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Out of Sight, Out of Mind
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The historical record of missions among the tribes of North America has been a saga filled with enormous potential and great failures and sadness. Grief in the fact that so many of the early...
True Local Ownership Through Micro-Credit
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My first exposure to abject poverty was while serving as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines. My wife, Pat, and I served there from 1971-1973. Surprisingly, it was through this U.S....
The Navajos’ Bitter Struggle With Casino Gaming
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It isn't easy for a committed Christian to be the President of the Navajo Nation. When Kelsey A. Begaye was elected as head of the largest Native American tribe in the States in November 1998,...
Games of Chance
Native American tribes roll the dice on their economic future
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Gambling on Indian reservations is expanding as never before. With the recent victories at the polls in California, Indian-run casinos are expected to expand rapidly in that state. Hailed as the...
Drumming, Dancing, Chanting and Other Christian Things
Getting beyond the fear of syncretism and facing the challenge of the sanctification of Native American culture
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One of the greatest fears voiced by Christians when efforts are made to radically identify with people in order to reach them with the good news of Jesus Christ is the fear of syncretism....
Through the Language of Their Hearts
God Speaks to Native Americans Through His Translated Word.
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Who would have thought that Russian Glasnost would have a direct effect upon two Wycliffe missionaries who were translating the New Testament into Eskimo? It happened on Alaska's St. Lawrence...
Am I A Real Missionary?
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"And now will all the missionaries here for the missions conference please stand up?" This is a familiar question at the missions conferences my husband and I have attended. Seated throughout the...
Whose Culture Contains The Real Communication Barriers?
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God uses various ways to overcome cultural barriers--and a personal discovery about one's own culture may be one!
When my wife Kathleen and I were enjoying field work among the Florida Seminoles,...
Reconciliation:
Overcoming the Hurts of the Past So They Can See Jesus
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Jean Steffenson is the editor of The Reconciler, published by the Native American Chapter of the Reconciliation Coalition. She and her ministry are a part of the United Prayer Network of the AD2000...