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Mission Frontiers March-April 2012
Is The Family God’s Prime Mission Strategy For World Evangelization? God’s Plan Is to Reach FamiliesThe Family in the Purposes of GodMultigenerational Family CommunitiesThe Value of Families in the 21st CenturyOne Man With a Passion to Reach His...
Mission Frontiers March-April 2013
Urbana Gets Radical: Celebrating 66 Years of Global Impact Urbana’s Enduring Legacy: Changed Lives<Urbana Gets RadicalA Conversation With David PlattThe Impact of an Urbana Decision Card on One LifeLooking Back at 66 Years of UrbanaWhat I’ve...
Mission Frontiers March-April 2014
4X4 Movements: Coming to an Unreached People Near You Embrace the Brighter Future of 4X4 Movements4X4 MovementsIntroducing… “4X4 Movement Starts”No Longer “Business as Usual”No Longer “Church as Usual”No Longer “Discipleship as Usual”Growing U.S....
Mission Frontiers March-April 2015
Frontier Ventures New Era: Embracing a New Era in the Frontier Mission MovementCatalyzing Kingdom BreakthroughFrontier Ventures: Fulfilling our Legacy to Reach the UnreachedVenture CenterInnovation LabPRIMENew GenerationGod Desires His House of...
Mission Frontiers March-April 2016
Sending-Base Movements: Equipping Local Churches to Reach Their Communities and the Nations Are Movements the Seeds of a Second Reformation?From Church to MovementCaring Better For MembersFrom Great Church To Equipping ChurchTrain New Disciples to...
Mission Frontiers March-April 2017
Networks: Are Changing the Shape of World Mission Coming Together Around a Common Biblical VisionHow Networks Are Shaping the Future of World MissionA Survey of Kingdom CollaborationNetworks & Global MissionsWhat Must Be Done?Collaboration...
Mission Frontiers March-April 2018
Movements: Learning to Cross the “Bridges of God” A Church in Every PeopleGrowing Your Faith for a Disciple Making MovementWill We Hinder or Accelerate Movements? The Choice is Ours.Indigenous MovementsMcGavran’s “Plain Talk:” How It All...
Mission Frontiers March-April 2019
Movements Everywhere: Why So Few in the West? MOVEMENTS: Do We Want Them Badly Enough to Change?Unleashing the Kingdom on Toxic Worldviews and Declining ChurchesGetting Kingdom Right To Get Church RightAn Obituary for the American ChurchThe Genius...
Mission Frontiers March-April 2020
Movements: God’s Way of Reaching Entire Peoples ADD Rapid Mobilization: How the West Was WonPatterns in Long-Lasting MovementsThe Story of Movements and the Spread of the GospelJohn Wesley’s Church Planting Movement: Discipleship That Transformed a...
Mission Frontiers March-April 2021
Insider Movements30 Day Prayer Guide for the Muslim World<What’s in Your Box?“Insider” Movements“Insider” Movements: Should We Still Be Talking About Them? Yes and No“Insider” Movements: How Do You Know if You Have One?“Insider” Movements: The...
Mission Frontiers March-April 2022
The Essential Elements for Catalyzing Movements When it comes to movements, there is still an element of mystery and God’s timing. But experience has shown us that without the essential elements, movements will not happen. The impact of employing...
Mission Frontiers March-April 2025
Spiritual Formation at the Edges The Lion & Lamb of Formation They say March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb. This is fitting for some of our northern readers who go from harsh winter to gentle spring during the month. Of course, here...
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...