July 01, 2004 by Ralph D. Winter

Editorial Comment

Dear Reader,

Just as we were going to press we received a point of view different from “stay away (entirely) from student debt”–which is my own feeling and the thesis of most of the articles in...

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July 01, 2004 by Ben Sells

Student Debt

A Hurdle Too High for "Impact" Missionaries

 The Maasai herdsman stands on a hill with a missionary colleague. A cell phone rings. The missionary instinctively reaches for his phone, but there’s no call. Looking up, he hears his Maasai...

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July 01, 2004 by

What Are Mission Agencies Saying and Doing about Student Debt?

It’s a prevalent problem with our candidates … . We will roll educational debt into the support schedule as long as it doesn’t go over the top of the maximum [schedule allowed], and normally no...

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July 01, 2004 by Linda Dorr

Release the Indentured Generation!

As Madison and Scott committed their lives together in marriage, their hearts beat as one.  God had called them to the mission .eld, and they were glad to go. From Scott’s 6th-grade commitment by...

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July 01, 2004 by James Butare and Beth Snodderly

Another Alternative

Training Missionaries and Other Leaders Through World Christian Foundations

Rapid church growth in many countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America has height­ened the challenge to train leaders able to nurture these new Christians. We need alternative models of mission...

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July 01, 2004 by Greg H. Parsons

Stumbling Blocks in the System

Looking for Mentors to Lead the Way

While we raise the profile of student debt in this issue of Mission Frontiers, we should also note a number of other issues that keep mission-minded young people from missionary service. And these...

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