The Arlington Statement on Bible Translation, a new statement on faithful principles of Bible translation, has been released. Biblical Missiology is one of the statement’s initial signing organizations (click here for the full list). Since Biblical Missiology is only...
J. Edwin Orr (1912-1987) was a Christian minister and revival historian. In this short overview originally published in a missions textbook in 1983, Orr tells the story of some of the greatest college revivals in history and their impact on missions. Can you Imagine...
This FAQ deals with a missionary methodology popular in the evangelical world called “insider movements.” It is also known as C5 contextualization among other terms. This response to it was compiled by national church leaders, including those from Muslim backgrounds...
Next to David Brainerd's Life and Letters, Henry Martyn's missionary zeal and legacy as a pioneer missionary and translator as captured in The Life and Letters of Henry Martyn (John Sargent) has become a classic in the modern missions movement. Martyn served in India...
Amy Carmichael (1867-1951) served for 55 years in India without furlough, becoming one of the pioneers of the modern missions movement. In this excerpt from her book, Things As They Are, Carmichael describes the biblical motivation behind missions. What is God's...
By Samuel Zwemer. Zwemer, known as the "Apostle to Islam," served as a pioneer missionary to Arab nations at the turn of the 20th century. Below is an excerpt from his book The Unoccupied Mission Fields of Africa and Asia. The challenge of the unoccupied fields of the...
Lilias Trotter gave up a promising career as an artist to serve as a missionary to the Muslim population of Algeria at the turn of the 20th century. In this short parable, Trotter provides the backbone of faith behind missions. "You do not test the resources of God...
This post is excerpted from an essay written by W.H.T. Gairdner, a British Missionary to Cairo at the turn of the 20th century. You can read his entire essay here. The justification of missions to Islam is not to be found in the superiority of western culture or...
Samuel Zwemer, known as the "Apostle to Islam" (1887-1952), wrote this article for the old, Egyptian missionary periodical, Orient & Occident. There are secret believers in Jesus...
This year at the Biblical Missiology Consultation in Dearborn, Michigan, Adam Simnowitz and others explored problematic approaches and practices in the fields of missiology and Bible translation. As errant translation theories have been embraced by large and...
The following is Part 6 of a 6 part series: Part I: Preaching in Babel: Telling a Fickle World of the Unchanging God (Dec 11, 2017) Part II: The Need for Contextualization (Dec 18, 2017) Part III: Contextualization and the Ethics of Communication (Jan 15, 2018) Part...
Mark Stephan, Joshua Lingel, Mike Tisdell, Barbara Yandell, and Jim Rairick discuss the many challenges that are facing the modern missions movement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzYFMOMr_jU
Three ladies discuss their journey of becoming missionaries. The joys, heartaches and trials of training and service for the kingdom of God. Their personal witness of God's comfort and blessing as they obey the call of God....
Three ladies discuss their journey of becoming missionaries. The joys, heartaches and trials of training and service for the kingdom of God. Their personal witness of God's comfort and blessing as they obey the call of God....
Three ladies discuss their journey of becoming missionaries. The joys, heartaches and trials of training and service for the kingdom of God. Their personal witness of God's comfort and blessing as they obey the call of God....
Andre Houssney the lead trainer for Horizons International gives a talk on the changing face of missions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px5uSPb54aU&feature=youtu.be
NOTE: Most of the names have been changed for security purposes, but the family names have been changed consistently to still show how individuals are related. Amina Rafeek's husband is Ahmad Rafeek and they have 9 kids: 3 boys and 6 girls. They lived in a rural area...
Joshua Lingel, Jim Rairick, Fred Farrokh and Roger Dixon have a discussion on Christian Persecution. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbiE8LinjGA&feature=youtu.be
الى كنيسة يسوع المسيح حول العال، نكتب إليكم عن حالة عاجلة وهامة، ونحن بحاجة الى مساعدتكم: نبذة عّنا: ّ - ة.ّلغة العربينحن قساوسة وقادة إنجيليون ناطقون بال ُب ّشر بالإنجيل لجميع الّناس حول العال.- هدفنا ورجاؤنا أن نرى يسوع المسيح يتم ّجد، وأن...
عريضة بخصوص الترجمات الخاطئة Open letter from Arab pastors, Arabic PDF Version To the Church of Jesus Christ around the world, We write to you about an urgent and important situation with which we need your help: About us: We are Arabic-speaking evangelical pastors...
Mike Tisdell, Joshua Lingel, Fred Farrokh and David Harriman have a discussion on what is the Insider Movement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuFKkrg7HSk&feature=youtu.be