Missions category: 1022 books
Understanding Folk Religion
A Christian Response to Popular Beliefs and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
Provides a model for examining the beliefs folk religions around the world and suggests biblical principles missionaries can use to deal with them.
Planting Churches Cross-Culturally
North America and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2000
A practical approach to church planting that uses cultural and experiential data to facilitate the founding of new churches in unreached areas of the world.
by Cornelia Nuzum
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Imagine a woman in the early 1900s who is passionate about Pentecost. Now imagine her spunk and determination when she chooses to move to Mexico as a missionary when this was highly unconventional for a woman. Blessed with a healing ministry and a heart for the lost, Cornelia Nuzum was not only a...
Living Christ Together
Reflections on the Missional Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
What does it mean to live a missional life?
This unique ebook provides readers with a collection of short chapters that will help them discern just that, both individually and as communities. Using stories, questions and challenging articles, Jamie Arpin-Ricci (pastor and author of "The...
ReJesus
A Wild Messiah for a Missional Church
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
ReJesus asks the following questions:
• What ongoing role does Jesus the Messiah play in shaping the ethos and self understanding of the movement that originated in him?
• How is the Christian religion informed and shaped by the Jesus that we meet in the Gospels?
• How do we assess the continuity...
Transforming Preaching
The sermon as a channel for God's world
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013
Rooted in a clear understanding of the indispensable authority of God's word, Transforming Preaching provides a wealth of practical wisdom and advice for anyone approaching the task of preaching for the first time. It also serves as a useful refresher for all who want to increase the effectiveness...
Operation Christmas Child
A Story of Simple Gifts
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
It was a simple idea that became the worldwide ministry of Operation Christmas Child—to minister to children in war-torn and famine-stricken countries. In just two decades it has inspired everyday people to provide more than 100 million gift-filled shoeboxes to needy children in 130 countries....
Assaulting the Gates
Aiming All God's People at the Mission Field
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Learn the “Big Picture” approach that will aim your congregation at the mission field in your back yard, or around the world.
Many churches want to make the transition from an inward to an outward focus, from catering to the needs of members to reaching out into the world to make disciples...
Christianity Encountering World Religions (Encountering Mission)
The Practice of Mission in the Twenty-first Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
The current religious climate poses unique challenges to those engaged in mission. Thus the authors of this book propose a new, yet very biblical, model for interacting with people of other faiths. They term this model giftive mission, as it is based on the metaphor of free gift. We bear the greatest...
Transforming Culture
A Challenge for Christian Mission
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1998
Revised edition gives readable case studies, more material on conflict resolution and specific applications on how to transform culture from the mission field.
by Don Tipton, Sondra Tipton
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
If you are about to start a food distribution program that will meet the spiritual and material needs of people in your community, you are about to embark on one of the most rewarding experiences of your life. At our Friend Ships facility in Southern California, we collected and distributed, free...
A Time for Mission
The Challenge for Global Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2013
Christian mission in the twenty-first century has become the responsibility of a global church. The heart of 'mission' is the drive to cross geographical, cultural and social barriers in order to share the good news of Jesus Christ with all peoples. Drawing on his involvement in missionary work over...
by Ulf Ekman
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
In our modern society, leadership has been depreciated. Nevertheless, there is a desperate need for a righteours leadership both in the church, and in today’s modern society. In The Spiritual Leader Ulf Ekman describes leadership in a clear and profound way.
Leadership is not about...
Reaching Generation Next
Effective Evangelism in Today's Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2002
Evangelism is at the core of Christianity. It is a life and death matter both for the salvation of individuals and for the continuing growth of the church. Although the message of the gospel never changes, its means of communication must be continually modified to reflect the thought patterns and...