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The Korean Church Gets Serious About The Evangelization of the 10/40 Window
…At the Olympic Stadium during the last week of July, 10,000 children prayed for the needy children of the world. This was just one of many Korean AD 2000 Track follow-up activities flowing from GCOWE '95. "The Korean AD 2000 movement will continue in close partnership with the AD 2000…
GCOWE ’95 A Major Step Forward in Building a Movement to the Frontiers
…Relentlessly the participants had planned, organized, prayed and sacrificed for years to bring about this global event. Hundreds of volunteers invested thousands of hours of labor to make it a stunning success. The Korean church gave millions of dollars to cover the cost of food and housing for thousands of…
Edinburgh ’80: The Roots of a Movement
…Over lunch at GCOWE '95, Patrick Johnstone recalls how the AD2000 vision was birthed: ,"In 1980, the World Consultation on Frontier Missions (better known as Edinburgh '80) convened the most international gathering of mission leaders to date (1/3 from outside of the U.S. and Europe) to consider the peculiar challenge…
India’s Mission Leaders Speak to the Western Church
…We gathered together seven influential Indian church and mission leaders and asked them five questions relating to Western involvement in reaching India. We present their edited responses to the first three questions here in this issue. We will print their responses to the second two questions in the next issue…
Networking Is The Way!
…The purpose of the AD 2000 and Beyond Movement is "to motivate and network men and women church leaders by inspiring them with the vision of reaching the unreached by the year 2000 through consultation, prayer efforts and written materials. The intention is to encourage cooperation among existing churches, movements,…
1792—The 200th Anniversary
…Introduction In a letter from Leicester, England, to his "Dear and Honored Father" while preparing for his initial departure for India, William Carey wrote: "I hope, dear father, you may be enabled to surrender me up to the Lord for the most arduous, honorable, and important work that ever any…
Unprecedented Follow-through Program for the “Nations for Christ” Congress in the Former Soviet Unio
…It was an incredible experience! For five days in Riga, Latvia 1000 delegates to the Nations for Christ Congress met daily in a showcase auditorium which two years ago was open only to communist gatherings. Many of those present had been in prison for their faith, some for years. Now,…
Agencies
…The dream of a "Pentagon for Missions" has always been centered on gathering a number of mission mobilizers from as many U.S. mission agencies as possible. These people were to be working together on the research, strategy and recruiting necessary to help the agencies get churches started in each of…
The Rise of the Younger Generation
…Recently, a major panel focused on "Bridging the Generation Gap in Missions" at the meeting of the Evangelical Missiological Society. Passing the baton to the younger generation in missions is a hot topic. It has happened in both the IFMA (Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association) and the EFMA (Evangelical Fellowship of…
AAP Bulletin The Adopt-A-People Clearinghouse Fall 1991
…We as a project of 63 mission organizations are determined to offer the North American church the opportunity of a lifetime! We all know that God blesses us that "His way may be made known on earth, [His] salvation among all nations" or, literally, people groups (Psalm 67). So this…
The Revolutionary Implications of the Unreached Peoples Concept
…A quiet revolution in missiological thinking and strategizing has been taking place for fifty years. It began with the seminal work of Townsend and McGavran in the 30s. It germinated in the early days of the Fuller School of World Missions and in the minds of scattered thinking missionaries worldwide.…
A New Approach to 950 Million Muslims
…"A Church for Every People by the Year 2000" is an unrealistic goal if present methods of reaching Muslim populations constitute our only alternative. But praise the Lord, new thoughts are being considered by highly qualified people who are right out in the thick of the "battle" between Muslims and…
After Lausanne II
…Mission Frontiers made a random sampling of several Lausanne II participants. What follows are a few of their candid viewpoints on “What difference will it make?” Trickle–Down Value? “The challenge of the 21st century has been brought to the fore. The church worldwide now recognizes that about a third of…
Fear No Evil
…Arrested—me, a missionary! In a volatile Latin American country where arbitrary imprisonment happens too often, I was hauled in off the street and, without being allowed to notify my family or consulate authorities, was tossed into prison. The Fear The first night in prison I was dragged to another cell…
“Allied Forces” Converge in Adopt-a-People Clearinghouse
…No one can dispute that a vital factor in the Allied victory in World War II was the ability of Britain, France, the U.S. and other countries to unite in such a way that they overcame a common enemy. This same kind of collaboration could bring great victories for the…
Editorial
…Dear Friend, I am awed, a bit shaken. Ending yesterday, Sunday the 12th of October, was an event in Pasadena, California that should rightly have overshadowed all the annual Tournament of Roses parades and Rose Bowl games put together. Why? Never before in history has the commutative impact of the …
Keeping Close to Your Missionaries
…Missionaries who have been overseas say that mail comes regularly for the first six months or so but then begins to drop off dramatically. This lapse is not only discouraging, it causes many to wonder about their prayer support. Grace Chapel has an effective program to encourage its members to…
What’s Happening?
…WCIU Board Notes Progress TUESDAY June 24 At the WCIU board meeting held today, Board Chairman Greg Livingstone began the meeting with a call to prayer "for the peoples for whom we exist" "We need to be reminded that the war is being won," he said. "Since moved to the…
Luis Bush, Latin America, and the End of History
…"In the January issue of Mission Frontiers. I mentioned talking on the phone to Luis Bush only a few days before going to Guatemala to participate in "The Firs: Matron Consultation of the Evangelical Churches of Guatemala.' I reported briefly on my six days in Guatemala in the last issue…
From the Director
…One Third Times Three I have written about the "One Third Times Three" plan in the past several issues of Mission Frontiers. "One Third Times Three' is a call to take a first step toward living a missionary lifestyle living on two thirds of one's salary for three months and…