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The Synergy of Partnership
…It was 1990, and the dawn of a new era in Albania. After over 45 years under oppressive atheist leadership the Communist infrastructure began to crumble. The succeeding two years were a convulsive period, filled with public demonstrations and small concessions given in an attempt to spur economic growth while…
Editorial Comment
…Cats and dogs? This year for the first time the once-every-three-year joint meeting of the IFMA and the EFMA includes not only AERDO and EMS but also COSIM. The ISFM meets two days before, at the same place. (See the box below for the meaning of these acronyms.) While the…
Sacrificing Our Small World for His “Every Tongue, Tribe and Nation”
…WHEN I WAS A SENIOR at Wheaton College, my roommates and I had Greg Parsons, the director of the U.S. Center for World Mission, over for dinner. Halfway through the meal, Greg asked me what I wanted to do after I graduated. I told him that I was trying to…
Marianna Slocum: The Chol, The Tzeltal and the Bachajon Thank You
…Many single womenmissionaries indulge in the fantasy that one day the man of their dreams--a handsome single male missionary--will appear on the scene and romance will follow. And for women translators, isolated in remote regions, the yearning can be allconsuming. For most of them, however, the fantasy is no more…
Lottie Moon: “Saint” of the Southern Baptists
…Charlotte Diggs "Lottie" Moon (1840-1912) has often been referred to as the "Patron Saint" of Southern Baptist missions because of the influence she had on missionary outreach and giving. She was raised on a Virginia plantation and after the Civil War pursued a teaching career in Georgia, but her heart…
Blessing Women in Missions
…Frontiers was founded by Greg and Sally Livingstone in 1984 for the exclusive purpose of sending teams to plant churches among Muslims. Each team is individually responsible for integrating women into the church-planting task. When my husband and I returned from the field in 1992, I started focusing my energies…
Pray Without Ceasing!
…We are exhorted from 1 Thessalonians 5:17 to pray without ceasing. Many of the needs of the U.S. Center for World Mission require ceaseless prayer. Our campus is a major battlefield of spiritual warfare. Our 24-hour prayer vigil continues as staff members take a four-hour shift two or three times…
How the Film “JESUS” has become the Most Translated Film in History
…Five Steps in the Translation of "JESUS:" As soon as the language selection is made, the funds are raised, and the process begins. STEP 1: WRITTEN TRANSLATION A native speaker of the language, also fluent in English, is recruited for the process. He or she must be able to express…
AD2000 Movement Leaders Declare:
…Thirty-five functional leaders and founders of the AD2000 and Beyond Movement met in Colorado Springs from May 12-14 to assess progress and discuss the next two and a half years of the movement. In the first session, C. Peter Wagner, director of the AD2000 Prayer Track, asked a spontaneous question,…
Comic Books for the Kingdom
…More people read comics and comic books than any other form of literature on earth. Why not use this street-smart tool for missions? Comics integrate text with visual storytelling to create a powerful communication medium. Comic books are low cost, low tech, long lasting, repeat reading, and already familiar to…
World View Video Library Makes A Positive Impact on Churches
…The images and messages of films and videos have the power to change a person's thinking and his life. This is the goal of assembling the Mobilization tool called the World View Video Library (WVVL), and there are plenty of examples that prove the impact of films and videos. In…
The Meaning of Mission Understanding this Term is Crucial to the Completion of the Missionary Task.
…The future of the world hinges on what we make of this word “mission.” Yet at this moment it is almost universally misunderstood—in both liberal and conservative circles. About the only people who still think of mission as having to do with preaching the gospel where Christ is not named,…
Letters to the Editor
…I say, “Do whatever is needed to get it into the hands of everyone possible.” MF is a tremendous help and catalyst in keeping the mission moving forward towards its completion. --Tim Yours is one of several publications I use to keep “up-to-date” in missions. With many demands on limited…
Editorial Comment
…Dear Reader, This has been for me the most difficult issue of Mission Frontiers. Here at the Center in Pasadena we try to promote the entire Cause of Missions, mentioning specific agencies from time to time, both positively and negatively—and gingerly. This is true in all of the other fifty…
A Pastor with a Passion for the Worship of God by all Peoples
…For over 17 years John Piper has been the senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis Minnesota. His tenure as pastor has been a spiritual and missiological journey in his understanding of the supremacy of God and His global kingdom. The vision that he has shared in his books…
There Is No Greater Satisfaction!
…Senior Pastor, Bethlehem Baptist Church Minneapolis, Minnesota 1991 Duty is good. But delight is better. Picture me bringing a dozen roses home to my wife on our wedding anniversary. I hold them out to her at the door, she smiles and says, “Oh, Johnny, they’re beautiful, why did you?” Suppose…
An Interview with An Indian Christian In A De-Westernized Ministry
…The following dialog is between an Indian Christian who has de- westernized his Indian Christianity. His family along with others are involved in getting the Gospel into the Hindu mainstream of India. (Note: "I" represents our Indian friend being interviewed and "A" represents comments and questions presented by American Christians.…
A Caste Hindu Tells Her Story
…B.V. Subbamma tells her story of the circumstances surrounding her baptism. Excerpts of her story taken from New Patterns for Discipling Hindus, B.V. Subbamma, William Carey Library 1970. During my five years that I attended [a Christian school, I learned a good deal of the Bible. But my caste pride…
Vision for the Nations and EXPLORE Score High
…Mobilization Division Pastor Joel Palser of Liberty New Testament Church in Portmouth, Virginia, desired to impart a mission vision to his church, but had almost given up on using videos as a teaching method—until he discovered the U. S. Center’s new video curriculum Vision for the Nations (VFN). (The church…
A Church in Every People
…Introduction In many ways this is the most remarkable article written by the most remarkable mission strategist of the Twentieth Century. It is extremely doubtful that any other person in history has tramped more places, inquired about the hard facts of the real growth of the Christian movement in more…