Missions Missionary Work category: 1022 books

A quiet yet powerful revolution is going on. All over this country and across the world creativity-in the form of visual arts, music, dance, drama, and technology-is providing an emotionally expressive vehicle for communicating truth, developing character, and crossing cultural boundaries to build...

This major statement by a leading missiologist represents a lifetime of wrestling with a topic every cross-cultural leader must address: how to adapt the universal gospel to particular settings. This comprehensive yet accessible textbook organizes contextualization, which includes "everything...

This book is a collection of sermons and essays on Church, its mission and ministry in the world. It also deals with questions of unity, ecumenism, mission, evangelism, worship, theological education, and ministry to the poor.

From the book's preface: "It has been many years since any serious study of demon experiences has been published, and possibly never before a compilation from competent observers in many parts of the world. The reason for this omission is not clear, but the result has been a feeling on the part...

The relationship of Christian faith and mission to other living faiths is a core issue in contemporary mission. In a world where plurality of faiths is increasingly becoming a norm of life, insights on the theology of religious plurality are needed to strengthen our understanding of our own faith...

The purpose of this book is to focus on faith-based development with a particular emphasis on the question of power; to deal with the dark sides and the positive sides of power and partnership and how the two interact; to present relevant case studies on the topic from some of the world religions,...

The purpose of this volume on mission and unity is to bring to public attention a broad overview on the history, development and perspectives on the role of mission in the pursuit of unity and the central biblical focus on unity as a prerequisite for an authentic witness in mission. The volume raises...

A ministry is what you can do with the help of others. A movement is what God can do when you let go of control and multiply disciples and churches. Drawing on the life and ministry of Jesus, and with reflections on past and present movements, Steve Addison provides a roadmap for leaders who want...

There is hope – even if it is “Hope in a Fragile World”, as the concluding chapter of Mission as Ministry of Reconciliation puts it. At the very heart of the gospel of Jesus Christ is a message of hope and reconciliation. Nothing could be more relevant and more necessary in a broken world than...

The New Testament church is universal and local at the same time. The universal, one and holy apostolic church appears in local manifestations. Missiologically speaking the church can take courage as she faces the increasing impact of globalisation on local communities today. Being universal and concrete, the church is geared for the simultaneous challenges of the glocal and local.

Cross-cultural mission has always been a primary learning experience for the church. It pulls us out of a mono-cultural understanding and helps us discover a legitimate theological pluralism which opens up for new perspectives in the Gospel. Translating the Gospel into new languages and cultures is...

"If we believe the church to be a sign and symbol of the reign of God in the world, then we are called to witness to Christ today by sharing in God’s mission of love through the transforming power of the Holy Spirit." This volume is the official record of the Edinburgh centenary conference of 2010 which included this call to mission.

Financial Partnership Development is an interactive and comprehensive workbook on support raising. Originally written for Assemblies of God World Missionaries, the workbook trains readers step-by-step in biblically and practically raising financial support. Combining teaching and 8 guided assignments,...

Send Me, I’ll Go challenges individuals and church communities to reevaluate their emphasis on proclamation ministry. Send Me examines the importance that Scripture, along with the early church’s emphasis upon Jesus’ charge to the disciples at the Great Commission, while discussing how our modern understanding can be better informed.