Missions Missionary Work category: 1022 books
Riding High With Jesus
The remarkable true story of Christian carer and missionary, Colleen Hurd
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2016
From early childhood years in rural South Africa to retirement years ministering in UK rest homes, Colleen Hurd’s testimony shows how God often leads us on unexpected paths in order for us to reach our divine destiny.
Colleen’s journey takes her around the world, including an extended...
Mission Life in Cree-Ojibwe Country
Memories of a Mother and Son
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2014
In May of 1868, Elizabeth Bingham Young and her new husband, Egerton Ryerson Young, began a long journey from Hamilton, Ontario, to the Methodist mission of Rossville. For the next eight years, Elizabeth supported her husband’s work at two mission houses, Norway House and then Berens River. Unprepared...
Mursi
Reaching the Unreached of Ethiopia
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
The Mursi people of Ethiopia are a community of nomads who were unreached with the gospel message as of the late 20th century. God called missionary Howie Shute to change that. Howie and others prayed together that God would remove barriers so that the good news of Jesus would be proclaimed and received...
Into the Heart of Papua New Guinea
A pioneering mission adventure
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2013
In 1945, a young accounting student from Auckland, New Zealand, committed himself to become a missionary. Seven years later, he waded ashore on the northern coast of New Guinea - his baggage unceremoniously dumped on the beach and supplies of fuel tossed overboard to float in on the tide. This was...
Denton Family Diary
A Missionary Journey
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2010
Sarah Ellen Denton Baun (nee Byrd) lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband, Glenn Baun, a retired Nazarene pastor. She has long visualized this project, although she felt somewhat intimidated by the sheer volume. Sarah has enriched these memoirs considerably by drawing from her sharp memory,...
Wrecked
When a Broken World Slams into Your Comfortable Life
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
Wrecked is about the life we are afraid to live. It's about radical sacrifice and selfless service--how we find purpose in the midst of pain. It's a look at how we discover fulfillment in the least likely of places. It's about living like we mean it. It's a guide to growing up and giving your...
When the Lights Go Out
Memoir of a Missionary to Somalia
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
In 1960, Ruth Myors left Australia to work as a midwife with the Somali people. For over two decades, she worked in a hospital in Somalia, a village in Ethiopia and in radio ministry in Kenya. During this time, government decisions, coups, communist takeovers, natural disasters, sudden deaths and...
A Challenge to Great Commission Obedience
Motivational Messages for Contemporary Missionaries
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2006
For the first time, The Challenge to Great Commission Obedience gathers the greatest missionary-inspiring messages from International Mission Board president Jerry Rankin. Originally spoken through the years to men and women heading abroad to do the Lord’s work, these commissioning words stand the...
Life in Hawaii
An Autobiographic Sketch of Mission Life and Labors (1835-1881): Revised 2nd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
Life in Hawaii: An Autobiographic Sketch of Mission Life and Labors (1835-1881): Revised 2nd Edition.
Includes: -- NCX Navigation with links to all chapters and sections. -- Interactive Table of Contents. -- Interactive Index.
Life in Hawaii is a brief overview of the life and times...
Teaching Cross-Culturally
An Incarnational Model for Learning and Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2003
Teaching Cross-Culturally is a challenging consideration of what it means to be a Christian educator in a culture other than your own. Chapters include discussions about how to uncover cultural biases, how to address intelligence and learning styles, and teaching for biblical transformation.
Teaching...
Missional Worship, Worshipful Mission
Gathering as God's People, Going Out in God's Name
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2014
Missiology
"A robust and practical theology that integrates worship and mission into a seamless whole."
Anglican & Episcopal History
"A very useful and insightful text. . . . A remarkable synthesis of most of the best insights liturgical scholars and missiologists have gained...
by Frank J Carter
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2018
Frank Carter’s autobiography encapsulates experiences from early childhood through to the present day and is supported by excerpts taken from his wife Ruth’s letters to her mother. His memoir includes tales of pioneering missionary work in the remote mountainous regions of Papua New Guinea, as...
by Jean Uy Uayan
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Dr Jean Uayan comprehensively weaves the story of six Protestant Chinese churches in the Philippines into the local history of their individual settings in this important study. Uncovering new insight and historical information from extensive primary and secondary sources, Uayan presents a rich and...
Revival Fires
The Horn of Africa Story
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Imagine a witch doctor marching up a district assembly aisle with his tools burning above his head in surrender to the Lord. Imagine bullets spattering around your boat as guerillas fire away. Imagine a village chasing you for revenge because too many people have turned to Jesus.You don’t have to imagine....