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On Mission highlights the work of missionaries and on mission Christians throughout North America who are impacting their world for Christ.


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EDITOR
Carol Pipes


MANAGING EDITOR
Joe Conway


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Adam Miller


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Mike Ebert


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Gus Chan, Alice Felton, Gary Fong, James Gregg, Todd McInturf, Courtney Navey, Mickey Noah, Tobin Perry, Laura Sikes, Dale Stroud, Jim Whitmer


ON MISSION TOGETHER FOR KINGDOM GROWTH
The North American Mission Board assists Southern Baptists in their task of fulfilling the Great Commission in the U.S., Canada, and their territories through a North American strategy for sharing Christ, starting churches, and sending missionaries in cooperation with our Acts 1:8 partners.


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©2011 On Mission


VOLUME 14, NUMBER 3


 


Cover Section
10 SEND NORTH AMERICA
WHY EVERY CHURCH MUST PLANT By Carol Pipes
From Abraham to Paul, God sent His people. He still sends them today. Across North America, God is sending Southern Baptists to plant churches and the effort is critical for reaching the continent for Christ.


14 CANADA
TURNING ON THE NORTHERN LIGHTS By Adam Miller
Great distances and the passage of time have turned Canada from a once fervent religious nation to an icy pre-Christian expanse. But the light of Christ shines brilliantly in her people who proclaim Him.


20 NORTHEAST
EPICENTER OF INFLUENCE By Sara Shelton
If the world has come to North America, the locus is the Northeast. With almost 20 percent of the population, and one of the lowest percentages of professing Christians, the needs in grand central America are enormous.


26 WEST
WINNING THE WEST By Joe Conway
You may find some unconventional church planting methods in the vastness of the West, but people are people, and they are reached one person at a time. Networks and partnerships are making it happen.


32 MIDWEST
LOST IN ANYTOWN, U.S.A. By Tobin Perry
Salt-of-the-earth people in Middle America need Light-of-the-world Southern Baptists to share Christ and plant evangelistic churches that will help them understand their need for a savior.


38 SOUTH
UNLEASING THE MISSIONS ENGINE By Mickey Noah
Forget what you think you know about the South – the barriers to the gospel are just as great as in any region. But the South has the potential to be the backbone of a church planting movement in North America.


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