by Cody Watson, Associate Director Perspectives is the most dynamic, important missions curriculum I’ve encountered. Back in 1985, I had lunch with Dr. Ralph Winter, missiologist and co-founder of Perspectives (and founder of Frontier Fellowship). At the time, I was pastoring in South Carolina, and he challenged me... read more →
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Jun
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by Taliilee Fiqruu, Associate Director What’s more exciting than to see a Muslim background believer who’s been following Christ secretly for over two years finally gain the confidence to tell her family she believes in Jesus? That’s my friend’s story. I call her Nuriya.* She was born and... read more →
Jun
06
by Dan McNerney, Associate Director May 16 was the first day of fasting for the 1.6 billion Muslims observing Ramadan across the globe this year. Ramadan will end at sundown June 14 or 15, followed by a celebration called Eid al-Fitr. Because Ramadan follows a lunar cycle, it... read more →
May
30
by Rita Johnson, Associate Director “Is that the sort of fast that pleases me, a day when a person inflicts pain on herself?” —Isaiah 58:5a (New Jerusalem) One summer a few years ago in Central Asia, two women I knew told me they were no longer fasting, yet Ramadan... read more →
May
22
by Andy Smothers, Frontier Fellowship board member Manhattan seems like an unlikely place for a Christian to have an opportunity to attend an Iftar feast at a synagogue during Ramadan. The diversity of the city doesn’t make it improbable. But this New York City borough is the site... read more →
May
14
by Taliilee Fiqruu, Associate Director On the day of Pentecost, 50 days after the resurrection of Jesus, the Holy Spirit was poured out upon those followers of Jesus who had gathered in Jerusalem. Just as His people harvested their crops around three festival seasons, God chose to establish... read more →
May
08
by Caroline Kurtz, Frontier Fellowship friend and former associate director The Presbyterian mission in Ethiopia opened a mission station in the town of Maji in 1947, deep in the southwest region of the country near the border of what is now South Sudan. Missionaries ran the only schools... read more →
Apr
24
by a friend of Frontier Fellowship It’s considered normal in Central Asia for ethnic Russians or ethnic Koreans to be Christians, but native Central Asians are expected to toe the line by remaining Muslim. To be an atheist is permitted, too, in these post-Soviet states. But Atulbir* and... read more →
Apr
11
by Richard Haney, Executive Director In this season of Eastertide, the 50 days between Easter and Pentecost, I can’t help seeing afresh that Christian mission depends on God’s loving act to raise His Son from death to life. The resurrection story in the New Testament gospels moves dramatically... read more →
Apr
01
by Kristin Huffman, Associate Director Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Ringing out Easter morning across gatherings of Jesus followers throughout the world, this ancient tradition (called the Paschal Greeting or Easter Acclamation) offers testimony to the truth that Jesus lives. It reminds us of the angel’s... read more →