Ministry Options
A Vision-Strategy for a team of expatriates pioneering among Muslims in Malaysia
THE SITUATION:
1. 23 Million Malay Muslims live in Thailand, Malaysia, Sumatra, Singapore, and Brunei. 99.9% have never met a follower of the Lord Jesus who has made the message of the Cross make sense or necessary to them.
2. Until recently, extremely few of the Chinese, Indian, or even Malay speaking tribal-background churches have [...]
Mauritius and the ICT pillar
One of the laments that I have had through the years is the incredible sluggishness with which many African countries have embraced information and communication technology (ICT). I have for several years envisioned the possibilities of a thriving business process outsourcing (BPO) business in Africa akin to that of India, especially for the Francophone [...]
Building cities in Asia
Recently while traveling in a city in Thailand I was struck by the fairly slap-dash, ramshackle way that the city was erected: buildings a few stories high, with a handful of skyscraper wannabes flung in a haphazard fashion over the landscape. The buildings are mostly ugly, if functional, concrete blocks with dirty black mold on [...]
A Plentiful Harvest: Opportunities Increase in China
With approximately twenty percent of the world’s population – and one-third of the world’s non-Christian population – living in China, the mission field in that country can seem overwhelming. Yet as Bible publishers, relief organizations, and book sellers are finding, the harvests are plenty.
The Bible banned from the Olympics?
There was a rumor that the Bible would be banned during the Olympics, which was flatly denied. China has now gone one step further and is preparing to give away tens of thousands of Christia n texts including Bibles, New Testaments, and Scripture portions. The government will guarantee religious freedom; what they will not allow: [...]
Jobs that last: trends in migration and globalization
Enterprise Resilience Management blog has a great analysis of trends in globalization and economic migration affecting Europe, Asia, and America. These trends are bringing previously unreached peoples deep into the heart of nominally Christian, missionary-sending countries. Read more.
32 ministry options
Here’s a post giving 32 different ways for people to minister to children and the poor.
Effort needed in Myanmar
Up to 35,000 pregnant cyclone survivors are in urgent need of proper
care in Myanmar, a U.N. expert said Wednesday, as relief agencies again
raised concerns about the junta’s willingness to accept foreign aid. Read more.
Adopt a terrorist for prayer
If revival starts with prayer, then your help could be a big part of turning back the onslaught of Godless secularism in our generation.
Is Islam a religion of peace?
Are God and Allah the same?
Are radical Christians just as threatening as radical Muslims?
These may be the questions you hear people popularly debating, but most minds are [...]
A vision for an Azerbaijani Forum
The North American Azerbaijani Network will host a forum to focus on mission to the gateway Azerbaijani people of Azerbaijan and Iran on April 24-26 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The 40 million Azerbaijani have only 10,000 believers (0.02%), and are a strategic people group for impacting the Persian, Turkic, Arabic, and Russian worlds.
The North American [...]
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