Missions category: 1022 books
by Bryan Webb
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
In Hungry Devils Bryan Webb takes you on a modern missions adventure. Authentic, humorous and inspiring stories fill every page. With Bryan's gripping descriptions you will: Stare into the eyes of regretful cannibals. Stand on the brink of an erupting volcano. Climb rugged mountains to discover...
The Foreign Missionary Enterprise at Home
Explorations in North American Cultural History
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2010
This volume is the first to examine at length and in detail the impact of the missionary experience on American cultural, political, and religious history.
This collection of 15 essays provides a fully developed account of the domestic significance of foreign missions from the 19th century...
From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya
A Biographical History of Christian Missions
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
This is history at its best. From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya is readable, informative, gripping, and above all honest. From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya helps readers understand the life and role of a missionary through real life examples of missionaries throughout history. We see these men and women as fallible...
Introducing World Missions (Encountering Mission)
A Biblical, Historical, and Practical Survey
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
This bestselling textbook by leading missionary scholars offers an engaging introduction to the work of missions in the contemporary world. It provides a broad overview of the biblical, theological, and historical foundations for missions. It also considers personal and practical issues involved in...
Short-Term Missions, A Christian Guide to STMs, for Leaders, Pastors, Churches, Students, STM Teams and Mission Organizations
Survive and Thrive!
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2016
Updated in 2017. Short-Term Missions, A Christian Guide to STMs is a full and concise guide to STMs. What you need to know about planning a STM, or joining a STM team, and considering the options as part of the Great Commission, from the Good News to good works. This book is full of anecdotes and...
Missions
How the Local Church Goes Global
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2017
Every local church should be engaged with global missions, even if most individuals in the church aren't called to go overseas. But what does this engagement actually look like? How can local churches train, send, and support missionaries well? Unpacking principles from the Bible and applying them...
“His Dominion” and the “Yellow Peril”
Protestant Missions to Chinese Immigrants in Canada, 1859-1967
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2010
A history of Chinese immigrants encounter with Canadian Protestant missionaries, “His Dominion” and the “Yellow Peril”: Protestant Missions to Chinese Immigrants in Canada, 1859-1967, analyzes the evangelizing activities of missionaries and the role of religion in helping Chinese immigrants...
by Felix Asade
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
Genuine Christians desire to serve the Lord and many would like to obey the Great Commission but not all are equipped for the tasks involved with Missions. What exactly is Mission work about? Who is a Missionary and what does he do? Should a Missionary be called specially or anyone could be a Missionary?...
by David Sloan
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2015
God’ plan for world evangelization has always been through the New Testament local church. Following the Scriptural pattern, the missionary is trained, commissioned, and continues under the authority of his home church throughout the entirety of his work. Missions and the Local Church will provide...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2015
Schleiermacher maintained that «to make proselytes out of unbelievers is deeply engrained in the character of religion.» But why do religions proselytize? Do all religions seek conversions? How are religions adapting their proclamations in a deeply plural world? This book provides a detailed analysis...
Sovereignty, Grace & Glory
The Beauty of God's Character and Plan for the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
CHAPTER 1 - Sovereignty; The Mystery of God in All Things. A definition of the word sovereignty is given. Word studies for the words predestination, foreknowledge, and chosen are given, showing how these concepts tie in with the sovereignty of God. Questions are posed that people might ask about the...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
The aim of the book is to explore some of the contributions made by Protestant Nonconformity to Christian missions. The occasion of the conference which gave rise to the volume was the centenary of the Edinburgh Missionary Conference of 1910, but the topics treated here deliberately range more widely,...
by Don Tipton, Sondra Tipton
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2013
From Jesus with Love is a basic introduction to relief missions. It will inspire those whose hearts are already motivated to help others. It will inform and interest those for whom this perspective is new. This material lays the foundation of the Biblical mandate for relief missions. It explains how...
Developing a Strategy for Missions (Encountering Mission)
A Biblical, Historical, and Cultural Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013
In this addition to the highly acclaimed Encountering Mission series, two leading missionary scholars offer an up-to-date discussion of missionary strategy that is designed for a global audience. The authors focus on the biblical, missiological, historical, cultural, and practical issues that inform...