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Fanning the Flame
…What happens when you bring 350 global mission strategists from around the world to collaborate on matters relating to reaching the world’s least-reached people groups? The Holy Spirit begins to move! With such a group, you hardly need an agenda. Just get them in a room together and watch the…
The Incredible Progress of the Frontier Mission Movement
…Although it is difficult to pinpoint exact moments or fixed dates when historical movements begin, it is probably roughly accurate to say that the modern “frontier mission movement” began to gather significant momentum around 40 years ago, in the early 1970s. It is around this time that the first lists…
Seeking Closure
…How close are we to “finishing the task?” The question of “what remains to be done” in fulfilling our Lord’s Great Commission has been a driving force of the missions movement from William Carey to the present day. Fulfilling the Great Commission is so large and complex, no one church,…
The Future is Bright
…This is the first issue of Mission Frontiers without Ralph Winter’s involvement. I’ve pondered what to focus on in this space, which he filled so many times from 1979 till early 2009. Dr. Winter would not have wanted us to focus on him, so throughout this issue, we decided to…
Remembering a Life Well-Lived: Tributes from Around the World
…Billy Graham Evangelist Ralph Winter was a man of God who gave a vision to many Christians of a world in need of the gospel. I used to meet with him on many occasions, often in small group prayer. Some of my vision for world evangelization came from my interaction…
Mission Collaboration 1910 to 2010
…Curiously, while many professions require special training and insight and have large meetings of their practitioners from time to time to compare notes and share knowledge, the role of a cross-cultural mission agency, has not often merited that kind of meeting on the global level. On the national level, in…
Edinburgh 1910 in the Year 2010
…The first question is inevitably, “What happened in 1910 at Edinburgh that was so great?” Two periodicals give background about the unique nature of the 1910 meeting. They can be seen at www.Tokyo2010.org. While only one of the 2010 meetings is intentionally structured like the one in 1910, all four…
Can a Muslim be a Follower of Christ?
…Excerpted from the book, Pilgrims of Christ on the Muslim Road by Paul-Gordon Chandler Family Honor Is Shaken "If you are not going to cease being a Christian, then go and at least be a good Christian,” Mazhar’s uncle exhorted him. Amazingly, this was only three days after that same…
Editorial Comment
…Dear Reader, In this issue we speak of the profoundly helpful role of music in the rescue of human souls. We speak of “proximate sending” in missions. We present an update on the massive P.E.A.C.E. Plan. Finally, we speak of the dread cancer of “dependency”– the fascinating and urgent factors…
‘Two Sides to Every Issue’?
…Ralph Winter’s note: Below is Dr. Finley’s response to a preliminary edition of this issue of Mission Frontiers. Here and there I have added some comments on specifi c statements - in which case we have put those statements in boldface type. Dr. Finley: Dear Dr. Winter, You were very…
What is the Story?
…What is today called the Christian Aid Mission has an interesting history which is summed up in the Summer 2005 issue of its magazine, Christian Mission. Bob Finley first went out as a missionary to China in 1948, the year before the Communist movement there started expelling missionaries. In 1950…
Editorial Comment
…Dear Reader, Islam won’t go away. However, Bush did not declare war on Islam, but against terrorists. Yet many people assume that we need to fight a war against the Muslim world. Is all talk of “war” out of place? Is war against Islam out of place? First let’s revisit…
Editorial Comment
…Dear Reader, Just as we were going to press we received a point of view different from “stay away (entirely) from student debt”–which is my own feeling and the thesis of most of the articles in this issue. Steve Shadrach has worked with college students for 25 years and founded…
Orality: The Next Wave of Mission Advance
…Chronological Bible Storying is changing Christian communication forever. Emphasis on oral learning preferences is the next wave of missions advance. Nearly 70% of the world’s population— and 50% of the USA’s population—desire a non-literate approach to learning and decision-making. Programming recorded and distributed by many Christian ministries should take note.…
Evangelicals, Stereotypes, and Diversities
…The cover story by David Van Biema, entitled “Should Christians Convert Muslims?”, in the TIME magazine issue of June 30, 2003 turned out to be far more balanced than many of us had feared. Originally we received copies of an internal memo (sent to TIME reporters researching the article) that…
Translation Issues Relevant to Jesus Movements
…Historical Debates on Translation Issues The translation of texts is an ancient practice and the discussion and debate surrounding translation date back at least a few millennia. The ancient Greeks spoke of two elements of translation: metaphrase (word for word) and paraphrase (idea by idea). Effective translation was seen as…
Christ-Followers in India Flourishing— But Outside the Church
…A Missouri Synod Lutheran missionary, Herbert Hoefer, made a careful study some years ago, describing it in a small book entitled Churchless Christianty. But it was not hailed at that time as the landmark study which it truly is. H.L. Richard then wrote up a 15-page review of it. Provided…
Islam and Christian Militarism
…Excerpted from the new book by Don Don McCurry For the first three centuries of its history, the Church kept itself separate from secular power. That changed with Constantine, the Roman Emperor who, after his victories in the civil wars that wracked the empire, embraced Christianity and then declared it…
Final Statements of the AD2000 Leadership
…God has put you and me into this crucial hour before the return of His Son, Jesus Christ, with a definite purpose, the fulfillment of His Great Commission. Under God’s loving mercy the AD2000 Movement was conceived and born during the preparation of the second Lausanne Congress in 1989. In…
Muslims tell… “Why I Chose Jesus”
…A survey of Muslim-background believers gives the Christian community an opportunity to hear what fellow Christ-followers found attractive in Christ-centered faith. THE SCOPE OF ISLAMIC INFLUENCE on the world seems to be growing. Images of Islam are increasingly prevalent. Nine states in NigeriaAfrica's most populous statehave just adopted Shariaor Islamic…