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Raising Local Resources
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From Paralysis to Proclamation
I have long felt that promoting healthy self-reliance is not an end in itself. The purpose of overcoming unhealthy dependency is to allow churches everywhere to...
Raising Local Resources
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Spirituality and Personal Economics
The complexity of the physical world fascinates me. There is much of it that is beyond our understanding. Like the physical world we admire and enjoy but do...
Raising Local Resources
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My Encounter with Self-Reliance Thinking
The first thing I remember about encountering self-reliance thinking happened nearly fifty years ago when I was a college student. I read a story about...
Raising Local Resources
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Where does your help come from?
According to Psalm 121 (NIV) the answer to the question in my title is, “My help comes from the Lord” (verse 1). What a wonderful privilege for all of us to have...
My African Experience
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In the Sept-Oct.2007 issue of Mission Frontiers I wrote about meeting two kinds of people on a recent visit to Africa. By the responses I received, it became clear that my credentials have not been...
An Example from West Africa
Can a Church Planting Effort Start with an Egg?
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I was privileged to participate in a seminar some time ago in Lomé, Togo. One of those in attendance from a neighboring country told the following story. He said that the church of which he is a...
I Met Two Kinds of People in Africa
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I recently crisscrossed Africa visiting nine cities in three weeks with another week in Asia on the way home. I keep bumping into two kinds of people in Africa. One kind believes in the capability...
A Cure for Handicapped Churches
Reflections on Dependency in the Christian Movement
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Professor Alan Tippett used to remind us that one can’t understand missiology apart from biography. If you know what I experienced as a missionary, you will understand why I am passionate about...
Editorial Comment
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Dear Reader,
In this issue we speak of the profoundly helpful role of music in the rescue of human souls. We speak of “proximate sending” in missions. We present an update on the massive...
The Uncertain Future of Missions
Comparing Notes Between Ecuador and Guatemala
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Two days ago, as I write these comments, the January 20 premiere of a $33-million movie and book rolled out with great fanfare. Both movie and book are titled End of the Spear. Both graphically...