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By Adam Pickering | Research
Despite the current economic gloom, long term forecasts for economic growth and levels of individual wealth suggest that in the next two decades millions of people will be lifted from…
By Adam Pickering | Article
What do the momentous social changes around the world mean for the future of giving? Adam Pickering of the Charities Aid Foundation reflects on what might be needed to unleash…
By European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPA | Research
This report contains the findings of the European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS) research project. The EUISS was commissioned on Global Trends 2030. The report intends to give a…
By Tony Watkins | Article
To facilitate a truly global conversation, we ask Christian leaders from around the world to respond to the Global Conversation’s lead articles. These points of view do not necessarily represent…
By Gilles Gravelle | Blog
Today’s post reveals one final, surprising conclusion of a recent experiment in the Gofa community of Ethiopia. In case you missed it, you can learn more about that experiment in…
By John H. Armstrong | Article
If we are to live as “resident aliens” in the West, as I suggested at the end of my article last week, then we will have to understand that there…
By David Wells and Os Guinness | Cape Town 2010 Congress Video
American theologian David Wells addresses the impact of technology, religious difference, cultural diversity and consumerism on discipleship. Os Guinness concludes with reflections on globalization and mission. Download Options PC users:…
By Cyril Okorocha | Cape Town 2010 Congress Video
Bishop Cyril Okorocha of Nigeria points to globalization as a form of worldliness in the church and suggests some paths to the renewal of African Christianity in a globalized world.…
By Ehab Al Kaharat | Cape Town 2010 Congress Video
Ehab Al Kaharat, an Egyptian Psychiatrist and Preacher, looks at two faces of globalization in the form of HIV/AIDS and illicit drugs. He tells stories of Christian influence and transformation…
By Os Guinness | Cape Town 2010 Congress Video
Os Guinness speaks of globalization as the greatest challenge and great opportunity for the church since the apostles. He provides an overview of Evangelical responses and suggests three global tasks…
By Jonathan Finley / Hans Finzel | Testimony
TRANSCRIPT HANS FINZEL: Hi, this is Hans Finzel, President of WorldVenture based in Littleton, Colorado. Our website is www.worldventure.com. Welcome to our radio program Missions on the Frontline. This radio…
By Various | Cape Town 2010 Congress Video
Directions: Click the play button in the video window above to watch all videos from the session in order. Alternatively, you may advance to a specific part of the session…
By Arnold Enns | Presentation
Radio programme to be used approaching CT2010 - #8 of series.
By Tyler Wigg-Stevenson | Article
The attached was first presented as a case study for the 2010 Lausanne Theological Working Group and published in July in the Evangelical Review of Theology. It is serving as…
By Gregg Okesson | Blog
One aspect of globalisation is what some scholars call cosmopolitanism. This refers to the supposed creation of a highly integrated, mobile, and transnational culture where people around the world interact…
By Lon Allison | Article
In this issue we discuss a compelling and urgent topic: Glocalized Evangelism. "Glocal" is a new term combining global and local. Simply put, it communicates that the nations and cities…
By Knud Jørgensen | Article
For the Professionals? From the early nineteenth century, mission societies were the bearers of mission from Norway to the non-Christian nations. Norwegian mission in terms of missionaries and funds for…
By Victor Cuartas | Article
God is the one who established diversity. Galatians 3:28 reminds us that “…there is no Jew nor Greek, no male nor female, no slave nor free. We are all one…
By Winston Smith | Article
It doesn’t take more than a trip to the grocery store to recognize that we live in a time of profound cultural change. Even our smallest hometowns are no longer…
By Eric Célérier | Article
We are living in a global world—the young generation, especially. We have a global culture. Most of us know Facebook, Michael Jackson, iPhone, Avatar, Nike. Brands are global. Movies are…
