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Blessing as Transformation
…Editor's Note: What is the link between evangelism and efforts to bring about societal transformation? Throughout Scripture we see God enlisting a people with and through whom He can work to bring blessing upon all the peoples of earth. This blessing has several facets: relationship with God, material and social…
Resources May be Closer than You Think
…An ancient Shakespeare play has a line which says, “But, where is the money?” As you will see from what follows, I believe the resources to help those in need are often closer to the need than we often think. One of those nearby resources is something which is being…
More FREE Books
…Several publishers are again collaborating with Mission Frontiers to offer free review copies of some significant books. Read below about current and past offerings, then apply here for your choice of a review copy form the current offerings or use the link following each description to find the best source…
10 Church Planting Movement FAQs
…1. What is a CPM? A definition for Church Planting Movements (CPMs) that has held sway for more than a decade is: “a rapid multiplication of indigenous churches planting churches that sweeps through a people group or population segment.”1 No one recalls who first coined the term “Church Planting Movements,”…
A Church Planting Movement Unfolding in Uganda
…A glance at the religious demographics of Africa attests to scores of untold church-planting movements. In 1900, the African continent’s Christian population stood at only 9 million adherents. By 2010, the number had risen to more than 470 million.1 What began a century ago as a colonial byproduct has emerged…
Training for Trainers Process
…This article was adapted from an upcoming book by Steve Smith (with Ying Kai)--T4T: A Discipleship Re-Revolution (WIGTake Resources, 2011). Beyond Ministry-as-Usual Ying Kai, a Chinese-American church planter and pastor, served with his wife Grace as a missionary in an Asian city where they were able to start a new…
A Passionate Call for Maturity that Reproduces
…A distillation of Trotman's message "Born to Reproduce" Navigator founder Dawson Trotman (Daws, 1906-1956) trained a young Navy Christian to win others. That sailor discipled another, and God used these two sailors plus three others under Daws' influence to bring Jim Downing to Himself. (See Jim's interview on p. 17.)…
Embracing Your Mission Journey to the Nations
…The key reason to develop a “perspective” as a global-vision Christian is to understand the world as God sees it. But a razor-sharp biblical perspective is not static, and you really cannot just stand by as a spectator. To see what God sees, and to value what God values, is…
Tokyo 2010 Declaration
…We, representatives of evangelical global mission structures, being intent on fulfilling the ultimate objective of the Great Commission, have gathered in Tokyo May 11-14, 2010 at this Global Mission Consultation to make the following declaration. We set forth this declaration in obedience to Christ’s final command, as a means of…
Setting the Pace
…Come over and help us!” pleaded Stefan Gustavsson, leader of the Swedish Evangelical Alliance, to the delegates at the Tokyo 2010 mission consultation. Echoing the call of the man in Paul’s Macedonian vision almost 2000 years ago, in his plenary address Gustavsson portrayed the stark reality of Europe today, where…
College Students
…We don’t have to look far to see the incredible potential of the almost 70 million college students who currently inhabit our planet. Even though only one percent of the world’s population are collegians, what a powerful one percent they are! This small sliver of humanity provides, and will provide,…
A Compelling, Good-sized Vision
…Dear Reader, From the Haystack Prayer Meeting in 1806 to the Cambridge Seven and the Student Volunteer Movement of 1886, students of previous generations have been a uniquely powerful force in the cause of world evangelization. They literally helped to transform the world of their day by not only bringing…
The Flying Man
…Chariots of Fire In 1981, movie audiences in the USA and abroad were introduced to 1924 Olympic champion Eric Liddell through the film “Chariots of Fire,” which went on to win four Academy Awards, including the award for best picture. The focus of this film was on the events preceding…
Rice Missions and Rice Christians
…As the years passed, I continued supporting myself by working in the construction trade while also studying part-time at a community college and working in Mexico. For a while, I worked at the Mexican municipal trash dump in Tijuana where Pastor Von had begun helping the people on his day…
The Missing Father
…“…In the West there is a ‘missing Father.’ When I go to the U.S. and I am around Christians…it bothers me because [they are] always talking about ‘Jesus,’ often with no reference to God—only Jesus. Even when quoting the Scriptures, there is no reference to the Father.” So observes Mazhar…
New Insight From the Three Eras of Mission History
…Tremendous Progress When the Perspectives course was first developed, half of the world’s population was “hidden” in cultures without a church movement in their midst. Over the last 30 years God has used many factors, including the Perspectives course and this Mission Frontiers bulletin to awaken His Church to the…
What God do Muslims Worship?
…The rise of Islamist terrorism has enraged people across the world. Muslims have suffered the most from terrorists, and they have suffered from the Western backlash as well, so they are fearful and angry at the militants. Many Christians, on the other hand, have directed their fear and anger towards…
Editorial Comment
…Dear Reader, In a minute I am going off on a tangent. First, a few words on all the rich content in this issue. Iran is four times as large as California and has twice the population. It is well over twice the size of Texas with over three times…
Muslims Who Believe the Bible
…Muslim Esteem for Scripture and Prophets Most Muslims are taught the basic doctrines of Islam, namely that they should believe in God, the day of judgment, angels, prophets, and the Scriptures (or else eternal fire awaits them). They are taught that the four main books of Scripture are the Taurt…
The Truth Behind the New Atheism
…I arrived by bus from Heathrow Airport to begin a research program at the Oxford Centre for Missions Studies. I began walking up High Street jet-lagged, dragging a suitcase and carrying a backpack, but curious for my first look at the famous little town. After about 100 paces, I noticed…