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What are the implications for concerned governments, Muslim-Christian relations, and for missions? What follows are my initial and tentative answers.

The need to initiate and expand dependable, extensive evangelistic work among expatriates can no longer be disputed.

I felt sick when I heard the accusations of sexual immorality against an African pastor. Church leaders told the pastor to take his annual leave. A month later, the pastor returned to his ministry and things went on as if nothing had happened.

I will be back in two days”…. “two weeks” “two months.” These are familiar words in the lives of many couples in ministry today. As the world shrinks, the need and expectation for travel in the context of ministry is greater than ever.

Having moved into Christianity’s third millennium, we can assume that Christ’s mission for the Church on this planet, as well as we are able to understand it from the Scriptures, is nearing completion.

South African pastors share reasons why they feel continued missionary presence in Africa has a negative effect.

A Lutheran pastor from the confessional church, who had lived through the horrors of Nazism, was asked why the great body of Lutherans did not rise up against Hitler. He responded by saying, “We lost our sense of eternity.”

With the continued growth of short-term missions, those who are short-term mission mobilizers need to consider the value of developing sustainable mission relationships with career missionaries and national Christians.

Change. It is inevitable, scary and challenging. It is hard for ‘ adults to deal with. It can be even more overwhelming and crippling for children.

World Evangelical Fellowship moves into the new century with a new name and energized vision.