US Field Ministries 1960s
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
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Authority and Submission
Summary: The issue of authority is always with us because sin is always with us. Nonetheless, we live in an ordered universe where there is… Read More »Authority and Submission
Movement
Summary: We began as a spreading movement upon which God’s blessing rested. Later, after World War II, our impetus to serve the family of God… Read More »Movement
The Six Critical Factors of a Multiplying Ministry
Summary: The “six critical factors” were developed during the early 1990s by several international leaders who compared and distilled their observations on what would best… Read More »The Six Critical Factors of a Multiplying Ministry
International Associates
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
Our Enabling Global Society
Summary: The Navigator way of relating internationally, which we called the enabling Global Society, flowed from what we learned during the 1980s about how to… Read More »Our Enabling Global Society
Apostolic Pioneering
Summary: In recent years, the extent and centrality of an apostolic function has been much debated within The Navigators. This has been a debate about… Read More »Apostolic Pioneering
Men and Women Partnering
Summary: Our history is complex, sometimes emotional. To generalize is to invite criticism. It was natural that our military flavor carried forward into the years… Read More »Men and Women Partnering
Travel-Training Ministries
Summary: Our largest travelling ministry by far was among the Soviet satellites of Eastern Europe from the early 1970s until they opened to the West… Read More »Travel-Training Ministries
The Kingdom of God
Summary: We see how we were broadly in line with the resurgent attention given to the kingdom among evangelicals, during the 1970s. This helped us… Read More »The Kingdom of God
Fundamentals of Navigator Missions
Summary: This article traces our cross-cultural experience in developing our missions program from the aftermath of our 1972 Global Strategy until the introduction of our Fundamentals… Read More »Fundamentals of Navigator Missions
Collegiate Ministries
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
Internationalizing
Summary: This article is the second in a triad of articles: Nationalizing, Internationalizing, and Contextualizing. Having raised up staff to serve as nationals in their… Read More »Internationalizing
Contextualizing
Summary: This article is the third in a triad: Nationalizing, Internationalizing, and Contextualizing. After recognizing the uniform approach of our early years, as we projected… Read More »Contextualizing
The Approach to The Core
Summary: This article is a companion to the article titled “A History of Our Calling.” Taken together, they tell the story of how we have… Read More »The Approach to The Core
The Scriptural Roots of Our Ministry
Summary: The development of the Scriptural Roots of Ministry (SRM) in the late 1980s came ten years after the development of the Fundamentals of our… Read More »The Scriptural Roots of Our Ministry