Key leaders from the world’s international missions organizations will be gathering at Mission Aviation Fellowship’s (MAF) new headquarters in Nampa, Idaho, USA 18-19 October to determine how to work together to effectively use the results of MAF’s recent landmark studyRead more…
The World is Flat; What About the Church?
The resource-rich Church of the North must distribute its wealth to the resource-poor Church of the South.Read more…
Unseating “Little Napoleons” : Malaysia’s Mission Leaders Unite to Tackle Mission Priorities
Christian leaders in Malaysia seek to transform their nation through seven projects.Read more…
UNITED STATES
The World Missions Atlas Project and its partners, in cooperation with the greater missions community, have released the new “Global Status of Evangelical Christianity” wall map. The map illustrates the status of evangelical Christianity and church planting based upon theRead more…
RUSSIA
In order to confront the growing HIV/AIDS crisis in Russia, Christian organizations Tearfund (UK) and Russian Ministries (US) will hold the “HIV & AIDS Forum of Good Practice and Networking” 15-17 November 2006 at the Moscow Christian Center in Moscow,Read more…
PAKISTAN
A bishop in Pakistan has renounced his nationality in protest against discrimination and hatred he says is suffered by the minuscule Christian minority in the world’s second largest Muslim nation. “In Pakistan, Christians, including me, are facing extreme hate, discriminationRead more…
MEXICO
Nearly six hundred Bible League-trained Mexican church planters recently gathered in Mexico City for a congress to discuss what God has done through their ministries. The congress brought together church planters who have been trained over the past eleven years.Read more…
CZECH REPUBLIC
Representatives of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the World Evangelical Alliance met in dialogue 8-11 August 2006 on the campus of the International Baptist Theological Seminary, located in Prague, Czech Republic. Although informal contacts had occurred during the past fiftyRead more…
CANADA
Statistics from the 2001 Canadian census indicate that the growth of religions such as Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism in that country are far surpassing both Protestant Christianity and Roman Catholicism and that Canada is indeed a great mission field. BetweenRead more…
AROUND THE WORLD
Ì¢âÂÒThe future of the Church could be under threat unless biblical illiteracy among young people is not urgently addressed,Ì¢âÂå a group of Christian evangelical agencies have warned. Although young people may have well-rehearsed arguments outlining Christian responses to social andRead more…
AROUND THE WORLD
The global website for the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP, www.idop.org) will open 12 October 2006, one month before the IDOP Day 12 November. Some countries will pray one Sunday earlier or one Sunday later butRead more…
AROUND THE WORLD
Global Mapping International (GMI) has released The Peoples of the Buddhist World CD-ROM, a prayer guide for the peoples of the Buddhist world. It was designed for Christians, educators, churches and missionaries concerned with better understanding and praying for theRead more…
An Overview of Central Asia
Central Asia has also sometimes also called Middle Asia or Inner Asia. Over time it has meant the land from Iran to Mongolia. Today it usually is used to refer to Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and Iran. TheRead more…
Assessing the Consequences of Preaching to a Larger Audience
In 1900 the ratio of evangelist to hearer of the gospel was 2:1. Today it is 6:1. This is greatly impacting Christianity.Read more…
Partnering in Peru to Serve the Quechuas (Perupi qheswa runakunata servinapaqmi aynipi llank’ashanku)
SIL, Wycliffe Bible Translators’ main partner working in the South Peru Scripture Advance Project, is poised to reach about a million and a half Cusco Quechua speakers. (Kaymi puntapi qelqasqa karqan qheswa rimaypi. Chayta rikuyta munaspaykiqa qhawachiq wach’ita kaypi churaspayki ÌÄå±it’iy.)Read more…
Into Their World… Karakalpak of Uzbekistan
With the vast majority of Karakalpak being Sunni Muslims, this people group is in great need to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ.Read more…
What Do You Think, Mr. Guttenberg? The Challenges Print Evangelism Ministries Face in Meeting the Needs of Oral Cultures
Fulfilling the Great Commission among oral learners requires rethinking, recreating and reproducing resources and methods.Read more…
Tools for Reaching Oral Learners
Finding the right kind of tools to use to share the gospel with oral cultures takes creativity and an understanding of the audience.Read more…
The Role of Bible Stories in Evangelism
Answering the question of why Bible storying is important today.Read more…
Changing Campus Ministry in America
Fifty-seven American college campus ministry leaders gathered for the Institute of Campus Revival and Awakening.Read more…
The Role of Partnership in Oral Evangelism: A Case Study in India
Reaching the seventy percent non-literate oral population in Bihar State, India has always been a problem. But doors are now opening.Read more…
55th Evangelical Fellowship of India’s Annual Meeting and Tamil Nadu Pastors Conference
Nearly 450 participants and eighty youth leaders attended this year’s EFI annual meeting.Read more…
Two International Orality Network Conferences for Primary and Secondary Oral Learners to be Held 14-16 and 15-17 November 2006
Making Disciples of Primary Oral Learners 14-16 November 2006 www.ion2006.org The Inside Story 15-17 November 2006 www.theinsidestory06.com The International Orality Network is offering two unique, overlapping conferences in November 2006 to address distinct aspects of the orality movement. These conferencesRead more…
Story and Song in Kpele-Dafo: An Innovative Church Planting Model Among an Oral Culture of Togo
Communities are being transformed across Africa because communication bridges are being used to share the gospel with oral cultures.Read more…
Making Disciples of Oral Learners
Making disciples of oral learners means using communication forms that are familiar within the culture: stories, proverbs, drama, songs, chants and poetry.Read more…
A Focus on Central Asia: 858 Least-Reached People Groups Remain
A historical overview of the least-reached peoples of Central Asia and how to reach them through prayer and action.Read more…
IN THIS ISSUE…Reaching Oral Cultures with the Gospel and Other Issues of Global Interest
Peoples of the WorldSharing the gospel in oral cultures around the world