Missions category: 1022 books
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Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2013
Crucial themes and issues explored by a premier missiologist
Johan Herman Bavinck (1895-1964) was a prominent twentieth-century Dutch Calvinist missiologist who wrestled with the tension between religious absolutism and relativism, as many Christians do in today's pluralistic context.
The...
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...
by Melbourne Cuthbert
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2013
Autobiography of Mel Cuthbert
This book is the captivating real-life story of God’s work in the most dynamic mission field in the world, the human heart. Mel’s story combines heart-crushing hurt and adrenaline-pumping hope as God shapes a man to be His fruitful servant. I was in Brazil...
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...
by Samuel Zwemer
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2012
Samuel Zwemer (1867-1852) was an American missionary to the Middle East and an avid writer, speaker and teacher. He was known as the “Apostle to Islam” for his untiring efforts to reach them with the Good News of Jesus Christ.
ZIGZAG JOURNEYS was originally written in 1911...
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.
Christian Imperialism
Converting the World in the Early American Republic
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2015
In 1812, eight American missionaries, under the direction of the recently formed American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, sailed from the United States to South Asia. The plans that motivated their voyage were ano less grand than taking part in the Protestant conversion of the entire...
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...
Prayers for the Faithful
Fervent Daily Prayer and Meditations for Christians Serving Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
A few words from Beth Moore: “About ten years ago God began leading me to take a far more active role in missions . . . primarily through daily intercession. I recall wondering, How does a person approach praying for the entire world? God graciously placed tools in my hands along the way, but I...
Dispatches from the Front
Stories of Gospel Advance in the World's Difficult Places
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2014
China, Pakistan, Egypt, Iraq . . .
God is at work. Christians are testifying. The gospel is advancing.
In this captivating travelogue, a veteran missions mobilizer leads readers to experience global Christianity, exploring the faith and lives of Christians living in some of the world's...
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...