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 […]
Yearly Archives: 2013
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
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
It is estimated that over the next 30 years, most of the world’s growth will be found in the urban areas. Consider the following realities of our urban world: By 2050, the world’s urban population is expected to be the same as the total global population of 2002. China is […]
Pressure Point #8 Growth of the Cities
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 […]