Posts Tagged ‘Missionary’

Seven Steps for Following the Great Commission

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Even with the phenomenal opportunities we have to spread the gospel today, much of the world still waits for the good news of Jesus. The numbers reveal the need:

* Of more than 11,000 people groups, some 6,400 remain unreached (that is, less than 2 percent of the population is evangelical Christian).

* More than 2,000 of these groups have a population of 100,000 people or more.

* Of these 2,000 large groups, slightly more than 600 are still unengaged.

* Some 4,100 groups with a total of 450 million people have no portion of the Scripture available in their language.

* Each day the world population grows by about 500,000, and the number of people not having an adequate opportunity to respond to the gospel increases by almost 91,000.

Read the rest of the article, including the seven steps, from Church Central and Building Church Leaders here.

Devalued Dollar Impedes Covenant Missionaries

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

CHICAGO, IL (March 26, 2008) – The devaluation of the U.S. dollar against foreign currencies is reducing the money missionaries have to work with.

The decline has made it more difficult for us to do ministry, and the problem has become more acute in the last three months,” says Byron Amundsen, director of administration and finance for the Evangelical Covenant Church’s Department of World Mission (CWM).

Read the rest of the article.

Devaluing Dollar Affects Missionaries

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Two recent articles focus on the effects of exchange rates on international missionaries.

Former features editor in the Department of Communication of the Evangelical Covenant Church, Bob Smietana, writes how the falling dollar is hurting missionaries and relief workers in USA Today on January 6, 2008.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2008-01-06-dollarmissionaries_N.htm

A Christianity Today article appeared on December 19, 2007 highlighting the economic impact on missionary budgets.

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2008/january/4.17.html