Missions Missionary Work category: 1022 books
What Is the Mission of the Church?: Making Sense of Social Justice, Shalom, and the Great Commission
What Is the Mission of the Church?: Making Sense of Social Justice, Shalom, and the Great Commission
Making Sense of Social Justice, Shalom, and the Great Commission
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2011
Social justice and mission are hot topics today: there's a wonderful resurgence of motivated Christians passionate about spreading the gospel and caring for the needs of others. But in our zeal to get sharing and serving, many are unclear on gospel and mission. Yes, we are called to spend ourselves...
People Raising
A Practical Guide to Raising Funds
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2012
Too often, the desire to accomplish ministry is squashed under the fear and perceived burden of raising the necessary funds. Break through that perception into a reality where you reach out and effectively develop relationships that quickly allow you to reach your personal or organizational funding...
by Kate McCord
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2015
"Perhaps that’s the greatest reason why He calls us to dangerous places: so that we will know His astonishing, sacrificial, life-restoring love.”
Why God Calls Us to Dangerous Places is about what is lost and what is gained when we follow God at any cost.
Soon after 9/11, Kate...
Called to Witness
Doing Missional Theology
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2015
Distillation of crucial issues for the church by one of the leading voices in missional theology
Since the publication of the groundbreaking volume Missional Church in 1998, there has been wide-ranging engagement with the theme of the missional church. One of the leading voices in the missional...
Steel Angels
The personal qualities of a priest
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2014
The nine criteria the Church of England uses to discern potential vocations to the priesthood are explored, and linked with personal qualities that are necessary for new, but also existing, leaders in a church and culture which has changed much over the last 50 years. The nine criteria are: • Vocation...
Developing in Ministry
Handbook for effective Christian learning and training
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012
This book describes how, in adopting an organic approach to ministry development, it is possible to make a real impact on people's lives and ministries; this approach is based on the organics model proposed by James Hopewell. Backed by thorough research, and wide reading in the literature, this book...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
This volume provides an important resource for those wishing to gain an overview of significant issues in contemporary missiology whilst understanding how they are applied in particular contexts. Contributors from across the globe and from different Christian traditions explore foundations for mission....
by Dr. Jone Senibici
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
Historians claimed that the early Fijians adopted cannibalism from their long voyage at sea. The lack of adequate nutrition forced these sailors to consume the dead in order to survive. When they landed in Fiji, this practice of anthropophagy/cannibalism became part of the Fijian diet.
A WARNING...
Making New Disciples
Exploring the Paradoxes of Evangelism
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2015
Ten years on from their first book, Evangelism: Which way now? which has become a valuable and much recommended resource, Mark Ireland and Mike Booker aim to take people a step further. Making New Disciples offers a practical approach, based on careful theological reflection and years of hands-on...
by Brian Mast
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2014
We all want to be loved
Let’s pause for a minute and answer this question: “What is love?”
Some call it a feeling, an emotion, and even a choice. Others call it romantic, selfish, or temporary. Some claim it to be spiritual, selfless, and permanent....
by Saheb Borgall
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
The book studies the emergence of Christ Groups against the background of western individualistic approaches in the Indian relational context. These small worship groups were formed and grew as the conversion of families began as a result of the literature distribution that was meant to reach the...
An Ecclesiological Exploration of the Four Marks of the Church
An Eccumenical Option for the Church in Nigeria
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2014
The vibrancy of faith and the fast growth of different churches in Nigeria seem to obscure the reality of some precarious historical challenges that call for crucial and genuine ecclesiological inquiry. The Nigerian Church’s unique history loaded with various facets of indoctrination and the peculiarities...
Shaping of Christianity in Greater China
Indigenous Christians in Focus
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
This book is an integrated collection of essays looking at the shaping of Christianity in China with a special emphasis on the contributions of Chinese believers. As well as its geographical scope of the China Mainland, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, the material covers a span of time from the end of the...
Barefoot Church
Serving the Least in a Consumer Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
People are hungry to make a difference in their community, yet most don’t know where to start. In fact, “serving the least” is often one of the most neglected biblical mandates in the church. Barefoot Church shows readers how today’s church can be a catalyst for individual, collective, and...