17 December 2007. Forty-eight saffron-robed Buddhist monks convened peacefully in front of the Vietnamese embassy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. They were there to submit a petition calling for the release of an ethnically Cambodian activist monk imprisoned in Vietnam, the resolution of land issues and respect for minority rights in Vietnam. In response, the Cambodian […]
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 consultation were: To […]
Release from the World Evangelical Alliance European Evangelical leaders were challenged to live out their “true identities” as “Christian nobodies” by becoming God’s catalysts for change. “Christendom is dead, and thank God,” said Gordon Showell-Rogers, general secretary of the European Evangelical Alliance, during the closing session of the joint EEA, European Evangelical Missionary Alliance (EEMA) […]
In this issue we discuss a compelling and urgent topic: Glocalized Evangelism. “Glocal” is a new term combining global and local. Simply put, it communicates that the nations and cities of the world are increasingly inhabited by peoples from many cultures, ethnicities, and races. I embrace and love this dimension of early twenty-first century life. […]
The Russian Orthodox Church and an émigré church that broke ties in 1927 over a Russian church leader’s declaration of loyalty to the then-Soviet state have officially reunited at a ceremony in Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. “Church divisions are being overcome, and the confrontation in society inherited from the times of the revolution […]
Ben Homan Food for the Hungry president and CEO Ben Homan was recently appointed chairman of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA), a division of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Homan has served on theRead more… Note: The tables and maps in this article are in Adobe PDF format. To […]
While catalytic points of reference have shifted to include a now stronger, more dominating representation from the Global South, faithful efforts at establishing Christ’s Church in obedience to the commission of Matthew 28:18-20 continue from points all across the globe. Christian mission has become the responsibility of the Global Church and within that charter we […]
The old stereotype of a nattily-dressed hawker standing on the street corner handing out black and white “hellfire” gospel tracts is gone. Well, nearly. Modern-day tract evangelism has become extremely relevant, effective and even technological. And the best part is…it’s all so easy. American Tract Society (ATS) traditional “paper” tracts hold their own with any […]
Most of the world’s people live in oral cultures. They learn about their history and transmit their values through song, chant, story, and drama. But when they listen to the Bible, oral people don’t separate themselves from the stories. As they listen, they are drawn in and find themselves walking alongside Jesus. When the Kabiyé […]
After serving for the past eight years in South Africa, Jonathan Wilson will be serving as executive director for World Team Canada. Born in the United Kingdom, Wilson was a missionary kid for seventeen years in Papua, Indonesia. In South Africa, Wilson served as Pan African training director and helped establish and coordinate the Marriage […]
In the spring of 2005 I presented a paper at the Midwest regional conference of the American Academy of Religion held at DePaul University in Chicago (USA). The paper addressed factors that contribute to the growth of a contemporary Pagan religion. After the presentation, several in attendance came to me with questions. One question stood […]
Wherever the Church is, regardless of cultural context, it has the universal obligation to be true to Christ and his word. The Church of Jesus Christ is that body of people in any given socio-cultural context who have committed their lives to Christ and who worship and follow him in obedient discipleship, faithfully receiving […]
Purpose and Overview Urban Impact (UI) is a unique ministry that focuses on reaching the 10/40 Window by raising awareness of the need to reach unreached people groups and by evangelizing the unreached people groups who have come to the United States. Urban Impact seeks to evangelize Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs who have come […]
Rwanda is a country deeply scarred by a movement of genocide that just seventeen years ago killed over one million people in one hundred days. Neighbor turned against neighbor and family member against family member. In the midst of this horror, how can there be true reconciliation when trust and forgiveness is still not easily […]
