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Strength in the Face of Adversity
…I think it takes a deep, spiritual encounter with the cross before we're really qualified to call ourselves missionaries. In a great number of North American evangelical homes today, Elisabeth Elliot is a household word. Her radio program, "Gateway to Joy," is broadcast on some 250 English-speaking stations and some…
News
…Puchon, South Korea Mission Korea Celebrates its Tenth Anniversary with 5000 Students--and a Prayer for a Korean Student Volunteer Movement. Amidst an economic crisis that has been working to quench the missionary passion and turn the focus of the future generation inward, 5000 students filled Puchon stadium August 3-7 just…
News from the JESUS Film Project
…Church of the Nazarene missionaries living in Bulgaria recently told of going door-to-door in the Gypsy village of Banya. They personally invited every family in the village of 350 to come see the JESUS film. The next night, 250 people came. More than 30 viewers made first-time commitments to Christ,…
Those Astounding Mongolians
…Genghis Khan (approx. 1162-1227) fatherless by the age of nine, he built an empire that was largely friendly to religion. A most significant law was "All men are to believe in one God, creator of Heaven and earth." Mongolia boasts a larger population of horses than humans. That fact may…
The Pastor and Modern Missions
…Editor's Note: Though dated 90 years ago, the following words of John R. Mott, taken from one of his books, have astounding relevance yet today. Along with Mott, the editor believes that the leadership of pastors is crucial to finishing the job of world evangelization. Pastors and other church leaders…
Patrick Johnstone
…[Ed: The following series of events tells its own story.] Act One: A member of a mission committee in a local congregation read a magazine put out by Christian Aid Mission. Act Two: Trying to be helpful, he then put the following words in the church bulletin: "If American missionaries…
Are you #1, #2, or #3?
…1. A MISSION LEADER OMF, TEAM, Frontiers, YWAM and other agencies are represented at the U.S. Center for World Mission. Would your agency want to have a representative here? This place is yours. It exists to aid agencies in mobilization and reaching unreached peoples. We serve agencies in: Recruiting Contacts…
How Missionary Attitudes Can Create Dependency
…The following article was presented by Glenn Schwartz at the Southwest Regional Meeting of the Evangelical Missiological Society hosted here on the USCWM campus on April 17, 1998. This article deals with the fact that the problem of dependency is more than just a financial one. It is also a…
Kids Korner
…Greetings! I hope I met many of you at the Children's International EXPO. What an exciting event! PRAY that those who attended will take with them a new vision and motivation to mobilize the people and children in their sphere of influence. BIG, BIGGER, and BIGGEST! BIG NEWS! Kid to…
Laying a Firm Foundation for Mission in the Next Millennium
…As we approach the dawn of a new millennium in world evangelization, we need a clear understanding of what God has asked us to do. The following article first appeared in World Christian Magazine in 1983, the March-April issue, and remains a classic expression of the basic concepts of fulfilling…
Mission Training File: Next Step
…Next Step: The North American Mission Training Partnership Launched Mission training stakeholders, after two years of deliberate exploration and preparation, agreed to cooperate on a common goal: increasing missionary effectiveness. Sixty leaders from mission agencies, training schools and churches gathered on January 31 at Glen Eyrie in Colorado Springs to…
Fresh News from the Center
…The following are a few highlights of this past COMIBAM ‘97 meeting held in Acapulco. More than 2000 missionaries, pastors and mission agency/board members attended. Two primary goals of the gathering were to assess the last ten years of missions in Latin America and to see the movement move forward…
The Sender
…What is the Best Relationship? “We don’t need you any more,” a friend from Bible School days asserted. And he went on to say that mission agencies were unbiblical and unwarranted anachronisms from the past. It was the local church that God had ordained to be the sending agency. “I’m…
As Viewers of JESUS Surpass One Billion
…Within the next 39 months, distributors of the film JESUS hope to see viewers far surpass those who saw the film during its first 16 years of use. During the summer months, the total number passed the one billion mark. As of early July, 1,120,977,663 people in 219 countries had…
Fresh News from the Center
…So much happens within and through the various departments and ministries of the USCWM, yet our readers hear so little about these things. The following news was pulled together so that you can be encouraged by what God is doing. Perspectives in India The South Asia Mobilization Task Force of…
Supplement Letters to the Editor
…From Roger Greenway, Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, MI: "I found the article, "Is an Explosion of Faith Coming to India?" in the Sep/Oct issue to be fascinating. Let me explain why: In 1960, I was flying on a DC-3 from Sri Lanka, where my wife and I were missionaries,…
Mission Training File
…Global Consultation Commencing Over 250 Presidents and Academic Deans (PAD) of theological institutions representing 53 nations gathered for three days to consider how they can be vitally involved in seeing a “church for every people and the Gospel for every person.” What appeared to be an event is apparently becoming…
Of ‘Jesus mosques’ and Muslim Christians
…They leave their shoes at the door, and ritually wash their hands, feet and heads. They kneel on mats in unison and bow their heads to the ground. They recite chants in Arabic, pray five times a day, and worship on Friday, not Sunday. These Muslims look and sound like…
GCOWE Mission Executives Meeting
…The largest global meeting of mission executives in 87 years and the most representative in history. William Carey, in 1806, thought that it would be a good idea if all of the missionaries in the world were to meet together four years later at the Cape of Good Hope in…
Editorial Comment
…Dear Reader, No time to read this whole bulletin right now? Set it aside for a few quiet moments later on when you can give it some serious thought! Why? Because this unremarkable periodical reports some truly remarkable events! You will also recognize some on-going themes in this issue. See…