-Haitien (Haiti), my adopted city. Established in the early 1700s, its present infrastructure was built near the turn of the twentieth century for ten thousand people. Today, some 750,000 residents call it home. During the 1990s, the local electrical power company, […]
Scholars and laypeople alike often accuse Christian missions of being a child of colonialism. The Alliance for Vulnerable Mission (AVM) proposes a bold strategy to counter neocolonialism in mission by advocating that some Western missionaries to the Majority World follow two simple principles to “de-power” themselves: using the language of the people being reached in […]
A Russian Orthodox bishop has appealed for a European Roman Catholic-Orthodox alliance to combat what he described as secularism, liberalism and relativism. “Europe has so rapidly de-Christianized that urgent action is needed to save it from losing its centuries-old ChristianRead more… Bedouins have lived in the arid, dry land of Jordan since the beginning of […]
Q. Tell us about your family. A. I have been married to my husband, David, for thirty-one years. We met at the Christian fellowship at Harvard College and developed a passion for missions through attending Urbana ’76. We have three sons, two daughters-in-law, and two granddaughters. I have tried to engage each of my sons […]
My vacation was over and I was back in India, my home of two and a half years by this point. A day to rest and one more to get over the worst of the jet lag, then off to visit Sazin, a new Muslim friend. Arriving at her home, Sazin, her husband, and her […]
(Editor’s note: This article continues a year-long partnership between LWP and Media Associates International to present a series of articles focused on global Christian publishing.) Ulrich Brockhaus, the distinguished German evangelical publisher, once told me, “The Church gets the publishing it deserves.” His implication was that all Christians are responsible for the development of Christian […]
