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Mission Frontiers
Mission Frontiers March-April 2026
This issue of MF focuses on missionaries who have returned to their home country. You’ll read about the struggles, sorrows, joys, and God’s faithfulness through it all. This issue is for those of you supporting workers to help you better understand...
Mission Frontiers May 1980
The Last FrontierAdvanced IIS ReturnThe Last FrontierThe Non-Essentials of LifeMissions in the Bible
Mission Frontiers May 1982
Virgil A. Olson, President of the William Carey International UniversityDaily Prayer GuideVirgil Olson, Missions MotivatorChinese and the Local Church
Mission Frontiers May 1986
A Bold New Step: Greg Livingstone - Director of Frontiers now Executive Vice President of USCWM’s UniversityThe First Thousand Recruits, The Last Thousand DollarsMore Freedom in China?Making Missions Exciting for ChildrenPrayer Group Sparks...
Mission Frontiers May-August 2009
Ralph D. Winter 1924-2009: Missiologist, Educator, InnovatorThe Future is BrightCelebrating the Work of God Through the Life of an InnovatorFamily Tributes<An Example of Local Church ImpactBirth of a MovementThe U.S. Center for World...
Mission Frontiers May-June 2002
Looking Back & Looking Forward: 25 Remarkable Years 25th AnniversaryOpportunities AboundDon’t rush into Afghanistan Without the Right Stuff
Mission Frontiers May-June 2003
The Missing Piece in Global Mission Strategy? The Case for a Global Inter-Missions NetworkHow Did The Edinburgh 1980 Conference Come Into Being?An Introduction to a Call That Didn’t WorkThe First Call: The Granddaddy Meeting: 1910Still Two...
Mission Frontiers May-June 2004
Nurturing a Devotee of Jesus Within India’s Castes Land of DharmaThe Obstacle of Christian SubcultureHow to Foment A City-Wide Mission MovementIndia: It’s Closer Than You ThinkSending Down Deep Roots
Mission Frontiers May-June 2005
Churches and Agencies: Develop New Blueprints for Partnership Church-Based Missionaries: Has It Ever Worked?Seeking Initiation and Consolidation Among All NationsApostolic Organizational StructuresA Case Study in PartnershipAre You Ready for Purpose-...
Mission Frontiers May-June 2006
Profiles in Partnership: New Movements, Tools Accelerate the Pace Ethnê ’06 Coordinates, Accelerates Efforts Toward “Least-Reached” PeoplesA Survey of Kingdom CollaborationCompass, Telescope and Tour GuideThe Shifting God(s) of Western...
Mission Frontiers May-June 2007
All the World is Singing Saul’s Armor and David’s SlingWill Your Agency be Ready for P.E.A.C.E.?A Cure for Handicapped ChurchesGood to Great in the Kingdom
Mission Frontiers May-June 2008
Losing Faith: Is There a Cure for this Ongoing Problem? When the Church Staggers, Stalls, and Sits Down (In the Middle of a War!)“Great is Thy Faithfulness”The Truth Behind the New AtheismWhat Happened to Freedom of Speech?Ted Turner to Fight...
Mission Frontiers May-June 2010
Do People Groups Still Matter? Still the Foundation of Mission StrategyDo People Groups Still Matter?Lifting, Pushing, Squeezing and BlendingIs God Colorblind or Colorful?Further Responses to Paul Hiebert“Reassessing the Frontiers” at ISFM 2010Who...
Mission Frontiers May-June 2011
Jesus Movements: Discovering Biblical Faith in the Most Unexpected Places Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist Followers of Jesus: How Should We Respond?Mission Frontiers Needs Your Help<Discovering Biblical Faith in the Most Unexpected PlacesJesus Living...
Mission Frontiers May-June 2012
Celebrating 200 Years of Mission Society Sending: What Have We Learned from 200 Years of Making Mistakes? Two Hundred Years of Pursuing God’s Heart for All PeoplesEndurance Personified in the Life of JudsonNorth American Mission from Judsons to...
Mission Frontiers May-June 2013
Equipping the People of God for the Mission of God: How Are We Doing? Our Mission Demands the Most Effective Training AvailableEquipping the People of God for the Mission of GodThe GuildFraming a New Model of Training Cross-Cultural Church...
Mission Frontiers May-June 2014
From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg Learning From My Own MistakesApplied Orality: More than MethodsSpreading the Word to Know the TruthEmpowering Widows with Orality-Framed TrainingGod with UsMaking Room for Music and DanceThe Story-Teller, the Dhow and...
Mission Frontiers May-June 2015
Transform World: The Rise of the Servant Catalyst Confronting the Challenges of Our TimeA Call for Servant Catalysts to Join God’s Mission of TransformationTransform World 2020Transform World: A Starfish StructureTransform World: The Seven...
Mission Frontiers May-June 2016
Getting to No Place Left: Fostering Kingdom Movements Everywhere Our Role in Hastening “No Place Left”Getting to No Place Left: It’s All About Movements NowWhat Will it Take to See No Place LeftA U.S. Perspective on the No Place Left CoalitionNo...
Mission Frontiers May-June 2017
The Zume Project: Is It the Spark That Can Ignite Movements Around the World? Launching a Global Movement of MovementsThe Zume Project Igniting The SparkThe Zume Project: its uniqueness and processThe Commissioning of a GenerationEvery NationEyes to...
Mission Frontiers May-June 2018
Inside North Korea: Bringing Hope and Healing to the Toughest Places Regardless of Opposition Our Mission Remains UnalterableA Living WitnessThe Case for Engaging North KoreaLiving the PresenceIn Otto’s MemoryHope for Autism and Developmental...
Mission Frontiers May-June 2019
India: The Greatest Challenge to World Evangelization Understanding the Remaining Mission TaskThe Only Way to Reach India is Through MovementsIndia: The Greatest Challenge to World EvangelismWhy the Community/ Caste Focus is Needed in Support of...
Mission Frontiers May-June 2020
Tokyo 2010 Why it Still Matters Business for MovementsA Church Prepared for the WorstThe Ongoing Impact of Tokyo 2010Review of Tokyo 2010Revisiting the Tokyo DeclarationThe State of the Unfinished Task: A 2020 UpdateFinancing Missions 10 years after...
Mission Frontiers May-June 2021
What have you brought for us? Confonting the hidden dangers of money in missions. This issue of MF is your opportunity to learn from others the dangers of foreign funds in missions. In the West we often think that money can solve all problems, but...
Mission Frontiers May-June 2022
A Historic and World-Changing Life Well LivedGeorge Patterson, 1932–2022 A Daughter’s TestimonyGeorge Patterson’s Principles Led to a Mongolian Movement to ChristPrinciples Gleaned from 20 Years of Catalyzing Movements in MyanmarCelebrating the Gift...
Mission Frontiers May-June 2026
A Winding Road to Innovation DUKE DILLARD, Editor Let me bring you into the messy process a bit on this one… about a year ago, someone wrote me to ask about doing an issue on tools being used to reach the least reached. I liked the idea and agreed...
Mission Frontiers May/August 2024
Perspectives Turns 50: Issue 46.3-4 Editorial: History in the Making by Sue PattA Movement Propelled by Hope by Yvonne W. HuneycuttInnovating Missions Education: The Perspectives Course’s Innovative Journey by Paul DzubinskiTelling Our Story in His...
Mission Frontiers May/June 2023
The Gospel Goes Digital New inventions have always been met with some controversy and skepticism at first as believers wrestled with understanding the new technology and its biblical implications before adopting it to the glory of God. That process...
Mission Frontiers May/June 2025
The Third Culture Kid (TCK) Experience I remember about ten years ago the International Director of my mission agency saying at a bi-annual gathering, “When God called you to cross-cultural ministry, he called your family. He has a plan for your...