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Turmoil, Tragedy, and Hope in the Soviet Caucasus
…It couldn't have happened at a worse time. But, then again, tragedy is rarely discriminate or convenient. It came as dark-eyed children were busy with their lessons, sweating factory workers were thinking about lunchtime, and socialist bureaucrats were shuffling what seconds earlier had seemed like all-important paperwork. At precisely 11:41…
The Most Hopeful Picture You Have Ever Seen!
…The Bible does not lead us to assume that all poverty, debauchery, corruption will be conquered before Jesus returns. The Bible does tell us that all peoples will be represented in the final, triumphant company of believers, and that “God will wipe every tear from their eyes…no more death or…
Great Commission Manifesto
…We, the 314 participants from 50 nations gathered for the Global Consultation for World Evangelisation by A.D. 2000 and Beyond, come from many different churches, denominations and ministries under the direction of the Holy Spirit for what we consider to be a singular moment in the history of the Church.…
ACMC Prepares to Mobilize 6000 Churches by AD 2000
…There is a fresh move of God on a global level emphasizing the completion of world evangelization by the year 2000. Such strategies may originate at the mission agency level, yet personnel and finances must come from the church. The mobilization of the North American church for world missions has…
A Tale of Two Cities
…India, a vast land of unimaginable diversity, is known as a Hindu nation. Yet not all of India’s millions bow to idols. Hidden among masses of Hindus, and virtually neglected by missionary efforts, lie more than one hundred million Muslims. Some unofficial estimates suggest that as many Muslims live in…
AD 2000
…It is not easy to see very far ahead at this point in world history. But what we do see is staggering. This issue hums with excitement flowing from the AD 2000 meeting in Singapore (January 5-8) and with anticipation of the upcoming “Lausanne II” congress in Manila. Just think:…
AMA ‘86
…There have been indigenous cross cultural Asian mission agencies for more than a hundred years; they have met in larger conventions; they have sponsored larger conventions. But never before AMA '86 has there been a meeting that brought together top Third World mission leaders from around the world. The fact…
Awakening Denominations!
…Entire denominations are launching new programs for reaching the Unreached Peoples. I confess, when I last heard about 'Loose Change giving,! didn't want it," wrote Dr. Paul Risser, pastor of the Florence Avenue Foursquare Church in Santa Fe Springs, California, in the September/October 1985 issue of Foursquare World Advance magazine.…
What’s Happening
…Payment Crisis Averted The October 1st campus payment crisis was just about the worst yet. We were a full month late in paying our July payment. That meant we had only two months to save up the $300,000 for October 1st. We could see disaster corning and asked the college…
News
…Religious Revival in Czechoslovakia A religious revival in Czechoslovakia has brought about a government crackdown. Things started to boil last summer when more than 100,030 Czechs rallied in honor of St. Methodius, who helped to bring Christianity to the Slays. Just prior to last Christmas, police questioned 40 people, arrested…
Letters
…USCWM Unfair to Amsterdam '86 I must say that I was most disappointed at the very negative lone of the articles on Amsterdam '86 appearing in the July issue of Mission Frontiers. The differences between missionaries and evangelists are quite clear in the minds of most of your readers, I…
Latin America Update
…Latin America More Open to the Gospel than Ever Latin America has never been more disposed to the Gospel than it is now. The Holy Spirit is doing things above and beyond what has been our fondest expectation. In 1950 and '79 when I was in Argentina, there was an…
Editorial
…August, 1986 Dear Friends, Is 1986 going to be a worldwide threshold year highlighting a groundswell of advance toward the year 2,000? I think so. Two issues back, I actually listed on two pages 110 key events leading right down to the year 2,000. Since then, many have told S…
Working Together to Reach Muslims
…We invite you to look over the shoulder of the executive vice president of our university as he writes the lead article in the July '86 issue of Evangelical Missions Quarterly, the professional journal published by the two largest evangelical mission associations in the world. Notice an unusual feature that…
As I See It
…Ten Thousand Evangelists (About the Cover Story, p. 8) Phenomenal! In an auditorium complex with the floor space of 16 1/2 football fields, the most representative gathering of human beings ever assembled studied and prayed and wept and worked together during a packed 10 day experience. I wonder how many…
Missions in Music and the Arts
…Missions in Music and the Arts In North and South America, the lofty goals of World Mission are bursting forth in artistic expression musical and otherwise. The eruptions are occuring in unlikely places. The most unlikely of all may be in Peru. Peru, South America —John Holzmann Kerygma Canta came…
Making Missions Exciting for Children
…Let's face it, missionaries are doing a great job! Eighty five per cent of them work where a church has been established. Unfortunately, 100,000 individuals will die every day never having heard of Jesus Christ, and another 100,000 will die every day who have had the opportunity, but were not…
Spiritual Warfare
…One of the men here at the Center recently told me he felt sorry for me when it first came. "You didn't have any idea of the significance of the spiritual warfare going on around here," he said. He may have been right! My perspective on the world around me…
Bright Hope for Tomorrow
…Is it really possible for a team of people to serve the entire mission cause? Is it possible to serve mission agencies, denominations, and local churches as such as well as young people on college campuses? What would an organization do to accomplish all that? 1. The USCWM stands for…
Frontier Vision Grips Seminaries; Tentmaker Study Completed
…At the regular Frontier Fellowship meeting held this evening at the U.S. Center for World Mission. Bill Campbell, president of Theological Students for Frontier Missions, a mission mobilization group for seminary students, said that "only 9 of over 200 seminaries in the U.S. require student participation in a course on…