Personal Contact: The sine qua non of Twenty-first Century Christian Mission
Statistics from the World Christian Encyclopedia appear to indicate that less than sixteen percent of non-Christians know a Christian; however, the…
Category: Volume 43 – Issue 4
Discovering the Joy of Tithing in Zimbabwe
The common assumption that churches in developing countries will
continue to need outside help must increasingly be challenged.
Church Planting Tracking and Analysis Tool
I’d like to introduce a tool that we have found helpful in enabling church planting teams (and their supervisors) to get a snapshot of the te…
An Introduction to Blogging on the Internet
In this edition of Missions on the Web we provide links to numerous sources to help you enrich your experience with the blog world.
Can It Be Me?
Marjory Foyle has finally written her autobiography, which is great news to those of us who consider ourselves humbled to be her legacy of open and ho…
Our Readers Write
Identity Theft
With disappointment, we read Roger Dixon’s article, “Identity Theft” (April 2007), in which Dixon takes the …
Communication, Media, and Identity
This book should be read, absorbed and its insights worked out in all evangelical ministries.
Letting Go and Hanging On
One of the hallmarks of missionary life is tenacity and perseverance in the task.
Contextualization and Syncretism: Navigating Cultural Currents
Discussions of contextualization among evangelicals inevitably provoke a niggling question: How far can we go in making the gospel relevant within hum…
The Ministry of PresenceāJust Show Up!
We are an oral culture in Africa. This calls for face-to-face contact.