God's Word

Urbana 87 Speeches and Stories

by John Kyle, Ed.

Should I Not Be Concerned?

Part I: Introduction

Foreword - Thomas Dunkerton

"I believe God calls us to go today where people need him. Most of these people are in the cities."

Preface - John Kyle

Why We Are Here - John Kyle


Part II: Exposition on the Book of Jonah: Should I Not Be Concerned? Ajith Fernando

Running Away from God (Jonah 1:1-16)
Praise for Deliverance (Jonah 1:17-2:10)
Revival in Ninevah (Jonah 3)

"God will send revival when he knows the time is ripe for it. But one thing we can do is to make sure we are in a revived state and obeying God in everything."

God's Concern for Ninevah (Jonah 4)

"Will you be an agent of God's concern for the lost? Will you give your life for it? If so, you will begin to share God's concern. And when you share God's concern, your heart begins to beat with the heartbeat of God."


Part III: The Call of the City

Overcoming the Real Barriers to Urban Evangelization - Ray Bakke

The Streets of Amsterdam - Floyd McClung

"I love the city of Amsterdam. I celebrate the Lord Jesus in that city. I believe that God longs for and looks for those who will go to the cities of our world."

The City and Unreached Peoples - Harvie Conn

Panel on Urban Mission

Urban dangers for raising a family - The type of Christian needed in the inner city - Christians' relationships to temporal power - Women's role in urban missions - Racial barriers in the US


Part IV: The Missionary's Call

Are You a Follower of Jesus Christ? - Billy Graham

The Lordship of Christ - George Verwer

Knowing the Will of God - Roberta Hestenes

Motivation for World Missions - Helen Roseveare

The Urgency of the Call - Tony Campolo

"Reject Jesus if you must, but you dare not take the biblical Jesus and turn him into something that he is not."

Evangelism: The Heart of Missions - Becky Pippert
Part V: Reports and Testimonies

Report from the IFES - Chua Wee Hian

Testimonies: How I Heard God's Call
Dwight Nordstrom, tentmaker in China
Karen Purcell, music teacher preparing to go to China
___, Pastor in Thailand (currently unavailable)
Pat Devine, Bible translator in Togo
Hey-Jin Kong, medical student preparing to go to Nigeria
Eric Popp, student preparing to go to Japan

Urbana 1987 Mission Reader (coming soon)


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