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741 Entries found for Keyword(s) "Ralph Winter"
Re-Introducing Frontier People Groups
…Winter observed that: The Gospel had spread rapidly in the many ethne where pioneer cross-cultural workers had implanted the Gospel. This rapid spread was through same-culture witness within ethne where the Gospel had been implanted. 60% of the world lived in ethne where the Gospel had not yet taken…
The Groaning Creation and Our Response
…Winter, in his later writings, on to something important in the progress of the mission to the frontiers through engaging the Church in the battle with disease? We think so. Much progress has been made since his death in 2009 in articulating a more nuanced vision. All Creation Groans: Toward…
Tribute to Lee Purgason 1956-2020
…Winter was concerned that the very busy staff get appropriate exercise, especially aerobic. He picked Lee to be the one to whom everyone would report their weekly aerobic points! As would become typical, Lee carefully thought both about the practicalities and the impact on staff and while he embraced most…
The Ongoing Impact of Tokyo 2010
…Winter advocated for years for a global level association of mission agencies. Accordingly, he was closely involved in the planning of the Tokyo 2010 Consultation with the hopes that the gathering of global delegates would launch such a network. With this background, the Tokyo 2010 Planning Committee was acutely aware…
24:14 Goal: Movement engagements in every unreached people and place by 2025 (74 months)
…Winter gave a clarion call in his 1974 Lausanne address on “Hidden Peoples,” and he and many others at the US Center for World Mission became ongoing advocates for reaching them. In 1978, Winter published a pie chart entitled “Penetrating the Last Frontiers.” Among other salient data, the chart showed…
Making a Killing
…Winter wrote, When the Bible does not speak about a specific problem, such as the U.S. pushing off cigarettes on the whole world, then theology should come to the rescue to make application of Biblical truth to the new circumstances. Again, it was not…
Introducing Frontier Ventures’ New General Director, Dr. Kevin Higgins
…Winter. Winter appointed Dave Datema to be the new General Director shortly before Winter’s passing in 2009. The Office of General Director, with three co-leaders, was created in 2012. With the appointment of Dr. Kevin Higgins, Frontier Ventures returns to having just one General Director. I have been a friend…
A Survey of Kingdom Collaboration
…Winter’s singular contribution to the 1974 Lausanne Congress). The Lausanne Movement provided a safe haven for many individuals who shared these commitments but found little, if any, resonance in their own denominational or organizational structures. Today, the Lausanne Movement (www.lausanne.org) is home to a range of evangelism-related consultations, links global…
40 Years of Unreached Peoples Effort
…Winter and others first introduced unreached peoples, the numbers were strictly guesstimates. The last 20-25 years has seen the refinement of three global people group lists with real numbers. Having real data and increased clarity of the unfinished task is a great gift from the Lord and evidence of progress…
WCIU
…Winter founded the USCWM they established the William Carey International University (WCIU), which is a part of the larger Frontier Ventures family of ministries. The Winters had been involved in Theological Education by Extension and WCIU was—in many ways—an extension of that idea. WCIU was designed as a “distance” university,…
Joshua Project
…Winter began to define the Great Commission problem that many of the world’s ethnic people groups remained hidden or unreached with the gospel of Jesus Christ. For the Church to fulfill the Great Commission there needed to be a well-defined target. During the early years of the U.S. Center for…
Urbana Gets Radical
…Winter teamed up after Urbana 1973. David provided the names and addresses of every Urbana student and Ralph created a course that has truly impacted an entire generation. Indeed, in the interval between Urbanas, Perspectives will impact as many or more over fifteen weeks than those who attend the five-day…
A Compelling, Good-sized Vision
…Winter spent his life challenging people to find solutions to the most pervasive and systemic problems that plague our world. I believe our young people can be the solution to the world’s problems, if we let them. Last year in this editorial spot, Dr. Winter introduced two teenagers, Alex and…
Stepping Back to Move Forward
…Winter had it absolutely right when he helped us to understand that we need to be reaching into every ethnic group. However, I think that we now need to take a step beyond that, and make sure we have enough momentum within those groups that will help the transformational discipleship…
Birth of a Movement
…Winter played a key role in the birth of Theological Education by Extension (TEE), while on his first assignment as a Presbyterian missionary in Guatemala (1956–1966). He and his family were assigned to a post among the Mam Indians, one of the poorest of the Mayan people groups in the…
When the Church Staggers, Stalls, and Sits Down (In the Middle of a War!)
…I. The Diagnosis The church, all around the world, is badly wounded today by the seeping departure of its members. We Evangelicals track the number of new members the way some people track the rise in the stock market. But we don’t know how to count things when members just…
My African Experience
…Winter, J. Edwin Orr, Peter Wagner, Charles Kraft, R. Pierce Beaver and Dean Arthur Glasser, for whom I served as administrative assistant. I did not realize it at the time that I was in a period of preparation for future ministry back in Africa. And so in 1983 I began…
Letters to the Editor
…Winter, After recognizing the plight of the “saved” Waodani, in the editorial comment article of your March-April issue of Missions Frontiers you asked, “To what extent can mission agencies be of help at this stage? To what extent is mission strategy supposed to deal with questions like this?” The answer…
A Survey of Kingdom Collaboration
…Winter’s singular contribution to the 1974 Lausanne Congress). The Lausanne Movement provided a safe haven for many individuals who shared these commitments but found little, if any, resonance in their own denominational or organizational structures. What was emerging as a powerful trend – the shift of power from the center…
Letters to the Editor
…Winter, Thank you so much for dealing with the debate regarding the “sending of missionaries” vs. the “support forthe nationals.” I know this has been a legitimate issue for missiologists for a long time. Personally, I see the need for both. I have also read the pitfalls and criticisms of…