September 2007

9/30 ~ MILLENIALS WAKING UP ~ God on Campus (Charisma) Here's a greatly encouraging flip side to yesterday's entry on Teenage Affluenza ... "Across the nation, students and leaders have set up prayer rooms—even prayer tents—where students pray for their campuses and for their world. They pray to end abortion and to stop terrorism, but they also pray for their roommates and family members. Ultimately, they want to see revival on campuses nationwide." 9/29 ~ "WAKE UP!" VIDEO ~ Teenage Affluenza (WorldVisionStir) WorldVisionStir (Australia) has a popular Youtube video on the paralyzing power of affluence. Comments are quite telling also. Found on Christine Sine's blog, Godspace. 9/28 ~ MISSION AGENCIES ~ More Service Please by Don Klaassen (Catalyst Services) "What would happen if our ministries were built around service of the local church with no strings attached?" 9/27 ~ STEWARDSHIP / VIDEO ~ Don't Waste Your Time, Energy, and Money by Randy Alcorn (Desiring God) "Randy Alcorn encourages us to not waste our time, energy, and money in the trivial." 9/26 ~ OUTSIDE THE BOX ~ Glocal Church Ministry (Christianity Today) "We used to start churches to reach the lost in local communities. We don't anymore. We start churches for the world." 9/25 ~ GENERATIONAL TRENDS ~ A New Generation Expresses its Skepticism and Frustration with Christianity (The Barna Group) "... a decade ago the vast majority of Americans outside the Christian faith, including young people, felt favorably toward Christianity’s role in society. Currently, however, just 16% of non-Christians in their late teens and twenties said they have a "good impression" of Christianity." 9/24 ~ THE TASK REMAINING ~ Center for World's Unreached in India, Says Global Church Expert (christianpost.com) 9/22 ~ TECH NEWS ~ Google Adds 54 New Countries to Maps (missionarygeek.com) 9/21 ~ BIBLE DISTRIBUTION ~ The Truth about Bibles in China by Todd Nettleton (Voice of the Martyrs) VOM cautions us to not buy into the line that there are enough Bibles in China. 9/20 ~ MISSION STATEMENT ~ Think Biblically, Discover Globally, Impact Eternally by Paul Dean (Crosswalk.com) "How can we expect to impact not only our culture but the nations if we cannot or will not think biblically?" 9/19 ~ MIGRANT WORKERS ~ Migrant Workers: The Responsive Wave by Bryan Galloway and Jessie Rushing (Lausanne World Pulse) "... many Christians often overlook this significant bloc of unreached responsive peoples. This growing wave and their responsiveness should demand increasing attention." 9/18 ~ REPROOF ~ Milking Martyrdom by Jeremy Weber (Christianity Today) "Appeals for prayer and aid circulated widely among Christians following the April murder of three Christians in Turkey. Now leaders of the country's evangelical community are denouncing one such appeal as dishonest." 9/17 ~ TECHNOLOGY & MISSION / VIDEO ~ IT Missionaries and the Internet by Loren Cunningham (Create Int'l) Loren Cunningham, founder of YWAM, first reflects back on the expansion of God's kingdom via communications advances of the past and then expresses his heart for seeing the global Church exploit the internet's massive potential to do the same ... only with far greater impact. 9/16 ~ THE GLOBAL SOUTH / BOOK~ The News Faces of Christianity ~ Believing the Bible in the Global South by Philip Jenkins (davidmays.org) David Mays' Booknotes of Philip Jenkins' sequal to his classic The Next Christiandom, describing how Southern Hemisphere believers read and understand the Bible 9/15 ~ DEPENDENCY & SELF RELIANCE ~ I Meet Two Kinds of People in Africa by Glen Schwartz (Mission Frontiers) One kind believes in the capability of the continent to help itself, and the other does not 9/14 ~ CHINA ~ Mark This Day and Marvel at the Work of God by John Piper (desiringGod) Piper's reflections on the 200th anniversary of Robert Morrison's setting foot in China 9/13 ~ WORTHY IS THE LAMB! ~ Support Strong for Danger Zone Missions by Eric Reed (Christianity Today) Despite kidnappings, active U.S. Christians still encourage mission trips to embattled nations 9/12 ~ TRAVEL ~ Passport Crunch Over, State Department Says ~ Washington AP (cnn.com) Down from previous three month wait, passport wait time back to six to eight weeks 9/11 ~ ISLAM ~ Islam's Up-to-Date Televangelist by Robin Wright (washingtonpost.com) Outreach to Muslim's should include a knowledge of Amr Khaled, a rising star televangelist with an upbeat, positive message that runs counterbalance to Islamic extremism. 9/10 ~ BUSINESS AS MISSION ~ Hitting its Mark: Microfinance and the Alleviation of Poverty by Peter Greer (Business As Mission Network) In the face of overwhelming world poverty, microfinance shines as a proven way to improve the lives of many of the world’s poorest people. 9/08 ~ MEMBER CARE ~ Book Review: Can It Be Me? Reviewed by Steve Fouch & Debbie Hawker (Global Connections) Those already familiar with Marjory Foyle's seminal work on burnout and stress among mission personnel "Honourably Wounded", might have wondered where Marjory gained her insights and experiences. In "Can it be Me" she gives us further insight, but this time into her own story. 9/07 ~ CHINA / STRATEGY ~ Transformed Marriages Impact Entire Community In China (Assist News Services) Open Doors is not only committed to training of leaders and house church members in the Word, but also supporting their families and marriages. 9/06 ~ A TRIBUTE ~ A Passion for Souls ~ Remembering D. James Kennedy by Stan Guthrie (Christianity Today) 9/06 ~ THE HINDU WORLD / ARTICLE ~ India's Globalized Hindus by Keith Carey (Global Prayer Digest) For more insights and opportunities to pray each day for a particular South Asian people group click here (use the "next day" button at the top to advance to each new day). 9/05 ~ BIBLE DISTRIBUTION ~ Scrambling for Bibles by Christopher Lewis (Christianity Today) "... a handful of retailers, ethnic ministries, and home missionaries have pioneered their own supply networks to funnel non-English Bibles back to the United States—where at least 12 percent of the population is now foreign-born." 9/04 ~ 30 DAYS OF PRAYER FOR THE MUSLIM WORLD ~ More for the Sake of Prayer by Doug Lucas (Brigada Brigrade) Get ready now for the September 13 thru October 12 prayer campaign by clicking here. 9/03 ~ SOCIAL ACTION & EVANGELISM ~ Social Action & Evangelism Don't Compete, They Compliment by Steve Saint (Mission Frontiers) August July June May April March