Aug
28
by Urgessa Biru, Light of Hope Ministry Ethiopia Director What does Genesis 12:1–3 mean to Christian mission in general and frontier work in particular, and why does it matter to us today? These three verses show that God desired to use Abram, who later became Abraham, and his...
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Aug
21
by Richard Haney, Executive Director When Dr. Ralph Winter first spoke about indigenous people overlooked by missionaries or unknown to others, he used the term “hidden peoples” (1974 Lausanne Congress). Dr. Winter viewed these people groups as so culturally and linguistically distinct that they couldn’t realistically be assimilated...
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Aug
07
by Becca Lehde, Frontier Fellowship board member Four years ago, my husband and I were searching for a way to deepen our engagement in missions. We were encouraged to sign up for a class called Perspectives on the World Christian Movement. Little did I know at the time...
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Jul
24
shared by a follower of Jesus connected with a Frontier Fellowship ministry partner My name is Mohsen.* I was born and raised in Iran by a devout Muslim family. From my early childhood years, I was wholeheartedly committed to Islam. And growing up, I did my best to...
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Jul
10
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...
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Jun
19
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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