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Letters to the Editor
…Aid approach is harmful in many ways.… -Joseph Richter FARMS International Knife River, MN Dear Dr. Winter, Thank you so much for dealing with the debate regarding the “sending of missionaries” vs. the “support forthe nationals.” I know this has been a legitimate issue for missiologists for a long time.…
Are You Ready for Purpose-Driven Mission?
…attack the “five global giants” of spiritual emptiness, lack of servant leaders, poverty, disease, and ignorance. The fivefold remedy weaves frontier mission into a larger tapestry: Planting churches, Equipping servant leaders, Assisting the poor, Caring for the sick, and Educating the next generation. (See figure 1.) Warren likens P.E.A.C.E. to…
Editorial Comment
…aid at one point, Copying hugely from the Christians, he [Mohammed] was greatly limited by the fact that the only Christians he knew had only parts of the Bible and drastically misunderstood the Trinity, a view which Muhammed (rightly) rejected. That is, Muhammed rejected a heretical view of the Trinity.…
Student Debt
…aid package, including a projection of my total student debt when I graduate.” This story illustrates a reality faced by future missionaries. While the Maasai anecdote is fascinating, illustrating how we do missions today, the issue of student debt is frustrating, affecting who will do missions tomorrow. Why does student…
Land of Dharma
…aid they rejoice that the congregation’s ministry had brought more dharma into the community: order, respect, decorum. The bottom line is not what you believe but what you are. Rejection of Dharma It is argued that the Christians do not want to be part of dharma. The vast majority are…
Evangelicals, Stereotypes, and Diversities
…aid groups. TIME likewise notes the ethical issues that laws against proselytizing raise for those who feel called to witness in these contexts. Despite a better grasp of the varieties of Evangelicals and their history than is commonly reflected in the secular press, it is in these areas that the…
CRAF 2002: Francophone Africa Regional Consultation — One Participant’s View
…AIDS, economic development and other concerns also exist. The people and vision they represent are an enormous kingdom resource. Yet the very idea of “hand holding” can be misunderstood. When one speaker—a no-nonsense Nigerian researcher—rebuked those who would come simply looking for Western money, she expressed what CRAF doesn’t mean…
Striking Camp with the Nomads
…aid that Christianity has had virtually no success in converting nomadic pastoralist peoples, and this could be largely true of other types of nomad. We must examine why this is so and see whether we need to change our approach.A number of factors are conspiring against the nomadic life—including unsympathetic…
Can Hindutva Survive the Persecution of Christians in India?
…attack is not likely to be against the missionaries and new converts; it is already directed against Christ and the Christian faith. Therefore, my next recommendation is that we turn that attack into an opportunity to expound, defend, and commend the faith. While the hatred has to be countered by…
India
…aid he was convinced that the multitude of posters picturing the American evangelist in town for a three-day series of meetings may have been most successful in fostering the image of the Christian faith as the religion of the white man. “Today in India, Islam is growing faster than any…
The Struggle Within Islam
…aid, Islam divides the world into two zones, Dar as-Salaam (“House of Peace”), and Dar al-Harb (“House of War”). Islam is not just a religion, as I have written elsewhere; it is an ideology with a political agenda. It holds that all men are created to live in submission to…
Behind the Scenes
…aid, “The problem is not in finding enough missionaries to go. The problem is finding enough Christians and churches willing to send them.” I have often heard many Christians complain about the high cost of sending missionaries. But now we sending them can be ever so much higher. The civilized…
What is Driving “Partnership”?
…aid: “Control is not the purpose for which aid is given. . . . Yet control inheres in aid. It cannot successfully be divorced from it.”6 What this means is that since more money is flowing overseas than perhaps at any other time in the history of the church, we…
Dreaming the Impossible
…aid that if the youth are challenged, they will respond. But their missions awareness is minimal. Saju George, director New Life Computer Institute (NLCI), agrees that more missions education is needed at all levels. Parental pressure. Indian parents will typically spend all their earnings on their children’s education in hopes…
The Centrality of Worship
…adage, “God saved us to save the lost.” The fact is, however that God redeemed us not primarily to do something for His glory, but rather to be something for his glory. Jesus did not say the Father is seeking missionaries, husbands, wives, secretaries, carpenters, etc. Whatever our roles in this life may be we need to see them as flowing out of our…
Games of Chance
…aides to Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt and two ex-members of the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC). The federal law that specifically attempts to limit the revolving door specifically allows people representing Indian tribes to immediately lobby their old agencies after leaving government. Manuel Lujan, in his final days as U.S.…
India
…aid he was convinced that the multitude of posters picturing the American evangelist in town for a three-day series of meetings may have been most successful in fostering the image of the Christian faith as the religion of the white man. "Today in India, Islam is growing faster than any…
Ignite the Passion
…aid our neighbors in community development. This same energy can be developed and channeled to the world. The Great Commission The Great Commission gives us the imperative to make disciples. "And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, 'All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on…
Are you a Keeper or a Killer?
…aid down His life for us. The Romans were known to tie a murderer to the corpse of their victims. We in the African-American community must recognize that many of the problems we face are from the fact that we have yet to recognize our role in keeping our brother.…
What Triggers the Move Toward Self-Reliance?
…aid on his heart. While on a visit to England he met business people whom he thought would help him to achieve the goal; but the Lord spoke to him saying, "All the funding you need is with business people in your community in South Africa." Another South African leader…