Bible translation must take into account societal factors and developments in biblical studies, linguistics and the social sciences.Read more…
“It’s Our Bible” : The Passion of the Kapingamarangi for God’s Word
A Wycliffe Bible translation teams works with one Polynesian group to get the Bible in the people’s language.Read more…
UNITED STATES
The Disaster Response Office of Habitat for Humanity International recently rolled out its newest program, the Disaster Corps. The program seeks to provide increased support for disaster affected Habitat affiliates by engaging baby boomer generation volunteers with professional and skilledRead more…
MALI
After more than fifteen years of work by many translators and collaborators, missionaries in Mali announced that the New Testament is now available in the Maasina Fulfulde language. This will make the gospel story accessible for the first time toRead more…
IRAN
For the first time, 24-hour Persian Christian radio is available anywhere in the world. The new Persian-language website Radio Mojdeh (Mojdeh means Ì¢âÂÒgood newsÌ¢âÂå in Persian) and a 24-hour Internet radio service have recently been launched. The website, www.radiomojdeh.com, includesRead more…
INDIA
The number of missionaries in India has increased over sixty-seven percent in the last five years, said the country’s Minister of State for Planning, M. V. Rajasekharan. At the same time the Minister said that according to the World Bank’sRead more…
INDIA
Christian groups in India are mourning the killing of a prominent Christian worker who had converted from Islam and who was shot dead at a bus stop in front of his home in the state Kashmir. The Global Council ofRead more…
JAPAN
Theologians from Korea and Japan, Korea’s colonizer in the first half of the twentieth century, have begun a dialogue in search of Ì¢âÂÒan Asian theology that can act to reconcile, and that goes beyond nationalism in both countries.Ì¢âÂå The two-dayRead more…
CYPRUS
Arab Vision is drawing up plans to produce Iraqi television programs by early 2007. These programs will be made by Iraqi Christians themselves in their own Iraqi Arabic dialect. They will focus on sharing the gospel of peace with theirRead more…
CHECHEN REPUBLIC
After standing in ruins for more than a decade, the only Russian Orthodox church in Chechnya’s capital has been restored. The consecration of the Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Grozny was led by Bishop Feofan of Stavropol andRead more…
An Overview of Middle and West Africa
Despite the challenges of AIDS, poverty, corruption and wars, Middle and Western Africa have been, and are being, impacted by Christianity.Read more…
Latin America Blessing the World
More than two thousand church and mission leaders from forty Latin American nations met for the third COMIBAM conference.Read more…
AROUND THE WORLD
Individuals on Christian college campuses, local church college ministries, mobilization ministries and others passionate about getting this generation on fire for Jesus Christ will be taking part in the 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting from 22 January to 12Read more…
Bible Translation in the New Millennium: The Changed and Changing Context
Understanding the history of Bible translation can help Bible translators today better prepare for the context in which they will find themselves.Read more…
Global Missions Health Conference Focuses on Whole Person Missions
More than 2,400 students, mission workers, agencies, organization representatives and healthcare professionals attended the 2006 GMHC.Read more…
Aspen Glow
LWP co-publisher Lon Allison reflects on the life of Dr. Mel Lorentzen and the importance of being an “aspen-leader.”Read more…
The Bible and Church Planting/Church Growth
The Bible and church planting must go hand in hand.Read more…
Into Their World…The Jula of Mali
Even with a strong sense of clan loyalty, honesty and obedience, ninety-nine percent of the Jula of Mali still lack one thing: a relationship with Jesus Christ.Read more…
Boomers – The New Wave of Volunteer Missionaries
As thousands of new volunteer missionaries rise from the ranks of retiring baby boomers, they are challenging the status quo of missions.Read more…
More Than Dreams: Muslims Coming to Christ Through Dreams and Visions
Muslims around the world are having dreams and visions of the risen Christ. These are being documented and shared with others.Read more…
Forum for Bible Agencies International and Partnership in God’s Word
Twenty-five leading Bible agencies around the world have partnered to make God’s word available worldwide.Read more…
Pentecostals: Missions Movement or Voting Bloc?
Due to remarkably rapid church growth, Pentecostals have shot through adolescence to adulthood, claiming a seat at the Christian roundtable.Read more…
The Prayer of Faith
Faith is the raw material upon which the answers to our prayers are produced.Read more…
A Mission, a Witch and a Village: The Lasting Effect of Missions
Mission trips do have an impact. Sarah, a former witch in her Kenyan community, is a living testimony of this fact.Read more…
IN THIS ISSUE…The State of the Bible and Bible Translations and Other Issues of Global Interest
Peoples of the WorldVisions and dreams of Jesus Christ in the Muslim world.
A Focus on West and Central Africa: 520 Least-Reached People Groups Remain
In West Africa, you will find voodoo, fetishes, ancestor worship and idolatry. But most of the least-reached peoples are adherents to Islam.Read more…
Friends of the Disabled in Latin America Impacting Thousands for Christ
Thousands of individuals with disabilities in Latin America have been blessed through the ministry of FRIDLA and others.Read more…