Worship and Missions

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An Accident “Going to Happen?”

Dear Readers,

Nothing is stopping it now . Will it be a blight or a blessing?

Forces more powerful than we can control are literally "spraying" unlettered people into mission fields all over...

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MF Behind the Scenes

A Call to the Global Church to Bring Missions Back Into Our Worship

What is the chief purpose to which God has called the global Church? Why are we here and what are we to be doing? In this issue of MF we present more clearly than ever before our belief that God's...

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Mobilizing Vision Through Worship:

Perspectives Graduate Scott Wesley Brown's New Album Mobilizes Churches with a Vision for the Nations

Music has always been recognized as a powerful medium for communicating the message of Jesus Christ. Now it is also becoming a powerful means for mobilizing the vision of Christians to reach the...

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Contemporary Music Feature

Contemporary Music

Artist Steve Green is Using His Music to Bring Reconciliation and the Gospel Message

When Christian singer Steve Green was growing up as a missionary kid in Argentina, the last thing he wanted to do was become a missionary/evangelist and reach out to other people from different...

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Abundant Opportunities Are Waiting for You at the USCWM

Do you see all the articles and resources in this issue of Mission Frontiers? Our hope and prayer is that they will help you and your church toward greater understanding and obedience to "the...

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The Batak Heresy

The Struggle to Achieve Meaningful Worship

Rob and Catherine Hodges are missionaries working with Overseas Missionary Fellowship in Indonesia. Rob is an ethnomusicologist and has worked in this field since the mid-1980s. Their experience...

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The Worship and Arts Resource Network Helping the AD2000 Movement

Present Worshipers to the Lord from Every People

The AD2000 and Beyond Movement has announced the formation of the Worship and Arts Resource Network (Track).  The Network joins nine others, including the United Prayer Network, Media, Saturation...

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MissionsFest

Inspiring Thousands With a Vision for Reaching the Unreached Peoples

In North America, senders as well as prospective long- and short-term missionaries, have found a treasure chest of resources, relationships and revelation in MissionsFests. From Vancouver, British...

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Music of the Heart:

The Power of Indigenous Worship in Reaching Unreached Peoples With the Gospel

As an ethnomusicologist working in Brazil with the Summer Institute of Linguistics/Wycliffe Bible Translators, it was always my goal to tap into the heart music of a people to reach them most...

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Music to Their Ears: Feature

Music to Their Ears:

An Ethnomusicologist Helps The Canelas Of Brazil Worship More Meaningfully

We were stumped. The musical system of the Canela people of Brazil's Amazon jungle had us completely baffled. Not because my wife Jo and I were tone deaf or didn't appreciate music--we sang for...

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An Army Of Artists:

A Call to Musicians and Artists to Join the Battle to Bring the Gospel to Every People

This special issue of Mission Frontiers reveals many thrilling ways that God uses worship, music and the arts as part of his global plans for the nations. The arts are one of God's mighty weapons...

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Calling all Peoples to Worship Jesus Feature

Calling all Peoples to Worship Jesus

Authentic worship should be culturally relevant. A person should not be expected to undergo a cultural lobotomy to become a worshiper. Nor should he or she be expected to learn a new culture in...

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The Supremacy of God in Missions Through Worship Feature

The Supremacy of God in Missions Through Worship

Missions is not the ultimate goal of the church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn't. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate, not man. When this age is over, and...

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Trends In Global Worship: Feature

Trends In Global Worship:

Charting the Progress Toward the Realization of Revelation 5:13

Revelation four and five has some awesome statements of worship. The curtain of heaven has been rolled back and John has been ushered on stage where he sees a 5-act drama of worship at the very...

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Taking Worship to the Nations: Feature

Taking Worship to the Nations:

Three Biblical Principles to Guide Us Into Worship Renewal Among the Nations

The tears flowed freely as we entered into the presence of the Lord that brisk January morning. Outside the snow played among the pines surrounding our conference center nestled into the rolling...

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