Title: Jan 20 Trends in the Global Missions Movement
Michael Jaffarian, Senior Research Associate, Operation World and Missionary Researcher, World Venture
January 20, 2011
Description: Gleanings from extensive surveys of mission leaders around the world in preparation for the 7th edition of Operation World
Presenter: Michael Jaffarian is a Missionary Researcher with World Venture and Senior Research Associate with Operation World.
We have laid down the principle that the missionary’s preparation must be commensurate with the task assigned. Further, we have defined the missionary’s task, pointing out its changeless as well as relative aspects. (Evangelical Missions Quarterly, Summer, 1965.) Thus we know the quality of men needed, and we now turn to the missionary’s preparation.
Description: It’s been said, “When it comes to missions in the church, the pastor either holds the key to the front door or holds the…
Most of the sites referenced in this article are focused on evangelical and Protestant Christian mission, and we’ve included a few Roman Catholic sites of particular value for evangelicals.
In this installment we dare to offer resources to help you better understand contemporary global trends in missions.
Hindsight is always 20/20 and peering into the rearview mirror of missions history, attempting to see it from God’s perspective, is a formidable, but exhilarating, endeavor. One modern thinker who has done a stellar job of helping us understand when, where, and how God has been at work over the centuries is missiologist Dr. Ralph Winter, founder of the U.S. Center for World Mission (now Frontier Ventures).
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