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Editorial Comment
…Dear Reader, Don’t let the masses of numbers deter you from enjoying this valuable issue of Mission Frontiers. This presentation will give you a peek into some of the factors mission leaders mull over in deciding where to work. But, first of all, rejoice that both the Nov-Dec issue and…
How to Kill a Church- Planting Movement
…Caught up in the enthusiasm of churches that seemed to be multiplying spontaneously among his beloved people group, a missionary exclaimed, “It’s amazing! We couldn’t stop it if we had to!” If only this were true. Unfortunately, Church Planting Movements can be stopped, dead in their tracks. Ironically, the very…
Editorial Comment
…Dear Reader, I made a big mistake last time. To some readers I gave the impression that I don’t believe in the Trinity. I was talking about Mohammed borrowing heavily from the Christian tradition—Islam’s use of the word Allah, or even praying five times a day, etc. I said at…
Editorial Comment
…Dear Reader, This issue of Mission Frontiers focuses once more on the incredible importance of the emergence of a major Hindu—a culturally Hindu—movement to Christ. Curiously, our biggest problem in digesting this kind of startling information is understanding the Bible correctly. So let’s talk a little about the use and…
Letters to the Editor
…Dear Mission Frontiers, I am responding to Ralph Winter’s editorial comment in Mission Frontiers (January-February 2004 issue). At present, there is no cure for autism. Nor do children outgrow it (see http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/autism.cfm). There are a host of diseases and maladies in this world that are incurable. How does God view…
Student Volunteer Movement 2
…There is nothing like mission vision on a campus to light the fire of young students to connect to God and His purpose for the world. While I was a student at Columbia International University, students challenged me as much as the faculty and school leaders. I’ll never forget one…
Advancing Perspectives Globally
…More than 50 curriculum developers representing over 25 countries converged at the U.S. Center for World Mission (USCWM) in Pasadena December 9-13, 2003 for a consultation called “Advancing Perspectives Globally.” Following closely on the heels of a preparatory gathering in Amsterdam in April 2003, this meeting brought together leaders who…
Letters
…Letters to the Editor God Bless Al Hammond; I think he speaks the words of Jesus. Hurray to you for printing it. I have been appalled at hearing some of these young earth creation scientists publicly tear down a brother by name (Dr. Hugh Ross) over the airwaves… I have…
Editorial Comment
…Dear Reader, This is not a “frontier of the month” club. My last editorial was about the frontier of science vs. religion. But that frontier is still very much with us. This issue of Mission Frontiers deals with the frontier of “The Re-Amateurization” of mission, a topic we introduced in…
Editorial Comment
…Dear Reader, I would guess that a major reason you are holding this newsprint booklet in your hands is that it helps you in some ways to understand more clearly what God wants you to do. In any case, nothing, nothing can be more important for any of us to…
Letters
…Folded-Up and Dog-Eared I enjoyed and read every article of the [March-April] Mission Frontiers. My issue is folded up and dog-eared from reading. And I am not a professional missionary [or] teacher of missions but rather a layperson with an interest in the subject. Mark Harris’ article about student selection…
Letters to the Editor
…An open letter to Ralph D. Winter and Patrick Johnstone (in response to “The Missing Piece in Global Mission Strategy?” and “The Case for a Global Inter-Missions Network”, May-June 2003) I am hesitant to write as I have been, and continue to be, mentored and discipled through the writings of…
UP (India)Transformation Movement
…These excerpts from World Inquiry reports give a taste of the refreshing flow of God’s Spirit in new plans and initiatives. Vision 2010: UP Transformation Movement is the God-given strategy to reach India’s Uttar Pradesh state: with multiplying, reproducing, disciple-making house churches through a consortium of organizations and networks committed…
International Coalition Steering Committee Report
…God leads His people through the burdens, visions and dreams of His servants who are submitted to His will and engaged in His mission. By listening to these burdens and visions we have an indication of what God wants to do in the future. There are lessons to be learned…
How Did The Edinburgh 1980 Conference Come Into Being?
…Editor’s Note The reason for presenting a highly condensed statement from something written back in 1980 is to illuminate the steps now being taken to call a similar meeting for 2004. The original article, entitled “Precarious Milestones to 1980,” was first published in the Occasional Bulletin of Missionary Research, Vol.…
The New Evangelical Universities
…Universities, one might argue, form a system of interdependent links involving both sovereign states and economic institutions in the exchange of students, professors, ideas, technology and money. Emanating historically from a still-influential North Atlantic core, this great “knowledge industry” reaches around the globe in complex networks of institutional interaction. Comparative…
Editorial Comment
…Dear Friend, Of all the things missionaries are engaged in, aren’t schools of any sort the least questionable?Wrong, whether you are talking about schools in general or about ministerial training schools in particular.My article on page 10 advances the thought that ministerial schools both at home and abroad go wrong…
Singapore ‘02
…A theme verse emerged for the Singapore ’02 Consultation, which Greg Parsons shared during the first evening’s opening remarks: “…we received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles, for His name’s sake” (Romans 1:5) Consultation participants shared in common the desire to bring…
‘Table 71’ Creates Most Significant Missiological Advance since 1974
…The DAWN idea and the unreached peoples movement had been running in parallel streams. That is, until 'Table 71' burst on the scene and solemnized the union of these potent forces. Totally unaware they were even going to meet at Amsterdam 2000, the participants of ‘Table 71’ have produced, in…
Member Care at the Frontiers
…The member care world is developing and growing. “Member Care” once meant counseling for missionaries. Now we see a movement to provide practical support that far exceeds the earlier practice. The article by Kelly O’Donnell in this issue of Mission Frontiers portrays the scope of member care, so I won’t…