Tasmania: 0 week mission
Andrew Maskell
Date posted: 1 Jul 2016
Thirteen years ago, my ‘gap year’ brought
me to Tasmania. Now by God’s providence,
wisdom and humour I find myself living
and ministering to the university community
(with
the University Fellowship of
Christians) in Hobart, along with my wife
and two children.
There are close to 14,000 students on campus in Hobart but the University Fellowship
has historically represented about 0.5% of
that number. Our ministry is one of evangelism and training leaders. It is an exciting but
arduous and slow mission field. Or at least it
has been until this year…
Engaging
Martin Salter
Date posted: 1 Jul 2016
Book Review
CHRISTIAN MISSION IN THE MODERN WORLD:
Updated and Expanded
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A weekend for Muslims
Paul Barnes
Date posted: 1 Jul 2016
Over 70 people gathered at The Hayes Conference Centre in Derbyshire for a weekend of prayer for Muslims, 10-12 June.
Longstanding members of the Fellowship of Faith for the Muslims (FFM) mingled with representatives of various mission organisations – some of whom were serving missionaries visiting the UK: a couple from South India serving with Tribals Transformation India; an Indian Manipuri family with three children serving with SIM in Bangladesh; and a couple from Basel serving in France. There were several believers who had turned to Christ from a Muslim background, including an Iranian family who were present with their two children, having fled persecution in Iran.
From death to life
Donald Morrison
Date posted: 1 Jul 2016
Donald Morrison reports on the precious life of a baby saved by the gracious intervening providence of God
How true the words of William Cowper.
European leaders gather
John Stevens
Date posted: 1 Jul 2016
In May, while the UK pondered the EU referendum campaign, I was privileged
to
attend the European Leadership Forum.
Over 700 evangelical leaders from all over
Europe gathered for six days at a hotel
in
Poland. The object
is
to
serve and equip
national leaders to renew the biblical church
and re-evangelise Europe, through a strategy of
identifying, uniting, mentoring, and resourcing evangelical
leaders. The Forum brings
together experienced leaders from the US and
Europe to serve and equip the next generation.
True grit for God
Derek Prime
Date posted: 1 Jul 2016
Book Review
THE CAMBRIDGE SEVENTY:
A Missionary Movement in 20th-century Britain.
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Against megachurch
Kenneth Brownell
Date posted: 1 Jul 2016
Book Review
NEW MONASTICISM AND THE
TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN
EVANGELICALISM
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Scottish Reformers
Richard Buckley
Date posted: 1 Jul 2016
The 27th annual Scottish Reformed Conference took place on Saturday 14 May. The conference has been growing numerically since it was established.
Just short of 600 people, not including the large number of children, came to enjoy the activities and teaching.
Vietnam: ‘Who will take his place?’
Morning Star News
Date posted: 1 Jul 2016
On the evening of 5 May, Pastor Dang Ba Nham, his wife, and a church elder were praying on a roadside with a woman who had recently converted to Christianity in Vinh on the north central coast of Vietnam.
They stood in front of the property of the new Christian, Phan Thi Thanh Huyen, to ask God for his blessing in building a new house. As they were praying, a large pick-up truck with red military plates veered across the street and ploughed squarely into the small group.
Sudan: bringing men to Christ on death row
Open Doors
Date posted: 1 Jul 2016
Pastor Michael Yat and Pastor Peter Yen Reith, members of the South Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church, were arrested in Sudan at the end of 2014, but released in August 2015.
Open Doors spoke to them about their experiences of persecution, of leading men on death row to Christ, and the difference it made to know people were praying for them.
Wise as serpents?
Andrew Fellows
Date posted: 1 Jul 2016
Andrew Fellows, director of Christian Heritage Cambridge, asks what it means to be counter-cultural
To be a Christian is to be counter-cultural.
