Missions category: 1022 books
Culture Change in Ethiopia
An Evangelical Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
This book addresses the causes and the consequences of culture change in Ethiopia, from Haile Selassie to the present, based on thorough academic research. Although the book is written from an evangelical perspective, it invites Ethiopians from all religious, ideological, and ethnic backgrounds to...
Shooting the Globe
The travel memoirs of a photojournalist
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2016
Maurice Harvey’s story ranges from quirky to grippingly poignant as he travels in a reporting role for the United Bible Societies from Cuba to Lebanon, from Rwanda to Sarajevo, from Fiji to Mongolia.
A fascinating and entertaining book that takes the reader closer to the human soul of some...
Light for Life
Bringing the Bible to the South Pacific
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2017
In 1967 Maurice and Lorraine Harvey, six years into their marriage and their overseas mission adventures, transferred from the volatile surroundings of West Africa to the relative calm of the South Pacific island nation of Fiji.
With two young children in tow, it was a move closer to their...
by Jonathan Aaron Nowlen
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2015
This is a true story of radical obedience in the face of the impossible. I found myself immersed in the post cold war Soviet Union during a time of tremendous brokenness and dire spiritual need. God had called me to do something about the desperate condition of the young people in this hurting area of...
by Marian Ronan, Mary O'Brien
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017
Despite historic advances in women's recognition and equality over the past half-century, the significant roles played by Roman Catholic laywomen in church and society still go largely unacknowledged. With "Women of Vision", Marian Ronan and Mary O'Brien contribute substantially to remedying...
Courage, Endurance, Sacrifice
The Lives and Faith of Three Generations of Missionaries
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
Missionary Biography with many historic photographs
Starting in 1875 and covering a span of almost 100 years, three missionary families exhibited bravery, endurance, and sacrifice when their very lives were at risk. William David Powell and his wife, Mary Florence Mayberry Powell, were missionaries...
From Cairo to Christ
How One Muslim's Faith Journey Shows the Way for Others
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
"If I were to become a Christian, it would mean not only changing my religion but changing my whole identity, and bringing shame upon my family. My whole family is Muslim, and my society and culture were Muslim. . . . Changing from Islam to Christianity would mess up my life forever."
So...
Notes of Encouragement
Reflections on the joy and power of practicing distinctively Christian healthcare
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
This book is a must-read for Christians in healthcare who want to glorify God and bless their patients and communities through their medical ministries. Synthesizing years of research, healthcare practice, and pastoring those in medicine and dentistry, Notes of Encouragement answers the heartfelt...
Evangelical and Frontier Mission
Perspectives on the Global Progress of the Gospel
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
The centennial celebrations of the Edinburgh 1910 conference offered Christians of all stripes multiple opportunities to reflect on the past century of mission. Over the course of the twentieth century one of the stories of the church that has moved towards center stage is the growth of evangelicalism...
Responding to the call
The Story of Jacqueline Dje Dje
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Even in countries where women now serve in the military and there are few barriers to women doing any job, there can be difficulties in a woman finding her place to serve in the church. Rev. Jacqueline Dje Dje opened the door for women to serve as pastors in the French-speaking areas of West Africa....
Preti dalla fine del mondo
Viaggio tra i curas villeros di Bergoglio
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 12, 2014
Li chiamano curas villeros. Sono i preti che vivono nelle villas miserias, le baraccopoli di Buenos Aires. Parroci di periferie sterminate, imegnati a portare la gioia del Vangelo tra gli immigrati senza casa né diritti, tra i ragazzi dipendenti dalla droga, in mezzo a quei poveri che papa Francesco...
Islam Rising
The Middle East and Us
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
ISLAM RISING: The Middle East and Us by Dr. Stuart Robinson sheds light on a complex issue. Secular political leaders and media minders have marginalized religion unless it serves their professional interests. Historical memory hardly extends beyond yesterday’s sound bites or delves deeper than the...
by Samuel Whitefield
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
We live in a unique generation
For the first time in history, the church is facing two unprecedented challenges:
Reaching every people group with the gospel; and
Addressing a global controversy over Israel and its future.
Most Christians read the Old Testament as...
The Hidden Half
Women and Islam
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2017
THE HIDDEN HALF: Women and Islam by Dr Stuart Robinson. Almost half of the global population of 7.2 billion people in 2013-14 was estimated to be female. This book is about women. More specifically, it is about women and Islam. It does not seek to sensationalize the subject matter, although some...