August 2007

8/29 ~ MISSION HISTORY ~ Boxers to Bandits ~ Growing Up in China with Ruth Bell Graham by Mark Ellis (Assist News Service) 8/28 ~ BREAKING NEWS! ~ Taliban Agrees to Release 19 Korean Christian Hostages by Daniel Blake (Christian Post) 8/28 ~ ISLAM / BOOK REVIEW ~ Grace for Muslims - The Journey from Fear to Faith by Steve Bell ~ Reviewed by Elsie Maxwell (Global Connections) 8/27 ~ MEMBER CARE ~ Rest and Leisure--Premises and Promises (Core Member Care Blog) The heart of work-life balance 8/25 ~ PERSECUTION WATCH / VIDEO ~ Freed Hostages Speak Out for Their Friends (persecutionblog.com) 8/24 ~ GLOBAL TRENDS / AFRICA ~ Now Africa Heads Towards Continental Government by Jerome R. Corsi (worldnetdaily.com) 8/23 ~ RESOURCES / SOUTH ASIA ~ Missions Catalyst E-Magazine: Focus on South Asia by Marti Smith (takeitglobal.org) 8/22 ~ HEART CHECK ~ Fallen Comrads by Ron Hutchcraft (Ron Hutchcraft Ministries) 8/21 ~ STRATEGY ~ Chinese, Korean Christians to Develop New China Mission Strategy by Hudson Tsuei (Christian Post) 8/20 ~ GLOBAL NEWS ~ Peru's Believers Hold onto Faith Amid Mourning by Jennifer Riley (Christian Post) 8/18 ~ NETWORKING ~ Let's Partner with Networks by Ellen Livingood (catalystservices.org) Who are the committed? Those in the people group networks! 8/17 ~ PRAYER & REVIVAL ~ Nearer, My God, to Three by Dee Duke (Christianity Today) From the heart of a pastor whose life and ministry were radically changed by going from five minutes of prayer a day to three hours. 8/16 ~ CHURCH MOBILIZATION ~ Transforming a Congregation by Involving Church Leaders in Outreach by Bruce Camp (dualreach.org) 8/15 ~ REFUGEES ~ The Refugee Highway - Video - An outstanding way to help your church or fellowship recognize and embrace a vision for reaching refugees (IT REFMIN) 8/14 ~ MEDICAL MISSIONS ~ Project MedSend - A ministry offering student loan repayment grants to healthcare professionals headed for career medical missions service under a recognized missions sending agency (medsend.org) 8/13 ~ MISSION MOBILIZATION / CHINESE HOUSE CHURCHES ~ Back to Jerusalem Video (backtojerusalem.com) 8/11 ~ MISSIONARY TRAVEL ~ Passports Postponed - New requirements complicate missionary plans (Christianity Today) 8/10 ~ BOOKNOTES: LEADERSHIP ~ Building Character - Strengthening the Heart of Good Leadership by Gene Klann (davidmays.org) 8/09 ~ PERSECUTION ~ Persecution of Christians Increasing, but Most Americans Unaware by Dan Wooding (assistnewsservice.com) 8/08 ~ SENDING, FACILITATING & GOING ~ The Church/Agency/Missionary Sending Triangle by Ellen Livingood (catalystservices.com) The Church's Role as Sender, the Agency's Role as Facilitator, the Missionaries' Role as "Sent Ones" 8/07 ~ TRENDS ~ World Christian Trends, Update 2007 by Todd Johnson (lausanneworldpulse.com) 8/06 ~ WAKE UP CALL / USA ~ Americans Not Concerned About Their Spiritual Condition (The Barna Group) 8/04 ~ ASIAN MISSIONARIES ~ Further Fervor: Missionaries Go From East to West by Leslie Hook (Wall Street Journal) 8/03 ~ WOMEN IN MISSIONS ~ She Made Christ Her Home - Ruth Graham tells about how her mother's childhood in China prepared her for ministry (Christianity Today) 8/02 ~ TRENDS ~ Church/Parachurch Relations: The Body of Christ at Work by John Pellowe (lausanneworldpulse.com) 8/01 ~ SOUTH ASIA / BUDDHISM ~ South Asia: The Original Home of Buddhism by Wes Kawato (global-prayer-digest.org) July June May April March