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The Original-“Appeal to Disciples Everywhere”
…Northfield, Massachusetts—August 1885 Introduction After many startling and unusual accomplishments in America, Scotland and England, D.L. Moody consented to hosting the annual Northfield Conferences, held right in the little town of his birth in Western Massachusetts. The third year this conference was held the theme of missions came up and…
Editorial Comment
…“Will We Fail Again?” I don't think I agree completely with my Managing Editor's cover question. But, I am sure you aren't interested in overhearing an argument between the Editor and the Managing Editor--unless the point itself is VERY IMPORTANT. It is! Who failed? America? Evangelicals? Pastors? Mission leaders? Missionaries?…
The Story of His Glory
…The Bible is basically a story about God—the story of his glory. Might we be boring ourselves with the Bible, mistreating it as if it were merely a drawn-out sermon about how people got saved and behaved? What a thrill to discover that every element of scripture—the reports of events,…
Are 90% Of Our Missionaries Serving In The Wrong Places?
…In the past two centuries, due to the widespread success of evangelical mission agencies--virtually everywhere they have worked around the world--an enormous overseas church movement has resulted which is now the apple of the eye of both the mission agencies and supporting churches. This is truly the glorious result of…
The Making of Operation World
…After a gap of seven years, the fifth edition of Operation World is now ready for the printers and distribution will begin on September 20, 1993. See page 12 for more information on how you can get bulk quantities of the book at amazing discounts. The US Center has ordered…
Editorial Comment
…Friday, July 16, 1993 I am upset again by some recent highly-visible statements to the effect that Christianity is losing ground in the face of the global population explosion. (Is this what I am always talking about? Am I always speaking out against "mission pessimism"? Maybe so. Why not?) In…
AD2000 Movement News and Updates
…Progress Reports on Unreached Peoples Berbers--An astonishing movement among the Algerian Kabyles (5,000- 10,000 new believers) started in a town where Raymond Lull, the great Spanish missionary, was martyred centuries ago. Now there is scarcely a Kabyle village without a believer. In addition, supernatural visitations of Christ to Muslim religious…
Editorial Comment
…George Verwer just called me a few minutes ago from London. He is in the midst of writing an article about the AD2000 challenge of the Unreached Peoples. He said something like, "Ralph, you should have heard me last night talking about reaching all of the Unreached Peoples by the…
AD 2000 Update
…Almost 100 leaders from twenty- two denominations and thirty parachurch ministries gathered in Colorado Springs December 6-11, 1993 to assess the progress of world evangelization. The event, sponsored by the AD 2000 and Beyond Movement, symbolized a mass global cooperation in fulfilling the goal of "A church for every people,…
Can You Sense the Spirit Blowin, and the Momentum Building?
…A small bombshell exploded at a 1972 meeting of about 30 mission executives and professors. A Southern Baptist missions professor proposed that eight years later (in 1980) there would be an unusual world-level meeting. The meeting would be intentionally similar to the most famous mission meeting in all history--the 1910…
Uzbekistan: One Christian’s Dream
…Paul Upsee* an American Christian living in Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan in the Commonwealth of Independent States, believes the Uzbek people have the potential for a "people movement." (See note**) He explains, that Uzbekistan, while like the other central Asian republics, is an Islamic nation, there are several…
Why Ask Missionaries to Beg?
…Consider this ad: Wanted: Pastor for a thriving church in the Midwest. Applicant must be a college graduate and preferably seminary trained. Personal qualities should include linguistic competence, cultural sensitivity, humility, and a disdain for the things of this world. The prospective pastor will be required to solicit salary pledges…
13,000 Meet in Lagos Nigeria for AD2000
…This is a personal account of a remarkable event--the Church Growth Conference for Africa held in the International Bible Training Center near Lagos, Nigeria, August 5-11, 1992. The figures were all but unbelievable. Some 13,000 pastors from 45 African nations, and representing 2,146 denominations, registered. In preparation, William Kumuyi, the…
Communicating Christ to the Hindu World
…By all means the Hindus must hear the Gospel! This is my concern. Many people ask me, "Are the Hindus interested in the Gospel? Do they respond well? Are they tough to deal with?" Well, I want to ask a different set of questions: Why has the "Hindu World" not…
The Unfinished Task—In Persons!
…Act I: How Far Have We Come? Using a felt-tipped pen make up ten sheets of typewriter paper, as below, with large letters indicating 1430 AD, 1790 AD, etc. Let ten people stand up and turn their poster-pages to their chests. Announce "It took over 1,000 years for Bible-Believing Christians…
Racing to the Finish!
…As an outsider to the Evangelical Free Church I have to say that I am impressed and thrilled by their new mission plans. These new plans mean the EFCA now joins the Baptist General Conference, the Christian and Missionary Alliance and a handful of other key evangelical denominations which have…
An Announcement, and Request for Prayer!
…The Perspectives Study Program (which is under the Training Division of the USCWM) is being forced to expand, as you can see explained on the previous page. We feel we must concentrate now on the development of a completely off-campus M.A. in basic seminary knowledge and missiological orientation. With such…
Are We Losing the Battle?
…Here is a guided tour but a drastically hopeless picture turns out dramatically hopeful! An earnest, godly spokesman for the Gospel has recently produced a book in which he begins by trying to shock the reader about the present world situation. My comments are in no way intended to belittle…
Tales of the Guilty-Rich American Missionary
…In our last issue we presented Roger Greenway's article, "Eighteen Barrels and Two Big Crates: How and why our 'stuff' gets in the way of our witness." In our comments in that issue we referred to the article found on the previous four pages, as well as promised to comment…
The Non-Essentials of Life
…Scene 1: Summer 1951 (It was our second date. Ralph and I were sitting on the grass close to the Rose Bowl, getting acquainted. We had first met just two weeks before.) I want you to know I'm a rather . . . uh . . . radical person," Ralph…