Creation Stewardship, Food and the Gospel: A Winning Recipe for Holistic Ministry in a Hungry World
By Craig Sorley | Have we acknowledged that hunger is the single biggest concern for most unreached and under-discipled peoples? Inadequate food impacts people physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Until we address this problem, our other efforts to help communities will not bear abundant fruit.
A Missional Theology of Creation Care
By David Bookless | In the current era of missions, caring for creation often holds little strategic value. However, this was not always the case. A careful examination of Scripture reveals this integration has its roots in biblical missiology.
Is Creation Care Really a Gospel Issue?
By Ed Brown | Natural disasters, agricultural problems, and environmentally linked health crises impact many of the world’s least reached peoples. These provide pragmatic reasons for missionary engagement in creation care. However, if we look closely at the recent history of evangelicalism, we can find an even stronger reason for involvement. The concept of integral mission, introduced in the ’60s and ’70s, positions creation care as a core gospel issue that is a necessary part of integrated work with the world’s unreached.
When God’s People Pray Together
By Marcia Strauss | Many of us have been inspired by a story of a person who was a prayer warrior. But this model of individual prayer often reflects our cultural and personal bent toward individualism. This is not wrong, but it is an incomplete view of prayer. Praying together with others is also an essential part of our growth together and with God.
Prayer: The Key to Bearing Fruit
By Moses Olele | Prayer makes a tangible difference in God’s kingdom. From my city in Uganda, I have prayed with other believers for unreached peoples near and far. Our participation in prayer has moved mission work forward in ways we could not have imagined.
Praying through 12 Common Characteristics of Disciple Making Movements
By Robin Smith | Prayer makes a difference! In our ministry we have witnessed the powerful role of prayer in this task of discipling the lost to become followers of Christ. We rejoice that we’ve been able to see a movement of disciples making disciples birthed among the people group we serve. We’re not alone. Disciple making movements are happening on every continent. As researchers study and track these movements, they’ve found 12 common characteristics shared among them. Thus, a powerful way to intercede for the lost is to pray for these characteristics to emerge and grow among the world’s UPGs.
The Impact of Prayer on Church Planting, Evangelism and Miracles
By David Lewis | We do not know how many intercessors are around the world, and their impact is not easily quantifiable using earthly measurements. Nevertheless, we can find numerous examples of how prayer is essential to the gospel’s worldwide spread.
Cultivating Grassroots Prayer Movements
By Jenny Oliphant | Since 2020, more people have been involved in global, united, Great Commission prayer than ever before. Online and in person groups that link local and global prayer partners are unleashing the power of prayer in a way never seen before. Grassroots prayer movements which have grown out of church planting movements have played an important part in growing global prayer and increasing its impact.
Decade of Harvest: the Convergence of Gospel and Prayer Movements
By Jason Hubbard | 2033 marks 2,000 years of the Great Commission and the birthday of the Church. As we draw closer to this significant milestone, God is inviting us to a decade of harvest, where human cooperation in prayer and the empowered proclamation of the gospel has begun to intersect with the divine sovereignty of God.
Holding the Rope: Making Space for Prayer in the Bible Translation Movement
By Jo Johnson, Sineina Gela, Ann Kuy, Nancy Duncan, and Zac Manyim with Gwendolyn Davies and Jim Killam | Holding the rope is a visual symbol of unity and togetherness in prayer. As prayer leaders in the Bible translation movement, we have learned that when we stay within the confines of our own cultures in prayer, we are the poorer for it. Each culture provides unique reflections of God through distinctive approaches to prayer. And when we don’t embrace this, there are things that we don’t learn.