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Is a better liaison possible between mission societies and the schools that train their forces?

During the early stages of the Iraq-Iran war, civilians on both sides were fed a steady diet of “glorious victory” films on TV.

March 18, 1956 was a hot day in the hottest of Indian plains. Through the streets of Nagpur in central India, 2,000 members of the Jatav (Untouchable) caste followed their leader, B.R. Ambedkar in solemn procession.

Talk about women in missions and in some circles you are branded a radical or worse.

Spending 10 days in worship, prayer, study and fellowship with some 900 believers from 87 countries was a moving experience that had a significant impact on those who participated.

Missionary interest began in the Indian church long before it began anywhere else in Asia.

Ahmad accepted the challenge to cast out a demon, and the villagers responded to Christ. Now there’s a thriving church.

Any effort to achieve adequately the goal promised by the title of this article will certainly suffer the fate of the six blind men who described the elephant.

Missionaries and mission leaders sometimes feel that events have passed them by. Especially in regions where mission has met with great success they are agonizing over the question of whether or not their existence is still justified.

Considerable progress has been made, but problems due to a clash of the sexes remain to be solved.