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DVD Description

A pioneer missionary once wrote, “Some want to live within the sound of church or chapel bell; I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of Hell.” Dispatches from the Front: Islands on the Edge takes you where there are no church buildings or chapel bells, yet the Gospel is unstoppable and Christ’s Kingdom is advancing even in the face of persecution, desperate poverty, and Asia’s secret slave trade. Travel to the islands of Southeast Asia––from the towering city of Singapore to the squalid encampments of Borneo. Ferry through Cambodia’s remote river country, visit a Buddhist monastery where people with AIDS are living and dying, and rejoice with new believers in a house church in Indonesia. Here is an inside look at the radical rescue work of the Gospel on the frontier of human need.

About Frontline Missions International

Radical Rescue Work

The cross is central in the Frontline logo, but more importantly it is at the heart of our message and mission. We believe in the centrality and finality of Christ’s work on the cross – of His radical rescue work for all of us. Knowing its life-giving power, we desire that all people hear this Good News. Many have heard it often, but many more have never heard it even once. So we focus on those with the least opportunity to hear, going to them with urgency, joy, and confidence because we have been sent by our King.

Bibles & Gospel Literature

Bible smuggling was our earliest passion, and it is still a great privilege to put the Bible into people’s hands for the first time in places like the Horn of Africa and Central Asia. In addition, Frontline Missions has published commentaries, devotionals, and Christian classics such as Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress and Tozer’s The Pursuit of God in Russian, Arabic, Uzbec, Croation, Polish, Mandarin, and Turkish.

Advocacy for Persecuted Christians

FMI is dedicated to being a voice for persecuted believers in other countries, along with our ongoing efforts to take the Gospel into restricted access countries. Many of these persecuted believers are on the frontlines, witnessing for Christ in areas that are hostile to the Gospel. They are shining as lights in very dark areas of the world that are dominated by hostile religions and totalitarian regimes. You can partner with Frontline by staying informed through our regular Persecution Updates and by appealing to members of Congress and the U.S. State Department to put pressure on foreign governments to stop persecuting believers and to honor the most basic of human rights: freedom of religion. You can also write directly to officials of foreign governments to make such appeals.

Mercy Ministries

The Gospel is a specific message about a specific Person – the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. However, the Gospel message is adorned by acts of mercy. As we have received grace, we share it with others. Frontline Missions shares both the message and the mercy of the Gospel by providing assistance to refugees, orphans, and people with special needs.

Church Planting

In parts of the world where there is the least Light, “church” rarely means a building with a steeple. Instead, “church” is gatherings of believers meeting in an apartment or a mud hut, or even under a mango tree. We are committed to planting vibrant, Word-centered churches – not Western-style transplants, but churches that will take root in native soil. Whether this is done by Chinese, Arabs, Uzbeks, or Americans, Frontline is supporting and serving indigenous church planting movements.

Creative Access

In most countries hostile to the Gospel, it is not possible to get a “missionary” visa – but it is possible for believers to go in and stay in those countries if they bring needed skills with them. Through teaching, community development, medicine, business, and horticulture, Frontline Missions is developing platforms for work and witness in the world’s difficult places.

Training Leaders

William Carey, Hudson Taylor, and other missionary trailblazers led the way in crossing continents and cultures with the Gospel. People of every nation, tongue, and tribe came to Christ, churches sprang up, and they – in turn – began sharing the Gospel with their own people. Today there is a whole new, diverse missionary force that Christ has raised up from among many peoples. Frontline Missions is coming alongside this next generation of indigenous church leaders as they take the Gospel to their people – providing training, connecting them with a network of other regional leaders, and equipping them with tools for Bible study and exposition.

Dispatches From The Front

This documentary series has been called “a front row seat on the front lines.” The Dispatches from the Front DVD series is about opening windows to Christ’s Kingdom all over the world. These episodes are not scripted, staged, or re-created. The writing and filming unfold in the moment – moments that reveal the unstoppable power of the Gospel in every place.

Frontline Experience

The Frontline Experience (FX) is a training and orientation program that serves the Church and advances the Gospel by equipping men and women to serve Christ in hard-to-reach places.

Source: FrontlineMissions.info/About

DVD Details

Running Time: Approximately 50 minutes
Widescreen
Copyright 2009, Frontline Missions International
Some material is of an intense nature and may not be suitable for all audiences.