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Technorati“If you’ve ever heard the terms ‘unreached people group,’ ‘frontier missions,’ or ‘10-40 window,’ it’s because of Ralph Winter’s catalytic effect on the Church to fully embrace the Great Commission,” prominent evangelical Chuck Colson noted after Winter’s death on May 20, 2009.
In the same way, the supporters of Winter’s more recent thoughts on “intelligent evil” hope it will make a splash in the Church.
“Our passivity in missions in this crucial area might seem to declare that our God doesn’t know or care or is unable to do anything about such things,” Winter had stated.
“To destroy the works of the devil is one major way in which our testimony of word and deed can glorify the true nature of our living God,” he said. “It is not an alternative to evangelism; it will make our evangelism more credible. It is to rectify our God’s damaged reputation.”
As a result of his belief in an “intelligent evil,” Winter founded the Roberta Winter Institute – named in honor of his first wife, who died in 2001 – to raise public and mission awareness of the need for new theology regarding diseases. The institute seeks to mobilize Christian scientists to fight the origins of diseases to defeat the works of Satan and in turn glorify God.
“Attacking the roots of disease is part and parcel of our basic mandate to glorify God in all the earth,” Winter asserted.
Winter died on May 20,2009, at his home in Pasadena after a long battle with cancer.
His memorial service will be held in the main sanctuary of Lake Avenue Congregation Church in Pasadena on Sunday, June 28 at 3:00 p.m.
Winter is survived by his second wife, Barbara, four daughters, 14 grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter.
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