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From the Director
…One Third Times Three I have written about the "One Third Times Three" plan in the past several issues of Mission Frontiers. "One Third Times Three' is a call to take a first step toward living a missionary lifestyle living on two thirds of one's salary for three months and…
Editorial
…Dear friends, I close my eyes. I can't believe it. All that I know about Latin America flies in the face of the new facts. How in the world could all of Latin America from Mexico to Argentina (as well as Portugal and Spain) suddenly burst into a flame of…
USCWM Staff Ages
…These ninety individuals are almost entirely the central staff at the USCWM. For fun, I added the last two, ages 88 and O respectively, because those two mature saints show up on a reduced basis to help us, and because theft ages give persçtcti1/2 to the rest of the work…
First Chinese Missionary Convention of Canada
…We must record something about a most amazing mission conference in which the writer was a participant but also a wide eyed observer. This conference August 19-23 was first of all profoundly spiritual, but it was also very ably administrated, planned three years in advance, and 1,000 people young and…
Mission 2000
…Eventually, if the Mission 2000 program works according to plan (for more details, see Mission Frontiers, Vol. 7, Nos. 3 6. or write or call for your copy of the Mission 2)0 Introductory Kit), the USCWM will be only one among 30 leaders of equally involved Networks of 100 congregations…
From the Director
…Dear People, I am sitting in the airport in Los Angeles wailing for a non stop flight to Amsterdam and then to Africa where in the next 20 days we will visit two of our four missionary daughters. 1 don't need to comment on all the exciting things in S…
The Story of a Strange and Compelling Faith
…I guess it is slightly presumptions of me to try to specify exactly what God has done or how He has led. (He gets blamed for lots of things.) Indeed, the steps through which God has brought us are things we see as in a glass darkly." But we know…
From the Director
…This month I'd like to introduce you to Ted Yamamori and his fervent interest in a solution for the problem of the training of missionaries. He sees the BIG PICTURE. (Check his commencement address, p.9) J We're interested, too. In fact, one of the central concerns of the U.S. Center…
The Retirement Booby Trap
…I heard just this morning about two missionary families that have found a nice place to retire, across the street from each other. "Retire"? Where in the Bible do they see that? Did Moses retire? Did Paul retire? Peter? John? Do military officers retire in the middle of a war?…
From the Director
…Dear friends, A lot of punch to this issue: I am still shaken by what I just read in the two book section on what is really happening at China's grassroots. Many of you will be stirred by the simple, wonderful facts about how God allowed us to clear the…
Mission 2000
…A. Underlying Convictions We believe that those who are blessed by God are automatically obligated to be a blessing to all the peoples of the world. Gen. 12:1 3. We believe that 'to be a blessing means to spread the news of the saving pcwc and sanctifying Lordship of Jesus…
From the Director
…I've just made a decision. A moment ago! And I'm starting this page all over again. From now on I am going to tell you things • that have only 'half' happened, and NOT wait until they have come to a logical stopping I point. LAST EVENING, for example. Six…
World Need, World Problems
…Introduction We may be tired of hearing about monumental world need, spiritual or physical. The summary here is a reassessment. In Part lit acknowledges and even expands our awareness of the scope of the need, but it shows a way forward. In Part It it suggests that the most strategic…
The Deep Roots of the U.S. Center for World Mission
…I. The Electrifying Past Charles B. Fuller's wealthy family wanted him to understand the real world, so they sent him off as a young man to work for the summer in the mining camps of middle California. Years later, as a devout Bible teacher, he cared so much for those…
The $8.5 Million Question
…The first question asks only how to get the money. A fair question. Nothing immoral about trying to pay your bills. Americans are alive to how to get money. And you can't know how many schemes have flooded into our midst! Good ideas and not so good. For example: Plan…
The Services Division Supports All
…The Services Division Is like a three ring circus. It does not initiate any program of its own, but is the "arms and legs' to help implement programs developed by other offices of the USCWM and by its cooperating agencies.For Instance, the Frontier Fellowship staff research and write the Global…
Growing Up in America… and Missions
…"No simple combination of existing programs leading to existing degrees will effective!y prepare a young person for overseas service." As an enterprise operated and owned by missionaries, we must admit from the outset that our view of the educational process is not entirely traditional. Why? Because for years the educational…
From the Director
…Pearl Harbor Day (!), Friday, Dec 7, 1984 Dear Friends, When you last heard from us two months ago, we simply told you the truth that the ' original owners had advised us their instructions were "to proceed to file for foreclosure.' But we went further: we guessed that 'by…
Let’s Go Forward!
…"That you may abound In hope by the power or the Holy Spirit" Romans 15:11 In this issue, the bar chart on this page SETS THE TONE. There you see a wide variety of growth¬concerned mission societies, large and small. (The percentage, and length of bar, indicates the number of…
From the Director
…Dear friends, This issue on "Mission Growth" was planned to come out just in time for the huge meeting of mission executives. Thus we'll have to tell you what happened at the meeting in the next issue (to follow shortly). We at least know now :1 that registrations are beyond…