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June/July News from around the World
Reports include Christians continuing to meet in a vandalized church in Algeria despite pressure from families and neighbors.
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Technology: Is It Changing Missions?
This issue examines how evolving technology, internet access, digital media, and communication practices were reshaping evangelism and Christian mission in 2010. The articles are preserved in their historical publishing context.
June / July 2010Historical publication date
12 articlesNews, leadership, perspectives, and themed essays
Digital missionTechnology, media, access, and evangelism
Issue contents
Articles in this issue
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Goal: Creatively Integrate Evolving Technologies
The challenge for evangelism is to use different media effectively while addressing the divide between those with access to improved technologies and those without it.
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Leadership Profile: Marli Spieker, Global Ministry Director, Project Hannah
A question-and-answer profile exploring family background, ministry experience, and the influences that shaped a global ministry leader.
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Glocal Evangelism: Jesus Christ, Magdalena, and Damascus in Greater Toronto Area
An account of three films used in evangelism to reach parts of society beyond the usual reach of traditional church settings.
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Beyond Basic Evangelism: Pentecostals and a Broadened Evangelistic Agenda, Part One
An argument that biblical evangelism is experiential, exegetical, expressive, and confrontational.
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Beyond Basic Evangelism: Pentecostals and a Broadened Evangelistic Agenda, Part Two
The second part considers urgency, ecological action, participation in leadership, and interdependence within evangelism.
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The Challenge of Keeping Up with Technology for Ministry
The article considers the need for pioneer missionaries who understand culture and can use contemporary media to communicate the gospel effectively.
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The 21st Century Roman Road: How Technology Is Changing Missions
A reflection on digital infrastructure as a way to communicate good news in places that might otherwise be difficult to reach.
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Ten Ways the Internet Is Changing Evangelism and Missions
An examination of ten areas in which the internet was changing established approaches to ministry.
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How Technology Is Changing, or Should Change, the Way the Gospel Is Shared
A historical discussion of digital networks and how they challenged ministries to reconsider engagement with the wider world.
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The Inseparable Bond of Technology & Mission
A 2010 perspective on text messaging, mobile computing, and what changing communication habits could mean for the Church’s mission.
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Ephesians Expositors Meet in Cairo
A report on an expositors team working through Ephesians and considering its relationship to the global evangelical Church.
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