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Partnership Really Works
…ate and discuss further development of the Christian work done in partnership. One of the key issues discussed this year was if partnerships lead to a more effective and integrated Christian witness and thus to more churches being planted. The overwhelming consensus, illustrated by many examples from various partnerships, was…
The Rise and Fall of the IMC
…additional, separate decision to follow Christ as full-time workers, usually being so highly committed that, compared to pastors who stay home, all they ask is living expenses varying with the size of their families, not a salary varying with a measure of the output of their worksuch as the number…
What is it like to be a Partnership Facilitator?
…aid of losing their best people to another organization. Sally: That's right. We would say to a mission leader, "Of your, let's say, 32 frontier mission field candidates, perhaps one of those people could go to the field as a Partnership Facilitator rather than the usual church planter." The facilitation…
The Synergy of Partnership
…aid, "[Enver] Hoxha destroyed the human soul. This will take generations to restore." In 1997, political corruption and popular outrage at bogus investment schemes gone awry led one newspaper to describe the state of emergency as "on the verge of madness." Alongside this turbulent political and economic scene that frequently…
Dreams Move Toward Reality in Africa
…ategies are helping... "I have a dream!" These are famous words from Dr. Martin Luther King. Not so well known, but equally powerful are the words of this African proverb that says, "If a man dreams a dream alone, it remains nothing but a dream. But when a people dream…
MF Behind the Scenes
…aid, "Except for the Great Commission itself, this is one of the strongest comments Jesus made on missions. He hinged the credibility of our mission message on our oneness in Him. It's as if He said to the world, 'Don't believe them if they don't have unity among themselves.'" Jesus…
Editorial Comment
…aiding this closer relationship. It may take time. Let me give some examples of growing pains in cooperation. Let's rejoice at the incredible picture this issue of Mission Frontiers paints concerning the amount of partnership (sometimes called cooperation or networking) that is already in place. Wycliffe Bible Translators had its…
Women in Mission
…aid determined to get to China, to Eliza Davis George, black woman missionary to Liberia; from translator Rachel Saint to medical doctor Helen Roseveare; from Isobel Kuhn and Elisabeth Elliot, mobilizing missionary authors, to Lottie Moon, pacesetting mission educator; from simple Filipino housemaids in the Middle East to women executives…
A Living Legacy:
…ate in Bangalore, India, would benefit her health. She was 28 when she arrived in Bangalore--and began her ministry by traveling with several Indian sisters to the surrounding villages, sharing the Gospel message of hope. In these early travels she was exposed to the horrors of temple prostitution that many…
Editorial Comment
…aid so. He may have used the "altar to the unknown god" as a bridge to the Gospel, but I don't think that those who believed his message continued to go to the same altar and worship, except to now call it "the altar to the known God"! The church…
Sacrificing Our Small World for His “Every Tongue, Tribe and Nation”
…aid earlier in a seminar. Yet, throughout the week he was concerned about his girlfriend--soon to be his fiancée--who, to his knowledge, had no desire to go to the mission field. He decided to ask her what she might think about such a choice of life. To his great relief,…
Rebecca St. James Calls Her Generation to Holiness and Missions
…aid. "I know how it changes your perspective and gives you a passion for reaching out to the world with the love of God, a passion for The Great Commission. I personally have a real heart for missions. It's natural for me to want to encourage others to do something…
Marianna Slocum: The Chol, The Tzeltal and the Bachajon Thank You
…aid. And when her work with the Bachajon people was over, she and Florence started all over again in the mountains of Colombia.5 Taken from Guardians of the Great Commission by Ruth A. Tucker. Copyright © 1988 by Ruth A. Tucker. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House.
Wed Only to Their Master
…aid, "Lord, what can I do? How can I go on to the end?" And he said, "None of them that trust in Me shall be desolate." That word has been with me ever since.3 In India, Carmichael became deeply involved in children's work, most specifically in rescuing girls from…
Navajo Nation Places Hopes of Stability on Their First Christian President
…aid. In the "new government, the people are at the top, (tribal employees) are in the middle and I am on the bottom--at the service of all," the Albuquerque Journal reported. A symbol of the passing of power, the Chief's blanket was placed on Begaye by the interim president, Milton…
Nashville to the Nations
…aid Wood. "God is working to raise awareness of missions and a stronger interest in partnership among the churches." Wood was at a missions conference a few weeks ago and the largest Pentecostal church in Nashville, Christ Church, is now in covenant partnering with First Baptist Church of Franklin (a…
Lottie Moon: “Saint” of the Southern Baptists
…aid, "God had first claim on my life, and since the two conflicted, there could be no question about the result."2 With that decision to remain single came a determination to carve out for herself a more fulfilling ministry among the Chinese people. She was convinced that her talent was…
Editorial Comment
…ates that in legal matters it takes two women to equal one man. A Buddhist proverb says, "She is born a woman because she committed a thousand sins in the previous world." In Hinduism, it is common for women to pray to be reincarnated as men. The vast majority of…
Keith Green Commands a New Generation to Go into Missions
…aid Melody Green Sievright, Green's widow. This generation is being challenged to live radically committed lives for Jesus. Sparrow Records recently released four collections of Keith's music with the themes of: Worship, Evangelism, Testimony and Devotion. The albums not only contain Green's best songs in each of these areas, but…
Joy Ridderhof
…aid, "It was Joy, specifically Joy who coming back from her trip to the Philippines, challenged us--the Wycliffe Bible Translators--to go to the Pacific part of the world....She was a very true instrument of God to pass the vision on...."3 When Joy died in 1984, Gospel Recordings had already captured…