World Missions & Evangelism, Inc.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at World Missions and Evangelism. 2013 has been a great year for World Missions and Evangelism, and we have much for which to give thanks to God.  We called this year The Year of Simple Obedience, New Fields, and Open Doors in our first blog of the year on January 2, and it really has been that.   New Missionaries have affiliated with WME, Missionaries have been deployed to new fields, Many people have been trained as indigenous church planters and disciple makers, At least 196 locations in at least 4 nations have seen the birthing of new Discovery Bible Studies this year....and 96 of those are already at local church status, 462 groups and churches in 6 nations discipling close to 5,000 people is the total current impact of the CPM/DMM projects, Many have received Jesus as Lord and been baptized, and a Disciple Making Movement is moving forward in Latin America.  We think more people have been trained in the church ...

Contextualization is an important issue in mission strategy.  It is vital that as the gospel is presented to a new culture or people, the language used is clearly understandable to people in that group.  Much has been written about this and I stand in full agreement with a lot of the writings of key missiologists.  Wycliffe Bible Translators is, I believe, one of the key leaders in this field, because in translating the bible into many tribal languages, they have found wonderful ways to communicate biblical words and concepts that are grasped by the receptor groups.  Missionary Don Richardson's book "Eternity In Their Hearts" is one of my favorite volumes of missionary literature.  He explains how that key touchpoints in cultures are found.....left there by God.....that can be building blocks for communicating the gospel to tribal peoples.  I applaud these efforts and stand in agreement with them. However, I have a concern, right here in our own American ...