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The ” XGatewayX ” People Cluster Consultation
…On the 17th of April over 250 church and mission leaders gathered in Pasadena, at the facilities of the US Center for World Mission, for the Gateway People Cluster Consultation. The term "Gateway" in the title is crossed out because as a result of the consultation there was general agreement…
GCOWE ’97 (Global Consultation on World Evangelization)
…At the end of June four thousand mission and church leaders from over 120 countries will be coming to Pretoria in South Africa for the start of GCOWE '97 and the ten consultations that make it up. Here we present Willie Crew of the World Mission Centre and his thoughts…
From COMIBAM to the Nations
…Peruvian medical workers in Pakistan sharing God's healing power with refugees, Guatemalans in India reaching out to Hindus with the good news of salvation in Christ, Argentines in Central Asia sharing the love of God with a Muslim unreached people group--these are powerful examples of a continent exploding for frontier…
Adopt-A-People A Truly Biblical Model of Mission
…This article was reprinted from the AD2000 Adoption Guidance Program-- a Web-based source of information on adopting-a-people with links to dozens of mission agencies that you can adopt through. The Old Model: Focus on Missionaries For generations, the local church's perceived responsibility to missions has been summed up in the…
Partnership: Accelerating World Evangelization in the 90’s
…Partnership is an idea whose time has come in the world of missions. Leading mission organizations and churches are exploring how to partner effectively rather than whether to partner. The goal of Strategic Evangelism Partnerships is to reach the most people, in the shortest time, at the lowest cost, among…
Editorial Comment
…Dear Reader, Those 39 cult members who "released themselves" from earthly bodies were not exactly "fine Christians." Why?? They believed that they were going where Jesus had gone ahead of them. They were polite, law-abiding, hard working "Total Overcomers" concerned solely for themselves. They were not very serious in trying…
Storytelling: Why Do It?
…Bree said, "And now, Tarkheena, tell us your story. And don't hurry it--I'm feeling comfortable now." Aravis immediately began, sitting quite still and using a rather different tone and style from her usual one. For in Calormen, story-telling (whether the stories are true or made up) is a thing you're…
The Church In Africa: Making Its Way From Dependency to Self Reliance
…The Church in Africa which has experienced a dramatic growth in the last 30 years is faced with a resource crisis. Many churches would like to have adequate trained personnel (evangelists, pastors, deacons etc.) but are not able to generate enough local resources to undertake this very important task. There…
Latins say “SiÇ” to World Evangelization: LatinoAmerica 2000
…Invited by the AD2000 and Beyond Movement and Campus Crusade for Christ, they came to Panama City, Panama, from all over Latin America: from the coastlands of Chile, to the islands of the Carribean. They were Baptists and Charismatics, black, brown and white, 3600 strong, church planters from Mexico, housewife…
Proceed With Caution Part 1
…Motivating the church to reach the unreached people groups has been like pushing a car up a hill. Today, the car has reached the top of the hill--churches are excited about the final frontiers of missions and want to get involved. But, "zeal without knowledge" may cause the car to…
Cutting the Apron Strings
…(Reprinted with permission from the Evangelical Missions Quarterly - Jan. 1994, Box 794, Wheaton, Ill. 60189) Several decades ago, Nicholas Bhengu, the leader of the Assemblies of God in South Africa, was in America seeking funds for his mainly poor, black denomination. His church, he said, was mainly women and…
The Supremacy of God “Among All the Nations”
…Worship of the Nations Fod's great goal in and through out all of history is to uphold and display the glory of His name for the enjoyment of His people from all the nations. The question now is: why does God pursue the goal of displaying His glory by focusing…
Adopt-A-People Advocates
…We Need 146—One for Each of the Gateway Clusters Is God trying to tell us something? When godly people from many different agencies on various continents begin coming to the same conclusion, perhaps God is saying something we should be paying close attention to. This is actually happening. A number…
Do Strategic Partnerships Really Make A Difference?
…In the previous article, "An Open Letter to Mission Executives," Phill Butler makes the case for God's people working together in Partnership. But, do partnerships really make a difference? You be the judge. Those who shared the following stories have been quick to note: in these brief case histories, the…
Taking Worship to the Nations:
…The tears flowed freely as we entered into the presence of the Lord that brisk January morning. Outside the snow played among the pines surrounding our conference center nestled into the rolling German coutryside just outside Frankfurt. Inside were gathered 150 thisrty, battle-worn EFCA missionaries from all over Europe, the…
An Army Of Artists:
…This special issue of Mission Frontiers reveals many thrilling ways that God uses worship, music and the arts as part of his global plans for the nations. The arts are one of God's mighty weapons building the kingdom. As Ronald B. Allen has said in Discipleship Journal: "Some look upon…
Mobilizing Vision Through Worship:
…Music has always been recognized as a powerful medium for communicating the message of Jesus Christ. Now it is also becoming a powerful means for mobilizing the vision of Christians to reach the unreached peoples. The US Center for World Mission and the Perspectives Study Program have had a powerful…
Editorial Comment
…Dear Readers, Nothing is stopping it now . Will it be a blight or a blessing? Forces more powerful than we can control are literally "spraying" unlettered people into mission fields all over the world. Let's face it seriously: most ordinary Christians have neither the right knowledge nor perhaps even…
What Are They Thinking? Letters from the Last Issue of Mission Frontiers
…We've gotten a huge response to the last issue of Mission Frontiers. There were three unique elements that may have caused this that are not regularly part of this magazine. First, we put a special "cover over the cover." Our hope was to hear from you and it worked! We…
Editorial Comment
…Dear Readers, We had a visitor last week whom I introduced to our staff as the most important visitor ever to be with us. Who IN THE WORLD could that man have been? Let me explain. Thirty-five years ago I began to be deeply involved in an experiment designed to…