In this Issue:
- WORLD: Window into Our Current Soul
- CENTRAL ASIA: Through Mountain Darkness
- PAKISTAN: Christian Slum Dwellers Fight Eviction
- ASIA: “We Need Your Voice,” The Call for Women in Leadership
This issue features stories and links having to do with ministry to (and through) the world’s women. (UN Photo/Kibae Park)
Greetings!
Have you noticed how analysts love to make lists this time of year? It happens every New Year, but this year has more than ever. Take a look at just a few.
- The Top Five Testimonies of 2015 (Christianity Today)
- Five Trends That Will Change Your World in 2016 (Charisma Magazine)
- Six Parts of Kingdom Innovation (J.D. Payne)
- Seven Ways to Approach Your Bible in 2016 (The Gospel Coalition)
- Nine Keys to Working With Muslims (The Zwemer Center; mid-2015)
My favorite is a piece from INcontext with five steps to start the New Year and help us keep our focus on the Kingdom of God. They write:
“Just like preconceived notions prevented the religious rulers at the time of Jesus to recognize the Messiah, preconceived notions will prevent modern-day believers to identify the greatest opportunities of our generation. With millions seeking refuge, wars abounding, nations in turmoil, leaders fighting for power, the Muslim world at a cross roads, and the Christian center of gravity shifting to the East, there is no doubt that we now live in the ‘days of opportunities.’ How do we then transform from our religiously preconceived notions and theologies to being Kingdom-minded?”
Great questions to be asking.
This issue also features stories and links having to do with ministry to (and through) the world’s women.
Read on!
Pat