(Source: https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/beg-god-to-move-again) Revival means many things to many people. I mean it to describe a situation where large numbers of people are fired up to seek God fully, yearn for obedience, confess sin in their life, and experience the joy and freedom of walking with God. History shows us that there is no exact prescription for …
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June 2018 SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE ISSUES FACED BY PALESTINIAN CHRISTIANS (Written after a Conference with Palestinian Christians) Ajith Fernando The Israelis and Prophecies about Them God’s sovereignty was evident in the establishment of the Jewish people as a nation. I marvel at the way this small nation has progressed through the hard work and …
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June 2001 STRATEGIC GIVING ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS FOR MISSION FRONTIERS by Ajith Fernando, Youth for Christ/Sri Lanka 1. What would be some key elements that you would include in a criteria for strategic giving? Let me first say that I am a little cautious about this word “strategic.” Indeed …
Written on 9/11/2002 (American system, that is 11th September) Published in Christianity Today A VIEW FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GLOBE Ajith Fernando, Youth for Christ, Sri Lanka It is a few days after the first anniversary of the tragic events 11th September 2001, and with fear and trembling I …
Sovereignty: People usually translate this into Sinhala as sarvabaladharithvaya. I think a better translation is raajakiyabhavaya GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH Strength from God’s Sovereignty over Past History. A key to the biblical response to persecution is the belief that God is sovereign over history. 1. The account of …
Written in 2006 Today’s Key Missions Challenge I believe the key missions challenge facing the church today is how to affirm the absolute uniqueness of Christ and work for the conversion of those outside Christ. In our pluralistic society such claims and activities elicit the charge of arrogance. Sadly, Evangelicals are …
AFTER THE ATTACK ON AMERICA I am writing this after a night (morning in USA) of agony as I was concerned for my brother who works in the World Trade Center (he is safe) and sorrowful for the nation I deeply love and from which I have received so many blessings. I write …
An edited and abridged version of this paper was published in the November 2007 issue of Christianity Today. Therefore it should not be published anywhere else for the moment. Written around May 2007 HOLISTIC THINKING AND THE PRIORITY OF EVANGELISM Ajith Fernando The Christian church is notorious for its pendulum …
January 2013 TWO LEGITIMATE MODELS OF MINISTRY AMONG THE POOR Ajith Fernando When one thinks of ministry among the poor, the first impression that comes is that of great socio-economic needs. But we cannot forget the urgent need to evangelise the poor. I have come to the conviction that the glaring and …
This is the personal statement you asked for; for the history book. When I was in theological college in the USA and I told my friends and teachers that I was hoping to go back to serve in Youth for Christ, there was an almost unanimous response that this would be a …