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Dear fellow spectator in the year 2000:
At the end of the first millennium England had sunk so far back into tribal darkness that between bloodshed and disease the population had not grown a...
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Will the new millennium outmode the need for Navajo evangelists among the Laplanders of Norway? Why would crossing saltwater make a missionary?
Why would Navajos from Arizona go as missionaries...
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There are few subjects in the mission world as controversial as short-term missions and their impact on field mission work. Few would argue with the powerful impact that short-term missions are...
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Bethany School of World Mission integrates short-term into its Bachelor's training.
Like many missionaries of my (and of a previous) gener-ation, I arrived on the field in 1981 filled with...
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I never expected that the Prime Minister would nearly be overthrown in a power struggle, or that the army might take over the government. And being detained by two men and a rifle in tribal...
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During the 1980s and '90s in the United States, due to the maturing of the Baby Boomer population, it has been observed that a polarization of sorts has developed, in which more missiologically...
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It has been said: "The day of the long-term missionary is numbered."
In early November, the world's population reached an alarming milestone of six billion, having doubled in just one generation...
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Raising Local Resources
For some time I have been concentrating on issues of dependency and the move toward self-reliance among mission-established churches. An intriguing issue which has surfaced in this process is the...
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Global Missions Fellowship sends American teams to work with overseas churches to spread the Gospel
Planting churches with short-termers? In ten days? Impossible.
I must confess that is...
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When I was first approached with the opportunity to go with Global Missions Fellowship to Israel in the fall of 1996, I had only been following Jesus for eight months. But my heart for missions was...
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In the new millennium accurate and up-to-date information on the peoples of the world will be essential if the Body of Christ is to succeed in bringing the Gospel to every people, tribe and tongue....
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Greetings!
Don’t miss out! It’s not too early to plan for the International Children’s EXPO 2000! This EXPO is for:
Sunday School Teachers
Kids Club Leaders
VBS Directors
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The World Evangelical Fellowship hosts international forum on mission.
Foz de Iguasso, BrazilWhen 160 Christian mission leaders from 53 countries gathered in Foz de Iguassu, Brazil this past...
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Read The Full ArticleYears of experience in evangelism, pastoring and missions has given Larry Reesor a passion for mobilizing churches and leading them to be obedient to the Great Commission. As founder and...
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As I write this article, I am in Pattaya, Thailand, for a confer-ence of team leaders from 45 countries around the world. I am struck by the sheer scope of the ministry that is taking place through...
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"Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?"
"Here I am. Send me."
These are familiar words that many Christian college students hear. Yet how do they respond? Two years ago, 20 seniors at the...
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What a difference a few years makes. In 1970 you could count on one hand the number of youth groups doing short-term missions. Now it has become a standard feature for thousands of youth groups...
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It began with a computer set up in the garage and a vision to see his database be used as a tool to link short-term opportunities and applicants. That was 10 years ago, and from those modest...
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What are the criteria for the Joshua Project List? The Joshua Project peoples are "country-distinct" peoples each over 10,000 in population that were chosen, by their...
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Jesus was a minister and a mentor. He was also a mobilizer. In Matthew 9:38, He asks His disciples to pray to "the Lord of the harvest ... to send out workers." We, too, can do that. God can use...
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Tossing and turning in my bed, unable to find comfort from my raging stomach pains and queasiness, I found myself arguing with God. Building churches and helping with vacation Bible schools were...
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Further Reflections
We really want to help. That desire often grows as our faith and our love for the Lord grow.
But sometimes--especially for those of us in the West--it grows out of our guilt. We feel guilty that...
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