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Foreign Subsidy Under Scrutiny
…[Note: this article begins a two part series on the unfortunate consequences of foreign subsidy and offers suggestions to avoid them. The material is excerpted from the second chapter of the author’s book, Polemic Missiology in the 21st Century: In Memoriam of Roland Allen (Amazon Kindle, 2013). For more information,…
Bible Translation 3.0
…Bible Translation in Transition A major transition is occurring in Bible translation. This transition has been triggered by a foundational shift of historic proportions: the ownership of and authority over all aspects of Bible translation is returning to the global Church. It is assumed that where the Church exists in…
Ekballo
…All eyes are on the desert-lands. Pressure, pressure, pressure. It’s mounting, it’s rising. A quagmire of conflict has developed with nations rising against nations, and enemies rising against enemies of enemies. The lines seem to be blurred in the battle for this historic and sacred land. There’s been countless murders…
Confronting the Challenges of Our Time
…With this issue of MF we are issuing a clarion call for “all hands on deck.” Put on the full armor of God and prepare yourselves for spiritual battle! Every follower of Jesus who claims him as their savior has been called to live on mission with God—to proclaim the…
Baptism in Muslim Ministry
…I was recently conducting my two-day training on Church Planting Essentials in a North African country among workers from a variety of agencies. While we were discussing “How to disciple Muslim-background believers (MBBs)” 1[1] a brother raised his hand and asked, “So where does baptism fit in here?” Clearly from…
Transform World 2020
…We are at a kairos moment in world history. As we gaze across the world’s horizon, several issues urgently beckon the church to respond and engage. Nations are in an uproar, religious kingdoms are shaking, social order is declining, the poor continue to face abject poverty and injustice, and the…
T4T or DMM (DBS)? Only God can start a Church Planting Movement! - Part 2 of 2
…In the January-February 2015 issue, we examined how two common Church-Planting Movement (CPM) approaches compare to each other. One is Training for Trainers (T4T) and the other is Disciple-Making Movements (DMM). Part Two examines the mechanics of T4T and DMM and how many CPM practitioners are blending elements of each.…
…Dear Readers With every issue of Mission Frontiers we seek to provide you with cutting-edge strategic insights into how we can overcome the obstacles to world evangelization and more quickly reach each of the remaining unreached people groups. God is working through his servants around the world to create breakthroughs…
Perspectives
…Forty years ago Ralph Winter gathered a small number of Urbana Mission Conference students at Wheaton College. Who knew that what started there would turn into a mobilization movement that would still be going strong today? The longevity and impact of the Perspectives Course is nothing short of miraculous. Today…
New Era: Embracing a New Era in the Frontier Mission Movement
…In 1976, a mild-mannered professor at Fuller’s School of World Mission named Ralph Winter launched a daring effort to change the world by purchasing a $15 million college campus in Pasadena, California. His goal was to foster a collaborative movement of mission agencies, churches and students to bring access to…
Frontier Ventures
…In 1976 the U.S. Center for World Mission was born. Ralph and Roberta Winter felt compelled by God to step out from the secure and stable environment of a tenured academic position to focus on “waving the flag” for the Unreached Peoples. Just two years before, in the summer of…
The Roberta Winter Institute
…Birth of an Institute The Roberta Winter Institute (RWI) sprouted in the latter months of 2001. Just as the world was reeling from the 9-11 tragedy, Ralph D. Winter was reeling from a tragedy of his own: watching Roberta—his wife and companion of 50 years—slowly fade out of this world…
Gospel Restores Honor to the Dishonored
…[Editorial note: This article is based on the 1994 EMQ article "The Gospel for Shame Cultures" by Bruce “Thomas” Sidebotham and has been revised on Bruce’s own site in this 2002 revision.] In Indonesia, our Muslim housekeeper told us that when she was a little girl she had a friend who…
T4T or DMM (DBS)? - Only God Can Start a Church-Planting Movement (Part 1 of 2)
…The Spirit of God is launching Church-Planting Movements (CPMs) around the world, just as he has done at various times in history. With Acts-like DNA disciples, churches and leaders are multiplying every few months. In the glorious mystery of God causing the growth, we find that he calls us to…
Restoring What Was Lost
…I want to start out by thanking the four guest editors who filled in for me during my recently completed sabbatical. They all did a great job for which I am very thankful. Thank you also to those MF readers who remembered me in their prayers during my absence. It…
The Gospel of Purity for Unreached Peoples
…[Adapted from The Global Gospel: Achieving Missional Impact in Our Multicultural World by Werner Mischke (MissionONE, 2015). Purity is one of nine honor/shame dynamics explored in this book.] Does the Buddhist, Hindu or Muslim have to learn to think like a Westerner about guilt before he or she can appreciate…
New Wineskins?
…Finally released after four years in prison, Ann was thin and tired, but her face radiated joy. Not only the joy of seeing her husband and now seven-year old son again, but the joy of a life transformed by Christ. She had been put in prison on false charges of…
What You Need to Know:
…1. Befriending is key. Friendship in the Asian context always requires a willingness to go the extra mile or two without counting the cost. Such a relationship not only requires much time, effort, and resources but also a willingness to be used up in service to Christ. 2. Earn the…
The S.O.I.L.S. of the CPM Continuum: The Sliding Scale of Strategic Time Investment
…The training participants were drawing near the end of their three-week CPM (church planting movement) training. As they heard God speak, each drew up a three-year strategy plan for the city or people group he or she represented. As my wife and I met with them to review these plans,…
The Worship Wheel
…We developed the Worship Wheel as a tool or set of modules for use in arts workshops with Christ-followers from indigenous minority groups in Asia.1 Many workshop participants have responded positively to this tool, and other workshop leaders throughout the world have reported on its usefulness in their specific contexts. …