Materials and Communications, Pt. 2
Summary: This article picks up the story of our materials and communications in the early 1970s, when US NavPress was launched. It largely follows the… Read More »Materials and Communications, Pt. 2
Summary: In large measure, the 1960s laid down the tracks on which our ministries would run for many years. It was a very fruitful period:… Read More »US Field Ministries 1960s
Summary: This article traces the history of our parent board, with particular attention to Lorne Sanny’s principled resistance to but gradual acceptance of the degree… Read More »Boards of Directors
Summary: Navigators first called Missionary Associates and later became known as International Associates flourished throughout the 1980s. This designation served primarily to open a path… Read More »International Associates
Summary: This article examines the years from the birth of our international headquarters at the end of 1974 until the appointment of Terry Taylor as… Read More »IHQ and USHQ Relationships
Summary: From the beginning, Navigators have had the world on our hearts. Where should we focus and why? This article follows the increasing depth of… Read More »Cross-Cultural Missions
Summary: The 1970s were a transitional period. We emerged with remarkable speed from the American sending program of the 1960s into an urgent challenge to… Read More »Surge and Stress: Missions in the 1970s
Summary: This article reviews the 1974 separation between our International HQ (IHQ) and our USHQ, though it is more concerned with our field structure, it… Read More »Structures in the 1970s
Summary: This article traces Dawson Trotman’s strong commitment from 1948 to helping other works, stimulated by his close friendships; our turn to “demonstrating” in 1961;… Read More »Navigators among the People of God
Summary: The story of our work among students starts in the 1930s, but it became quiescent until ministry spread out from Northwestern College into other colleges… Read More »Collegiate Ministries
Summary: In 1961, our leaders committed to demonstrating that our vision “worked” through the multiplying of disciple-makers, “producing reproducers.” This led naturally to assessing our… Read More »Management by Objectives, 1968-1974
Summary: This is the first of two articles that explore our progress in global planning, carrying the story forward into the 1980s. Two overall trends… Read More »Global Planning: 1966-1975