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Making Your Partnership Work

admin January 1, 2003

We are in the midst of a major paradigm shift in missions. It is now neither possible nor desirable for mission agencies to control their people and institutions.

Postmodern PIlgrims: First Century Passion for the 21st Century World

admin January 1, 2003

Here is a book on Christianity and postmodernism that encourages the church not to reject or oppose this social and intellectual movement, but to embrace it, love it, kiss it.

Board-level Mission Governance and the Survival of Civilization

admin October 1, 2002

Under the general editorship of Lynn Giddings, the trilogy under review is addressed to church workers and comprises a collection of forty-one pieces by fifteen authors.

We devote the majority of this article to three categories—general religion sites, new religions and cults, and Islam—followed by briefer coverage of about a dozen other religions in alphabetical order.

As the World Draws Lines…

admin October 1, 2002

Ever since the start of my current term in 1999, I have seen a progressive hardening of the Muslim front in my city, and world events have conspired to block my efforts to integrate into the Muslim world around me.

How Islam Sees Itself

admin October 1, 2002

Ever since 9/11 we have been bombarded with generalizations as to the peaceful nature of Islam.

Free to Live under the Law: A Model for Islamic Witness

admin October 1, 2002

I meant well. My heart was filled with love for my Muslim friends and I wanted them to know how liberating salvation in Christ was. The more acquainted I became with my friends’ religion, the more I realized how bound they were to the plethora of futile rituals.

Growing Churches in Resistant Areas

admin October 1, 2002

In early 1997, a regional church development working group asked what could be learned from existing churches to benefit those planting new churches of Muslim background believers (MBBs).

A Church Built by Muslims

admin October 1, 2002

As the Muslim chief and I stood beside my white Toyota wagon, the traditional African gestures and greetings were exchanged. The scorching Saharan sun was beating down on all of us. Men greeted the chief and then turned to me. All of us were shaking hands and gesturing to our own hearts and foreheads showing that no ill will or thoughts stood between us.