March 01, 2007 by Ralph D. Winter

Editorial Comment

Dear Reader,
Why go into all this stuff about “unreached peoples” when most of them are actually oppressed minorities and as a result many are poor, fearful, frantic and maybe dangerous?...

Tags: blocs, clusters, people cluster

March 01, 2007 by Patrick Johnstone

Affinity Blocs and People Clusters

An Approach Toward Strategic Insight and Mission Partnership

The Purpose of This Article

The Great Commission is unequivocal: we are to disciple all the ethnic groups in the world! For 25 years we have struggled to define, classify and list the world’s...

Tags: blocs, clusters, people cluster

March 01, 2007 by Bruce Koch

What’s Happening in the Global Perspectives Family?

Have you ever met distant relatives for the first time and were astounded by how you are very much alike? Yet this is no mystery, for we share DNA with family members.

In Amsterdam in April 2003...

Tags: perspectives

March 01, 2007 by Meic Pearse

Why the Rest Hates the West

Understanding the Roots of Global Rage

The truth is that Westerners are perceived by non-Westerners (if we can make such a huge generalization about a truly global phenome­non) as rich, technologically sophisticated, economically and...

Tags: global

March 01, 2007 by Greg Parsons

Root Canals and “Real” Ministry

Recently a friend of mine, a businessman in India – we’ll call him “Bill” – needed a root canal. One advantage to living in this region and needing this kind of work is the price: US$30!

If you...

Tags: ministry