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Editorial - November-December 1995
…Monday, October 23, 1995 I am scared to death of two tragic possibilities, no three. First, as I write these words in this editorial (in the first-ever issue of Mission Frontiers edited entirely by people not on our staff) I am seriously concerned that the stark, astounding significance of the…
Editorial Comment
…George Bush, Jimmy Carter, Paul Newman and I are all the same age (Dole is older). True, the four of us who are 70-year-olds have not all travelled in the same circles! But yesterday in church it occurred to me that I am getting so old now that I am…
Joshua Project 2000 Step 6: Planting Churches In Each Of These Peoples
…We have a measurable goal in the Joshua Project 2000 list of least- evangelized peoples. If we stop at identifying, mobilizing, praying or researching, then we fail. The next step is sending teams into each of these peoples for the purpose of church planting. Spend a few moments to consider…
Joshua Project 2000 Step 2: Cooperating with Church Leaders from Every Region of the World
…Joshua Project 2000 is receiving support across the globe, including the Two-Thirds World. Significant portions of Asia, Africa, and Latin America are committed toward reaching the least-evangelized peoples in their own countries and sending out church-planting teams to other lands as well. If Joshua Project 2000 was simply the efforts…
What is Joshua Project 2000?
…Joshua Project 2000 is a global cooperative strategy, focused on the least evangelized peoples of the world. It seeks to engage every church, agency, denomination & Christian from every country in the world in an effort to implement the goal of "A church for every people and the gospel for…
Editorial Comment
…Monday, October 23, 1995 I am scared to death of two tragic possibilities, no three. First, as I write these words in this editorial (in the first-ever issue of Mission Frontiers edited entirely by people not on our staff) I am seriously concerned that the stark, astounding significance of the…
Appendix A Church in Every People
…In the last eighteen years of the twentieth century, the goal of Christian mission should be to preach the Gospel and, by God's grace, to plant in every unchurched segment of mankind--what shall we say-- "a church" or "a cluster of growing churches"? By the phrase "segment of mankind" I…
Hinson Memorial Baptist Moves Forward with the Digo
…In the April-May 1991 issue of Mission Frontiers we told the story of the adoption of the Digo people by Hinson Memorial Baptist of Portland Oregon. In this article we present an update on the progress of this adoption. Although Hinson Memorial Baptist Church in Portland, Oregon, has gone through…
Agape Christian Fellowship Adopt-A-People Update
…If you were to ask the members of Agape Christian Fellowship of Brattleboro, Vermont, about the Baka, they would almost certainly tell you the Equatorial African tribe is the apple of God's eye. For the church, which two years ago adopted the pygmy people who live in the Camaroons, felt…
Bethany World Prayer Center: One Church Pays Off Its Building While Giving $7 million to Missions
…How do you explain and understand this commitment to the whole world in an integrated church in the heartland of Louisiana? One of the African- American church members captured the essence with the phrase, "What is it? It's because of what it is!" As I sat at Bethany on June…
Ko Tha Byu Leads “Stupid Wild Buffalos” to Enlightenment
…This is the second in a series of articles taken from the book, The Founders of the Indian Church, by Donald A. McGavran, which was published in 1937. We present it here for the lessons we can learn today concerning the critical task of establishing a church-planting movement within every…
From Olives to E-mail Frontier Missions Hits the Internet by Debra Fleetwood Wood
…In the mid-1400's a farmer's olive press cranked out the first mechanically printed Bible. God's kingdom hurtled forward at previously unthinkable speed. Within fifty years more than 6,000 books were published, becoming a crucial driving force of the Reformation. Mr. Gutenberg's invention was on the cutting edge of both technology…
Which Missionary Is Doing The MOST Strategic Work? You Choose:
…MISSIONARY A: This missionary is working "overseas" (is that important?) with a strong, indigenous church--the result of 80 years of fine missionary effort--helping an existing church movement to get its seminary going, and to get its church-planting efforts better organized. This church movement already undertakes evangelistic efforts which reach individuals…
US Lausanne Committee Seeks Comprehensive Partnership
…According to a poll in Newsweek Magazine, June 13, 1994, 76% of Americans believe that the U.S. is in a moral and spiritual decline. The cover story of that issue went on to examine more in depth the evidence for such a decline and the growing number of leaders seeking…
Romania Prepares for GCOWE September 20, 1994
…Romania's soccer team surprised everyone in the World Cup Competition in Pasadena this last summer. In a thrilling match they beat Argentina 3 - 2 to reach the quarter-finals. There were no major expectations upon them, but led by the exciting Hagee, they were explosive. They not only won the…
Mobilizing South Asian Christians to Evangelize Their Peers in Their Homeland and Abroad
…The North American Council of South Asian Christians (NACSAC) was organized two years ago with the express purpose of mobilizing South Asian Christians in North America to evangelize the people of and from South Asia and the world. South Asia is comprised of countries that fall within the 10/40 Window--India,…
The Daunting Task of Hinduism
…We have often said that the sphere of unreached peoples with the largest number of sub-groups to be reached is the Muslim sphere-- roughly 4,000 groups. The Tribal sphere is also quite large, but the unreached Tribal groups are almost all small societies that feel like the world is crowding…
An Introduction to India
…Many nations (people groups) make up India's 900,000,000 people. Some 3,000 people groups in India speak at least 1,652 languages. Beyond the complexity of language exists different religions, varied cultures and a society divided by caste --together creating a grid of barriers to the spread of the Gospel. The Blessing…
Editorial Comment
…In an off-the-cuff speech a while ago I tried to describe "The Daunting Task of Hinduism." (See pages 16-18). Reading that talk in transcription, I realize that I painted the picture daunting all right. You can see for yourself why India and its massive Hindu stronghold is, in my mind,…
Let the Buyer Beware
…Financially supporting national pastors and missionaries may not always be the bargain it's cracked up to be. In the light of the skyrocketing costs of sending North American missionaries, more and more churches and individuals are supporting national pastors and evangelists, who generally require a fraction of the support of…