Editorial: The Pierced Ear
Staring at the back of the head in the pew in front of me, I wasn’t sure if it was a male or female. The tiny gold earring stuck in th left ehar lobe caught my eye first, but that was inconclusive.
Compassionate Pre-evangelism: The Master Key to the Town
Halfway through Sunday mass, Father José walked slowly to his pulpit. As usual, his church was packed. The town of Benedita, Portugal, clings tightly to its Catholic traditions. “All Benedita has been talking about the evangelicals’ desire to start a church in our town,” Father José said, “and I’m going to tell you exactly what I think about it.”
Getting the Job Done Requires Motivating Your Volunteers
At Tenwek Hospital, Kenya, this is how the community health program got off the ground.
The Golden Rules of Relief
Efforts by Western Christians to help Romania yield valuable lessons—not all of them positive.
The Unmet Challenge of Mission to the Matrilineal Peoples of Africa
Accepted missiology didn’t help when this village church planter moved from one tribe to another.
The Pentecostal Trunk Must Learn from its Branches
North American and European Pentecostals need to recognize when God is doing in the world and work toward international cooperation.
Tired of Committees? Try the Delphi Method
Here’s a step-by-step account of an alternative to face-to-face meetings.
Where’s Home? Closing the Mk’s Identity Gap
Specific things parents can do to smooth some of the painful adjustments.
Chinese Intellectuals and the Gospel
Using our heads and our hearts, we have an unprecedented opportunity to reach this unique group in the wake of Tiananmen Square.
Students in China Coming to Christ in Large Numbers
The brutal suppression of the peaceful democracy movement in Beijing plunged China’s intellectuals and educated young people into profound gloom and pessimism overnight. For the time being political activism seems hopeless, even suicidal in the face of an intransigent regime.