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Letters
…Two Bikes I write in response to "When Two Bikes Split a Church" (Dec. 2000). Over the last three years our organization has sent more than $30,000 to India for indigenous ministries to use specifically to buy bicycles for their workers. The actual result has been the planting of hundreds…
The JESUS Film Makes Astounding Progress
…Three years ago we featured this powerful mission resource. Read and be amazed at their progress in so short a span of time. In the December 1997 issue of Mission Frontiers we featured the JESUS Film Project on the occasion of their having reached over one billion people with this…
Further Reflections
…I first attended Urbana during my third year of year of college. That year a friend, Doug Houch, and I were seeking to challenge our college/career group toward mission. We created an insert that was put in our church bulletin every other month called "Mission Madness." I can't believe they…
Words of Hope
…Missionary radio fosters church planting worldwide. Pastor Ivan Zachariev stood silent. He had just been asked by George Cooper, director of Central-East European Ministries for Trans World Radio (TWR), if there had been any additional letter responses from listeners to the Balkan Romani broadcast to the Gypsies of Bulgaria. Pastor…
When Two Bikes Split a Church
…Christopher Little When my wife and I entered Mozambique in 1993, the United Nations listed it as the poorest country in the world. We had been exposed to poverty before, but nothing prepared us for what we were to experience. Our first night inside the country was a sleepless one--due…
News
…Seoul, Korea Mission Korea Calls Youth to "Declare His Glory Among the Nations" Over 6,000 people attended Mission Korea 2000 in Seoul, Korea, August 7th-12th. "Jesus, The Lord of History, Declare His Glory Among the Nations" was this year's theme and Youth With a Mission, Korea served as host. This…
Radio for the Little Guys
…Within Reach: Nationals expressed enthusiasm about the feasibility of ministering through the low-cost, low-powered radio stations at Amsterdam 2000. Amidst a desire to reach the most people with each broadcast, radio ministry has frequently focused on major languages and the mass markets. In being audience-driven, some have argued that many…
Crossing Boundaries, Penetrating Barriers
…When our Lord Jesus Christ, the greatest communicator of all, left glory to enter our world, He fed the hungry, com-forted the bereaved and healed the sick. As scripture puts it, "the Word became flesh" (John 1:14). But radio has no arms to hug people, it can neither deliver loaves…
That the Natives Might Lift Jesus Up
…Richard Twiss is the president of Wiconi International, whose vision is to see Native people find faith and life in Jesus Christ and fulfill their God-given place in the Body of Christ worldwide (www.wiconi.com). He is the author of the recently released One Church Many Tribes, Following Jesus the Way…
Taking it to the Nations
…As the curtain opened, the silhouette of two men began to take shape through the blue fog shrouding the stage. The rhythm of their drum could be heard throughout the auditorium where more than 1000 Chinese people waited for the "Red Indians." From each side of the stage came a…
True Local Ownership Through Micro-Credit
…My first exposure to abject poverty was while serving as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines. My wife, Pat, and I served there from 1971-1973. Surprisingly, it was through this U.S. Government program that we learned the basics of how to avoid dependency! "What they saw is what…
Further Reflections
…There he was. Though we hadn't seen each other in 15 years, we instantly recognized each other. We hugged and picked up our relationship where we had left off. Both of grown quite a bit and learned a bit about life and ministry from those days in seminary when we…
Further Reflections
…A few months ago, missionaries that our church has supported for more than 35 years were in town. During their visit, they confided in me about some research they had seen. A retired missionary they know had returned to Africa to study the impact of Bible training on the teaching…
The Student Mobilizer
…All of us want to know God's will for our lives. And so often, in our best and worst moments, the question that we ask is, "Lord, what do you want me to do?" I have learned from my own experience, though, that this is not where the questions should…
Going South of the Border for a Short-Term?
…Could it be true that a good portion of our short term missions effort actually hinders God's work? Popular cross-cultural evangelistic programs are based on given assumptions. Some of these can actually impede the progress of contributing to a healthy, indigenous local church. This article explores these assumptions and the…
Ignite the Passion
…African Americans make up about 12 percent of the U.S. population, but less than 1 percent of the American missionary force to the world. Why is this? What can be done to change it? Many are saying that African Americans are in a position to become one of the most…
Jewel of the Kingdom: William Sheppard
…William Sheppard was born in Waynesboro, Virginia in 1865 shortly after the close of the Civil War. His family of devoted Presbyterians was considered well-to-do in the African-American community. Bothfreed slaves, his father was a barber and his mother managed a Ladies Health Bath. At the age of 16, William…
The Vision of Lott Carey
…Born in 1780, Carey worked as a young man in Richmond's tobacco warehouse district. Through his own savings and with help from sympathetic white people, he raised the money to purchase both his freedom and that of his family. He also learned to read and write by attending a night…
Kids Korner
…Greetings Don't miss out! It's not too late to register for the International Children's Expo 2000! This expo is for: - Sunday School Teachers - Kids Club Leaders - VBS Directors - Christian School Teachers - Home Schoolers! The dates are April 6-8, 2000, at…
Are you a Keeper or a Killer?
…A Challenge to live as did the One who laid down His life for us. The Romans were known to tie a murderer to the corpse of their victims. We in the African-American community must recognize that many of the problems we face are from the fact that we have…