January 01, 1985 by Ralph D. Winter

From the Director

I must first apologize for our being so late with this issue. We have never in our 8 years been through so long and prolonged a siege of confusion, uncertainty, and ambiguity.

Suddenly, now...

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January 01, 1985 by Roberta Winter

My Turn looking back at six “lost months”

One thing that has kept us going is our amazement, everywhere we go, at the new upsurge of interest in the Hidden Peoples. What we have prayed and worked for so long is at last beginning to happen....

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January 01, 1985 by Ralph D. Winter

A Little Girl Fell Down A Well Shaft

A little girl fell down a well shaft some years ago right here in Southern California. (If you are 60 years old as I am, or older you may recall it being in the papers).

She slipped about 25 feet...

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January 01, 1985 by

Three Ways Forward

#1: Small Gifts

As you well know, we would much prefer to pay this campus off with small gifts.

mats the way we feel God has guided us (in order to avoid undermining the very mission agencies...

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January 01, 1985 by Ralph D. Winter

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...

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January 01, 1985 by Greg Parsons, Roberta Winter, John Holzmann

Student Missions Urbana ‘84:

Biggest & Best Yet!

The 14th triennial student mission conference sponsored by Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF) was clearly the best yet. It had the best program, by far the best...

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January 01, 1985 by J. Christy Wilson

Haystack Harvest from The Unfinished Task

John Kyle, Director of IV Missions and of the Urbana '84 program, is a man of many talents. He was the branch manager of Wyclrffe's work in the Philippines for many years, then returned to the...

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January 01, 1985 by Roberta Winter

It Could Happen in Your Town

For years, a number of people had watched the statistics of the decision cards mined in the last night at Urbana. In 1964 the statistics reached an all time low. Only 8 percent of those present...

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January 01, 1985 by

Henrietta Watson

A Missionary from the Grand Tradition

Sitting in her office at the Institute of Hindu Studies in Pasadena. California, Henrietta Watson fondly touches the wristwatch she was given nearly 45 years ago when she graduated from the...

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January 01, 1985 by John A. Holzmann

Personal Support Raising

Answering One Man's Questions

Staff members at the US Center for World Mission as missionaries in agencies amund the world, must find people who are moved by God to provide their support.

Some people have questions about the...

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January 01, 1985 by Art McCleary

The Need for Managers

When I first came to the U.S. Center campus in the summer of 1982 for the Perspectives course. I wondered how the Center functioned. It didn't seem to operate in the fashion of most organizations!

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January 01, 1985 by

Mission 2000

A Synopsis

A. Underlying Convictions

1. 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.
2. We believe that "to be a...

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January 01, 1985 by Donald A. McGavran

A Giant Step in Christian Mission

This is a stirring proposal which I believe we must consider immediately and take seriously. It is written by an elderly man who by many is considered the foremost mission strategist in the world...

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January 01, 1985 by Ralph D. Winter

World Need, World Problems

Can Missions Make Any Difference?

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...

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Around the World

Indonesia

Indonesia is officially a Muslim country  over 80% Muslim. In 965, only 10% of the population, 12 million people, claimed to be Christian.

In 1965, the Indonesian Communist Party...

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January 01, 1985 by

Letters

Dear friends,

I have wondered for many years why such an organization as sours didn't exist. It is so wonderful to see my dream take place. Cod Is certainly doing some wonderful things these...

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