Publisher's Memo

God's Mission in the World Today
By Lon Allison
It is a breathtaking time to simply listen and watch God's movements, much less participate in them.

Lausanne Reports

God Has Moved! An Allegorical Look “Back” at Cape Town 2010
By Kent Humphreys
A look at how God began moving sometime in late 2008 or early 2009 outside of the confines of religious institutions.

News Briefs

January News from around the World

Themed Articles

Recovering Mission: Majority World Mission—A Return to Mission for the Majority
By The Rev. Canon Mark Oxbrow
We need to radically revise our understanding of who a missionary is in the contemporary, globalized world.

United, Focused Prayer: Changes in the Way We Are Praying for the World, Part 2
By Steve Hawthorne
The author discusses how our praying has been bringing us into more dynamic and direct engagement with the world.

Watching the Father: The Importance of Knowledge Stewardship
By Eric Adams
The Frontier's Knowledge Stewardship initiative seeks to identify, capture, and distill field workers’ experience and cross-pollinate this in ways that equip ield teams to become more effective in their calling.

Perspectives

A Global Overview of the Business as Mission Movement: Needs & Gaps
By Mats Tunehag
Nine major needs and gaps in the global Business as Mission movement.

Etnopedia.org: Translating Unreached People Profiles into Other Languages
By David Markham
Etnopedia, a website for bilingual Christians to translate people profiles into other languages, gives researchers the opportunity to expand the research process.

Church Planting and Evangelism: An Overview of Training through the AIC Missionary College in Kenya
By Ray and Jill Davis
The African Inland Church Missionary College provides both classroom experience and real-world mission work.

Redefining Normal: How to Develop the Future Overseas Missionary Force
By Josh Mann
A recent study reveals that only a small percentage of middle school and high school-age students are seriously considering long-term, overseas missions.

WorldServe Ministries and the Increasing Influence of China and Cuba: An Interview with President/CEO Ted Yamamori
By Laurie Fortunak
Ted Yamamori, president/CEO of WorldServe Ministries, spoke with LWP about his short retirement and the future of WorldServe, China, and Cuba.

Urban Communities

The Global Urban Mission of God in Large Cities: Through the Practitioners’ Eyes
By Glenn Smith
Five urban ministry practitioners discuss issues related to the global urban mission of God in large cities.