Message from the Executive Director

by Richard Haney

Fall is here, the season when ministries and churches typically kickoff a new year as summer wanes and students return to school. There seems to be little that’s typical this year, however!

Our last magazine went to print just as COVID-19 was emerging in the US. Like you, Frontier Fellowship staff and global partners found our lives and livelihoods disrupted in unprecedented ways. Over the last several months, we’ve begun adjusting to new ways of living and ministering in the midst of this pandemic.

Our work as frontier mission mobilizers is founded on the belief that all peoples deserve an opportunity to hear the Good News of Jesus. Remarkably, still 87% of the world’s Buddhists, Hindus and Muslims do not know a Christian personally. I’m reminded of Paul’s exhortation, “But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them?” (Romans 10:14 NLT).

Making contact with least-reached peoples requires different approaches today. COVID-19 moved many mobilizing and discipleship efforts online. As the contours of frontier mission shift over time, we’re compelled to examine again how God is calling us to new ways of engagement in frontier mission, especially as we prepare to celebrate our 40 th anniversary next year. You’ll read more about the realities we’re processing in our feature article on Page 4.

Meanwhile, God has graced us with four new staff members this year! Each brings energy, expertise and innovation that will help us move forward in our goal of sharing the frontier mission vision with new demographics of Christians.

We hope to gather with many of you next fall to celebrate together all God has done over our past four decades of frontier mission ministry. If you don’t already receive our digital mailings, sign up at frontierfellowship.com/subscribe so we can stay connected as plans develop!

May God encourage and inspire you through the following pages as you consider with us your role in frontier mission’s future.