Afshin Ziafat shares his story of being raised in Islam but coming to faith in Christianity and explains what the true will of God is for our life and how we can follow it.
Tim Devane shares how we can and should practically give our lives away for Christ for the lost wherever we may be; in the United States or abroad.
BY GRANT NAUMAN
Ever think of yourself as a missionary to your own community? Here are three ways to have an impact for Christ wherever you live and work.
The first time I lived and worked in a country closed to missionaries, I experienced the joy of sharing the gospel with people who had never heard it before. I saw God use me as He drew them, step-by-step, to Himself. Yet when I returned to the United States, I fell back into an all-too-familiar pattern of wanting to witness, but seldom actually doing it....
BY MARK SEIFRID
A striking trend emerged from a survey of alumni of Navigator campus ministries last year. While the alumni considered their training in personal growth and ministry highly effective in the campus setting, many reported that it failed to prepare them for a ministry in the local church after graduation. The author, a former Navigator staff member who is now a seminary student, suggests a number of principles that can help to ease the transition.—Ed.
"A practical, biblically based tool for equipping World Christians to successfully transition from the campus culture to the graduate culture and to lay a foundation to labor for a lifetime."
BY ROBERT BOARDMAN
During the early years of the Second World War, a young American Marine named Robert Boardman was beaten up in a drunken brawl in Australia, and wound up spending several weeks in a hospital. In remorse he turned to prayer and to the pages of the Bible, and soon committed his life to Christ....