Using media to overcome communication barriers and boundaries when sharing the gospel involves content creators and content transformers.Read more…
UNITED STATES
Individual congregants of sixty-five Christian denominations that reported financial information for publication gave an average of $713 to their church in calendar year 2005. That figure was reported in the seventy-fifth Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches, published in MarchRead more…
Lausanne III: Cape Town 2010 International Congress on World Evangelization
The Third International Lausanne Congress will be held 16-25 October 2010 in Cape Town, South Africa.Read more…
A Focus on South Pacific and Southeast Asia: 661 Least-reached People Groups Remain
Many peoples in Southeast Asia were once Hindus or Buddhists; however, Islam is the predominant religion today.Read more…
Women in World Evangelization: More Study Needed
In-depth study focusing on women in global Christianity, and especially those involved in world missions, is required to take world evangelization to the next level of strategic thinking.Read more…
A Call to Kingdom Journalism: Rediscovering the Integral Role of Communication in Mission
Communication is an integral part of mission and each person has his or her role in it.Read more…
Contextualizing Western Workers – Gifts from the Muslim World
Muslim interaction can give us at least four contextualized gifts.Read more…
Communication and the Gospel
In every generation, the question is, how can we more effectively communicate the truth of the gospel to all peoples?Read more…
Mobile, Glocal & Evangelism
With technology changing the world so rapidly, Christians need to keep pace.Read more…
Communications among International Christian Leaders
Raising awareness regarding the current international context and practices of communication between international Christian leaders might yield near-term as well as eternal dividends.Read more…
Viva Global Prayer Weekend Calls Christians to Stand against Modern Day Child Slavery
World Weekend of Prayer for Children at Risk to be held 2-3 June 2007.Read more…
Into Their World…The Aceh of Indonesia
The Aceh of Indonesia are strict Sunni Muslims and have been known to strongly and even violently oppose other religions.Read more…
TURKEY
The killing of three Christians at a religious publishing house in eastern Turkey has triggered strong condemnation by the United States and international church and advocacy groups. Twelve suspects have been linked to the killings of the three men, NecatiRead more…
Before Contextualization: Critical Incarnational Living
Critical incarnational living and contextualization of the gospel go hand in hand.Read more…
IN THIS ISSUE…International Communication and the Church…and Other Issues of Global Interest
Peoples of the World International Communication and the Church
UNITED STATES
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA and the University of Wisconsin (UW) have reached an agreement that settles a lawsuit and fully restores recognition to InterVarsity’s student chapter at the UW-Superior (UW-S). The agreement also removes the threat of derecognition that has beenRead more…
Learning from Ants: A Look at Evangelists and Cross-cultural Missionaries
A look at mass evangelists, cross-cultural missionaries and mission teams and trends in missions today.Read more…
SCOTLAND
A call for Christian mission work to promote “non-aggressive” evangelism and for traditional denominations to find new ways of working with Pentecostal and charismatic movements has been made by the World Council of Churches general secretary, the Rev. Samuel Kobia.Read more…
INDIA
The National Council of Churches in India (NCCI) has called on the authorities to act immediately to restore the rule of law, following a number of attacks against Christians in recent weeks. The council urged state governments to clamp downRead more…
HAITI
After a two-year interruption due to widespread violence in the country, the Church of the Nazarene in Haiti resumed and completed eleven district assemblies in April. Final membership totals are not yet complete, but nearly every district showed growth. TwoRead more…
GABON
Senior government ministers have welcomed a proposal by the Bible Society of Gabon to launch the Good Samaritan program in order to help tackle the country’s escalating HIV/AIDS problem. The Society put forward the proposal last month following a callRead more…
AROUND THE WORLD
As part of the Micah Challenge coalition, Christian leaders are calling on Western governments to stick to their promises on tackling global poverty. The call comes in the light of a report by the Africa Progress Panel, which was setRead more…
TOGO
The recent staging of the African Football Federation’s Under-17 Africa Cup tournament in Lomé provided an opportunity for the Bible Society of Togo and other Christian organisations to bring God’s Word to many sports fans. Teams and their supporters fromRead more…