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Editorial Comment
…Dear Readers, You would not be holding this bulletin in your hands if you were not wanting to learn something important to you and the work of God on this earth. As usual, as I sit down to write this editorial, my mind is just bursting with exciting things that…
News
…Passing the Baton As the year 2000 closed, the Christian mission community lost a number of servants who have served admirably in the cause, bringing the Gospel to the unreached. We highlight four key laborers hereand recognize that they likely are symbolic of a number of others who have finished…
Further Reflections
…It is amazing to see what has happened in recent years: A number of people groups that had only a handful of believers now have thousands. I know of one case where 1,000 people from a Muslim background are now followers of Christ. In another, 5,000 people from Buddhist/Animistic heritage…
The Day of Revolution
…Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the Lord your God and cry out to the Lord. REVOLUTION was on their hearts. On September 2, 2000, a sea of people, perhaps 300,000 came for 12 hours from dawn until dusk to fast and…
What Kind of Church Will It Take?
…Preparing the church of today for success in world evangelism. This article is the third in an ongoing series addressing the broad subject of missions in the local church today. -Editor Clearly God is up to something big in His global plan. Statist-ics indicate that more people are coming to…
Two Views on Economic Development
…1. Building Jobs for a Better Future What will it take to make a world of difference for Native Americans? Jobs! Jobs that provide a fulfilling and meaningful way of life. And not just jobs making souvenirs for tourists. Many reservations have unemployment rates of 50 to 70 percent while…
Putting It to the Test
…Next Sunday morning put on a blindfold before going to church. If you attend a Latino church you will soon know by the sound of the worship music that you are in the right place. The same will be true if you attend an African-American church, a Euro-American church, etc.But…
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
…The historical record of missions among the tribes of North America has been a saga filled with enormous potential and great failures and sadness. Grief in the fact that so many of the early missionaries were unable to recognize and embrace the intrinsic Godgiven value of the people to whom…
News
…The Netherlands Preaching, Passion and Mission Strategy Draw 10,000 to Amsterdam 2000 Amsterdam 2000 was called "the most internationally representative gathering, secular or religious, in human history." Over 10,000 evangelists from 209 countries gathered in Amsterdam from July 29 to August 9 to receive a generous dose of passion for…
Drumming, Dancing, Chanting and Other Christian Things
…One of the greatest fears voiced by Christians when efforts are made to radically identify with people in order to reach them with the good news of Jesus Christ is the fear of syncretism. Syncretism is taking two things that are dissimilar and making them one. In evangelism syncretism means…
MF Behind the Scenes
…Our ultimate goal as the Body of Christ must be to make the Gospel indigenous to every people on earth. This is what we see in Revelation 5:9. Jesus is being worshiped in heaven because by His blood He purchased men for God from every tribe, tongue, people and nation.…
Editorial Comment
…Why do missions seem to fail when they work at home among minorities like Native Americans but they often succeed fabulously "overseas"?This is a very significant question. One weighty answer has to do with subtle assumptions that differ markedly whenever a missionary is on foreign soil, completely cut off from…
The Local Church’s Role in Mission
…In the January 2000 issue, Dr. Larry Reesor began a series entitled "Mobilizing the Local Church for the New Millennium." In his first article, he gave an overview of the topic, relating key concepts that he asserts must be understood in order for the Body of Christ at large to…
News
…Any Way You Look At It: The Church in China is Growing Government Statistics Attest to Dramatic Growth Hong Kong Totals for the number of Christians in China leaked from two Chinese government bodies reveal far larger estimates of the number of Protestants than official church leaders have previously admitted.…
Finishing the Task:
…"Look at the nations and watch--and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told." --Habakkuk 1:5 God's promise to bless all the "families of the earth," first given to Abraham 4,000 years ago, is becoming…
Frequently Asked Questions
…As we discuss Church Planting Movements with missionaries from around the world, a number of questions frequently recur. 1. What about volunteers? The key to effective use of volunteers in missions is orientation. Most short-term volunteers want to be strategic, but don't realize that some forms of help can actually…
The Papua New Guinea Bible Church
…Introduction Let me begin this article by introducing myself and the missionary organization I represent. The Evangelical Bible Mission, Inc., (EBM), was founded by my father, G.T. Bustin, in 1940 under the name, Bahamas Bible Mission. The mission's name was changed to the present one in 1959. In 1958, as…
El Tiempo
…translated by Cassie Acevedo The growing spiritual zeal of Latino youth in the U.S. is being wed with awareness of God's master plan of mission. Is this their time to stand in the gap? It may sound like a statement of the obvious, but God has accomplished the mission…
Church Planting Movements Glossary
…Cell churches: small church bodies of believers, generally 10-30 per unit, meeting in homes or storefronts, fulfilling the five purposes of a church and linked to one another in some type of structured network. Often this network is part of a larger, single church identity. Chronological Bible storying: a method…
A CPM Vision For The World
…God has shown us that He is indeed doing something in our days among the peoples of the earth--something so amazing we would not have believed it had we not seen it with our own eyes (see Hab. 1:5). We are calling this amazing thing Church Planting Movements. Church Planting…