Doing Missions in Difficult Contexts

Doing Missions in Difficult Contexts
Author: Paul Sungro Lee
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2022-04-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1666731978

Christians of the future global church will face challenges. We live in a time of unprecedented suffering of Christians. In the gospel-restricted world, more Christians have been persecuted in the past few years than at any other time while in the free world, Christians increasingly face the temptation of corruption, immorality, and family breakdowns. Lee shares his research and suggestions gleaned from his thirty years of ministry both in free and persecuted worlds. In the face of growing Christian suffering worldwide, this book provides hope and encouragement with stories from difficult mission contexts like a pandemic, social unrest, and other hostile environments to Christians. This is a must-read for anyone trying to live a godly life in Jesus Christ.

Doing Missions in Difficult Contexts

Doing Missions in Difficult Contexts
Author: Paul Sungro Lee
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2022-04-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1666725137

Christians of the future global church will face challenges. We live in a time of unprecedented suffering of Christians. In the gospel-restricted world, more Christians have been persecuted in the past few years than at any other time while in the free world, Christians increasingly face the temptation of corruption, immorality, and family breakdowns. Lee shares his research and suggestions gleaned from his thirty years of ministry both in free and persecuted worlds. In the face of growing Christian suffering worldwide, this book provides hope and encouragement with stories from difficult mission contexts like a pandemic, social unrest, and other hostile environments to Christians. This is a must-read for anyone trying to live a godly life in Jesus Christ.

Encountering Theology of Mission

Encountering Theology of Mission
Author: Craig Ott
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2010-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0801026628

Leading evangelical mission experts offer a comprehensive theology of mission text, providing biblical, historical, and contemporary perspectives.

No Shortcut to Success

No Shortcut to Success
Author: Matt Rhodes
Publisher: Crossway
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2021-12-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 143357778X

Avoid "Get-Rich-Quick" Missions Strategies and Invest in Effective, Long-Term Ministry Trendy new missions strategies are a dime a dozen, promising missionaries monumental results in record time. These strategies report explosive movements of people turning to Christ, but their claims are often dubious and they do little to ensure the health of believers or churches that remain. How can churches and missionaries address the urgent need to reach unreached people without falling for quick fixes? In No Shortcut to Success, author and missionary Matt Rhodes implores Christians to stop chasing silver-bullet strategies and short-term missions, and instead embrace theologically robust and historically demonstrated methods of evangelism and discipleship—the same ones used by historic figures such as William Carey and Adoniram Judson. These great missionaries didn't rush evangelism; they spent time studying Scripture, mastering foreign languages, and building long-term relationships. Rhodes explains that modern missionaries' emphasis on minimal training and quick conversions can result in slipshod evangelism that harms the communities they intend to help. He also warns against underestimating the value of individual skill and effort—under the guise of "getting out of the Lord's way"—and empowers Christians with practical, biblical steps to proactively engage unreached groups. Biblical Ministry Advice: Examines the work of respected missionaries throughout history Encourages Professionalism in Missions: Rhodes teaches missionaries to invest in theological education, communication, and technical skills A Great Resource for Ministries: Includes specific advice for singles, parents, and other groups Insightful: Examines strengths and weaknesses of recent missionary movements

Disciples of the Nations

Disciples of the Nations
Author: Paul Sungro Lee
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2021-02-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1725290790

Written by someone who lived and experienced cross-cultural mission proportionally each in America, Africa, and Asia, Disciples of the Nations provides readers both practical and scholarly models of the world mission in the context of global multiplication of discipleship and church planting. Field-tested and validated effective through empirical researches, Professor Paul Lee and the Evangelical Alliance for Preacher Training/Commission team expanded the kingdom of God into fifteen countries of Africa and Asia by producing thousands of disciples and planting over three hundred local churches through the multiplication of Christian leadership training. Lee shares the secret of the exponential growth in this unprecedented volume. This is a must-read for anyone aspiring to be used by God to manifest a kingdom-building lifestyle in cross-cultural contexts.

Doing Member Care Well:

Doing Member Care Well:
Author: Kelly O'Donnell
Publisher: William Carey Publishing
Total Pages: 577
Release: 2002-06-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0878085696

This book explores how member care is being practiced around the world to equip sending organizations as they intentionally support their mission/aid personnel. The information provided includes personal accounts, guidelines, case studies, worksheets, and practical advice from all over the globe. “This book delivers what it promises! Here are 50 chapters from the widest selection of writers in the member care field to date.” –Brent Lindquist, President, Link Care Center This book was published in partnership with the World Evangelical Alliance.

Mission in Acts

Mission in Acts
Author: Robert L. Gallagher
Publisher: Orbis Books
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2004
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1608331288

Missions in Context of Violence

Missions in Context of Violence
Author: Keith E. Eitel
Publisher: William Carey Publishing
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2007-09-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 164508017X

This volume deals with the contexts of violence. In an age of increasing concern for this type of missionary work, the missions community needs to hear from those that have reflected on the multifaceted elements involved in understanding the phenomenon of martyrdom-persecution violence as it relates to telling the age-old Gospel story. The place to begin is with Biblical and theological analysis followed by the grounding provided by constructing consequent lifestyles, strategies and practices in physically risky settings. Finally, insights from the live settings of violence are warranted.

Changing the Mind of Missions

Changing the Mind of Missions
Author: James F. Engel
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2000-02-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780830822393

James F. Engel and William A. Dyrness offer a sympathetic yet courageous analysis of the challenges that North American and other Western Christian missions face.