missionaries

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 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?"

Sisters, I’m going to periodically send out requests for prayer.URBANA. InterVarsity Christian Fellowship runs an international missions conference for college students every4 years ( I think it’s four….may be wrong). Anyway. Thousands of young men and women attend this conference. many missionaries, campus workers, pastors, and general servants of the Most High God can point to an Urbana conference as a tipping point in their journey with Jesus and their calling in God’s kingdom work.The Urbana conference is scheduled for this December. Already, prayer and intercession teams are forming to cover this powerful, important outreach to students. God has used…

“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.

Two groups of dancers danced at the Madison House of Prayer for all Nations on Tuesday night. On the program was Dancing the Way, a ministry of My People International, composed of Native American Dancers. But before they started, a dance team from the House of Prayer welcomed them with an expression of repentance for the history of broken promises and broken relationships between the dominant culture and the native peoples.