Mission & Evangelism

Mission & Evangelism equips Christians and churches to share the gospel and make disciples locally and globally. Explore Bible-based articles on evangelism, outreach, disciple-making, missions strategy, church planting partnerships, and engaging your community with compassion and clarity. You’ll find practical guidance for building a missional culture, telling the story of Jesus well, and reaching people across cultures and generations. Whether you’re serving in your neighborhood, supporting missionaries, or leading a church on mission, these resources help you live sent and invite others to follow Christ.

November 23, 2008

Christian Standard

What Was the Congo Massacre?

By Bill Weber See the Main Article: “Only One Life”  In the 1960s the world witnessed the beginning of the end of colonialism in sub-Saharan Africa as one by one countries broke away from European administrative rule. In many of these countries, the transition to a national government was a very painful process. Wars were waged for independence as autonomy was rarely granted freely. The various ethnic groups and political parties of these divided nations vied for control. Conflict with the colonial powers often escalated to violent power struggles within the country. The changing landscape in Africa led to instability

October 26, 2008

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Water

By Greg Taylor Each paragraph of this article marks the death of another person from a preventable waterborne disease. We are willing to vote, fight, and sacrifice in order to drill and have all the oil we need. Are we prepared to vote, fight, and sacrifice so that this sentence doesn”t represent another person dying because he didn”t have the most basic physical resource in life? God created it, hovered over it, destroyed life with it, parted it, lapped it up with fire, walked on it, and drank it at a well. And he gave it to us to drink.

October 12, 2008

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The Ultimate Purpose in Evangelism Is Not Church Growth

By David Bycroft Smitty was arrogant, opinionated, selfish, and a regular at the local coffee shop. Three mornings a week, I would go there before my morning jog. I had known Smitty for years, but he recently had moved a block from our church building. His house was across the street from where we parked our church buses. One morning, in front of the six or seven guys gathered for the morning coffee ritual, Smitty blurted out, “Preacher, I want you to move your buses because I can”t see the highway from my front porch.” I returned with a challenge.

October 8, 2008

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Interview with Jim Penhollow

By Brad Dupray After serving in Latin America in cross-cultural church planting with Christian Missionary Fellowship, Jim Penhollow was called as director of church multiplication for East 91st Street Christian Church in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he has served the past 14 years. Jim and his wife of 41 years, Leslie, live in Vancouver, Washington, since East 91st actively plants churches in the Northwestern United States. Jim joined East 91st 10 years into the church”s quest to plant 20 churches in 20 years. East 91st is now 24 years into that pursuit and will soon launch its 50th church. Is there

August 27, 2008

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Interview with Bill McClure

By Brad Dupray Bill McClure received his initiation to the world of broadcasting as a student at Ozark Christian College in Joplin, Missouri. His subsequent experience in secular broadcasting led to a role with the Revival Fires Ministry in Joplin and ultimately to his appointment as executive director of Gospel Broadcasting Mission (GBM) in 1978. Today, GBM reaches millions worldwide through short-wave radio transmissions and via The Christians” Hour radio broadcast, which can be heard on radio stations in the United States and worldwide via the Internet. For more information about Gospel Broadcasting Mission and Bill”s daily radio program, Uplift,

July 27, 2008

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Simple Ways to Begin to Be Intentional About Evangelism

By David Bycroft In my last article, “Evangelism Is Natural Church” (June 15), I referenced the fact that most churches see few people baptized into Christ because they fail to plan and work to see baptisms happen. According to Thom Ranier, 85 percent of all churches are in decline. That number persuades me to think we are not doing much evangelism in our churches. We need to rethink some of our principles for how and why we do church. We have a pretty good handle on Bible study and invest lots of money into Sunday school material for all ages.

June 15, 2008

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Evangelism Is Natural Church

By David Bycroft A city dweller finally had enough of big-city life and decided to move his family to the country. He had also become enamored with lambs, so he decided to start raising sheep. He purchased six ewes, each with baby lambs, from a neighbor and began enjoying farm life. After a year went by and the lambs were fully grown, he began wondering why no new lambs had been born. He went back to the neighbor from whom he had purchased his small flock and asked him about it. His neighbor asked when the ram had been put

June 1, 2008

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Up a Creek . . . with a Paddle-Wheeler!

By Terry O’Casey In June 1908, missionaries Royal Dye, MD, and his wife, Eva, captivated Oregon with tales of adventure in the Congo. But no trains reached the deepest realms in the African nation where they wanted yet to share the gospel. No roads could penetrate the crocodile-infested swamps. Handmade, arm-powered dugouts were the only means of getting hundreds of miles upriver. The Dyes made a simple request at the 56th Oregon Christian Convention. The request was so great it was bound to fail . . . unless God be in it. Dr. Dye opened the morning session: “We need

May 18, 2008

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Unusual Conversions

By Ben Merold Those who work in evangelism rarely suffer from boredom. The convicting power of the Holy Spirit brings many surprises to the one who sets about to bring people to Jesus Christ. In my 59 years of evangelistic work, I have witnessed many unusual conversions. I will not go into great detail but I do want to tell you about several experiences that were surprising to me. Climbing a Pole I was conducting revival services in a small Midwestern city and calling on prospective converts with the local preacher. We stopped to talk to a man working on

March 26, 2008

Brad Dupray

Your Church and AIDS Conference

Interview with Dr. Tom Alley

Dr. Tom Alley explains the global toll of HIV/AIDS and urges churches to respond with informed compassion. He previews the “Your Church and AIDS” conference and the Hope Partnership effort serving families in Nairobi, Kenya.

February 10, 2008

Chris DeWelt

Compelled

Compelled by Love

A recap of the 60th National Missionary Convention (2007) in Cincinnati, highlighting the “Compelled” theme, main-session preaching, workshops and exhibits, and the convention’s closing call to prayer and service.

February 10, 2008

Mike Schrage

National Missionary Convention prayer

Compelled to Pray

Hundreds of unseen servants supported the National Missionary Convention through persistent prayer. From months of preparation to backstage intercession during main sessions, their quiet faithfulness encouraged workers and strengthened mission commitments.

September 9, 2007

Cody Moore

institutional vs missional church

Missional Sending

Cody Moore contrasts the institutional church with the missional church, arguing that Christians are called out and sent back into the world. He urges communities to measure spiritual fruit, not just budgets and attendance.

August 26, 2007

John W. Samples

Christian HolyLand Foundation

A Restoration Movement in Israel

An Arab-Israeli team in northern Israel partnered with the Christian HolyLand Foundation to serve full-time in benevolence and evangelism. Their work seeks unity across denominational lines and fosters unprecedented ministry between Arabs and Jews in Christ.

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