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Return to Irian Jaya
…Fifteen years ago, the Sawi, a tribe of headhunters whose highest ideal was treachery, began opening up to the Gospel. As Don Richardson recorded in his book Peace Child many of them accepted and began to follow Christ. Now, on a return visit, Richardson has found that the Sawi have…
Student Volunteer Movement
…Just over a century ago, God inspired 10 year old Robert Wilder with a vision to take the Gospel to unreached peoples. Wilder, growing up in India, reasoned that "if there are so many people here in India who have never heard the Gospel, and if there are so many…
Lots of Good Things!
…The $3 Million... YES! We praise God that He enabled us to safeguard the $3 million we spoke of last issue. Further on I'll explain just how we made the necessary down payment on the "second half" of the campus. This action now doubles and completes the campus. This additional…
Where do we stand
…We are clearly into Orbit: Over $1 million worth of key workers are now on loan to us: 140 people from 40 different mission agencies. Imagine! In just 36 months. We seek to "place for adoption" 10,000 Hidden People groups with responsible mission agencies, East or West, by 1985. Over…
China
…As the door to China cracks open, a clearer picture of Jesus' Church there and the job we have yet to do is beginning to come into focus. Three members of the USCWM's Institute of Chinese Studies, John S, Alan Gates, and Jim Ziervogel, have returned from the People's Republic…
The Non-Essentials of Life
…Issues of lifestyle have been forced on American Christians by a haywire economy and a starving world. Roberta Winter, in this Moody Monthly reprint, goes deeper than motives of fear or guilt, and gives some refreshing, personal reflections on how Christians can withstand the relentless pressures of cul¬ture by engaging…
Waving the Flag for ‘Hidden’ Peoples
…In many respects, Dr. Ralph Winter seems quite humble and unpretentious. He speaks in soft tones, and his clothes are simple and not expensive. He works at an old wooden desk which is scratched and piled with books and papers. Upon meeting him, you might not realize the strategic contribution…
Missions in the Bible
…Although God had given Abraham a clear mandate, blessing him and making him a blessing to all the families of the earth, nevertheless his descendents mainly forgot the second part of that mandate. They remembered over and over again throughout the exodus and the 40 years of wandering in the…
Missions in the Bible
…Imagine a German tribal chieftain in the early centuries having read to him out loud the first five books of the Bible. What impressions would he get? The unfolding story would describe man's fall and then introduce the main subject of the Bible ¬a missionary God chooses a missionary nation…
New Titles Reduce ‘Fallout’
…Students interested in frontier missions have typically fought for the survival of their vision. Dreams are dreamt. Decisions are made. But commitment gets flooded by reality. Plans are laid aside. When diagnosed, the problem seems common: starvation. The lack of vital, practical, inspiring information has caused a severe drop out…
World Consultation Date Set
…"After long weeks of discussion with a number of mission agencies and with our hosts in Edinburgh, Scotland, we have decided to go ahead with October 27-31, 1980 as our date for the World Consultation on Frontier Missions." So stated Larry Aliman, chairman of the Pasadena Convening Committee and Executive…
Financial Inside Facts
…As you flip through this magazine you have to watch out that you don't get caught reading too many interesting things - because you simply don't have the time! But you can at least check the table above which shows our snail's pace progress toward our WATERSHED date, Sept. 15th.…
Meet the Director
…Why would Mainland China announce that its government will pay 19.4 million dollars to a list of American mission agencies for properties seized years ago? On the heels of that report, we now hear that China is asking the Jesuits to return to reestablish a medical school they operated 30…
Mobilizing Churches
…Where do you come in? Suppose the Hidden Peoples of the world were precisely pinpointed, so that we knew every hidden group's location, language, and customs. Suppose mission agencies were ready to go, to push forward "where the name of Christ has never yet been heard" (Romans 15:20,TLB). Suppose a…
Finding and Researching the “Hidden Peoples”
…Institute of Chinese Studies How do you deal with the everchanging problem of reaching the one quarter of the human race who are Chinese, including the forty million Chinese outside of mainland China. Is the Bamboo Curtain finally cracked for the Gospel? Can we discern God's will and God's way?…
What is the U.S. Center for World Mission?
…In this first issue of our new bulletin "Mission Frontiers", it seems reasonable to ask the question... Who are we? Most of our key people are professional missionaries. We have spent years overseas in crosscultural situations. Without exception, we are committed to Christ to complete His Great Commission. No one…