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Proclaiming the Scandal of the Cross: Contemporary Images of the Atonement
Few themes trigger a neuralgic reaction among evangelicals more quickly than the atonement. The atonement is the bedrock of Christian faith. In Jesus Christ God acted for our salvation. But the meaning of the atonement is not easily grasped; an element of mystery surrounds God’s saving action.
Harvest of Hope: Stories of Life-Changing Gifts
Over the past few years, a variety of non-profits, including many Christian organizations, have begun to publish lists or “catalogs” of projects which donors can fund for needy people in a particular place. Strom sets out to see for herself what happens to contributions given to charities via these gift catalog programs.
American Churches: Ministry Insights from Groundbreaking Congregations
This book is a tale of two cultures: the East Asian culture and the American culture
Glocalization: How Followers of Jesus Engage the New Flat Earth
Building on Thomas Friedman’s “flat earth” summary of globalization, Roberts’ intent is to cast a vision—presumably for leaders in North American churches.
Evangelism after Christendom: The Theology and Practice of Christian Witness
Evangelism is a bad word. Evangelism conveys an attitude of superiority that is offensive to Western cultural ideals and cultures dominated by religions other than Christianity. If this is the position of many within Western culture, where is evangelism’s place in these postmodern days?
China’s Christian Martyrs
Hattaway does the reader a service by keeping the book unbiased as he even-handedly relates persecution of Christ-followers across Mainland China.
Called to Reach: Equipping Cross-Cultural Disciplers
The mission community is indebted to Yount and Barnett for providing such a tool in this transformational book that touches both head and heart with biblical balance.
A Vision of the Possible: Pioneer Church Planting in Teams
In this practical church planting guide, Daniel Sinclair draws from years of experience working as both a field director for a major missions agency, overseeing 750 field workers, and in ministry in the Middle East.
Discussions about Missions and Money
In this edition of Missions on the Web, we point you to some of the key documents and sites where you can catch up on discussions in an essential arena of missions—missions and money.
The Pros and Cons of Preaching with an Interpreter
Missionaries often find themselves in situations which necessitate an interpreter, regardless of their time on the field.
Introducing “CrossGlobal Link” and “The Mission Exchange”: IFMA and EFMA Change Names, Foci
Marvin Newell, executive director of CrossGlobal Link, and Steve Moore, president and CEO of The Mission Exchange, discuss the changes their associations are undergoing.
Clean and Dirty: Cross-cultural Misunderstandings in India
A veteran missionary and scholar challenges westerners to reexamine their beliefs of “clean” and “dirty” as viewed in the Indian context.
Event-speech as a Form of Missionary Education
A brief look at the teachings of Jesus and the early Church show that event-speech (responding to immediate events through Spirit-guided speeches) was the preferred method of evangelism.
Are National Schools a Viable Option?
A survey of 142 college-age MKs reveals the benefits and challenges of missionaries using national schools to educate their children.
The Trendy Giant Wounds: Some Lessons from the Church in Africa
Careful and adequate pre-mission training needs to be done in preparing westerners to engage the cultural context of Africa in short-term missions.
Contrasting Worldviews and Their Implications for Missions in Spain
Spanish and typical Western worldviews are quite different, thus creating challenges for effective long-term ministry.
Short-term Missions for Long-term Partnership
The author asks, “Are we tourists or are we God’s missionary people?” Rickett shares why many STMs are not working and how we can make them more effective.
Five Lies about Missions
Why do Christians so often reject their call to global missions? The answer to this is in the power of lies and our tendency to believe them.
Mentoring New Missionaries: A Neglected Ministry
The majority of newcomers on the mission field want direction and accountability. Veteran missionaries are the ones to provide it.
The Importance of Missionary Fit: Fleshing Out Giftedness and Calling
God gifts individuals in such a way that his purposes will be accomplished in a community. But this requires both the missionary and mission agency to find the individual’s true “missionary fit.”
Revered for All the Wrong Reasons
As the crowd pressed against the bus windows, I felt more like a rock star than a Christ-like servant. White people rarely taxied down the winding dirt roads to this Indian village. Certainly fewer had come with a sincere desire to serve.
Issues of Identity in a Muslim Context: Common Ground?
For the last decade there has been an ongoing debate in mission circles on appropriate limits to contextualization among various socio-religious groups—Muslim peoples in particular.
Our Readers Write
Korean-American Christians Esther Cho and Walter Chung’s article on outreach to North Korea and 1.5 generation Korean-American Christians (April 2007) was excellent. Cho and Chung did an excellent job in linking a very needy area of the world with a group of young people in the United States who can respond to that need.
The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South
Philip Jenkins demonstrates how close the thought world of the global South is to that of the first century culture of the Bible.