Missions category: 1022 books

Simon followed in the footsteps of his father and his uncles John and Michael when he entered Cambridge University after a very promising childhood in the West Country. He travelled across the world on his gap year-out helping to look after young people in holiday camps. Simon gave up a potential...

Following an encounter with an African bishop - who believed all who lived in his diocese (and not only congregations and clergy) should be loved and cared for - Robert Cotton became convinced that Christian disciples in this country need to be assured that they have something vital to communicate...

This handbook encourages short-term mission volunteers to reflect on the reasons why they engage in mission and how they plan and prepare to be more intentional. It helps volunteers shape the stories of their mission experiences in a way that enhances their personal and spiritual journeys.

THE CHALLENGE OF ISLAM: Calling the Church to Act by award winning & best-selling author Dr Stuart Robinson: Mostly only those who have lived within Islamic communities and have studied their primary documents (Quran, Hadith and Sira) can appreciate what is happening as revivalist classic Islam spreads...

“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...

The capacity God has given us is greater than we even dare dream of. In spite of this, we are often limited by our own thinking and the circumstances around us. Instead we should be doing and attaining all that we have the potential to do. Your Capacity in God teaches you to understand...

Soul winning is every Christian's responsibility. It is even more than a mere responsibility; it is a great privilege. We have been given the cherished honor to be partakers in the glorious task of bringing people into the eternal family of God. There is never a more significant cause to give one's...

No one was more radically critical of the ministry and the inherited Church policy that surrounds it than Roland Allen (1868-1949), whose prophetic writings constantly challenge the whole mission of the Christian Church, and many of his most important essays are collected here along with contributions...

This is a prayer book, but it is unlike many others you may have seen. This book is unique, not only because each prayer is accompanied by a striking photograph, but because each prayer is an example of sincere, heartfelt communication with God. These prayers of Haitian Christians converted from Voodooism...

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...

This study is based on extensive research that challenges traditional ways of understanding some evangelical missionaries of nineteenth century Jamaica and calls for revision of those views. It highlights the strength and character of persons facing various challenges of life in their effort to be...

A significant and growing number of churches are using the principles of Mission Action Planning (MAP). This volume argues the case for producing a high-quality plan, describes the practical steps involved, offers real-life examples, and provides evidence of the effectiveness of the process. It is...

“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...

What happens when you create a two-person kingdom-building ministry team with strangers from different cultures? Extreme Nazarene shares the challenges, unexpected blessings, and ministry of three such pairs of 40/40 missionary volunteers—ranging in age from eighteen to thirty-four—and their leaders, who spent twenty-seven months in Peru.