March 01, 1983 by

On February 6 8 a mission executives 'huddle' drew 35 mission leaders representing 28 agencies to the LI. S. Center for World Mission campus in Pasadena, California. The purpose was to discuss the Frontier Fellowship campaign and other practical resources for frontier mission work and mobilization.

Large interdenominational agencies like Overseas Missionary Fellowship. Wycliffe Bible Translators, Campus Crusade, Africa Inland Mission, and The Evangelical Alliance Mission were represented, along with a number of other missions. The "huddle" was hosted by Greg Llvlngstone, head of North Africa Mission Associates and Director of Mission Agency Relations for the USCWM.

The leaders considered the dimensions of the frontier challenge and priorities in strategic mission research. A panel discussion on the issue of "Church Growth Where There Is No Church" featured Dr. Jack Frizen (Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association) and Southern California missions experts Drs. Donald Mccavran and Paul Pierson (Fuller School of World Mission), Don McCurry (Samuel Zwemer Institute), Dr. Sam Wilson (MARC), and Dr. Ralph Winter (USCWM)

Resources available to agencies through the Center's 40 on _campus organizations were also highlighted, including DataServe's computer services and the specialized training programs of the William Carey International University. The nature, purposes and future of this cooperative mission "nerve Center" were discussed.

In the face of growing agency commitment to reaching the yet unreached peoples, many execs expressed concern over the lack of frontier mission education, prayer, and awareness at the grass roots level.The Frontier Fellowship concept and 2Jir Prayer Guide were evaluated as strategic resources for awakening new missionary consciousness, prayer, and giving in local churches and on campuses. Most participants indicated a strong desire for their agencies to collaborate with the 05 groups already promoting the Frontier Fellowship devotional discipline and national prayer movement.

Pray for these key men as they discuss this possibility with their staff and Boards. What awesome potential to add new "throw weight" behind the Frontier Fellowship movement!

Other executive "huddles' are envisioned for the future so that additional mission leaders may have the opportunity to visit the U.S. Center, discuss the frontier mis sion movement, and learn about the Frontier Fellowship.