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Mission/Church Leaders Huddle Assemblies Focus on Frontiers

Greg Livingstone, head of NAM Associates and Director of Mission Agency Relations for the USCWM, has announced a series of two day serious "huddles" between missions decision¬makers and the USCWM leadership.

"In light of the developments with IFMA/EFMA missions giving even greater concentration to the frontier peoples of the world, it would seem important to go beyond the broad general strokes of recent conferences to some very practical brainstorming to problem solve in the areas of producing resources for the frontiers'," says Livinystone.

Over 20 missions executives are committed to attending the first meeting, slated for February 7 8 on the Center's campus, representing organizations like GEM, OMF, AEF, RBMU International, MAF, CCC, Missionary Church, Christian Reformed World Mission 'and others.' These groups have a combined constituency of over 1.27 million evangelicals.

The leaders will discuss steps needed to fuel the Frontier Fellowship movement and generate resources for frontier programs, priorities of the Strategy Division so as to better serve the missions, church growth where there is no church, and other issues.

The Episcopal Church Missionary Community has produced the first ECMC Daily Prayer Guide for'. Anglican communion churches.'

The Assemblies of God Division of Foreign Missions has devoted the January issue of their publication, Mountain Movers to "The Unfinished Task New Frontier Evangelism."

One of the largest North American mission agencies, the Assemblies of God DMF fields over 1200 missionaries. Missions giving increased 18% from U. S. churches last year.

Editor Beverly Graham writes: "We thank God for the victories: and successes He has given in our missions work around the world. But even as we number the growing Assemblies of God churches in 109 countries, we must also offer ourselves to be used by the Master in reaching the rest of the world that is lost.

"We dare not measure our success against anything but the unfinished task."