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This being our first issue of the bicentennial year, perhaps it is well to consider the bicentennial in the perspective of missions. What can a missionary do to celebrate 1776 in 1976?

MANIPULATED MISSIONS
Some foreign governments, especially anti-Western ones, for years have accused missionaries of being spies. Reports now coming to light substantiate these charges in some instances. Although the practice has virtually ceased, the implication of these reports may place the entire missionary effort under suspicion.

Is extension education more culturally relevant than residence education? This anthropologist exposes the “myth” that it necessarily is, while making observations that will serve to strengthen both extension and residence education.

Dear friend,

This is an S.0.S.! I have tried so hard to communicate with my professor but…! I am about to explode with frustration. Can you advise me? Enclosed are all the items of correspondence that have gone between us.

The pages of history reveal an intense struggle among early China missionaries over the ancestor cult, Confucianiam, and emperor worship. This author discusses one controversial approach, which is pertinent to efforts of missionaries today to make the gospel culturally relevant.

Here is a down-to-earth commentary on what the missionary faces in Japan. The insights shared will also be of help to others trying to adapt to new cultural situations.

How much objective truth, so to speak, can you really tell your supporting constituency at home?

The word “dropout” can render service in any number of contexts. Most likely it will take you an additional three paragraphs to plug in, or should I say “drop in” to this writer’s use of the term.

The pastoral ministry among East African churches is inadequate and misdirected, says this author. He examines the problem and proposes some solutions.

With proper planning, even shirt assignments can be fruitful and young people can be recruited as career missionaries.