Yearly Archives: 2013


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It is estimated that four billion people in the world are oral communicators. This means that those people can’t, don’t, or won’t take in new information and communicate through a literate paradigm. Orality is reliance on the spoken word rather than the written word.  For most of us, this is […]

Pressure Point #11 Oral Learners


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Every year, multitudes contract communicable and noncommunicable diseases that affect quality of life. Many of these diseases could be prevented with health education, clean drinking water, proper sanitation, and medical workers. While the greatest need for improved health care is found outside of the West, post-industrialized countries are not exempt […]

Pressure Point #10 Health Care


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As the Church continues to make disciples of all nations–particularly outside of the West–the reality is that children and youth comprise large percentages of the populations of those peoples.  The present and future realities for the Church must involve young people to a significant degree. One quarter of the world’s […]

Pressure Point #9 Children and Youth



The United Nations released a new report this morning stating that there are now more refugees and internally displaced persons in the world since 1994.  You may find the related article here.  The world is now home to 45.2 million displaced persons. Excluding what has taken place in Syria, here […]

New Record High Number of Refugees and IDPs



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The pressure of poverty has always been with the Church and will remain until the Lord’s return.  There have been many manifestations of this pressure point with each bringing numerous problems into the lives of those it engulfs.  When Paul was delighted to “remember the poor” (Galatians 2:10, ESV), he […]

Pressure Point #7 Poverty