Aviation: A Centripetal Force in Missions
It was July—winter in the African country of Lesotho. My pilot guided the red and white turbocharged Cessna into a valley for an approach to the mou…
Month: April 2003
A Biblical Look at C5 Muslim Evangelism
With the dawn of the new millennium missionaries from all over the globe have set their sights on the sons of Ishmael. Islam is Christianity’s on…
Missionary Training and the Gospel of Mark
When journalist Lee Strobel first met a shy and soft-spoken Leo Carter, he was a seventeen-year-old veteran of Chicago’s grittiest neighborbood. His…
Globalization and the Support of Nationals
Globalization is a term that evokes passionate feelings. Conflicting convictions about the effect of globalization have surfaced in missions too, part…
The Poor: A Case of Mistaken Identity?
Currently, article after article and book after book refer to the poor? But seldom is the word poor carefully defined.
The Two Sides of Pentecost
Acts records many instances of persecution among early believing communities. However, the record is clear. Believing communities existed.
The Mission of Theology in Missions
Theology divides, evangelism unites.” So goes the mantra of too many. Oh, there is a kernel of truth in what they say: too much majoring on minor is…
A Peace Reader
Christians who are involved in the cross-cultural communication of the faith to nonbelievers have a particular problem with war.