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Letters
…Contextualized Ministry Among Native Americans: Can Drums Be Sanctified? MF received a letter from a reader with some serious concerns about certain approaches to contextualization among Native Americans. His comments were spurred by the interview with Richard Twiss entitled, “That the Natives Might Lift Jesus Up,” found on pages 8-11…
An Overview of the Unfinished Task
…At the second millennial turn, while no one can know the precise conclusion of history we are now certain that we are within range of finishing the task, with more momentum than ever before. "For the first time in history it is possible to see the end of the tunnel,…
Editorial Comment
…Dear Reader, When is a Christian a Christian? When is a Hindu a Hindu? When is a Mormon a Mormon? When can we say that anyone is a "true Christian?" Jesus said, "By their fruits you shall know them." He did not say "You can tell them by their names."…
Horizon One: Grass Roots Mobilization Fueling the Passion in the Pew
…Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod opens a seat at the table for the people in the pew and watches its mission double. Funding the missionary enterprise is widely viewed as a daunting task: a perpetual struggle to maintain the status quo while hoping for a bit of bottom-line growth. Amidst this…
Four Men, Three Eras
…College students around the world used to be bowled over by Marxist thought. One powerful reason was that Communism had a “long look.” Communists claimed to know where history was heading, and that they were merely following inevitable trends.Recently, evangelicals, too, have thought a lot about trends in history and…
Editorial Comment
…Dear Reader, Modestly, this is the most important issue of this bulletin which you have ever held in your hands. Why? It's not due to any special virtue of ours. Then why? Because to an awesome, serious degree Christian mission thus far has dead-ended in these three major blocs: Hindus,…
A Church for Every People by the Year 2000 - Dream or Reality?
…This article was given as a speech at the Adopt-A-People Consultation II in Colorado Springs, April 25-27, 1993. Selected portions of this message are presented here. The dream of Joseph becomes a reality For years God's people have had dreams that have become realities. The word dream appears 77 times…
Facing the Final Frontiers
…This paper was given at the same IFMA meeting 10 years ago at which the IFMA Declaration was made.(See page 33. It is reprinted here to remind us of the critical issues that still need to be addressed as we reach toward the frontiers. --Editor It seems to me highly…
MISSION ’90
…It was well past midnight and George Verwer was still going strong as he led over 9000 Europeans in a Concert of Prayer on the last night of Mission ’90--the student mission conference hosted by The European Missionary Association (TEMA) every three years. The four days preceding had been filled…
This Chuch Grows Missionaries!
…The First Evangelical Free Church of Fullerton, California is one of Southern California's best-known evangelical churches. At the heart of this outstanding congregation is a hearty and healthy program of cross cultural ministry. Rev. Bruce Camp is the pastor for missions and outreach at the church. He outlined a number…
Q & A With the Director
…The U.S. Center for World Mission is a group of former missionaries and mission leaders who in September 1978 took over an entire college campus in Pasadena, California, which was vacated by a Christian college that had moved to another city. Already 110 people are working in the Center each…
Three Miracle Years
…Three years ago three people stood on an empty campus, wondering if perhaps, for His glory, God would do a miracle in this place. The cause was stupendous--3.5 billion people still to meet Christ. Could those three trust God for so much? This is the story of the U.S. Center…
Look Where You Have Cousins
…When persecution broke out in Jerusalem, many followers of Jesus fled—some as far as Antioch. The Hellenized Jews among them (particularly those from Cyprus and Cyrene) shared the Gospel with Hellenized Syrians (Acts 11:19–21). Those two distinct peoples within existing networks received the kingdom message. Thus, the Gospel moved two…
George Patterson’s Principles Led to a Mongolian Movement to Christ
…Note: The block quotes below are excerpted from There’s a Sheep in my Bathtub: Birth of a Mongolian Church Planting Movement, by Brian Hogan and used by permission of the author. Brian Hogan’s books are available from 4DMM.org or at Amazon.com. In 1988 Louise and I took Perspectives on the…
Toward the Edges
…Dear Reader, As you know if you have been reading Mission Frontiers for any period of time, one of our consistent themes is “movements.” We track the number of known movements on our cover. We talk about movements and what promotes or hinders them; and in this edition,…
The Church’s Response to Pandemics Throughout History and the Lessons for Today
…When Jesus called the Twelve and then the Seventy, He commissioned them to do the things He Himself was doing: They were to heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons and proclaim the coming of the kingdom. The early Church recognized that they were also called…
Patterns in Long-Lasting Movements
…As I write, millions of acres are burning in Australia. Most attribute the fires to winds and climate change, but authorities have arrested over 180 people for starting the fires, 27 deliberately.1 Movements in history are similar. While they are propelled by the wind of the Holy Spirit, God uses…
Getting Kingdom Right To Get Church Right
…What comes to your mind when you hear about a movement of God in which almost 200 churches were started within three years in a remote people group? What comes to your mind when you hear about a movement of God in which 150,000 urban and rural churches were started…
The “Ephesus Vision”
…In Matthew 28, Jesus gives the parameters of making disciples of every ethne – every one of the thousands of ethno-linguistic groups in the world. ETHNĚ (www.ethne.net) is a global network or “family” of mission leaders on every continent, intensely focused on unreached peoples. ETHNĚ is built on trusted relationships;…
Eschatology and Mission
…As we move deeper into the new millennium we need a new hermeneutical key to understand our present history, the mission of the church, and what the people of God in the world are experiencing today, particularly in Latin America. We have to reflect on our theology and propose our…