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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Materials and Communications: Pt. 1
Summary: This article explores our use of materials from the 1950s until the birth of US NavPress in 1975. It reviews our efforts to help… Read More »Materials and Communications: Pt. 1
Navigators among Roman Catholics
Summary: This brief article charts the progress of our Catholic ministries from 1985 until such ministries in the US were separately established in 2012. Other… Read More »Navigators among Roman Catholics
Financing Foreigners
Summary: This article chronicles the extent of the exploratory discussions among our leaders, as the need to help those who were not Americans moved from… Read More »Financing Foreigners
Church Planting
Summary: We have always been committed to planting the seed of the Gospel among the nations so that it advances through spiritual generations of laborers… Read More »Church Planting
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
Cross-Cultural Missions
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
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
Structures 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
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
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
Nationalizing
Summary: This article is the first in a triad of articles: Nationalizing, Internationalizing, and Contextualizing. It moves from the 1960s through the 1980s, giving particular… Read More »Nationalizing
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
Overseas Policy Conference 1961
Summary: This conference was historic because it was the first occasion on which Lorne Sanny called together the directors of our young ministries outside the… Read More »Overseas Policy Conference 1961
Global Planning: 1966-1975
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
Fundamentals of the Navigator Ministry
Summary: The Fundamentals of Ministry (FOM) served as the basic guide to the scope and direction of our ministry for a decade, starting in 1978,… Read More »Fundamentals of the Navigator Ministry