R. Franklin Cook, Editor in Chief

February 2001

Global Evangelism

COVER STORY "FINISHING THE TASK" by Ralph D. Winter and Bruce A. Koch A look at the total efforts of Evangelicals to take the gospel to unreached people groups reveals the current state of global evangelization. Are we making progress in finishing the task? Read this story now...

 

FEATURES

• "Tears of Joy, Tears of Regret," by Benson Mweetwa and James Craig. A remote village hears of Jesus for the first time. But new graves speak of those who never heard.

• "Floods of Grace," by Doug Perkins. Surrounded by water and stranded in the treetops, a Nazarene pastor realized that all around him in the trees were other people in his predicament. So he opened his Bible and began to preach. The result was floods of God's grace.

• "Rx for Evangelism," by Joanie Doerr. Medicine, boundless energy, and a contagious love for Jesus: It's Erika Rios's prescription for evangelism.

• "Floating the Good News: No Turning Back," by Howie Shute. They ran down the trail, they paddled upstream in dugout canoes, they even swam across crocodile-infested waters-all to meet Jesus, brought by the maiden voyage of the Good News.

COLUMNS

• Heartbeat: "True North," by Bill M. Sullivan. A new church finds that there is only one name that really describes who they are.

• Gen X: "Ready, Willing, and Able," by Frank Moore. Generation Xers not only jump on board organized ministry opportunities but also create their own ministry assignments and venture out to labor one-on-one.

• The Deeper Way: "Except For God's Grace," by Henry W. Spaulding II. Holiness is captured in one simple phrase: "Except for God's grace."

• Portraits: "John White: Answering God, Saving a Life," by Dean Nelson. While praying for his fellow pastor and friend, John White heard a voice ask him, "Would you do whatever it takes for this man?" Without hesitation he said, "Yes, Lord."

• Holiness: "Total Salvation," by William M. Greathouse. What the Law could not do because of indwelling Sin, God has done by sending His own Son to meet Sin in the place where it dwells and rules, and there to condemn, judge, and remove it.

• Interconnected: "The Mind-Body-Spirit Connection," by Grace H. Ketterman. God knew the amazing balance among mind, body, and spirit long before anyone heard of psychiatry.

• Metro: "A Tale of Many Cities," by Fletcher L. Tink. If God has vision for the city, shouldn't we share the same vision, not just in the forever, but in the now as well?

• Family Tree: "Forgiveness: Another Word for Love," by Rebecca Laird and Michael Christensen. We may have to release our hurts into God's hands many times before the wound is fully healed. But it is ours to release. It is God's to heal.

• Essay: "Eye Service," by Jeff Crosno. What you do for others may be beautiful, true, and good. But the world doesn't need more of you. It needs more of God.

• Commission: "Compassionate Christian?" by William J. Prince. Isn't it redundant to speak of a "compassionate Christian"?

• Touching: "Normal Holy Fire," by Hermann L. Gschwandtner. Each of us might be able to light a little fire here and there. But together we can spread centers of holy fire all over the globe.

COMING IN MARCH:
"CELEBRATING A CAPE VERDEANCENTENNIAL"

• "Prisoners of the Sea, Liberators of the Soul," by Jorge de Barros. One hundred years ago, 10 jagged, inhospitable rocks jutting out of the Atlantic Ocean became the second mission field in the history of the Church of the Nazarene. Now representing the largest Protestant denomination in the country, Nazarenes in Cape Verde celebrate not only their centennial but also the work of the Holy Spirit they have been instrumental in spreading beyond their tiny islands all over the world.