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March 2015 Issue 4:2 Overview
The Challenge of Radical Islam ‘For many evangelicals, jihadi groups are obscurantist, primitive, and ferocious, embodying all the prejudices associated with the supposed ‘essence’ of Islam’, writes John Azumah (Associate Professor of World...
March 2016 Issue 5:2 Overview
The State and Religious Persecution Recent Pew reports document an increase in official intolerance and restriction of minority religious faiths to unprecedented levels, noting that they are far more likely in countries where one religion or...
March 2017 Issue 6:2 Overview
Surfing the Third Wave of Missions in India ‘While Christianity in India is as old as Christianity itself, the Protestant Christian missions in India—spanning three centuries—can be broadly classified into three waves’, writes Prabhu Singh...
March 2018 Issue 7:2 Overview
India’s Water Crisis ‘Access to fresh water is becoming critical in parts of Asia and Africa’, write Atul Aghamkar (Director, National Centre for Urban Transformation) and Ken Gnanakan (Founder, ACTS Group of Institutions). Reasons for...
March 2019 Issue 8:2 Overview
The Atrocities of the Islamic State ‘Some of the most glaring recent examples of religious persecution are the mass atrocities perpetrated by Islamic State (Daesh)’, writes Ewelina Ochab (legal researcher and human rights advocate). Daesh became...
March 2020 Issue 9:2 Overview
‘Servant leadership as modelled by Jesus Servant-leadership is a paradox, an oxymoron. It is the controversial fusion of opposites—a servant and a leader—that produces the leader par excellence’, writes Mary Ho (International Executive...
March 2021 Issue 10:2 Overview
Christianity is truly global. More significantly, ‘the shift of the centre of gravity of the church from the North into the South is not merely demographic. It is also reflected in the vitality and growing influence of non-western Christianity.’...
March 2022 Issue 11:2 Overview
Mission organisations and churches, aiming to be good stewards of their limited resources, regularly review their plans. What and how should they prioritise in their annual budgets? Programmes or people; quantity or quality; strategy or creativity...
March 2023 Issue 12:2 Overview
‘The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighbourhood… Generous inside and out, true from start to finish’ (John 1:14, The Message). Our Lord came to us to humbly serve us and generously bless us. So ‘we must take the...
March 2024 Issue 13:2 Overview
The focus of this LGA issue is on member care, defined by the Global Member Care Network as ‘the ongoing preparation, equipping, and empowering of mission personnel for effective and sustainable life, ministry, and work.’ In ‘Self-Care: An...
March 2025 Issue Overview
Writing as one of the delegates at the Congress in ‘Whose Collaboration? Whose Priorities? A Missiological Response to the Seoul Statement’, Kang San Tan, General Director of BMS World Mission, engages with ‘a few selected themes of the Seoul...
Marketplace Ministry
Many may have had the experience of stepping onto a train in London, Sydney or elsewhere, to the ritualistic incantation of the words ‘Mind the Gap’ warning you not to fall between the platform and train. This is an apt analogy for the gap...
Marriage (Prayercast)
fulfilling religious and social requirements Marrying and having children is required in Islam. Marriage is a religious, social, and sometimes even economic contract between two families. Mothers and fathers may be involved in finding a spouse for...
Marshall Islands
For a more detailed listing click here After almost four decades under US administration as the easternmost part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986 under a Compact of Free...
Marshall Islands (Joshua Project)
Progress Scale: Significantly Reached Population: 36,000 Capital: Majuro % Professing Christian: 95.14 % Evangelical: 53.44 Peoples Count: 6 In 10/40 Window: N Region:...
Marshall Islands (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 6 Number Languages: 2 Official Language: Marshallese; English For more information go to Marshall Islands on the Operation World website. The above link opens in a...
Marshall Islands (Prayercast)
Government: Presidential-Parliamentary System in free association with the US Major People Groups: Marshallese, USA White GDP Per Capita: $4,000 Literacy Rate: 98.3% Unreached: 0.7% Population:...
Marshall Islands (World Factbook website)
Area: 181 Population: 77,917 July 2020 est. Life Expectancy: 74.10 Net migration rate: -4.50 2020 est. GDP (real growth rate): 2.50 2017 est. Internet Users: 29,290 For more information go to...
Marshall Islands (WorldBank)
NOTE: The most recent year's information is shown below. Click on the year to see all years for this indicator. COMMUNICATION2021 16,000 Mobile cellular subscriptions2017 39 Individuals using the...
Marshall Islands flag
·Type: Images ·Collection: World Factbook country flags ·Small size: 108 x 54 px ·Large size: 604 x 302 px ·Categories: Collection :: World Factbook country flags Country :: Marshall Islands Partners :: U.S....
Marshall Islands map (World Factbook)
·Type: Maps ·Description: Marshall Islands (Factbook) ·Map Date: 2007 ·Producer: US Government ·Collection: World Factbook country maps ·Size: 328x352 px, landscape ·Categories: Type :: Maps...
Marshall Islands map (World Factbook, modified)
·Type: Maps ·Description: Marshall Islands (World Factbook, modified to add country name) ·Map Date: 2007 ·Producer: US Government modified by Joshua Project ·Collection: World Factbook country maps ·Size:...
Martinique
For a more detailed listing click here Part of France Source: World Factbook 2020 Image: Maps Joshua Project · Martinique map...
Martinique (Joshua Project)
Progress Scale: Partially Reached Population: 340,000 Capital: Fort-de-France % Professing Christian: 94.82 % Evangelical: 6.99 Peoples Count: 7 In 10/40 Window: N Region:...
Martinique (Operation World)
Largest Religion: Christian Number People Groups: 7 Number Languages: 3 Official Language: French. Créole Martiniquais is widely spoken For more information go to Martinique on the Operation World website. The...
Martinique (World Factbook website)
For more information go to Martinique on the World Factbook website. The above link opens in a new tab.
Martinique flag
·Type: Images ·Collection: World Factbook country flags ·Small size: 81 x 54 px ·Large size: 454 x 302 px ·Categories: Collection :: World Factbook country flags Country :: Martinique Partners :: U.S. Government...
Martinique map (World Factbook)
·Type: Maps ·Description: Martinique (Factbook) ·Map Date: 2007 ·Producer: US Government ·Collection: World Factbook country maps ·Size: 328x353 px, landscape ·Categories: Type :: Maps Collection ::...
Mastering the Art of Faith-Driven Fundraising: Best Practices, Networking and Raising Global and Local Support
Mastering the Art of Faith-Driven Fundraising: Best Practices, Networking and Raising Global and Local Support with Barbara Shantz Join us as we explore this topic with Barbara Shantz, a seasoned fundraiser and founder of GiveWayVisioneering. In...
Maternal Mortality Ratio
·Type: Maps ·Map Date: 2006 ·Data Source: UNICEF, 2003 ·Producer: Global Mapping International ·Collection: General World Maps (GMMS 2007) ·Size: 8½ x 11 inches, landscape ·Categories: Type ::...