EditorialDear Reader,
This is not a “frontier of the month” club. My last editorial was about the frontier of science vs. religion. But that frontier is still very much with us.
This issue of Mission...
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God Bless Al Hammond; I think he speaks the words of Jesus. Hurray to you for printing it. I have been appalled at hearing some of these young earth creation scientists...
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OtherThere is nothing like mission vision on a campus to light the fire of young students to connect to God and His purpose for the world. While I was a student at Columbia International University,...
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OtherFuture missionaries created lifelong connections and were empowered for missionary service at “The Journey Deepens” retreat February 28-March 2, 2003 in Oklahoma. This gathering of 70 students and...
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FeatureA burgeoning interest in Christian missions has produced a new interest in short-term missions (STMs). This has resulted in thousands of shorttermers going out across our world. (One recent report...
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FeatureThe short-term mission movement has been around long enough for it to be almost inevitable that the dozens of short-term agencies would form some sort of an association, and that within this new...
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FeatureCurrent research indicates the United States is sending at least 1,000,000 short-term mission volunteers every year. These short-term volunteers are sent by 40,000 “sending entities” consisting of...
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OtherWycliffe’s offer to broker an international partnership on behalf of the Kakanda of Nigeria (see the article to the left) is commendable. I hope that many American churches respond. But this...
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OtherReprinted by permission from the November 2003 issue of i.e, (In Other Words), a publication of Wycliffe Bible Translators USA. Typically a church partnership begins when a church in America wants...
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OtherMore than 50 curriculum developers representing over 25 countries converged at the U.S. Center for World Mission (USCWM) in Pasadena December 9-13, 2003 for a consultation called “Advancing...
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Further ReflectionsTravel (short-term travel, in particular) can stimulate our minds. Seeing different surroundings gives us fresh perspectives on our life and ministry.
But when we travel we also bring our...
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