The church has always adopted the use of modern innovation to spread the gospel. In the early church, apostles and missionaries carried the gospel around the world using newly-constructed Roman Roads. In the Early Modern period, the printing press was used to launch a Reformation....
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More than 30 years ago, the missiologist Ralph Winter wrote a piece on the “myth of closed countries.” Winter, who passed away in 2009, was a well-traveled academic with a strong commitment to spreading the gospel worldwide. Winter suggested that the expression “closed country” was...
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As missionaries in Guatemala, my wife Cherry and I have personally witnessed the intense needs arising from this pandemic. With borders closed and many foreign missionaries pulled from their fields, it would be easy to fear that doors to the Gospel are closing. But that...
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It is hard for my wife and me to hear the regular reports from Cuba about how difficult life is becoming for our people, where it’s nearly impossible to find even basic staples. But I thank God for the privilege of partnering with the people...
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There has been a great tug-of-war throughout the history of the church. At times, the church has focused on evangelism to the neglect of community transformation. At other times, it has swung to the extreme of focusing on acts of service to the exclusion of...
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There is a sameness to the villages — tidy town centers, pastel-colored houses, lofty church steeples, clucking chickens in the West Ukrainian cities. Then come the “Gypsy rows:” clusters of sagging, splintered huts where members of the Roma minority live on the fringes. For hundreds...
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It is my joy to serve with Global Action in Zimbabwe and to use my voice to speak up for those in need. Most of us may never know what it feels like to be abandoned and left alone with no one to love or...
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Who is your neighbor? For our team in India, the answer is impoverished HIV+ widows. These women are stigmatized and are unable to obtain work or even rent apartments because of their disease. The only home they have found is with other outcasts in the...
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Experts predict that the number of people facing acute hunger will double by the end of this year. COVID 19 has affected all of us, but the 3 billion people living on less than $3 a day have been devastated. The situation is urgent, and...
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I’ve been riveted to the television over the last few days—and grieving for our nation. We are all praying now for an end to violence, for an end to racism, and for God to bring healing to our land. It is right for us to...
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