No Compromise

Joseph Stowell tells of a conversation he had with a pastor in the former Soviet Union.

"Stalin's reign was the worst time," said the pastor. ...

First Baptist Church Mission Statement

First Baptist Church lives to glorify Christ by making disciples who are growing in relationship with God in worship, then with the church in fellowship, ...

Crisis as Opportunity

The modern world is said to have made discipleship harder. But it has also made evangelism easier. Today's world is said to be multiplying crises all ...

You Can't Climb for Others

You cannot pull people uphill who do not want to go; you can only point up.

The Power of Humble Clothing

Missionaries who dressed like the Chinese suffered a few snags. In the gossipy colonial enclaves of Shanghai and Hong Kong, "going native" caused ...

Making a Good Impression

When as a young man Robert Morrison had first sailed to China, he was asked, "Do you really expect to make an impression on the idolatry of the great ...

Analogies for Evangelism

Evangelism is like strong horseradish: people praise it with tears in their eyes.

There are other word associations we could make with the concept of evangelism. ...

Paying the Price of Evangelism

Judy Anderson, whose husband is the West Africa Director of the World Relief Corporation, grew up as the daughter of missionaries in Zaire. As a little ...

More Than a Formula

It is the temptation of this pragmatic age to presume that technique is the secret of evangelism.

Destiny in the Slums

In More than You and Me, Kevin and Karen Miller write of the power of a God-given vision:

One couple lived in London 130 years ago. For the first 10 years ...