Missions Missionary Work category: 1022 books
by George Verwer
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Can God make something of this mess?
If anyone can create the term messiology, it’s George Verwer. Founder of the world’s largest missions organization, George has spent nearly 60 years leading gospel movements around the globe. Witness to not a few failures—including his own—he can...
Messengers of Holiness
Stories of African Missionaries
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Africa Regional Director Filimao Chambo often quotes the proverb, “African porridge must be drunk from an African calabash.” Dr. Chambo explains that in order for the church to have a bright future, young men and women of Africa need to be fully committed to the Great Commission.African Nazarenes...
The Visitor
Andre Palmeiro and the Jesuits in Asia
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
In an age when few ventured beyond their birthplace, André Palmeiro left Portugal to inspect Jesuit missions from Mozambique to Japan. A global history in the guise of biography, The Visitor tells the story of a theologian whose travels bore witness to the fruitful contact—and violent collision—of East and West in the early modern era.
Going Global
A Congregation’s Introduction to Mission Beyond Our Borders
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
The ways to be effective in global missions have changed. The authors believe that content and values must undergird the North American local church’s approach to global mission. It is not enough to “do something.” It is in fact possible to do all of the right things in all of the wrong ways,...
What in the World is God Doing?
Essentials of Global Missions: An Introductory Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
For These Souls
A Trip to Haiti
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2010
This journal style story takes you through the experience of this authors medical missions trip to Haiti. Read about her sometimes comical and yet sometimes unpredictable experience as she travels to and through Haiti sharing Gods love with those that need it most.
by Timothy DeTellis
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
The mystery of Haiti's history is a story waiting to be told. Today, the reality of Haiti's need has captivated the global community. As the poorest country in the western hemisphere, there seems to be little hope. Opportunity awaits like never before for the country once known as the Pearl of the...
Serving with Eyes Wide Open
Doing Short-Term Missions with Cultural Intelligence
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Short-term mission trips are great ways to impact the kingdom. Yet they can lack effectiveness because of mistakes or naiveté on the part of participants. In this insightful and timely book, David A. Livermore calls us to serve with our eyes open to global and cultural realities so we can become...
A Novel Approach
The Significance of Story in Interpreting and Communicating Reality
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2017
True reality exists, despite every culture distorting it. All people arrive at some biased view of reality via the story in which and by which they live. Unfortunately the ultimate story of reality as revealed in the Bible is too often presented before the would-be evangelist is adequately aware of...
by Jonathan Leeman, Christopher J. H. Wright, John R. Franke
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
This book articulates various evangelical views regarding the church's mission and provides a healthy, vigorous, and gracious debate on this controversial topic. In a helpful Counterpoints format, this volume demonstrates the unique theological frameworks, doctrinal convictions, and missiological...
by A. D. Asimi
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2010
Created by foreign Missions during the British Raj, the small Christian community in the Pakistan area has existed for nearly one hundred and fifty years. Due to its low socio-economic and elemental religious background, it has always suffered from an image problem. Under the British Raj, the security...
Engaging the World
Christian Communities in Contemporary Global Societies
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
This volume deals with the lived experiences and expressions of Christians in diverse communities across the globe. Christian communities do not live in a vacuum but in complex, diverse social-cultural contexts; within wider communities of different faith and social realities. Power, identity and...
The Long Road Home
An 11-month journey through 11 Latin American countries
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
This collection of first-hand stories shares the answered prayers, individual struggles and personal growths that occurred throughout an eleven month mission trip to eleven countries in Central and South America. Patrick Booth's life had been filled with community projects, charitable offerings, and...
by Don Tipton, Sondra Tipton
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
Jesus & Company, Part 2 is written by Don and Sondra Tipton. Since the beginning of time the Creator of the universe has inspired people to achieve specific, strategic assignments. Jesus & Company Parts 1 & 2 chronicle the journeys of Friend Ships, a modern day team sent by the Lord to...