God’s Purposes & Our Plans

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Editorial Comment Editorial

Editorial Comment

We have been trying to plan many other things about the future of missions, and in this entire issue we are addressing the difficulties and complexities of that task. We need to be able both to...

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Letters Other

Letters

The Case of the Disappearing Nomads?

I enjoyed the March-April issue of MF. I was surprised that none of the nomads listed under Afghanistan on page 8 were Pashto-speaking Kuchis. This group was...

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The Inside Story Behind the “World Christian Global Action Plan” Feature

The Inside Story Behind the “World Christian Global Action Plan”

Editor’s note: in recent months other publications have begun to explain and explore the enormous resources in the second edition of the World Christian Encyclopedia (WCE2) and its companion...

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Mission Leaders Critique the “World Christian Global Action Plan” Feature

Mission Leaders Critique the “World Christian Global Action Plan”

Helps to crystallize thinking and channel efforts

I believe that initiatives like the “World Global Christian Action Plan” help to crystallize the thinking of the global
Christian community with...

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What’s Wrong with the Label “Managerial Missiology” Feature

What’s Wrong with the Label “Managerial Missiology”

A new label has recently been proposed in the field of mission studies.  I am referring to the epithet “managerial missiology,” which—to my knowledge—was coined as a way of criticizing the kind of...

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Kids’ Korner Other

Kids’ Korner

Imagine a room filled with children’s workers, Christian school teachers and homeschooling parents on fire for children and missions. The air seems to buzz. One woman comes up to Jill Harris, Expo...

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Human Strategy vs. the Holy Spirit Further Reflections

Human Strategy vs. the Holy Spirit

Is It a Fair Dichotomy?

If you’ve been around missions “junkies” as I call them (I’m one myself!), you have seen it. It comes in many shapes and sizes, but one of two basic approaches is involved: either planners or...

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