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While the first part of our new CD-Rom “God’s World” is a video presentation, the second part is an invaluable interactive multimedia resource, particularly useful for planning talks or presentations on world mission. Here you can get instant access to top line statistics and summarised backgrounds on major areas where Crosslinks has a presence. Also there are overviews on the challenges and opportunities our Mission Partners face, as well as points for prayer.
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From Ethiopia we learn how the traditional Orthodox culture means people call themselves Christians but have little understanding of what that means. The need is not just to train more Christian leaders, but to train locally those who will train others. From Uganda we read of a struggle against nominalism and of the huge challenges in training leaders in mission and ministry in the face of a rampant prosperity gospel. In Kenya a key need is to produce Christians who are ‘transformation agents’ through lives that demonstrate their faith. In Tanzania, we discover that similarities with the culture of biblical times mean that often the Bible is more real and relevant to rural Tanzanian culture than our own. The churches in South Africa suffer from nominal Christianity, liberal theology, lack of vision for mission, racial division and financial dependence on overseas. But Crosslinks provides valuable input to the whole Church, not just Anglicans, and where churches collaborate positive things are happening. In China mission is illegal and missionaries are not allowed. However, people in China are very interested in the Gospel, so more Christian professionals are urgently needed to seize this opportunity for explaining biblical Christianity within secular contexts. In France work to renew the Reformed Church from within is aimed at bringing the Gospel to a profoundly secular but spiritually thirsty country. In the Republic of Ireland, Crosslinks is involved in a vital children’s ministry not carried out by any other organisation and with huge potential, but lacking finance and resources. In the United Kingdom, Crosslinks supports the crucial work of outreach to people of other faiths amongst the ethnic minorities in ways that are both relevant and culturally sensitive. The “God’s World” CD-Rom is a brilliant way to get the key nuggets of information about the places where Crosslinks is enabling the biblical truth of Jesus Christ to be brought to those who do not know Him. It gives users a superb insight into the compelling case for Bible-based mission work as well covering the many facets of the work Crosslinks supports. To get your copy contact Suzy Wakefield
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