Ralph D. Winter

This is part of a series of articles about the life and ideas of Dr. Ralph D. Winter, whose memorial service will be held this Sunday, June 28. Winter, the co-founder of the U.S. Center for World Mission, passed away on May 20, 2009, after a long battle with cancer. He was 84.

PASADENA Calif. – Dr. Ralph D. Winter, his wife Roberta, and his secretary Prudence had only about $100 in cash when they placed a bid for the $15 million campus of Pasadena College in California in 1976.

The educational institution of the Church of the Nazarene, which had recently been renamed to Point Loma College, was trying to sell the campus after having purchased a new and larger campus in San Diego three years earlier, in 1973. more >>

The memorial service for Dr. Ralph D. Winter has been scheduled for Sunday, June 28, in the main sanctuary of Lake Avenue Church in Pasadena, Calif.

The service had been given a tentative June 27 date after the influential missiologist’s death this past Wednesday but was confirmed for June 28 on Friday.

News of Winter’s passing has been trickling steadily to believers across the world and among the thousands who were inspired enough by his visions to contribute toward the establishment of the U.S. Center for World Mission. more >>

A giant has passed away, lamented colleagues of the late missiologist Dr. Ralph D. Winter.

At the ripe age of 84, the founder of the U.S. Center for World Mission (USCWM) and the man who coined the term “unreached people groups” returned to his heavenly Father on May 20, 2009 at 9:05 p.m. at his home in Pasadena, Calif., after a long battle with cancer.

His list of achievements includes founding a mission think tank, a university, and a mission society. But arguably his greatest contribution to the world of mission and what he is best known for is his ground-breaking 1974 presentation at the Congress for World Evangelization in Lausanne, Switzerland. more >>

Influential missiologist Dr. Ralph D. Winter died Wednesday night after a long battle with cancer. He was 84.

According to Greg Parsons, general director of the U.S. Center for World Mission, Winter died at 9:05 p.m., at his home in Pasadena, Calif., surrounded by his wife, three of his four daughters, and other loved ones.

Winter was in the middle of radiation treatments and had grown “extremely weaker” over the past weekend, the USCWM communications department had reported Monday. more >>

Renowned American missiologist Dr. Ralph D. Winter recently received the 2008 Lifetime of Service Award at a major annual mission conference.

In front of more than 300 leaders from nearly 200 mission organizations, Christian colleges, and churches, the founder of the U.S. Center for World Mission (USCWM) in Pasadena, Calif., accepted on Sept. 25 the award that honored his lifetime of service to the cause of global mission.

The award ceremony was part of the North American Mission Leaders Conference, co-sponsored by The Mission Exchange and CrossGlobal Link, which was held Sept. 24-27 in Denver-Broomfield, Colo. more >>