Missions Missionary Work category: 1022 books
Disruptive Compassion
Becoming the Revolutionary You Were Born to Be
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2019
No one ever said we'd save the world by playing it safe.
As the daily newsfeed full of suffering and injustice scrolls by, it's all too easy to question what one person can really do to enact the profound change the world needs. Like moviegoers, we often watch and witness with care, but assume...
by Andrew Scarborough
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
The year was 2012. I was 25 and depressed.To most of the world, I was immensely successful in what I was doing in life. I was (and still am) a pastor. At that time, I was pastoring at the largest church in our denomination, and one of the largest in Australia. The ministry I was leading was growing...
by Stafford Allen
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2016
“I see Shabana most days after school. We have a great time in the park and our kids get on really well, but I want to get to know her better...”“Magid and I have worked together for years and we get on brilliantly; a few days ago we started to talk about God. He started to go on at me about...
Facing Danger
A Guide Through Risk
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
Facing Danger guides cross-cultural workers through a biblical discussion on risk, providing a spiritual and practical framework for working through cross-cultural risk assessment and management. In this book, Anna E. Hampton discusses:
Four connections related to risk between the Old and New...
The Joys of Partnering With God
The Story of a Church That Did
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2016
“This book is the story of a church that has begun to experience the transformative change that will happen when you consciously choose to enter a partnership type of relationship with Jesus, and allow Him to use you beyond your wildest dreams.”
So says Will James, senior pastor of the...
by M.D. Joseph P. Pecoraro, Rhonda Pecoraro, M.D. Vilma Vega
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
The gospel command is to “go” into the world, to minister to the sick and the poor, and to bring the good news of Christ and His work on the cross to those who have not heard of Him. Ten people from many different walks of life did just this through Hearts Afire ministry, traveling more than 30,000...
Good News from Africa
Community transformation through the Church
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
This book discusses how sustainable, holistic, community development can be, and is being, achieved through the work of the local church. Leading African development practitioners describe different aspects of development through their own experience.
THE EVANGELISM HANDBOOK
How All Christians Can Effectively Share God’s Word in Their Community, [Second Edition]
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2017
THE EVANGELISM HANDBOOK is a practical guide (for real life application) in aiding all Christians in sharing biblical beliefs, the Good News of the Kingdom, how to deal with Bible critics, overturning false beliefs, so as to make disciples, as commanded by Christ. Matthew 24:14; 28:19-20; Ac...
Rescue2
The Dream Unfolds
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Join Sue as she shares insights into one of New Zealand’s fastest-growing charities, Orphans Aid International. Learn from experience and avoid some pitfalls as you pursue your own personal dream.
Stirred with a passion to help others?
This book is a must-read to encourage you in your...
Cement, Earthworms, and Cheese Factories
Religion and Community Development in Rural Ecuador
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Cement, Earthworms, and Cheese Factories examines the ways in which religion and community development are closely intertwined in a rural part of contemporary Latin America. Using historical, documentary, and ethnographic data collected over more than a decade as an aid worker and as a researcher...
by Matthew Caminer
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
Women now comprise almost half the priests serving in the Church of England. As a result, there are many male clergy spouses who have had to come to terms with the seismic shift that occurs in family life when a wife embarks on the journey from exploration of vocation - through selection, training...
Theology and Practice of Mission
God, the Church, and the Nations
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Theology disconnected from mission is not Christian theology at all. The pastors, professors, and missionaries writing Theology and Practice of Mission provide a clear biblical-theological framework for understanding the church's mission to the nations. Toward that goal, the book holds three major...
The Missiological Spirit
Christian Mission Theology in the Third Millennium Global Context
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
The field of the theology of mission has developed variously across Christian traditions in the last century. Pentecostal scholars and missiologists have made their share of contributions to this area. 'The Missiological Spirit' brings the insights of Pentecostal theologian Amos Yong to the discussion....
Thanks be to God
A History of The Leprosy Mission Australia, 1989-2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2016
In Thanks be to God, Valerie Bock describes some of the changes that have taken place over the last quarter of a century within The Leprosy Mission Australia.
This history continues in the tradition of Percy Turnbull’s A Lifetime of Caring, which records the first 75 years of The Leprosy...