Missions Fundraising: A New Model
by Kiley Hawkins From the perspective of the gospel, fundraising is not a response to a crisis. Fundraising is, first and foremost, a form of ministry (Henri Nouwen). As western economies have recently endured the greatest recession since the 1920s, nonprofit organizations have been forced to reconsider their foundational models of operation. Throughout this time, I have had a front row seat as the missions community in the West has...
Missions and the Early Church: Christianity a Religion of Mission
July 2013 marks our “Global Evangelism Month.” In this week’s article, we’re considering missions in the early church. We’ll examine the world in which the early church found itself, and its impressive growth in just a few centuries. We’ll also consider what early church missions can teach us today, and discover that Christianity is fundamentally a religion of mission. Setting the Stage To better appreciate the early church missions...
Adoniram Judson: Pioneering Missionary to Burma
With his hair clipped to the scalp, his legs bound to a raised rod, and only his head and shoulders resting on the ground, Adoniram Judson found himself deathly ill in a Burmese prison. The year was 1824, and Judson was on the verge of losing his life at the hands of those he had gone to preach the Gospel. It had been a long, hard decade for Judson. He had labored for six grueling years among the Burmese people before seeing his first...
“Ministers” & “Witnesses”
article by Clint Morgan The Great Commission + One: Acts 26:16-18 Most believers are aware of the Great Commission where Christ told His disciples to go into all of the world and make disciples. Obviously, awareness doesn’t always translate into obedience, but even so, the command remains. It would be dangerous ground to add another passage to the Great Commission. Yet there are many biblical passages that broaden our vision for what...
July 2013: Global Evangelism Month
All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age (Mt. 28:18-20). In some of His most definitive words, Jesus called His disciples to teach others the very things He had taught them during His...
G. K. Chesterton: A Forgotten Giant
If someone were to ask, “Who was the most influential writer of the twentieth century?” a host of authors may come to mind. Yet what if there was one who’s had such a far-reaching impact that he influenced C. S. Lewis’ conversion, Gandhi’s political reform, sparked inspiration for Mumford & Sons’ songs, and much more? Surely, we should be aware of such a prestigious writer. In fact, there is such a writer: Gilbert Keith...
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