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Friday, April 7, 1995 A Church for Every People and the Gospel for Every Person by the Year 2000! --How can anyone guarantee that this WILL happen? --How can anyone guarantee that this WON'T...
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A Church Planting Movement Within Every People
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OtherBehind the Scenes
MF Marches off to Seoul
Mission Frontiers and I are on our way to Seoul, South Korea for GCOWE '95 which runs from May 17-26th. This could be the most important gathering of Christian leaders in the history of the Church....
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OtherDefinitions: Key Terms In This Issue of MF
In introducing the key terms below for the concept of Unreached Peoples, it is necessary to understand that the primary definition is the concept of "reaching" a group by means of planting a church...
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Other“A Church-Planting Movement” Within Every People: The key to reaching every people and every person
Where are we headed? Which way to the front? Where should the mission world be headed and what should its chief objective be? The AD2000 and Beyond Movement has as its agreed-upon goal "A Church...
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FeatureThe Story of a People Movement to Christ
This is a story written by Dr. Donald McGavran in 1937 and published in a very scarce book, The Founders of the Indian Church. The story presented here is true and as applicable to our mission...
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FeatureOnce for all… What is an Unreached People Group?
(and why is everyone getting interested in this idea?)
Let's start with the very basis of the concept--it is a fascinating story. Landing at an airport, whole square blocks and buildings suddenly jump into focus. Details not visible before become clear...
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FeatureWhich Missionary Is Doing The MOST Strategic Work? You Choose:
Are all mission activities equally strategic? Here are some tests for your mission judgment!
MISSIONARY A: This missionary is working "overseas" (is that important?) with a strong, indigenous church--the result of 80 years of fine missionary effort--helping an existing church movement to...
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FeatureIs One Kind Of Mission Work More Important Than Another?
No! Yes! No! Yes! How Can We Decide?
"Our mission committee can't agree on priorities." "Our money must go for direct evangelism or count me out." "We can't support people who are not overseas." "France is just as important as Asia."...
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FeatureAre 90% of Our Missionaries Serving in the Wrong Places?
Presented at the 1991 annual meeting of the Evangelical Missiological Society
In the past two centuries, due to the widespread success of evangelical mission agencies--virtually everywhere they...
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OtherAdopt-A-People A way to love the missionaries and the people they work with
ADOPT-A-PEOPLE A Mission Strategy Adopt-A-People is a mission strategy that is gaining momentum in mission agencies and churches worldwide. What makes this strategy different is its focus....
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FeatureHow Can All Peoples Be Reached By The Year 2000?
Excerpted from an Address to the International Society for Frontier Missiology Kansas City, Missouri, Sept 17-19, 1992
This year we celebrated the bicentenary of William Carey who is known as the father of modern day missions. Carey arrived in India in 1792. One hundred years later A.T. Pierson made the statement:...
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OtherHelping Grass-roots Leaders to Build and Manage an Effective Ministry
The Task Force for Strategy and Resource Development: AD2000 & Beyond
Reuben Ezemadu, Chairperson
James Engel and Jane Overstreet, Co-Coordinators
The Task Force on Strategy and Resource Development has an interesting mandate and history. In this article, Jane...
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FeatureA Passion for the Unreached Peoples
First I want to share my convictions concerning unreached peoples: When the Lord Jesus Christ gave us the commission to make disciples of all peoples (Matt 28:19), he gave us a measurable and...
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