Missions Missionary Work category: 1022 books
by David Alley
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2015
Everyone thinks that once they retire they can do as they please, and enjoy the good life. This booklet has much to say about retirement and how it should be used, and viewed, especially by the people of God. The best chances for mission, and service to Christ are available for retired people. This...
by Dale L. Snyder
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2012
What They Say: “I was galvanized...the book vibrates...I am happy to endorse it...it is a page-turner...marvelling at the insights ‘while the cicadas sing’...” -Elisabeth Elliot Gren: Missionary, author, radio host “I was struck by the cultural context...your love for the people...
by Patrick Beard
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
"Slowly by slowly an egg will walk" - Ethiopian ProverbGrowing up in a small Mississippi town Patrick dreamed of being a missionary to some exotic far away place. Through a series of disappointments, illness and heartbreak he was compelled to follow a narrow path. This would-be adventurer was...
The Missionaries
God Against the Indians
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
The renowned travel writer delivers “a scathing account of how some missionary sects deal with indigenous peoples in their bid for the conquest of souls” (Library Journal).
Acclaimed travel essayist Norman Lewis spent his life traversing the globe and offering thoughtful commentary on...
Encountering Theology of Mission (Encountering Mission)
Biblical Foundations, Historical Developments, and Contemporary Issues
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
This fresh, comprehensive text fills a need for an up-to-date theology of mission. It offers creative approaches to answering some of the most pressing questions in theology of mission and missionary practice today. The authors, who are leading mission experts, discuss biblical theology of mission,...
Apostle of the East
The Life and Journeys of Daniel Little
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2018
Naturalist, scientist, pastor, missionary - Daniel Little. In 18th century America, Daniel Little became known as the "Apostle of the East" by his contemporaries and admirers for his many missionary journeys along Maine's eastern frontier. He spent much of his life ministering to the...
The Church and Its Vocation
Lesslie Newbigin's Missionary Ecclesiology
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
Lesslie Newbigin, one of the twentieth century's most important church leaders, offered insights on the church in a pluralistic world that are arguably more relevant now than when first written. This volume presents his ecclesiology to a new generation. Michael Goheen clearly articulates Newbigin's...
The Symphony of Mission
Playing Your Part in God's Work in the World
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2019
This book argues that God's mission is broad and that all of us can live with missional intentionality by understanding the many facets of missions and focusing on a particular calling. Just like different instruments of a symphony harmonize together, each aspect of human participation in mission--evangelism,...
by Steve Norwood
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2014
An Unforgettable Trip beyond Tinker Toys and Toothpaste When a friend invites Steve Norwood on a mission trip to Honduras, he's initially skeptical, viewing the trip as little more than an opportunity to dutifully hand out Christmas gift boxes to children. But when he takes a life-changing step of...
World Changers
MKs and Where They Are Now
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Third-culture kids are children who are raised with neither the cultural identity of their parents, nor the identity of the culture in which they live. Missionary kids (MKs) are usually third-culture kids. World Changers is a glimpse into the lives of the adult children of missionaries. How did they...
by Eunice Burden
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2006
Did you ever wonder what being a missionary is like? Well, it's like life anywhere else - it has it ups and downs, but there is always something happening. 'Here we go" is a collection of some of my experiences as a missionary in Thailand and some of the lessons God has taught...
The Earless Man from Chile
Mission Stories of Healing and Resilience
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
As a third-generation missionary, Elena Huegel is an adult "Third Culture Kid," someone who spent a significant part of her life outside her parents' culture. Elena's experiences as a missionary in Paraguay and Chile provide the stories in The Earless Man from Chile. Testimonies of faith...
Kierkegaard
A Christian Missionary to Christians
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2016
Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) had a mission. The church had become weak, flabby and inconsequential. Being a Christian was more a cultural heritage than a spiritual reality. His mission—reintroduce the Christian faith to Christians. How could he break through to people who were members of the church...
by Mary Haskett
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2012
At the time Gandhi rose to prominence a young girl from Canada set out for India. She learned a language, birthed a nursing school, faced incredible odds, ran the race and pressed on to the mark of the high calling. It's the end of World War II. The world breathes a collective sigh of relief. Jean Darling,...