Profiles in Partnership: New Movements, Tools Accelerate the Pace

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Editorial Comment by Ralph D. Winter

"Least-Reached Peoples" by Justin Long

A Survey of Kingdom Collaboration by Phil Butler

Compass, Telescope & Tour Guide: Lessons Learned in Student Mobilization by Claude Hickman

The Shifting God(s) of Western Christianity by Jacob Loewen

Further Reflections by Greg H. Parsons

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May/Jun 2006; Issue 28.3

Dear Reader,

In our last issue (on the “Uncertain Future of Missions”) I wrote about my recent return visit to Guatemala, where my growing family and I worked between 1956 and 1966. I wrote of how Christian families have been shattered by the massive, forced migration of fathers and older brothers seeking work.

I ended the article with the following question:

So what is the future of the Mam Indians? How can the existence of a strong church tradition contribute to that future? Is that now (or should that have been) a concern of the mission agencies?

In this issue our cover stories portray the astounding growth and success of mission efforts all over the world, and in particular the amazing degree of collaboration between agencies which makes much of that success possible. No one has made a greater contribution in this area than Phill Butler. See his story of the background. Get his marvelous and unparalleled new book on the ins-and-outs of forming field partnerships. (See pages 12-16 and 29.)

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Profiles in Partnership: New Movements, Tools Accelerate the Pace

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