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Church Planting Movements from One Indian Perspective
…addition to the 8.5x11, four-page format of this article, available through the PDF links above and below, this article has also been attractively formatted for printing as a 5.5x8.5, eight-page booklet: for your local print shop to produce as a stitched booklet, or for "duplex" printing on your home printer…
Church Planting Movements Among Muslim Peoples
…attacks of 9/11, as Muslims saw themselves portrayed as members of a terrorist religion, also rattled the conscience of the Muslim society. Other key factors were the 1998 publication of a contextualized Muslim-friendly Bible, followed soon after by a contextualized Jesus Film. Both used terminology that was more intelligible to…
Church Planting Movements Among Hindu Peoples
…aid, “Greater things will you do,” and this is what we find in these movements. Miracles, signs, wonders, and dramatic answers to prayer fuel further evangelism and church formation. The basics of the faith are strongly emphasized: abiding in Christ, evangelism, discipleship, raising up new spiritual leaders and starting new…
How Is Missions Working Out For You?
…aid. We talk about “serving the national believers” or sending our money to them to “do it.” But what do you do when there are no believers there? Send money? That doesn’t work, as John Piper said in a tribute video for Ralph Winter, “We all know that the unreached…
The Bible on Church Planting Movements
…aid, “Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.” This testimony is true. Therefore, rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith. (Titus 1:12-13, NIV) Titus wasn’t starting from great material. He wasn’t working with moral Jews or God-fearers who obeyed the Old Testament Law (Titus…
…aid that "Messiah" is not completely equivalent to "Son of God." And indeed, this is true. My discussion appears in a 2005 internet article entitled, "Bible Translation and Contextualization: Theory and Practice in Bangladesh." Unfortunately, because of the context, the article in Christianity Today may appear to suggest that my…
75 Years as a Disciple-Maker
…awaits our obedience to the Great Commission. What Christ meant by His words, “This gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations” is a matter for continuing study. One gathering of Christian statesmen concluded that it will be accomplished when 30 percent of every…
The Measure of a Ministry
…attitudes, habits and priorities that a new Christian adopts within the first six months to a year of their conversion will usually set their sails for the rest of their lives. This fact must not escape our attention or our intentions. Need-oriented vs. Program-oriented Here’s a challenge for you: In…
Exporting
…attack. Women and children are in danger of being slaughtered by a vicious enemy. The need of the hour is for a platoon of Green Berets to deploy and do what they have been trained to do. The Commander-in-Chief says, “Go.” What will happen if the commanders at the Green…
Oh, An American Is Involved?
…attitudes that those of us in the Global Self-Reliance Network (GSRN) are seeking to address. My conclusion is this: If you think it feels good to be the outside provider, pursue helping local people discover for themselves the joy of giving to fund ministries that bless them. Author of When…
His Kingdom Coming to Afghanistan?
…aid of?” Many other Muslim countries are open to Christian churches operating in their land. That is why I see this struggle as a battle for the soul of Afghanistan, because the reason and logic of the country’s current leaders do not hold up to the experience of Muslims around…
The Sweat Lodge
…aid if we go back far enough in our ancient Christian practices: the Christmas tree; the date for Christmas; Easter eggs; hymns that once were drinking tunes. The list is endless. The old children’s story of the pot calling the kettle black applies here. The sweat lodge is a place…
Progress After 400 Years
…attitudes about education in general and theological training in particular. Anti-intellectualism rooted itself into many of our peoples’ thinking. As Roberto Dansie describes it, “The more they were exposed to formal education, the further they got from themselves.” Taiaiake Alfred says it another way: “The whole of the decolonization process…
Tokyo 2010 and the “Western/Non-Western” Distinction
…adds, “At the same time, I would propose that ‘Western’ and ‘Non-Western’ is an increasingly blurred distinction, for several factors, and may be worth more study.” I heartily agree with David. The trouble begins with inconsistency in defining “the West” as distinct from the non-Western world. If considered historically and…
Anticipating the Seventh Edition of Operation World
…aid. Furthermore, God has used Operation World to touch millions of additional people because of its use in small and large groups, congregations and conferences. Missionaries, mission-minded congregations and pastors throughout the world have used this prayer handbook to spread a passion to reach the nations – and the task…
Is God Colorblind or Colorful?
…aid at her funeral. Isabell also taught Sunday School at the Assembly of God church on the reservation. She attributed her long life to her Christian faith. Did Isabell’s basketry matter to God, as well as her Sunday school teaching? How important was her ethnic heritage in the Kingdom’s big…
Rethinking Our Approach to Muslim Peoples
…aid for their personal safety when thinking of making contact with Muslims, even those in the USA. But how does God want us to respond? It might be natural for us to be fearful, but we are called to supernatural living. And fear is not part of supernatural living. We…
Fanning the Flame
…aid for Northern India following the Kashmir earthquake. In both of these cases, missionaries labored for years without seeing results until these disasters hit. In another study of major crises, including earthquakes, wars and famines, it was discovered that 80% of such occurrences in the last 20 years have taken…
Recapturing the Role of Suffering
…aid of us? We are the modern carriers of this same Word. Do we understand the central place of suffering and persecution in the faith we claim? Or, in light of the freedom that has shaped us, have we written those troubling truths out of the story? Are suffering and…
The Emergence of the One World Project
…aids, the Bible in an additional 30 languages, mission literature in five languages, prayer resources in five languages, audio resources in 15 languages, missions articles, maps and people group information, and evangelistic and discipleship resources from more than 15 major sponsoring ministries. The One World Project would like to thank…