T. A. Hegre I am Jehovah that healeth thee… No Curse Any More! In the last chapter of the last book of the Bible, we find that the wonderful words, “And there shall be no curse any more.” There are references to the curse all through Scripture, beginning at Genesis 3:17-19, And unto Adam he […]

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John Kayser, Ph.D. This manual, in workshop format, is a toolbox full of implements designed to produce effective missionary training. This word “missionary” needs definition because it is used in so many different ways. It is only when the concept of what missions is and is not is clearly understood can the potential of this […]

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Ed Dudek 1. SUMMARY OF THE BOOK The authors of this book (Contextualization: Meaning, Methods and Models by D. Hasselgrave & E. Rommen. 2003. 291 pages, William Carey Library, Pasadena, CA 91104)survey the history of contextualization in Bible and church history. They explore significant proposals of prominent thinkers, and evaluate these proposals (approaches for contextualization) […]

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Dr. Tan Kok Beng On To Mission Field Without Training One section of Airport Departure Lounge was filled with noisy church young people and a sprinkling of adults and a mother in tears. They were saying farewell and bidding Godspeed to a young, excited and committed girl. She, barely 20, was being ushered into the […]

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Sudhir Isaiah, Ph.D. The Forgotten Calling In Genesis 12:2, our Father promises to Israel: “I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great and you will be a blessing.” In Genesis 22:18, God tells Israel, “through your offering all nations on earth will be blessed, […]

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Tim Freeman M. S. Thirumalai Missionary Training To Be Relevant to the Current Situation Missionary training loses its focus if it is not relevant to meet the current challenges. Along with theological, biblical and communication aspects that form the core of missionary training, the training needs to look beyond and address the issues that confront […]

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Kerry A. Olson “Go into all the world and preach the Gospel.” – Mark 16:15 Resounding Words: Something About Motion! “Go implies a change of location!” Those were words I heard from Loren Cunningham, founder of Youth With a Mission, many years ago at my Discipleship Training School in Kona, Hawaii. Having been involved in […]

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Tim Freeman M. S. Thirumalai The Basel Missionary Society – Leader in Business as Mission The Basel Missionary Society was probably the first and the most successful and well-organized society in introducing businesses and trades and getting the nationals trained in professional skills in India. Samuel Hebich was an important missionary in developing business as […]

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Nita Steiner The Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven And He called a little child to Himself and put him in the midst of them, and said, Truly I say to you, unless you repent (change, turn about) and become like little children (trusting, lowly, loving, forgiving), you can never enter the kingdom of heaven […]

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Dr. Tan Kok Beng Can a missionary be demonized? After all, a missionary listened to the call of our Master to follow Him and to go to the nations to preach the Gospel of Good News. How could such a person be demonized? How could a pious Christian be demonized? How could a faithful Christian […]

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