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Lesslie Newbigin: Interview

The Gospel in a Culture of False Gods Andrew Walker interviewed Bishop Lesslie Newbigin in 1988. The following is an extract from the full interview, which was published in the book, Different Gospels. WALKER: Bishop Newbigin, in recent years you have turned your attention particularly to problems of Western culture. Would it be correct to […]

A Missiological Parable

From: "boundless" <> Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: A STORY Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 09:02:04 -0700 Peace unto you and your household. There’s a story about a tribe of pygmies who live in the Amazon Rain Forests and every morning they all wake up at the same time, come out of their huts and shout out […]

Change The World

From: George Mooth <> Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Our Daily Bread “Change The World!” Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 11:37:52 -0500 May 31 Sunday CHANGE THE WORLD! Read: John 17:20-23 You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me. -Acts 1:8 “John, do you want to […]

Urbanization And Evangelism

By Linda Lawson GLORIETA, N.M. (BP)–"A sovereign God is urbanizing his world so we can get the good news of the gospel to people before it’s too late," the pastor of a multicultural church in Chicago told people attending the National Urban and Multicultural Conference, June 29-July 3 at Glorieta (N.M.) Baptist Conference Center. "God […]

Missions By Multiplication

By James Dotson GLORIETA, N.M. (BP)–When Franklin Jackson (not his real name) arrived in South Asia nearly 10 years ago, there were only 28 struggling Christian churches in his area of responsibility — a region packing the population of the United States into an area the size of Montana. Today, despite overwhelming persecution of Christians […]

Distinctive Christian Declaration

From the very first, the conviction that Jesus had been raised from death has been that by which [the Christians’] very existence has stood or fallen. There was no other motive to account for them, to explain them… At no point within the New Testament is there any evidence that the Christians stood for an […]

Praying For The World

Light the Window CD-ROM A must-have tool for Praying Through the Window IV and for ministering to the unreached peoples of the world through research, adoption and networking. As we approach the third millenium, the task of providing a gospel witness for every unreached people group on the earth is within our grasp. We can […]

You Can Change The World!

You can change the world! 9.30 am, Sunday 30 May 1999 I was intrigued to read in The Times last week that the Y2K panic is proving an unexpected boon for the Amish, as “survivalists” fearing a computer meltdown flock to emulate the machine-free life of the reclusive Protestant sect (The Times, 22 May 1999). […]

A Martyr Among Columbine Students

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 16:36:53 -0400 From: Wes Roberts <> Subject: A martyr among Columbine students If this story is accurate, the martyrdom of Rachel Scott is something for us all to reflect upon. This account comes from the 700 Club website (http://www.cbn.org/news/stories/990422b.asp). It was posted on Thursday, two day’s after the shooting at […]

World Religious Statistics

CURRENT NEWS SUMMARY by the Editors at ReligionToday.com April 26, 1999 More than 2 billion people worldwide will be Christians in 2000. Researchers David Barrett (see link #1 below) and Todd Johnson estimate that there are 1.99 billion people who profess Christianity today, about one-third of the world’s population, the German Evangelical Alliance said. Roman […]