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The Long March Forward
…The first non-Jewish worshippers of Jesus may have been Persian Zoroastrians. The “magi from the east” recorded in Matthew’s gospel were likely members of an ancient Persian tribe who, like the Levites in Judaism and the Brahmans in Hinduism, had become the priestly caste in Persian society. They were astrologers…
EFMA Considers “Urban”, “Country”, “People” Approaches to Unfinished Task
…In the historic castle of the Navigator's idyllic Glen Eyrie Conference Center in Colorado Springs, over 175 mission executives of the Evangelical Foreign Missions Association (EFMA) met September 27 30 to consider "The Challenge of Our Task" the remaining task of world evangelization. The Mission Executive's Retreat is an annual…
The Future of Ethnodoxology in Arts and Mission
…Ethno-WHAT? In the early 1990s, the term ethnodoxology did not exist. Coined by Dave Hall, its first appearance in print was in September 1997.1 As we launched the organization that became the Global Ethnodoxology Network (GEN), many people asked us, “Why would you want to use a word no one…
Reimagining & Re-envisioning People Groups
…Barth’s seminal work Ethnic Groups and Boundaries (1969) marked a turning point and “shift from a static to interactional approaches to ethnicity.”10 Barth “abandons the notion that cultures are clearly bounded, separated and homogeneous units.”11 The focus is not on cultural traits, but on dynamic interactions, ways people embrace, constrain,…
Key insights in enabling movements among the Hindu and Muslim peoples
…Today, we live in a very exciting time when millions of people from the Hindu and Muslim peoples are coming to faith. Isaiah talked about a new thing in Isa. 43:18-19 when he said: “forget the former things: do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new…
Equipping the Deaf, Transforming Lives
…Though Eiji was born and raised in Japan and still lives there, Japanese is a foreign language to him. He began attending church when he was a student and now he is a pastor, but still finds it difficult when he reads the Japanese Bible to prepare Sunday sermons or…
The Southern Baptists Restructure to Reach the Unreached Peoples
…The largest Protestant denomination in the world, the Southern Baptist Convention, with over 15 million members, is going through a renaissance of mission strategy and structural change that is earthshaking in its magnitude. The Southern Baptists have been involved in missions for over 150 years, but recently the Foreign Mission…
Four North American Centers for World Mission Spread Frontier Mission Vision Throughout Continent
…It was the morning of April 19, 1977. Dr. Ralph Winter put the finishing touches on the document he was working on, handed the paper to his secretary to retype and photocopy, and then sat back in his chair. Looking out the window, he continued to think about what he…
Biblical Mobilization for What?
…In our previous article in the January-February issue we considered the vital need of clarifying a biblical missiology of mobilization, a core area of kingdom contribution often overlooked in today’s mission movement. We also looked briefly at the potential of an explosion of focused mission mobilization emphasis across denominations, organizations…
Reconstructing a “House of Knowledge”
…It was after midnight when she finally heard the gate open. Flora Mwikali dragged herself wearily from the comfort of her cot and started toward the light from the lounge. The matron, Mummy, was already there. Suddenly the guard called, “They are too afraid. You must come, Ma’am.” As Flora…
Manna and the Land: A Question of Timing
…Sixbert lived on only $60 each month. With his family of nine, he struggled to afford rent and to provide for the needs of his family. After missing several rent payments, Sixbert, his wife, and their seven children were evicted from their home and became homeless. As a husband and…
Possible Pitfalls of Jesus Movements
…The Jesus movements that are springing up these days in non-Christian religious contexts seem radically different from anything we have seen before. The questions many are asking are, Will these movements result in syncretistic or heretical faiths? Will they connect people to God through Christ, or will they keep people…
When the Church Staggers, Stalls, and Sits Down (In the Middle of a War!)
…Bart Ehrman, a graduate of Moody Bible Institute and Wheaton College, also a former pastor, now a professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Last time I quoted him from an article in Biblical Archeology, explaining why all the evil in the world led him…
Reviewing the September-October Mission Frontiers
…Editor’s note: our September-October cover theme, “Can We Trust Insider Movements?”, prompted a lot of response, and in these pages we give you a sampler of the subsequent conversation. The September-October issue included an article by John and Anna Travis, who said, “As we have seen the resistance toward changing…
Land of Dharma
…Foreword to Living Water and Indian Bowl by Dayanand Bharati (William Carey Library, 2004). Reprinted by permission. India is a land of many different religions. Hinduism is a way of life with many different belief systems. It is significant that the proper name for “Hinduism” is “Sanatana Dharma” or “the…
How Goes the Harvest?
…Mission Frontiers Samples Six Denominational Boards Known to have Activities Among Unreached People In the early 1980's as a result of a new emphasis on the still- unreached from many sources, more and more mission agencies began to stress once again the necessity to become involved in pioneer mission work,…
Exciting News from the Frontlines
…Training for Relief & Development A Task for Christian Higher Education? Dr. Teisunao 'Ted' Yamamori, president of Food for the Hungry International (FH1) recently announced a consultation to discuss the relation of evangelical relief and development agencies to institutions of Christian higher education. To be held on the campus of…
The Rise and Fall of Movements: A Roadmap for Leaders
…On the back cover of this latest release Addison describes a movement as “what God can do when you let go of control and multiply disciples and churches.” With just over 200 pages, the book is organized around eight chapters using what Addison identifies as “the lifecycle of a movement.”…
Facilitating What?
…POPs Want to Be Found John 4 records an encounter Jesus had one day with a woman from Samaria. She had serious problems. She had married and divorced 5 times, and was then living with a man who wasn’t her husband. That’s a lot of marriages, especially in the first…
When God’s Kingdom Grows Like Yeast
…In Matthew 13:33 and Luke 13:20 Jesus likens the Kingdom of God to yeast, a substance that transforms from the inside out. In the days surrounding His death and resurrection, Jesus instructed His followers to proclaim the good news of the Kingdom to all peoples of the world. Today numbers…