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By Timothy Goropevsek – Christian Daily International – For nearly eight decades, Urbana has stood as one of the most influential missions gatherings in North American evangelicalism, inspiring generations of young Christians to consider their role in taking the gospel to the ends of the earth. (Urbana is sponsored by Madison-based InterVarsity Christian Fellowship.) But as Christianity’s center of gravity continues shifting toward the Global South, the triennial event grappled with the question: what does mission look like in a world where leadership is no longer primarily Western? That challenge was central to Urbana 25, the most recent gathering held…

The Christian church is a multinational, multicultural, multilingual body that spans every society on the globe. In the twenty-first century, the vast majority of Christians live in the “Global South”—Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Yet in many conversations about “the Church,” Americans tend to focus on themselves. In this summer series of conversations Upper House will host five talks to explore some of the dominant social issues in the global church—issues that affect all Christians, albeit in different ways depending on location. We’ll seek to learn from people in our community who have experience and expertise in other parts of…

We are sad to read of the passing of Rebecca Blank, who was chancellor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 2013 to 2022. She died of cancer on Friday, February 17, 2023. She was 67. The report of her death included acknowledgement of her skillful service as a gifted administrator and economist. It also noted that “Blank’s Protestant faith influenced other books she wrote, such as ‘Do Justic’ and ‘Is the Market Moral?’, which examined intersections between economics and religious belief systems.” Her father, also an economist, was a founder of Habitat for Humanity in Columbia, Missouri. “The desire to…

The WHAT NEXT conference celebrates a small event that had major consequences, since it turned out to be the beginning of the North American foreign missions movement. We are calling together students and church people from the upper mid-west region to recall what God has done in the past, examine the state of the Church, and tune our hearts and thoughts to hear from God what He wants to do in our generation. We are gathering to ask God, "What’s next?"

A big thanks to those of you who who are helping to make it possible for our ministry to send Kim and me to the International Theophostic Prayer Ministry Convention in November. $560 has already been raised. We are looking for forty partners to supply $36 or more toward the cost of this important conference. We want to send a free copy of Amazing Faith or The Gift of Transformation (your choice) to anyone who sends a gift of $36 or more toward this conference before August 15. Dwight Clough Ministries Inc. is a 501(c)3 corporation. http://www.dwightclough.com/donations.htmlDo not be overcome…

BEVERLY HILLS, CA (ANS) — "The Lutheran men’s softball team lost two games last week. So now they’re two wins, two losses, which is a good place for Lutherans to be. Undefeated is somewhat uncomfortable."That was from a recent monologue about Lake Wobegon by Garrison Keillor during his "Prairie Home Companion" radio show. Lutherans, from the land of 10,000 Lakes (Minnesota), are among his favorite targets and have been for more than 30 years of his hit show — you betcha. So I couldn’t resist asking Keillor during a news conference in Beverly Hills, California, on Thursday, June 1, whether…

“The God who is at work in the world today is a God of history,” says missions expert Paul Borthwick. This year, 2006 – an Urbana year – uniquely highlights some important anniversaries in the history of missions and student involvement in missions.

SANTA MONICA, CA (ANS) — Following an appearance on CNN’s prime time evening program, Paula Zahn Now on Wednesday (May 17), where he talked about the storm of controversy over The Da Vinci Code and the debate over a potential boycott, Christian media leader Phil Cooke, has dropped a bombshell. Cooke told ANS that he is believes that the much of the American Church has become irrelevant in the modern world by "preaching to the choir" rather than transforming modern culture.

Many Christians see The Da Vinci Code as an opportunity for evangelism; others say it’s a chance to engage the culture. Rubbish. Da Vinci is dangerous, so I’d like to suggest a better alternative

He journeyed into the heart of the Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian war as thousands were fleeing the other way. He agonized with Bosnian women who had been raped or had their husbands & children killed while attempting to council them on how to walk in forgiveness. And he made an impassioned plea for people to not view all Muslims as al-qaeida terrorists.