January 2006
FEATURED IN THIS ISSUE...
By Greg Forney
It would take more fingers than I have to count all the times one of my boys has fallen down and skinned his knee, arm or other appendage. In more serious crashes (meaning it involves crying and an initial hysteria that cannot be soothed by words or hugs), the only possible cure is a quickly-delivered band-aid. Read >>
By Jason Catizone
Beslan is a small town where people seem to know something about nearly everyone. It’s a town where hospitality is treasured and where children walk the streets freely. Beslan is a town where cows can graze wherever they please. It’s a town where one can often hear the rooster crow. Read >>
By Adrian de Visser
Sri Lankan beaches are the most picturesque in the world. Soft sounds of the waves lapping, an endless strip of white, sandy beaches contrasting with deep, blue waters and coral reefs that are home to many types of tropical fish—these are the wonders of the Sri Lankan coast Read >>
By Michael Barrick
Christians can look to the example of Nehemiah to respond to the challenges and opportunities presented by disasters, but they must first “surrender all.” Read >>
By Stephen Goode
Youth with a Mission (YWAM) teams have been working in war zones, crisis and natural disasters for the past twenty-six years. However, nothing has impacted us more than the 2004 tsunami. Read >>
By Sarah Pate
The residents of the upper and lower ninth ward in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, never expected to hear the cracking sounds of the levee that gave way to the rushing floodwaters brought on by Hurricane Katrina. Read >>
By William Sunderland
Where were you when the tsunami of 2005 devastated huge portions of Southeast Asia? Read >>
By Bob Goff
India ranks high on the list of countries where commercial sexual exploitation of underage girls occurs. Read >>
By Marcus Vegh
World renowned mission agencies have challenged local churches to work with them in Finishing the Task (FTT). This vision, to launch indigenously-led church planting movements to targeted groups around the world, was presented 14-17 November at the Billy Graham Training Center, in Asheville, NC, USA. Read >>
By Kristine Whitnable
The United Nations reports that nearly forty million people in the world are infected with HIV/AIDS. Read >>
By Doug Kazen
These are encouraging times for mission organizations and workers committed to serving the health needs of suffering people. Never before have there been more opportunities to reach non-believers with pain relief and the caring gospel of Jesus Christ. Read >>
The American Bible Society’s response to the need for Bibles for Hurricane Katrina evacuees was swift and coordinated with churches and like-minded organizations throughout the United States Gulf Coast area. Read >>
By Zannah Kearns
In the face of devastating diseases such as HIV/AIDS and malaria, and global needs such as poverty and trade injustice, the relatively “small” problem of leprosy can often be forgotten. Read >>
By Doug Henneman
Unanswered questions regarding the social interactions of individuals and entire cultures require us to pause and look deeply at ourselves, our lives and our circumstances. Read >>
By Andrew Kenny
The mission of the Church may be defined as “what God has sent the Church into the world to do.” This includes both evangelistic and social responsibilities. Many speak of our mission, but what about our motivations for mission? Read >>
By Justin Long
At 6:58 a.m. local time on 26 December 2004, a trembling started in the ocean off Sumatra Island some 155 miles southeast of Banda Aceh and two hundred miles west of Medan. Read >>
By Laurie Fortunak
The Hazara of Pakistan, numbering over 110,000 people, are refugees from Afghanistan. Many fled Afghanistan after the civil war of the 1800s... Read >>
By Todd Johnson
Over the past one hundred years global Christianity has experienced a profound southern shift in its geographical center of gravity. Read >>
By Hartmut Barend
The Board of the German Lausanne Movement elected Birgit Winterhoff 14 November 2005 as the new chair of the German Lausanne Committee, also known as the “Coalition for Evangelization.” Read >>
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