Mobilization
Recruit senior citizens
Instead of recruiting young people out of college, why not recruit older people over 55? Doug Nichols at ACTION International talks briefly about the possibility.
How new missionaries choose their country of service: do we need a change?
Asking future missionaries to wait and receive their “calling” to the country their Agency and Church assign.
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 [...]
The Chinese are Coming
Christianity in Europe has been in decline since the 18th century Enlightenment. Today many churches stand empty or are converted to restaurants, clubs and even mosques. By contrast the church in China is experiencing phenomenal growth and there are an estimated 70 million to 100 million Chinese Christians today. Will the Chinese come to Europe’s aid and how will Europeans respond to an Asian proclamation of the gospel?
Mobilizing African-Americans
It has been over 30 years since the Lausanne Covenant was formed. That event produced a radical paradigm shift in mission thinking. For the first time we as believers began to look at the global expanse of the Kingdom in a strategic way and began to ask the question, “What will it take to complete [...]
Social mobilization
If conversion is primarily a result of social networking caused by certain social and economic profitability factors, would not mobilization be as well?
Postmoderns & Muslims: the relationship factor
Recently, there has been a growing awareness that significant similarities exist between most Islamic contexts and what may be considered the emerging postmodern Western subculture, particularly in the United States. For the purposes of this article, we will focus on one specific instance of the “postmodern” culture: college students in the US. We will also [...]
The Four Barriers
It’s been almost 2000 years since Jesus gave the church the commandment we call the great commission (Matthew 28:18). Arguably, this generation of believers has a greater opportunity to finish the task than any previous generation. This is truly a unique time in history! Let’s review some of the factors that make this true.
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Aiming for 50,000 teams
It’s hard to believe Ethne06 was held a year ago. I wrote recently about the quandary we face: quite simply, we are losing ground when we consider the task of reaching the unreached.
Although this has been known for some time, it was driven home in January 2007. For the last two decades, the International Bulletin [...]
Where are we going?
Recently, I’ve been thinking long and hard about the unreached peoples movement in the world. Those thoughts have been more than a little dark as of late.
Reaching the unreached is a challenging task, but our primary problem is not the cultural, economic, logistical or political barriers we face. It is more simple: we lack sufficient [...]
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