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Few Christian thinkers today write with the penetration and boldness of Philip Yancey. His experience contemplating a beautiful young bride suddenly devastated by a fatal illness is where
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We Need a New Standard for Church Planting
Until recent times the need has been almost totally overlooked and ignored. It has been a devastating cultural blind spot that has often crippled church planting efforts around the world. It has...
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Contextualized Ministry Among Native Americans: Can Drums Be Sanctified?
MF received a letter from a reader with some serious concerns about certain approaches to contextualization among Native...
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FeatureA conversation with Roberta King
Ethno-What?
Some brief definitions for newcomers to issues of worship and cultural forms.
Ethnodoxology:
The study of the worship of God in the world’s cultures; the theological and practical...
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OtherTwo Communication Principles God Uses With Song
God has two priorities when it comes to using song.
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When it comes to song, God wants to be understood. God wants most of all that we come into relationship with Him. Thus, His...
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FeatureReclaiming the Bhajan
Ancient musical styles of India transform modern worship of Christ
The average religious Hindu man—hungry for an encounter with the Ultimate Reality— responds to song perhaps more than any other form of communication. He wants to experience the Truth, to feel it....
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FeatureWhat Happened When Grandma Danced
Jesus is a foreigner in Thailand. The forms most Thai Christians use to express their worship of him are primarily Western imports. The average Thai person, viewing what they see in churches...
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FeatureThe Vaglas Sing A Song from the Heart
Sitting expectantly inside the building in Ghana, West Africa, were representatives from various churches in the Vagla area. As ethnomusicologists, we had come to coach them to develop indigenous...
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FeatureThe Dangers of Prayer Wheel Worship!
What is most important is worship. Therefore what is most important to falsify—from Satan’s point of view—is also worship.
In the Bible, the pinnacle of devotion is the angels in heavenly...
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FeatureEvery Team Needs One
The essential role of the worship-arts leader in church-planting
Many evangelical Christians have a very truncated understanding of worship. When asked to define it, they respond, “It’s singing,” or “It’s praising God.” Worship, from a biblical perspective, is...
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FeatureSome Things Remain the Same
Worship in the Church of Jesus Christ has been characterized by enormous diversity across the centuries and across the world today. This diversity seems to be allowed by the New Testament, which...
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FeatureThe Centrality of Worship
Foundational points for a theology for worship and missions.
1. Worship is central, Missions is not. We Evangelicals have propagated a mind-set in the church and missions that might be best summed up in the adage, “God saved us to save the lost.” The fact...
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OtherGiving in Kenya
Mr. Gideon Kiongo invites responses to this open letter. He can be reached in Kenya by e-mail at [email protected] or by regular mail at P.O. Box 50688, Nairobi, Kenya. For general responses on...
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OtherFinal Statements of the AD2000 Leadership
God has put you and me into this crucial hour before the return of His Son, Jesus Christ, with a definite purpose, the fulfillment of His Great Commission.
Under God’s loving mercy the AD2000...
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FeaturePassing the Baton
With remarkable accomplishments to its credit, the AD2000 and Beyond Movement closes its doors. But its impact lives on.
For all of the AD2000 Movement’s short 12-year history, Mission Frontiers...
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OtherDreaming the Impossible
Can a younger generation of Indians be raised up as laborers for the Great Commission?
Mathew, a 26-year-old executive from a multinational company left behind a sizable paycheck, quit his job “to do something that outlasts this life” and joined a company that supports the cause of...
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COMINAD Unveils Adopt-A-Village Project Reconciliation Ministries
Over 50 members of the Cooperative Missions Network of the African Dispersion (COMINAD) met on April 912, 2001 at Wycliffe’s...
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Further ReflectionsWhere are We Headed?
If we know the goal we’re more likely to hit it
Experienced field coaches who work with mission teams in tough places believe that one of the biggest reasons—often unstated—for missionary attrition is that the missionaries aren’t actually...
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