The State of World Evangelization

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Case Studies of CPMs - A Latin American People Group Other

Case Studies of CPMs - A Latin American People Group

International Mission Board (IMB) missionaries are currently engaged in a number of Church Planting Movements (CPM) and near-Church Planting Movements around the world. While each of these...

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Case Studies of CPMs - The Khmer of Cambodia Other

Case Studies of CPMs - The Khmer of Cambodia

The Setting

The 20th century has seen more than its share of wars, dictators and genocide, but few surpass the tragic modern history of Cambodia. Buffeted by the Vietnam conflict for more than...

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Frequently Asked Questions Editorial

Frequently Asked Questions

As we discuss Church Planting Movements with missionaries from around the world, a number of questions frequently recur.

1. What about volunteers?

The key to effective use of volunteers in...

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Kids Korner Other

Kids Korner

The International Children’s EXPO 2000 was great! If you missed it, plan on attending one of the regional EXPO’s. Last year there were seven. Contact 21st Century Kids Connect in the next six...

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Finishing the Task: Feature

Finishing the Task:

The Unreached Peoples Challenge

"Look at the nations and watch--and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told." --Habakkuk 1:5

God's promise to bless...

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Letters Other

Letters

African American Mobilization

I am overwhelmed with the latest issue of Mission Frontiers. I am with Operation Mobilization in San Diego. My wife and I have felt for years that mobilizing the...

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Looking Back… Looking Forward Feature

Looking Back… Looking Forward

Input from evangelical mission leaders on the recent past and near future of the mission movement.

As the wheels of production started turning for this State of the World issue of Mission...

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Going South of the Border for a Short-Term? Feature

Going South of the Border for a Short-Term?

Understanding the pitfalls and proposing healthy guidelines for short term work in Mexico

Could it be true that a good portion of our short term missions effort actually hinders God's work?

Popular cross-cultural evangelistic programs are based on given assumptions. Some of these can...

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News Other

News

Any Way You Look At It: The Church in China is Growing

Government Statistics Attest to Dramatic Growth

Hong Kong

Totals for the number of Christians in China leaked from two Chinese...

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The Local Church’s Role in Mission Feature

The Local Church’s Role in Mission

In the January 2000 issue, Dr. Larry Reesor began a series entitled "Mobilizing the Local Church for the New Millennium." In his first article, he gave an overview of the topic, relating key...

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The Great Commission Roundtable: Feature

The Great Commission Roundtable:

One More Step Towards De-Fragmentation

A perspective on recent progress in the globalization of partnership.

Three international movements have dominated the landscape of global mission in the last decade--the Lausanne Committee on...

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The Student Mobilizer Other

The Student Mobilizer

The Vision of a Generation

All of us want to know God's will for our lives. And so often, in our best and worst moments, the question that we ask is, "Lord, what do you want me to do?" I have learned from my own experience,...

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