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The Journey of “Hole in the Clouds”
…My journey began in the spring of 1988 while working with the Indian Workers Conference of the United Methodist Church in Michigan. Here I accepted God’s call to help lead a new approach to evangelize Native Americans. I learned all I could about the spiritual and religious ways of the…
Jesus Lives as Good Medicine for my People
…I am Dakelh from the Bear Clan in Nadleh Whut En, an Athabaskan Carrier tribe in Northern British Columbia, Canada. I was baptized a Catholic and came to a personal faith in Jesus Christ when I was eight years old. My own spiritual journey has led me to be a…
Blogging from Tokyo 2010
…The most powerfully moving moment of the conference: Stefan Gustavsson of Sweden gave a Macedonian call (“come over and help us”) lecture about how to evangelize secular Europeans, the “prodigal sons” of Christianity today. It was a good lecture, if a bit academic, but the organizer of the conference, Yong…
Taking This Conversation Forward
…Global mission gatherings can jump-start new directions for a global Church, and the world-level consultations planned for 2010 have all the potential to do so. As we look back, we can see that the 1974 Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization sprouted two new directions from two separate critiques of evangelical…
Do People Groups Still Matter?
…The year 2010 is an appropriate year to step back and re-visit the emphasis on “people groups” that has been foundational for the U.S. Center for World Mission and others in the frontier mission movement since 1974. Therefore, this issue of Mission Frontiers is a springboard for a series of…
Further Responses to Paul Hiebert
…Bruce Graham Bruce Graham is an Associate Editor of the Perspectives Reader. He is a member of the Frontier Mission Fellowship and has served in South Asia in a variety of roles. The concept of people groups, and the dynamic of people movements, as a focus and goal of frontier…
Worshipping Jesus
…Barton’s book, Sacred Rhythms, says it best in her intro: “The disciplines themselves are basic components of the rhythm of intimacy with God that feed and nourish the soul, keeping us open and available for God’s surprising initiatives in our lives. After we learn the disciplines, there is infinite creativity…
Rethinking Our Approach to Muslim Peoples
…Dear Reader, When I say the words “Islam” or “Muslim,” what thoughts or images come to your mind? Do you think of bloody pictures of terrorist attacks from Israel or New York? Do you think of masked gunmen with AK-47s raised in the air and explosives strapped to their chests?…
Loving Bin Laden
…“Do you mind if we blindfold you?” the Hezbollah fighter asked nonchalantly. “If I have a choice, I’d prefer not, but I’m guessing it’s your call,” I replied with a (nervous) smile. For some reason, they simply chose to make me change cars (all black Mercedes) several times on the…
Suffering By Degree
…What I’m about to talk about does not normally “count” as suffering, but I’m going to include it anyway. While this issue of MF provides clarity to the realities and dimensions of physical suffering, I want to draw attention to another type of suffering usually not considered worthy enough to…
The Other Side of the Cross
…A contemporary worship song includes these lines for the believer to voice to Christ: “Like a rose, trampled on the ground, you took the fall and thought of me, above all.” Excuse me? Did Christ think of me “above all” while he was on the cross? The Scriptures don’t point…
Recapturing the Role of Suffering
…The following is excerpted from chapter 24 of From Seed to Fruit: Global Trends, Fruitful Practices, and Emerging Issues among Muslims (William Carey Library, 2008). To order copies, see page 2 of this issue of Mission Frontiers. Unless a kernel of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains…
In Pursuit of Effective Models of Mission
…In June, I was sitting with a friend of mine from Asia and he shared this story with me. He is involved in mobilizing and training missionaries from a country there. He had just returned from a meeting of missionaries from his nation who work in a Muslim country. As…
Getting It Done
…Q. What are some of the things you are seeing God do today that are accelerating the fulfillment of the Great Commission? A I believe there is a new sense that God is at work and the Kingdom is expanding throughout the world in ways that nobody can take the…
Editorial Comment
…Dear Reader, It is the greatest need in the world today. It is the most fundamental command that Jesus ever gave us. Yet the Church as a whole is not doing it. The Church and the world are suffering greatly today for our disobedience to His command to make disciples.…
Sweeter than Honey
…Checking out a “99 Cent Store” was one of my husband’s favorite pastimes—almost a hobby. One day he came home to show me his bargains and displayed a jar of honey. Imagine his chagrin when he read the fine print and discovered that one of the ingredients listed on the…
Providing the ‘Infrastructure’
…Doing ministry requires infrastructure and capable people to provide smooth operations; our Services Division provides both! In the USCWM, Services has both external and internal customers. Our Records and Subscriptions team uses technology to maintain electronic files which enable us to prepare mailings for the Global Prayer Digest and Mission…
Editorial Comment
…Dear Reader: For the first time in the 30 years of its publication, Dr. Ralph Winter is not writing the editorial for an issue of Mission Frontiers. His treatments for lymphoma have forced him to cut back. Mission Frontiers will continue to fulfill the mission with which Dr. Winter started…
Planting Churches
…Planting Churches: Learning the Hard Way “Church planting is easy!” we thought. Within a few months of landing in a North African city, we already had a group of men and women meeting in our home. Joining that fellowship were some Muslim-background believers who had previously come to faith in…
Foundations of the World Christian Movement
…Foundations of the World Christian Movement is a 3-unit online course that has been instrumental in providing students with challenging insights into the Christian movement and its impact on world history. Epoch events situated into 400 year periods, chronicles the global development and the Christian faith’s lasting influence on Western…