Frank Johnson

The Evangelical Church is Growing in Ireland

By Frank Johnson on October 6, 2019 0

According to an article written by Jonny Grant and Patti Richter for The Gospel Coalition — Reaching Ireland for Christ — Again — only about 0.5 percent of the Republic of Ireland’s population is evangelical and it is the least evangelized country in Europe.

Proclaiming the Message of Jesus in a Preacher’s Graveyard

By Frank Johnson on October 5, 2019 0

Reykjavik, Iceland — Photo courtesy of Yuri Loginov. Used by permission.

In a March 2017 article entitled Europe’s Most Godless Country May Surprise You, Gunnar Gunnarsson tells the story of how he and his wife, Svava Maria, began planting a church in downtown Reykjavík, Iceland — a place a former minister told him was a “preacher’s graveyard.”

Teaching the Bible to Animists

By Frank Johnson on October 4, 2019 0

Chiang Mai, Thailand — Photo courtesy of Max Pixel. Public domain.

Hans Bär, a missionary with OMF International, has been involved in evangelism and leadership training among the Karen people in Thailand for over twenty-five years. The Karen people have an animistic background and worldview and that affects how they understand teaching from the Bible.

In a December 2018 article on OMF International’s website, entitled Teaching God’s Word to a People from an Animistic Background, Bär identifies several implications of an animistic worldview for Bible teaching.

An Animist Becomes a Follower of Christ

By Frank Johnson on October 4, 2019 0

Animist of Papua New Guinea — Photo courtesy of Trevor Cole. Used by permission.

The animist shaken to the core by God’s truth is the story of Anton Egamankon, an animist who gave his life to Christ approximately thirteen years ago.

Jesus Knows Their Names

By Frank Johnson on October 3, 2019 0

Holy Men in Nepal — Photo courtesy of Sebastian Pena Lambarri. Used by permission.

In a 2010 paper written for the Cape Town 2010 Congress of the Lausanne Movement, S. Kent Parks and John Scott deliver an impassioned plea for the “Forgotten Fourth” — the almost 2 billion people without access to the gospel.

These “separate peoples” are mostly Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist, and include significant urban populations. They have been described as unreached people groups, least-evangelized, least-reached peoples, and in what is possibly the most accurate and unsettling description of all, ignored peoples. Dr. (Ralph) Winter and others after him have tried to generate a global movement of the Church toward these peoples. Yet despite all the papers and discussions and conferences, today, 36 years later, this forgotten fourth without access to the gospel still makes up over 28% of the world’s population and 41% of the individuals in the world are members of a people group with no viable church.

Leaving the Hindu Priesthood for Christ

By Frank Johnson on October 1, 2019 0

Hindu Holy Man — Photo courtesy of Rajesh Balouria. Used by permission.

Rahil Patel spent six years in India — away from his home and family in London — undergoing intensive training to become a Hindu priest. Outwardly, he was a model student and priest. But inwardly, his heart was unsettled and restless.