May 01, 2002 by

On Saturday, April 20 staff and friends of the U.S. Center for World Mission celebrated the USCWM’s 25th anniversary with a variety of events on the USCWM’s Pasadena campus. Seminars, campus tours, children’s events, and informal conversations throughout the afternoon were followed by dinner and a concluding celebration Saturday evening. The evening celebration was highlighted by worship and thanks to God, congratulations from guests, and reflections by leaders at the USCWM. On pages 8­11 you’ll catch glimpses of the April 20 photo album, plus excerpts from comments made April 20 or collected for publications honoring the event.

“Three words illustrate why I have sensed the presence of God here: vision, sacrifice, Kingdom …. We thank God that this place was His idea, and that Ralph and Roberta were listening.”

— Dr. Paul Cedar, Chairman, Mission America Coalition

Only the Lord knows how many lives have been touched through the scores of mission agencies that have used the U.S. Center for World Mission as home base. And we know the organization has had a tremendous impact on Kingdom workers who have received training to follow God’s call into world outreach … A job well done so far; here’s to the next quarter-century!

— Dr. James C. Dobson founder of Focus on the Family

We thank God for the funding for the Center, for Mission Frontiers and the thousands who receive this publication, for the Perspectives courses and the more than 50,000 people who have been privileged to study. A small seed is a very powerful thing. We pray that the many seeds sown by the U. S. Center for World Mission will bear abundant fruit for God’s great glory.

— Dr. John Orme, Executive

Director, Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association

I sincerely doubt that there is any single organization that has made a greater contribution to the Great Commission cause in the last 25 years. The U.S. Center for World Mission has been, and by God’s grace will continue to be, one of the greatest gifts that the Lord of the Harvest has given to his Church and its missions in recent times.

— Dr. David Hesselgrave, missionary and professor