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Winter prodded anyone he could to consider the need to go where there are no churches! Both Winter and McGavran were asked to give plenary addresses to the Lausanne Congress in 1974. Ralph’s writing folder on this event demonstrates the work he and Roberta did on the presentation.
- Foreign Missionaries Still Needed
- People Groups Sealed Off
- New Structures Needed
- Careers For The Cause
- Awareness of Cultural Distance
- Freedom in Evangelistic Expression
- Expanded Mission Vision
- Increased Understanding & Prayer
- New Expressions of "Church"
- Holy Spirit Planning & Preparation
Winter helped to correct the "missionary go home" mentality by showing that cross cultural missionaries were still needed. Winter did not limit the call to Western missionaries, but also challenged former receiving nations to send as well.
Winter highlighted large swaths of humanity who were being overlooked by the global church. We know them now as "unreached people groups."
Winter hinted at the idea that new mission structures could be created that went beyond existing agencies and this idea challenged certain groups, especially Asians.
Winter articulated a vision for young people who were eager to give their lives for God's global cause and many had their life choices and careers shaped by his input.
Winter challenged people to see the unreached world from a cross cultural perspective and find new ways to effectively present the Gospel so it could easily cross cultural borders.
Winter emphasized the concept of freedom in Christ within cultures new to the Gospel over unity of Christians across cultures with respect to initial evangelism strategies.
Winter challenged us not to simply send more missionaries, but to consider more carefully where they were sent. He also wanted to set the vision high enough that the large needs of the unreached could be met.
Winter help to provide new categories that became a rallying point for new computer data and information systems that increased awareness, understanding, prayer, and outreach for the unreached peoples.
Winter highlighted the need for new culturally appropriate expressions of church from cultures newly reached with the Gospel.
Winter wanted others to see the needs for missionary planning and cultural learning done in conjunction with the power of the Holy Spirit.
Ralph D. Winter Research Center. R alph D. Winter was forty nine years old when he walked onto the platform and gave a plenary talk at the Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization. It was July 1974. 2,430 participants with 570 observ-ers from 150 countries had descended on Lausanne Switzerland. The Congress
Ralph Dana Winter (December 8, 1924 – May 20, 2009) was an American missiologist and Presbyterian missionary who helped pioneer Theological Education by Extension, raised the debate about the role of the church and mission structures and became well known as the advocate for pioneer outreach among unreached people groups.
Jul 1, 2013 · Without Ralph Winter, thousands of Christians would never have attended a “Perspectives” class (perspectives.org) to gain a new appreciation for missions as the overlooked key to Scripture and church history.
Jul 16, 2024 · In a 10-minute plenary address, Ralph Winter challenged a prevailing philosophy within missions of the day that argued the Great Commission was complete since there were believers in every nation-state on the planet.
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When Ralph Winter was a student at Princeton Theological Seminary, someone pointed out that the chapel was 200 years old.
