JNI 648 - The Church in Ghana has taken a giant leap in cross-cultural missions over the past ten years. In 1997 a collaborative national initiative started with this question: "Are any Christians from southern Ghana working in one of the 37 unreached groups of the north? Has anyone moved to the region, and learned a language, in order to share the gospel?"

A survey among Christians came up with a disturbing answer: "No." "Not a single Ghanaian missionary was doing ministry in the north," reported Ross Campbell. "All cross-cultural ministry was being done by Western missionaries and their converts."

That was a wake up call, and southern churches took up the challenge. "Denominations focused their resources on the north," said Campbell. And cross-cultural missions came up in a big way. As a result, in the last 15 years at least 4,000 new churches have been planted, with many more being discovered in a current research update. And every single one of the 37 people groups have been penetrated with growing church planting movements.

Also in this edition: Flooded church in USA serves community despite own problems, The Siawi tribe in Papua New Guinea gets baptized, Unconventional evangelist in Holland brings hardcore message.

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