Missions Missionary Work category: 1022 books

The World Missionary Conference, held at Edinburgh in 1910, ranks among the most influential and widely remembered events in Christian history. Though the outcomes of the Conference have differed in many ways from the expectations of its participants, after a century its momentous significance...

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...

Time is short. Today’s generation of Christians has the responsibility to proclaim the gospel to unbelievers. You can play a huge part in the work of God, whether through prayer, financial or moral support, or an open door to rise up and go. This book will change your life forever—you will receive...

This present publication comprises the second part of Volume 1 of Sem?n?torul (The Sower): The Emanuel Journal of Ministry and Biblical Research. It incorporates the Proceedings of the Bi-Annual International Theological Conference of the Department of Theology held in Emanuel University, Oradea,...

When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation with over 300,000 copies in print. This stand-alone resource applies the principles of  that book specifically to short-term missions. Helping Without Hurting in Short-Term Missions: Participant’s...

Following in his parents’ footsteps, Mike Dawson continues missionary work in the jungles of Venezuela despite the hardships presented under a socialistic dictator.   Dawson’s love for the Yanomamö people is clearly seen through the many stories in this sequel to Growing Up Yanomamö....

"Why are more churches not engaged in practical, substantial ways of taking the gospel to the nations?" When Missions Shape the Mission unpacks a statistical study of traditionally evangelical churches that reveals their anemic level of commitment to the biblical mandate of making...

The dramatic changes that have taken place both in global society and in the church have implications for how the church does missions in the twenty-first century. These trends include the rise of postmodernism, the spiritual decline in the West and the advance of the gospel in the rest of the world,...

How does one go about leading a team of missionary volunteers, drawn from a variety of cultures and denominations? In his new book, Roland Muller examines the differences between secular and biblical leadership, focusing in on the two main aspects of leading multi-cultural volunteer teams: motivation...

Almost sixty years ago, the Mennonite missionary team working in the Argentine Chaco decided to look for ways to be effective in their ministry while being faithful to Jesus’ lifestyle and teaching. They left behind paternalistic models and “conquering” methods and were liberated from the mindset...

This exhaustive theology of missions focuses on theory and biblical mandates for missions as a vital part of theology. George Peters, a foremost missions authority, considers both liberal and conservative views, although his own stance is solidly evangelical.

A booklet by C T Studd that set out his principles for a new missionary agency to augment the work of existing missionary societies. This is a resounding rallying call for men and women to join him in the work of reaching the remaining unevangelized peoples of the world with the gospel of Jesus Christ.

It's sometimes difficult for those of us steeped in the comforts and ease of today’s modern world to grasp what a life of radical faith can look like. What was ministry like for missionaries living a hundred years ago? What happened "back in the day" when brave missionary pioneers forsook...

A fresh eyewitness account of the Japanese invasion of mid-China in 1937-1938, these letters by an American missionary in Hangzhou provide a vividly detailed, first-hand account of the spread of war from Shanghai across the Yangzi valley and the subsequent ordeals of military occupation seen against...