EthnÌÄå»06 is a global gathering of people, churches and organizations focused on ministering to Unreached People Groups (UPGs).Read more…
Hopegivers Urges Christians to Establish Individual “Prayer Night”
Officials with Hopegivers International are calling on Christians to establish a monthly night of prayer for the persecuted Church.Read more…
What’s Happening in Short-term Mission?
Looking at the stategic potential of short-term missions.Read more…
SWITZERLAND
The leaders of two worldwide church groupings have proposed the creation of a new global body called the World Reformed Communion to unite the more than eighty million Protestants in their two organizations. “We … believe that this new, united,Read more…
TURKEY
SAT-7 is partnering with TURK-7, a new media outreach to the Turkish people, to create indigenous television programs that will both grow the believer in the Christian faith and lead non-believers to Christ. According to one Turkish pastor, Ì¢âÂÒTurkey isRead more…
UNITED STATES
Registration is now open for Urbana 06, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship’s twenty-first student missions convention to be held 27-31 December 2006, in the Edward Jones Dome at the America’s Center in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. Jim Tebbe, InterVarsity’s vice president forRead more…
UNITED STATES
An estimated 100,000 Pentecostal and charismatic Christians are expected to come together in Los Angeles, California, 25-29 April to commemorate the centennial of the Azusa Street revival, an event that marked the emergence of the modern Holy Spirit movement. TheRead more…
UNITED STATES
Ken Olson recently made a major contribution to what is an obscure, but necessary science if the gospel is going to go into all the world. Olson contributed a new symbol to the International Phonetic AlphabetÌ¢âÂÛthe first new contribution inRead more…
ZAMBIA
Zambia’s major denominations melded during January’s global week of prayer for Christian unity. And while the churches are expected to play a pivotal role in national elections scheduled to take place by the end of 2006, civil society groups pressingRead more…
ZIMBABWE
International Bible Society (IBS) released its Shona Bible translation on 27 January in Harare City, Zimbabwe, Africa. This translation makes the Word of God accessible in contemporary language to ten million people in Zimbabwe who speak the Shona language. MoreRead more…
Eight Weeks to Change Your Life
An interview with Melissa, a short-term missionary with Latin America Mission.Read more…
The Springboard of Short-term Missions
Short-term missions can lead to a lifetime of ministry.Read more…
Bonding through Short-term Mission: A Lifeline to the Unreached
Short-term mission has missed the point of the Great Commission.Read more…
PHILIPPINES
The Metro Manila Franklin Graham Festival, held 2-5 February drew massive crowds to Rizal Park, totaling at least 317,600, including 125,000 on the final night alone. Throughout the event, 33,844 people responded to the invitation to put their faith inRead more…
Charity and Justice
How Bono and a lawyer/pastor from Malawi led a call recently for justice and charity.Read more…
Ten Suggestions for Short-term Mission Workers
1. Do not put anything before God….Go as a servant to the local workers.Read more…
Urbana and Short-term Missions
Urbana’s impact through short-term missions.Read more…
Into Their World… .The Hijazi of Saudi Arabia
Less than one percent of the nearly seventeen million Hijazi Arabs in Saudi Arabia have accepted Christ.Read more…
How Do We Grow Our Churches?
Research shows that several factors go hand-in-hand with church growth.Read more…
New President Leads AIMS into a New Era
Daniel O. Crosby is the new president of Accelerating International Mission Strategies.Read more…
PHILIPPINES
World Vision’s Australia office is mustering an emergency response to help the victims of the Philippines landslide. Officials fear that continuous rain in the province could slow down rescue efforts. While some survivors have been pulled from a school buriedRead more…
Fellowship of Short-term Mission Leaders
A report on the October 2005 Fellowship of Short-term Mission leaders gathering.Read more…
IN THIS ISSUE…Short-term Missions and Other Issues of Global Interest
Peoples of the World Philip 8.4.8 and Short-term Missions
Thousands Prepare for Azusa Street Centennial
World leaders are looking forward to the “Spiritual Experience of a Lifetime” in Los Angeles, California, USA this 25-29 April 2006.Read more…
Philip 8.4.8 and Short-term Missions
Mobilizing and equipping believers to reach ethnic communities in North America.Read more…
The Talking Bible and Short-term Missions Projects
Short-term mission teams around the world are using the Talking Bibles to minister to those they are serving.Read more…
International Bible Society: The Bible and HIV/AIDS
The International Bible Society (IBS) is using the life-changing power of scripture in the battle against the deadly HIV/AIDS virus.Read more…
Short-term Missions… How Things Have Changed!
Integrity and excellence in short-term missions.Read more…
Developing Relationships in Short-term Missions
Relationships are crucial to short-term missions, but relationships come at a cost.Read more…
Commissioner Shaw Clifton Elected Eighteenth General of the Salvation Army
Adam Greene Commissioner Shaw Clifton named General of the Salvation Army The Salvation Army has announced that its new world leader and the eighteenth General of the Salvation Army will be Commissioner Shaw Clifton. Commissioner Clifton, who currently heads upRead more…
Tackling Bible Ignorance in New Zealand
New Research shows New Zealand’s children are uninformed of the central stories in the Bible.Read more…
The Future of Short-Term Missions
Ten overarching trends in short-term missions.Read more…
AROUND THE WORLD
The youth outreach of Open Doors International is gearing up for a SHOCKWAVEÌ¢âÂÛa global 72-hour prayer event for youth that will take place 3-5 March, both online and at prayer meetings throughout the world. The fifth annual SHOCKWAVE kicks offRead more…
AROUND THE WORLD
Compassion International has become one of more than 260 Christian organizations around the world that have partnered in the Micah Challenge to combat child poverty globally. The Micah Challenge is a global Christian campaign that encourages Christians to engage withRead more…
CAMEROON
Ì¢âÂÒA day hasn’t passed without people coming to see it and comment on it,Ì¢âÂå said Dorothee Daneidjo, as she displays her dress with verses of the Bible printed on the material. Ì¢âÂÒSometimes people on the street ask me to stopRead more…
CANADA
After serving for the past eight years in South Africa, Jonathan Wilson will be serving as executive director for World Team Canada. Born in the United Kingdom, Wilson was a missionary kid for seventeen years in Papua, Indonesia. In SouthRead more…
INDIA
A record-breaking graduating class of over ten thousand studentsÌ¢âÂÛmost of them DalitsÌ¢âÂÛrecently produced the world’s largest seminary graduation ever. The historic graduation of Dalit outcastes in India was sponsored by Hopegivers International. Although Dalits make up nearly twenty-five percent ofRead more…
MALAWI
Nazarene Youth International (NYI) Africa is receiving recognition beyond church walls for its work in AIDS prevention. At a recent youth convention in Lilongwe, Malawi, minister of youth, sport and culture Jafali Mussa applauded NYI for the Ì¢âÂÒgreat workÌ¢âÂå beingRead more…
MEXICO
As missionaries and nationals work on Bible translation across the globe, Wycliffe Associates serves to support that translation work. Wycliffe’s Norm Every says he works to maximize translation efforts in the Americas by sending short-term teams to help with constructionRead more…
MIDDLE EAST
A boom in Christian websites is occurring in the Middle East. According to the Strategic Resource Group (SRG), these websites are receiving nearly nine million hits per month and more than two thousand Arabic Bibles are downloaded from the InternetRead more…