Ralph D. Winter

Editor’s note: The following are select tributes to Dr. Ralph D. Winter as they appeared in the May-August 2009 issue of Mission Frontiers, the bulletin of the U.S. Center for World Mission (www.uscwm.org). Winter passed away on May 20, 2009, after a long battle with cancer. He was 84.

Vonette Z. Bright
Co-Founder, Campus Crusade for
Christ, International

Ralph Winter and Bill Bright were classmates at Fuller Seminary. Ralph was a full-time student and Bill attended as his business would allow. The two remained friends and consulted each other on occasion. Bill’s questions for Ralph consisted of more theological matters and Ralph’s questions related more to business management and personnel concerns. There were few men in whom Bill had more confidence. We enjoyed Ralph and Roberta’s company on many occasions. After Roberta passed away, Barbara and Ralph visited in our home and were among the last couples we entertained before Bill became bedridden. more >>

Editor’s note: The following are select tributes to Dr. Ralph D. Winter as they appeared in the May-August 2009 issue of Mission Frontiers, the bulletin of the U.S. Center for World Mission (www.uscwm.org). Winter passed away on May 20, 2009, after a long battle with cancer. He was 84.

Bob Blincoe
U.S. Director, Frontiers

In October 2007 I sat with many others who had gathered to hear whatever Dr. Winter would talk about. We would have heard him speak on any issue, but when he had been introduced Dr. Winter said, “If you have a burning question, I’d like to hear it; I may not be able to help, but I like to work on burning questions.” The reason I wrote his words down and am looking at my note today is because I think this was the essential Dr. Winter. So often, such as in Guatemala when Dr. Winter proposed what became known as Theological Education by Extension, he was a social engineer offering solutions to problems that everyone around him was facing. more >>

Editor’s note: The following are select tributes to Dr. Ralph D. Winter as they appeared in the May-August 2009 issue of Mission Frontiers, the bulletin of the U.S. Center for World Mission (www.uscwm.org). Winter passed away on May 20, 2009, after a long battle with cancer. He was 84.

Billy Graham
Evangelist

Ralph Winter was a man of God who gave a vision to many Christians of a world in need of the gospel. I used to meet with him on many occasions, often in small group prayer. Some of my vision for world evangelization came from my interaction with him, and I am grateful. more >>

PASADENA, Calif. – The memorial service for Dr. Ralph D. Winter ran one hour past the scheduled ending time, but no one was complaining.

Instead, the more than 2,000 attendees clung to each story and each memory that was being recalled by family, friends and colleagues.

The children of the influential missiologist, who died last month at the age of 84, remembered a fun and loving father who included them in all his mission projects and adventures. His friends told amusing stories about the eccentric genius, who would often exasperate his colleagues with his unconventional ideas and habits. more >>

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

It is never an easy task to succeed an organization’s founder, especially one who was described as the group’s “center of gravity.” But even more difficult is the fact that that founder is Dr. Ralph D. Winter, whom many regard as the most influential missiologist in the past century.

David Datema, the new general director of Frontier Mission Fellowship (FMF) and Winter’s hand-picked successor, sat down with The Christian Post this past week for a candid interview about what he has learned from his predecessor, what he will have trouble replacing, and the future of the U.S. Center for World Mission and William Carey International University - two of a number of ministries part of the FMF family. more >>