This is not what I need, let me try again
2520 Entries found for Keyword(s) "aids"
Letters to the Editor
…aid advertising is that it might influence or interfere with hard-hitting editorial commentary. For example, you might not wish to mention something negative about a missions agency if they were a regular advertiser. However, this does not strike me as being something you would have to worry about too often.…
Editorial Comment
…Aid’s unremitting and deceptive criticisms of standard missionary work (see page 42), mission leaders in general are just—well—very polite about other agencies. Furthermore, there are very few “unattached” mission scholars. Ninety-nine percent of the sage, experienced missionaries are attached to one or another mission, and they do not regard it…
The Sender
…aid to the by-now arthritic churches of the Reformation: The Spirit of God is not content with your sitting and singing of “a mighty fortress.” His dynamic impulses are always outward beyond the walls of your contentment. And Paul’s team structure was rediscovered. Thus, even to hint that mission agencies…
Four Men, Three Eras
…aid so well, “The Bible is a missionary book throughout… The main line of argument that binds all of it together is the unfolding and gradual execution of a missionary purpose.” Did I ever hear Ker’s thought in Sunday School? Maybe. But only in later years have I come to…
A Church in Every People
…aid to the slave, “Be a better slave, “ He said to the slave owner, “Be a better master.” Paul also said in that famous passage emphasizing unity, “There is no male or female.” Nevertheless Christians, in their boarding schools and orphanages, continue to sleep boys and girls in separate…
Mission Training File
…addressing a “front-line” question: “How to provide training to the functional pastorsÜmostly unordained adultsÜwho don’t have access to theological education?” This gathering provided ample evidence that the key people of the Christian movement are “out there” and can’t “come here” for training. Theological institutions that want to be relevant to…
GCOWE Launches the World into the Final Push for a Church for Every People by the Year 2000
…aid their own way; there were no subsidies for African delegates as there were at GCOWE ’95. This was Africa’s opportunity to take its place as a full partner in world evangelization, and they took full advantage of it. African delegates amounted to 69% of all delegates. The African National…
The Prayer Siege Continues! Praying Though The Window III Zeroing in on the peoples of the 10/40 Win
…aid, “When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are safe. But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor...and divides up the spoils.” (Luke 11:21-22) That is why Praying Through The Window III is so important. Without prayer, no amount of…
The ” XGatewayX ” People Cluster Consultation
…aid Phill Butler, President of Interdev, in his opening address. "There are more new nations in the world than there have been in any period in this century. With dramatic changes at every level of society, perceived need is at its highest point ever. In the Gospels, all of Jesus'…
GCOWE ’97 Pretoria, South Africa, June 30,—July 5th 1997
…aid, "Our Mission Executives Consultation will be a working meeting in which we grapple with the issues of world missions and the Kingdom agenda." (See the interview with Avery Willis starting on page 17-19.) It is hoped that this meeting will result in greater unity and love among all mission…
GCOWE ’97 (Global Consultation on World Evangelization)
…attack. A paradigm shift.... The fact that GCOWE '97 is being held on African soil is extremely unique. For years this great continent has been referred to as the dark continent. It has also been seen as a mission field and most Africans have viewed themselves as recipients of missions.…
Two Christian Leaders Discuss Dependency
…aid out the window! Chuck Bennett has 41 years experience in missions, as a missionary in Latin America, a church growth researcher, president of Mission Aviation Fellowship, Executive V.P. of Food for the Hungry International, founder & chairman of AirServ International and, since 1991, president of Partners International. Glenn Schwartz…
Proceed With Caution Part 1
…aid of Western culture as well. Yet there is so much good in the Indian culture that has been ignored in the past and, sad to say, is even ignored today by indigenous Indian missionaries. Indians are proud to be Indians. In their focus on the problems of poverty and…
From Vision to Reality God Blesses One Agency’s Focus on Reaching Unreached Peoples
…aid he had been studying the Bible. The father had one request of Ali: Would he teach Assad's older brother how to be a Christian? "Make him just like Assad!" he said. I've been involved in missions for 50 years and I've seen all types of mission work in most…
The Supremacy of God “Among All the Nations”
…aid that his apostleship was given "to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of [Christ's] name among all the nations" (Romans 1:5). Missions is for the glory of Christ! Its goal is to reestablish the supremacy of Christ among the peoples of the world. Similarly in Romans…
God’s Purpose Throughout History Revealed
…aid that, for every three Javanese families who moved to Irian Jaya, it would give one Irianese family a home, a parcel of cleared land, and seed. The Christian leaders in Irian Jaya asked Richardson how they should counsel their people: "Should we encourage them to accept the government's offer?"…
Is Extraction Evangelism Still The Way To Go?
…attitudes indicate that expulsion is the expected norm, and so extraction of new believers from their societies is subtly (and sometimes not so subtly) encouraged. Each convert extracted from his own cultural situation reinforces in the minds of Hindus and Muslims the misunderstanding that Christians are opposed to their cultural…
An Army Of Artists:
…aid in Discipleship Journal: "Some look upon the arts as merely ornamental, like the frosting on the cake or the decoration on a truly useful object...A poem may describe the beauty of a flower or impel a revolution...The arts are God's gifts." One purpose of this issue is to encourage…
Editorial Comment
…aid recently, "I'm not giving to missions this year. I'm going on two short-term mission trips. That's a lot more fun than giving to missions!" Perhaps she mispoke herself? In some ways tourist missionaries (like Peter in Antioch?) are more dangerous than the wide-eyed young people who are mustering the…
MF Behind the Scenes
…aid the work of Gospel Recordings by dedicating some of their staff to help record gospel messages in yet unrecorded languages. Just one person or couple seconded from each agency could help make up the dozens of new teams needed to record messages in the 4,000 languages yet unrecorded. The…