Category: Missiology

Ramadan 2005

The adher­ents of Islam begin the pil­lar of Ramadan on Wednes­day (Oct 5), and it will last through Nov 5. Through­out the world Islamists will fast (sawm) “when the sun is in the sky” (sun up to sun down). This prac­tice is rec­og­nized by all those able from age 12 and up. Why This Month? Muslims […]

Great Commission Update

World­wide Chris­t­ian churches devote more than 85% of their resources on their own devel­op­ment. That is, only 15% of this arse­nal of per­son­nel, finance, prayer, and tools goes to bless unreached peo­ple groups. In the U.S., the pic­ture is even bleaker. Accord­ing to the Bibles for All World Prayer Map, Amer­i­can Chris­tians spend 95% of […]

Contextualizing the Gospel