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All the world came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe everywhere (Genesis 41:57, NIV). God can use all kinds of crisis situations to draw to Himself people who are far from him. Natural disasters, droughts, and even man-made crises can open doors of opportunity in otherwise closed places. The context of demonstrating God’s love in crisis often creates fertile soil for the sowing of Gospel seeds. If the Church is prepared to respond, the progression of Readiness-Relief-Recovery-Rebuilding can yield both immediate and long-term Kingdom results.See all the articles

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Movement Leadership in Crises: Applying Principles from Great by Choice

Movement Leadership in Crises: Applying Principles from Great by Choice

“10Xers distinguish themselves by an ability to recognize defining moments that call for disrupting their plans, changing the focus of their intensity, and/or rearranging their agenda, because of opportunity or peril,...

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The Power of a Decentralized Gospel

The Power of a Decentralized Gospel

In our world today, we are used to hearing about big bureaucratic organizations: Big Tech, Big Pharma, Big Agriculture, Big Government and Big Churches. We tend to think that big problems require big organizations...

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Movements Responding to Crises

24:14 Goal: Movement Engagements in Every Unreached People and Place by 2025 (26 Months)

Movements Responding to Crises

Screenshot of live map from October 1, 2023. Even more crises are being responded to live that are not shown on the map (due to politics) including in India, China, and others.

http://www.acaps.org/en/countries/

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Rapid Response in Seasons of Receptivity

Rapid Response in Seasons of Receptivity

When a news flash interrupts your feed with the latest catastrophe, it’s not just information, it’s kingdom “intelligence.” Invisible to most, it’s God raising His voice for those paying attention. He’s pointing to...

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Insights from Movements for Effective Crisis Response

Insights from Movements for Effective Crisis Response
When I am with those who are weak, I share their weakness, for I want to bring the weak to Christ.
Yes, I try to find common ground with everyone, doing everything I can to save some.
I do everything to spread...
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Trauma Healing in Crisis Response

Trauma Healing in Crisis Response
“Trauma is perhaps the greatest mission field of the 21st century.” —Diane Langberg, Suffering and the Heart of God

The word trauma has a variety of connotations in the West. However, much of the world does not have...

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Organizations Shifting: Crisis Response and Movements

Organizations Shifting: Crisis Response and Movements

From interviews by Dr. Mary Roberts with: John Heerema (BigLife, CEO), Forrest Head (BigLife, COO), David Palusky (Renew World Outreach, Founder), Larisa Edmond (Renew World Outreach, Director of Partnerships), ...

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Displaced and Redeemed: The Story of God’s People According to Stephen

Displaced and Redeemed: The Story of God’s People According to Stephen

“… you reside in my land as foreigners and strangers.” (Leviticus 25:23)

Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture references in this article are from the NIV version.

How would you describe Stephen in the book...

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Partnering with God: Prayer as a Crisis Response

Partnering with God: Prayer as a Crisis Response

God invites all of us to join in crisis response through prayer. In recent years, prayers for unreached and unengaged peoples have increased, along with crises and disasters in many of the same places. We don’t pray...

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APEST: Roles for Equipping Everyone in Disaster Response

APEST: Roles for Equipping Everyone in Disaster Response

God designed the equipping of His Church to enable His people to not only endure but also to be fruitful in times of crisis, disaster, and suffering. What are some ways God sets up His Church for success in response...

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50 Examples of Movements in Crisis Response

Compiled by Dr. Mary Roberts and Dr. Curtis Sergeant, with contributions from numerous local movement leaders across the globe.

50 Examples of Movements in Crisis Response

Crises create opportunities for access, collaboration, creative problem-solving, and new initiatives. They provide opportunities to love people well in their deepest moments of need—by joining the Lord, who is close...

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When Crisis Rings: Digital Strategies Using Zúme

When Crisis Rings: Digital Strategies Using Zúme

According to the World Economic Forum, as of 2023, “there are more mobile phones in the world than people,” 1 and over 90% of the world’s population owns one. In the life of a mobile phone, very few moments are...

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P.R.E.P.A.R.E. to Respond to Crisis

P.R.E.P.A.R.E. to Respond to Crisis

“What we do is not because there is a need, but because there is a God.” 

—Dr. Alicia Britt Chole

When walking the streets after disasters in several nations, including my own, I often asked people: “Was...

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RALPH D WINTER LAUNCH LAB

A Catalyst for Mission Innovation

RALPH D WINTER LAUNCH LAB

What’s In a Name? 

Despite what its name may suggest, the Winter Launch Lab (WLL) is not a center for win- ter sports. Named in honor of Dr. Ralph D. Winter, this dynamic team operates within Frontier Ventures and...

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Disciple-making Skills Without Mindset Shifts Won’t Produce Lasting Fruit

Disciple-making Skills Without Mindset Shifts Won’t Produce Lasting Fruit

Simon Sinek, motivational speaker and thought leader, is famous for coining the phrase “Start with why.” Indeed, our why is extremely important as we seek to expand God’s kingdom across the globe. Motivation comes...

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Welcome to the Ralph D. Winter Research Center Website

Welcome to the Ralph D. Winter Research Center Website

The Ralph D. Winter Research Center has just launched a new website! Check it out at: rdwrc.wciu.edu. The website is specifically designed for two things:

First, we will be a source of current missiological...

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Unreached of the Day

This is the new Global Prayer Digest which merged with Unreached of the Day in 2021

Unreached of the Day

Click on the pdf icon to view or download the Unreached of the Day Prayer Calendar for November and December 2023.

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Strategic Prayer for the Largest Frontier People Groups

Strategic Prayer for the Largest Frontier People Groups

Click on the pdf icon to learn more about how you can join others in praying for the 31 largest frontier people groups.

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