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Two Case Studies on Church-Agency Partnerships
…ate goal. It’s important to help churches understand their role in light of the big picture. My job as Vice President of International Partnerships is to facilitate such partnerships with local churches. It may sound like a church calls UWM out of the blue and I jump on a plane…
New Paradigms for Churches and Mission Agencies
…aid. “After all, he’s supported by us 100 percent. He’s our missionary.” “But doesn’t he work for an agency?” Metcalf asked. “Aren’t they his employer and supervisor?” "Yes,” the elder replied, “but we pay the bill; the agency doesn’t.”1 Can-Do Spirit Long-term missionary interest is bubbling in a lot of…
Translation Issues Relevant to Jesus Movements
…address differences of worldview by providing clarification of biblical concepts and background information, either parenthetically in the text or in accompanying articles or footnotes. When this kind of translation has been done as a collaborative effort between people of different cultural and religious backgrounds, the translation process and the resulting…
Ten Tips for Ministering to Hindus
…ate with Hindus. Most Hindus esteem religion in general and are free and open to speak about it. A sincere, nonjudgemental interest in all aspects of Indian life will provide a good basis for friendship. Personal interaction with Hindus will lead to a more certain grasp of the essence of…
The Burden of the Past
…aid, “I saw the missionary wearing shoes, and I thought I’d like to wear shoes too.” There were incentives and expectations at that time. However, the movement was far deeper than that. It was a movement of the soul, and it still is. We know it is no longer the…
Smoothing the Paths
…aid that in discipling Hindus, the crux of the problem lies in baptism. This is not true for the rite of baptism itself. The water, the complete dedication to a special deity, the words—all of these are common in Hinduism. The crux of the problem lies in one significant detail…
Break the Christian Cocoon— Let Hindus See Jesus
…adequacy? Patrick Johnstone (in Operation World) indicates that evangelicals make up 1 percent of the population of India. That means there are some 8.3 million evangelical Christians in India—though I believe there are many more. These are Bible-believing Christians, people sincere in their personal Christian life, faithful to their church…
Operation World 2001
…added to Evangelical churches each year in the last decade. All together, Evangelicals grew from around 300 million in 1990 to 420 million at the close of the 20th century. About 17 million Roman Catholic and Orthodox “Evangelicals” are included in this total. The remaining 403 million come from groups…
Healing the Broken Family of Abraham
…what Muhammad and Muslims ever since Christ have done with Him. And, of course, it will suggest ways for bringing Muslims into the family of Abraham. The book is available from Ministry to Muslims for $15 plus shipping. Quantity discounts are available. To order, contact MTM at the add
A Tale of Two Cities
…aid, the Medinan dimension of Islam is explicit in the Sirah, or life-course, of the prophet. It is also embedded inextricably in the fabric of the Qur’an, with its Meccan and Medinan chapters identified as such. How then can Islam ever be other than both Meccan and Medinan, with all…
Wahhabism: Out of Control?
…aid to the United States that what it does for the Muslim world is none of its business. But the unintended consequences [of Saudi actions] are now being visited upon the United States. We now know where the ideological fervor is coming from.” Pray for wisdom for both politicians and…
A Woman of Vision
…ate through thick and thin. If you were around the Winters for long, you realized that the areas in which they could converse in depth were broad. The books in their home—which take up much of the space—attest to this. She had mothering instincts with many beyond her own four…
ChangIng Your Attitude and Actions to Involve Kids in your Missions Outreach
…addressing this issue. “There was a time when missionaries told stories to children because ‘they were there’, an audience they’d been assigned to, or a group who needed to be entertained. But there’s been a major shift, and now we’re seeing how essential it is to equip children as full…
A Woman of Vision
…ate through thick and thin. If you were around the Winters for long, you realized that the areas in which they could converse in depth were broad. The books in their home—which take up much of the space—attest to this. She had mothering instincts with many beyond her own four…
Behind the Scenes
…ategic Giving—Appearances Can Be Deceiving Every day our mailbox is full of them—appeals for financial support from various ministries and organizations each hoping to convince us that their ministry is the one that is truly worthy of our support. The glossy color brochures and magazines they send us offer compelling…
Training World Christians
…aid sadly. “It took me yet another decade to discover my professor didn’t know what he was talking about.” The history professor was only teaching what he himself had been taught. The Atlantic Monthly (June 2000) calls the General Education courses of our universities (begun back in the ’50s at…
Kids Korner
…aterials that train kids, and let’s equip the men and women who use them.” These reflect some of the issues that motivate present involvement in this valid mission strategy. For those whose business it is to mobilize the church for God’s global cause, here are a few suggestions: Take every…
Joshua Project 2000 is Reborn as Joshua Project II
…address below. Wherever you are in the world, Joshua Project needs the information you have on the peoples you know. E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 1-719-785-0120 Fax: 1-719-785-0117 Mail: Joshua Project II P.O. Box 64080 Colorado Springs, CO 80962-4080 United States
Whatever Happened to the Apostle Paul?
…aid, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved,” for “there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself as a ransom for all” in order that we may not have to “pay the penalty of eternal destruction”…
Guideposts for Giving
…aid that they begged for the privilege of giving. If he had collected funds elsewhere and taken them to the Macedonians, he would have deprived them of the privilege of giving—something for which they were pleading (v.4). This is not to say that there are not legitimate needs in our…