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Pauls Missionary Methods
$35.00

Veteran scholar-missionaries Robert L. Plummer and John Mark Terry edit this collection of entry points into the missionary methods of the Apostle Paul. With contributions from Michael Bird, Eckhard Schnabel and Craig Keener, this volume examines Paul’s missionary methods from the perspective of Paul’s activities in the first century and the perspective of his ongoing impact on missions today. The first part of the book examines Paul’s environment, activity and teaching. The second portion investigates the application of Pauls methods and principles to modern missionary work. The occasion for this book is the centennial of Roland Allen’s Missionary Methods: Saint Paul’s or Ours?, a classic in the field which Paul’s Missionary Methods enthusiastically engages with.

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Your Minds Mission
$8.00

Your mind has a mission. Sometimes it might seem like Christians just want your body–to serve or go. Or it might seem like they just want your heart–to emote in worship or commit to a cause. But that’s not all. God invites us to love him with our minds as well. Being holistic, global Christians means that we need to think well about the world around us. Greg Jao roots our pursuit of the discipleship of the mind in our allegiance to and love for Jesus. Because Jesus is Lord of all, our intellectual engagement is a way we can bring all things under Christ. Jao addresses common myths that result in a passive engagement of our intellect with our faith. He provides key disciplines for Christian discipleship of the mind, how we can love God with our minds in community, obedience and humility. With practical application and formational activities throughout, this guide offers concrete ways to integrate the life of the mind into a life of mission and ministry. The Christian mind is a missional mind. Discover how you can use your mind to extend the glory of God throughout the world. Includes questions for group discussion.

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Western Christians In Global Mission
$22.00

Preface: An Invitation To A Journey
Introduction: Questions For The Journey
Part 1: Where Are We Now?
1. The State Of The World
2. An Appraisal Of The North American Church
3. An Appraisal Of The Majority World Church

Part 2: Moving Forward
4. Biblical Continuity
5. Posture Of Humility
6. Purposeful Reciprocity
7. Sacrifice–Not Just Generosity
8. Partnership Equality
9. Listening To Our Non-Western Brothers And Sisters
10. United Together–So That The World Might Know

Conclusion: Responding To The Invitation
Bibliography
Appendix: Letters To The North American Church

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The world has changed. A century ago, Christianity was still primarily centered in North America and Europe. By the dawn of the twenty-first century, Christianity had become a truly global faith, with Christians in Asia, Africa and Latin America outpacing those in the rest of the world. There are now more Christians in China than in all of Europe, more Pentecostals in Brazil than in the United States, and more Anglicans in Kenya than in Great Britain, Canada and the United States combined. Countries that were once destinations for western missionaries are now sending their own missionaries to North America. Given these changes, some think the day of the Western missionary is over. Some are wary that American mission efforts may perpetuate an imperialistic colonialism. Some say that global outreach is best left to indigenous leaders. Others simply feel that resources should be focused on the home front. Is there an ongoing role for the North American church in global mission? Missions specialist Paul Borthwick brings an urgent report on how the Western church can best continue in global mission. He provides a current analysis of the state of the world and how Majority World leaders perceive North American Christians’ place. Borthwick offers concrete advice for how Western Christians can be involved without being paternalistic or creating dependency. Using their human and material resources with wise and strategic stewardship, North Americans can join forces with the Majority World in new, interdependent ways to answer Gods call to global involvement. In this critical age, the global body of Christ needs one another more than ever. Discover how the Western church can contribute to a new era of mission marked by mutuality, reciprocity and humility.

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Serving With Eyes Wide Open (Revised)
$15.99

Short-term mission trips are great ways to impact the kingdom. Yet they can lack effectiveness because of mistakes or naivetServing with Eyes Wide Open is a must-have book for anyone doing a short-term mission or service project, whether domestic or overseas.

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Missional God Missional Church
$33.00

Introduction
1. The Greatest Commission
2. Breaking Free … Through Discerning Inculturation
3. Breaking Free … Of The Entrapment Of Indiscriminate Enculturation
4. Greatest Co-mmission: The Missional Trinity

Part One: Discovering Shalom
5. Communities Of Christ’s Risen Presence
6. Mission Of Incarnation And Resurrection
7. Communities Of Christ’s Crucified Presence … Beautiful Scars
8. Mission About The Cross, Mission Under The Cross

Part Two: Disseminating Shalom …
9. Communities Of The Triune Missional God: Mission The Mother Of Theology, Theology The Mother Of Mission
10. Mission In Participation With The Son By The Spirit: The Spirituality Of Mission As Theosis 11. Communities Of The Spirit: Gathered And Scattered
12. Communities Of Forgiveness: Mission Of Absolution And Freedom

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Pastor, teacher and theologian Ross Hastings addresses the fear and frustration that often accompany talk about the churchs missional vocation. There is an antidote to the “locked door” syndrome that affects us now as it did that band of apostles in the upper room. Hastings directs us to the foundation of hope in the trinitarian commission of John 20 where Jesus grants them his peace by breathing on them his Spirit. He formed them into his community of shalom. Leaving that place of isolation, these “sent ones” went out to participate in Gods own ongoing mission to the world. Hastings tackles the dual challenges of isolation from and accommodation to the surrounding culture. In doing so he opens up a theological vista on the missional character of our trinitarian God and the missional identity of his church. Building on the works of David Bosch, Lesslie Newbigin, Christopher Wright and Darrell Guder, the author corrects numerous dichotomies that hinder the church. In the power of the Spirit the gathered church is spiritually transformed and also scattered as it proclaims Gods forgiveness and freedom Hastings presents here a comprehensive theology of mission. In doing so he confronts the fears and pessimism that erode our faithful effort to join in Christs mission to the world.

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Go And Do
$26.00

Introduction: Missional Is Not A Word

Part One: Anatomy
1. Sober Eyes
2. Servant Hands
3. Ready Feet
4. Compassionate Heart
5. Joyful Soul

Part Two: Geography
6. Purposeful Family
7. Relational Evangelism
8. Thriving Church
9. Urban Mercy
10. Global Partnerships

Conclusion: The Missional Motivation
Discussion Question
Acknowledgments
Recommended Reading
Notes

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We are not meant to live safe, happy, successful Christian lives. Jesus calls us to something more. Don’t settle for a life that will soon be forgotten. Mission is not just something for “them,” somewhere over “there.” Mission is for us, here and now.

Don Everts invites you to get caught up in God’s mission in this world. He shows what it means to be a missional Christian, to have eyes that see, hands that serve and feet that go. Bringing together personal evangelism, urban witness and global crosscultural mission, Everts shows how you can live your life on mission–whoever you are, whatever you do, wherever you go.

Get a glimpse of the vision. See what Jesus is doing. And go and do likewise.

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As A Fire By Burning
$60.99

As a Fire by Burning explores the relationship between the day-to-day life of local churches and congregations and contemporary thinking about mission. The book begins with first-hand experience of those engaged in mission in a wide variety of different contexts, which are then, in the second part of the book explored and reflected by Roger Standing, an experienced practitioner and teacher of mission and pioneer ministry in the light of contemporary mission thinking. On what biblical/theological basis do we seek to do what we do? A number of critical themes are developed that explore important questions that are rarely addressed, but that can have significant implications if they are neglected or misunderstood. Rather than relying on a ‘one size fits all’, off-the-shelf approach to mission, the book will encourage a level of engagement with context, Scripture, prayer and theology that will help to empower a local congregation to discern and shape its own missional life.

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Creating A Missional Culture
$25.00

Once upon a time, Moses had had enough. Exhausted by the challenge of leading the Israelites from slavery to the Promised Land, Moses cried out to God, “What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me? . . . If this is how you are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me” (Exodus 11:11, 15). If that sounds hauntingly familiar to you, you may be the senior pastor of a contemporary church. The burden of Christian leadership is becoming increasingly unbearable–demanding skills not native to the art of pastoring; demanding time that makes sabbath rest and even normal sleep patterns seem extravagant; demanding inhuman levels of efficiency, proficiency and even saintliness. No wonder pastors seem and even feel less human these days. No wonder they burn out or break down at an alarming rate; no wonder the church is missing the mark on its mission. In Creating a Missional Culture, JR Woodward offers a bold and surprisingly refreshing model for churches–not small adjustments around the periphery of a church’s infrastructure but a radical revisioning of how a church ought to look, from its leadership structure to its mobilization of the laity. The end result looks surprisingly like the church that Jesus created and the apostles cultivated: a church not chasing the wind but rather going into the world and making disciples of Jesus.

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Short Term Mission
$35.00

Over the past few decades, short-term mission trips have exploded in popularity. With easy access to affordable air travel, millions of American Christians have journeyed internationally for ministry, service and evangelism. Short-term trips are praised for involving many in global mission but also critiqued for their limitations. Despite the diversity of destinations, certain universal commonalities emerge in how mission trip participants describe their experiences: “My eyes were opened to the world’s needs.” “They ministered to us more than we ministered to them.” “It changed my life.” Anthropologist Brian Howell explores the narrative shape of short-term mission (STM). Drawing on the anthropology of tourism and pilgrimage, he shows how STM combines these elements with Christian purposes of mission to create its own distinct narrative. He provides a careful historical survey of the development of STM and then offers an in-depth ethnographic study of a particular mission trip to the Dominican Republic. He explores how participants remember and interpret their experiences, and he unpacks the implications for how North American churches understand mission, grapple with poverty and relate to the larger global church. This groundbreaking book sheds light on how American Christians undertake short-term mission. It is important reading for all who celebrate or lament what happens when Christians travel overseas.

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Fresh Expressions And The Kingdom Of God
$27.00

Mission Shaped Church, the groundbreaking report which has sold over 20,000 copies has transformed understandings of mission in the UK. Fresh Expressions, which sprang into being in its wake, is an established presence in Britain, the USA and Canada. This important book poses a challenging question: what are the aims of mission and are they being achieved through Fresh Expressions? This book argues that mission is equally about social transformation or, in biblical terms, building the kingdom of God, as well as building the church. Theological reflection and stories from front line practitioners in churches in the sacramental traditions (with their heritage of service in poor communities) combine to create a unique, timely and valuable resource which includes contributions from leading names in the study and practice of mission today.

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Spiritual In The Secular
$48.99

David Livingstone’s visit to Cambridge in 1857 was seen as much as a scientific event as a religious one. But he was by no means alone among missionaries in integrating mission with science and other fields of research. Rather, many missionaries were remarkable, pioneering polymaths.

This collection of essays explores the ways in which late-nineteenth- and twentieth-century missionaries to Africa contributed to various academic disciplines, such as linguistics, ethnography, social anthropology, zoology, medicine, and many more. This volume includes an introductory chapter by the editors and eleven chapters that analyze missionary research and its impact on knowledge about African contexts. Several themes emerge, including many missionaries’ positive views of indigenous discourses and the complicated relationship between missionaries and professional anthropologists.

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Discovering The Mission Of God
$55.00

Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction: Discovering The Mission Of God
Mike Barnett

Part One: The Mission Of God In The Bible

1. God’s Mission

Word Of God And Mission Of God
Christopher J. H. Wright

The Missionary Message Of The New Testament
Joel F. Williams

The Supremacy Of God In Missions Through Worship
John Piper

The Kingdom Of God And His Mission
Alex Luc

God’s Great Commissions For The Nations
Jeff Lewis

2. God’s Method

Jesus Christ–the Living Word–and The Mission Of God
Bryan E. Beyer

The Heart Of The Task
Greg Turner

The Church In The Mission Of God
Preben Vang

3. God’s Power

The Power Of The Gospel
Robert L. Plummer

The Passion Of Christ And The Martyrs
Jerry Rankin

Part Two: The Mission Of God In History

4. Ancient Eras

The First Decades Of The Mission Of God
William J. Larkin

The Ante-Nicene Church On Mission
John Mark Terry

The Gospel Goes East
Greg Turner

5. Missionaries And Movements

Monastics On Mission
Karen O’Dell Bullock

Post-Reformation Missions Pioneers
R. Alton James

The Great Century
Howard Norrish

The Global Century
Mike Barnett

Part Three: The Mission Of God Today

6. The Task

The State Of The Spread Of The Gospel
Jim Haney

Finishing The Task
J. Scott Holste

Spiritual Warfare And The Mission Of God
Jerry Rankin

Apostles Even Now
Don Dent

Strategic Prayer For God’s Mission
Mike Barnett

7. Communicating The Gospel Across Cultures

Cultures And Worldviews
Stan May

Tell His Story So That All Might Worship
LaNette W. Thompson

Comprehensive Contextualization
A. Scott Moreau

Effective Bridging And Contextualization
Kevin Greeson

Back To Basics
William R. Yount

8. Through The Church

Church-Planting Movements
David Garrison

Measuring Progress In The Mission Of God
Gary R. Corwin

Breaking Bad Missiological Habits
Christopher R. Little

Multiplying Leaders On Mission With God
R. Bruce Carlton

Creative-Access Platforms
Tom Steffen

Biblical Lessons From The Persecuted Church
Nik Ripken And D. Kurt Nelson

9. Co-Laboring

Women On Mission With God
Meg Page

Caring For God’s Missionaries
Robert Edwards And Nathan Evans

The Trouble With Our Jerusalems
Ed Stetzer

The Local Church And The Mission Of God
H. Al Gilbert

Where Do You Fit In The Mission Of God?
Clyde Meador

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“God cannot lead you on the basis of information you do not have.” –Ralph Winter

What is God’s mission in the world? For anyone passionate about discovering God’s heart for the nations, Discovering the Mission of God will reveal his plans for you. Written by 21st-century field workers, scholars and church leaders, this book weaves together the basic components of God’s global mission and challenges readers to identify where they fit in the mission of God.

Discovering the Mission of God explores the mission of God as presented in the Bible, expressed throughout church history and in cutting-edge best practices being used around the world today. Drawing from a new generation of scholar-practitioners, this comprehensive reader provides global perspective, recent missiological research, case studies, recommended further readings and relevant discussion questions at the end of each chapter.

Contributors include

*Bryan E. Beyer Karen O’Dell Bullock R. Bruce Carlton Gary R. Corwin Don Dent Robert Edwards Nathan Evans David Garrison H. Al Gilbert Kevin Greeson Jim Haney J. Scott Holste R. Alton James Patrick Lai William J. Larkin Christopher R. Little Alex Luc Stan May Clyde Meador A. Scott Moreau D. Kurt Nelson Howard Norrish Meg Page John Piper Robert L. Plummer Jerry Rankin Nik Ripken Tom Steffen Ed Stetzer John Mark Terry LaNette W. Thompson Greg Turner Preben Vang Joel. F. Williams Christopher J. H. Wright William R. Yount

Discovering the Mission of God is an indispensable resource for anyone wanting a better picture of what God is doing in the world and how to find one’s place in God’s global plan.

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Vietnams Christians : A Century Of Growth In Adversity
$12.99

In 1975, Vietnam, united under communism, fell behind a bamboo curtain. Many feared the worst for churches there. But fifteen years later, churches, especially among Vietnam’s ethnic minority mountain peoples, suddenly exploded in number and vitality.

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Trailblazers For Translators
$14.99

By 1990, over 6,000 Wycliffe Bible translators around the world were working to give ethnic minorities the Bible in their own tongues. Scores of translators trained by the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) are also doing translation work while working under other agencies. The roots of the Bible translation movement are found in an extraordinary conference held in Chichicastenango, Guatemala, in 1915. This book is a detailed record of those meetings.

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Hope For The Hopeless
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Hope for the Hopeless continues the journey of Charles Mulli started in the best-selling biography Father to the Fatherless. Six year-old Charles Mulli was abused by his father and abandoned by his family. Forced to beg from hut to hut in Kenya to survive, Mulli worked his way out of poverty and became a wealthy businessman. Despite all his success, the growing struggle of the street children in h remained strong in his heart. Hearing the call of God on his life, Mulli sold everything he owned and began rescuing street children from the slums of Kenya and gave them a home at Mully Children’s Family. His journey of faith challenges him to trust Christ in desperate times, confront evil forces and believe God for even greater miracles of healing and deliverance. It takes him into the heart of the most devastating event in recent Kenyan history, where in the wake of the postelection violence that shook Kenya to its core, while the nation stands in fear and desperation, Mulli risks everything to follow the call of Christ on his life to bring hope to the hopeless. People will be greatly moved by these amazing true stories. Each tells of a tragedy turned miraculous. Whether the young girl evicted by her family and left to survive in a slum or the boy whose parents passed away, leaving him destitute on the street, all appear hopeless cases until they encounter Charles Mulli and discover a new life they could not have imagined.

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Adventure In Missions
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An Adventure in Missions is a personal and exciting adventure in life.

-Discover a roadmap and guide to your adventure.
-Discover many experiences you can learn from.
-Discover things you can expect to happen.
-Read about choices and results.

This is a basic resource manual for anyone interested in missions. It traces a missionary experience, beginning with the call, preparation, service and the dazzling experiences of missionary life. It’s an adventurous, humorous, tumultuous, and exciting road map to missions. You’ll laugh and cry. There are important lessons in each experience and they’ll help you in your life adventure.

There are ways to recognize your call, preparations that need to be made, things you’ll need to work on and why they are important, plus how to recognize key people in your life and develop a ministry support team. You will also learn about things to avoid.

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Adventure In Missions
$28.95

An Adventure in Missions is a personal and exciting adventure in life.

-Discover a roadmap and guide to your adventure.
-Discover many experiences you can learn from.
-Discover things you can expect to happen.
-Read about choices and results.

This is a basic resource manual for anyone interested in missions. It traces a missionary experience, beginning with the call, preparation, service and the dazzling experiences of missionary life. It’s an adventurous, humorous, tumultuous, and exciting road map to missions. You’ll laugh and cry. There are important lessons in each experience and they’ll help you in your life adventure.

There are ways to recognize your call, preparations that need to be made, things you’ll need to work on and why they are important, plus how to recognize key people in your life and develop a ministry support team. You will also learn about things to avoid.

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Issues In Missiology Volume 4 Worldview And World Religions
$27.99

In Volume IV, Dr. Patton begins with an assessment of worldviews, not only those of major world religions and folk religion, but also western modernism, post-modernism, and post-postmoderninsm. This is followed by an assessment of the major world religions, with a special emphasis on folk religion, which is followed by 40% of the world population, though they may be nominally Christian, Islam, Hindu, etc. There is also a section on humanism, atheism, and atheistic communism, which at one time dominated nearly a third of the world’s population. Dr. Patton emphasizes that it is not only necessary to understand the worldview of the religion of the people whom we wish to reach, but also our own worldview, to avoid being “blindsided” by our own ethnocentrism. When possible, there are suggestions as to how to reach various groups with the gospel.

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Light On Darkness
$39.99

In its earliest days, photography was seen as inherently free of ideological bias. Today, in the world of Photoshop, we are rightly more skeptical – at least most of the time. When it comes to photography from the past, we tend to set some of our skepticism aside. But should we? In Light on Darkness? leading historian of African Christianity T. Jack Thompson revisits a body of photography long taken at face value – that generated by British missionaries to sub-Saharan Africa in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries – and demonstrates that much more is going on in these images than meets the eye. This book offers a careful reassessment of missionary photographers, their photographs, and their African and European audiences, including over 70 fascinating photographs from the period.

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Cultivating Sent Communities
$33.99

How can pastors help to create missional faith communities that are willing to participate in God’s healing of the world? Cultivating Sent Communities reimagines spiritual formation through the lens of mission, covering such topics as the role of Scripture, congregational discernment, and short-term missions and drawing on case studies from diverse contexts including Ethiopia, England, Leipzig, and San Francisco. Full of rich practical, theological, and sociological insights into forming missional churches, this fourth volume in the Missional Church Series calls readers to deepen the core practices that have defined Christians for centuries — and to reclaim them within the context of cultural adaptation and innovation.

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Identity And Transformation
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David Ofumbi is convinced biblically that, Christian faith covers the entire realm of human existence. There is no dichotomy between private life and public life, or spiritual life and secular life, or an individual and a community. In fact, the whole of human life is the visible expression of the invisible God. Therefore, respective indigenous cultures and the gospel must engage and impact each other. On the one hand, Christians in respective indigenous cultures engage and adapt the gospel to the deep-level meaning and the surface-level forms of their cultures; on the other hand, the gospel transforms respective cultures continuously. African understanding and practices of Christian faith (“Africa Christianity”) in this respect is both the outcome of the reciprocal impact between respective indigenous cultures and the gospel and the basis of authentic Christian response to human needs (“Christian Community Transformation”).

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Complexities Of Money And Missions In Asia
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Introduction
Contributors

1. Buddhist Perceptions Of The Christian Use Of Funds In Sri Lanka
G. P. V. Somaratna

2. Personal Reflections On Financial Responsibility Of Missionaries And Indigenous Churches
Alex G. Smith

3. Money And Missionary Lifestyle In The Buddhist World
Andrew Thomas

4. Possessions, Positions, And Power: Material Asymmetries And The Missionary Call
Jonathan J. Bonk

5. Partnerships, Money, And Dialogue In Buddhist Contexts
Mary T. Lederleitner

6. Speaking Of The Unspeakable: Money And Missions In Patron-client Buddhist Cultures
Paul H. De Neui

7. Effective Partnerships For Church-Multiplication And Insider Movements
David S. Lim

Index
Scripture Index

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What happens when an expatriate missionary is thrust into a context where the standard of living is so divergent that perceived or actual wealth suddenly becomes the strongest draw of attraction? What actual message is communicated through the wordless witness of the Western Christian missionary lifestyle? Is attention to so-called good news now so financially focused that other foundational issues become overshadowed? This issue becomes even more complicated when the missionary arrives clueless about personal privilege, ignorant of the envy of others, and carries the mistaken attitude that others think similarly. SEANET proudly presents Complexities of Money and Missions in Asia for all who are asking such questions. From seven different indigenous and expatriate perspectives this volume deals with the perceptions of money specifically from those seeking to serve obediently in the Buddhist contexts of Asia.

SEANET serves as a networking forum wherein groups and individuals can meet to reflect and strategize together on topics particular to their collective mission. SEANET does not promote one particular strategy or one particular theology but seeks to learn from models of hope that show what God is doing around the world. Each year the annual SEANET conference brings together over one hundred and fifty practitioners who are privileged to live and serve throughout the Buddhist world. The chapters of this volume represent seven of those voices from the network.

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Consultancy Skills For Mission And Ministry
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Consultancy Skills for Mission and Ministry provides a readable handbook to doing consultancy in church based organisations. Many of those who exercise ministry in churches move into roles where they are expected to supervise and support ministers and church leaders in their work. Consultancy is an effective way of doing this and provides skills and theoretical frameworks for both those working explicitly as consultants to ministers and church workers and leaders as well as for officers in churches such as Archdeacons, Superintendents, Mission Officers, local church and regional development advisers or those involved in continuing professional development. Often people moving into these roles are not provided with the specific skills and knowledge they need. Other groups who will find this book useful will include consultants who operate in commercial, public and voluntary organisations but who need to know how to apply their skills in church settings and students on courses in consultancy.

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Transforming Mission : Paradign Shifts In Theology Of Mission (Anniversary)
$45.00

David Bosch’s Transforming Mission, now available in over a dozen languages, is widely recognized as an historic and magisterial contribution to the study of mission. Examining the entire sweep of Christian tradition, he shows how five paradigms have historically encapsulated the Christian understanding of mission and then outlines the characteristics of an emerging postmodern paradigm dialectically linking the transcendent and imminent dimensions of salvation. In this new anniversary edition, Darrel Guder and Martin Reppenhagen explore the impact of Bosch’s work and the unfolding application of his seminal vision.

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British Missionaries And The End Of Empire
$44.99

There are many histories of overseas mission and many histories of the last days of Great Britain’s empire in Africa, but there has been no book-length study on the relationship between them – until now. In British Missionaries and the End of Empire, historian John Stuart thoroughly and critically examines British Protestant missionary experiences during the tumultuous years between 1939 and 1964 in east, central, and southern Africa. Focusing on Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, and Kenya (with an eye for South African influence on mission affairs), Stuart portrays the uneven and evolving relationship between Protestant missionaries, the British empire, and African nationalists. He shows how missionaries sometimes supported empire, sometimes drew comfort from it, sometimes criticized it, yet finally learned to live with its formal demise, continuing their work in the newly formed African independent states even after the end of empire.

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Prophetic Dialogue : Reflections On Christian Mission Today
$37.00

A collection of essays that demonstrates that to be effective in the twenty-first century, mission must be prophetic as it encounters other cultures and religious traditions.

When we speak as mission as dialogue, then, we are about as far away from imagining mission as conquering the world for Christ and missionaries as marines of the Catholic Church as we probably can get. There has indeed been a radical shift, both in the world in which the church does mission and within the church s own consciousness of the goodness and even holiness of that world. These words from one of the essays in this superb collection clearly demonstrate the changing of mission today.

In this volume, Fathers Bevans and Schroeder address a primary challenge faced by Christians missioners today: How can they bring the Christian tradition to interact respectfully and effectively with members of other cultures and traditions from around the globe and still be prophetic?

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Global Member Care 1
$20.99

12 Chapters

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If you are interested in growing as a person and developing your member care skills, then this book is for you. Global Member Care: The Pearls and Perils of Good Practice is the latest book from Kelly O’Donnell, launching the member care field further into the international world of mission/aid.

Part One reviews member care history and includes future directions in light of global realities. Part Two examines the crucial area of health/dysfunction with specific suggestions for good relationships, management, and governance. Part Three explores core ethics and human rights principles that are essential for good practice.

Pearls and Perils is a contemporary text for training in universities, seminaries, and mission/aid settings. Its principles and resources also make it a great handbook for sending groups and all those with member care responsibilities.

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Light To The Nations (Reprinted)
$26.00

There is a growing body of literature about the missional church, but the word missional is often defined in competing ways with little attempt to ground it deeply in Scripture. Michael Goheen, a dynamic speaker and the coauthor of two popular texts on the biblical narrative, unpacks the missional identity of the church by tracing the role God’s people are called to play in the biblical story. Goheen shows that the church’s identity can be understood only when its role is articulated in the context of the whole biblical story–not just the New Testament, but the Old Testament as well. He also explores practical outworkings and implications, offering field-tested suggestions for contemporary churches.

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Great Commission Companies (Revised)
$29.00

Business as mission has emerged as a significant new model for mission in the twenty-first century. Today’s globalized economy has created strategic opportunities for Christian business enterprises in some of the most unlikely corners of the world. In this landmark book, economist Steve Rundle and missiologist Tom Steffen offer their paradigm for the convergence of business and missions–the Great Commission Company. Such companies intentionally create businesses in strategic locations, pursuing profits while remaining unabashedly Christian in their purpose. By establishing authentic businesses that employ local workers among the least-reached peoples of the world, they contribute to the economic health of the immediate community and also provide avenues for both physical and spiritual ministry.

In an era where multinational corporations have global influence and impact, the Great Commission Company opens up new possibilities for missions-minded entrepreneurs and businesspeople who want to change the world to the glory of God.

This revised and expanded edition provides new and updated case studies of Great Commission Companies in diverse contexts around the world.

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Evangelism And Missions
$34.99

* A handy evaluation of workable evangelism strategies * Clear steps to achieving fruitfulness * How to attain the biblical wisdom of winning souls * A invaluable guide on how to plant churches in virgin, unreached areas * Clear instructions applying the keys of persistence and shamelessness in God’s work * Hints on how to break out of comfort zones in order to reach the lost * A timely discourse of the Kingdom of God * An authoritative presentation of the urgent call to evangelize the world One night while studying in a remove town of Ghana, God miraculously anointed Dag Heward-Mills as he waited upon the Lord. He supernaturally heard the words, “From now on you can teach…” This supernatural call is what has ushered him into a worldwide ministry. Today, his Healing Jesus Crusades are conducted throughout the world with thousands in attendance and many accompanying miracles. These phenomenal miracles, attested to by medical doctors have included the opening of the eyes of the blind, the restoring of hearing to the deaf, the emptying of wheel chairs and even the raising of the dead. Dag Heward-Mills, an author of several bestselling books also founded the Lighthouse Chapel International has become a worldwide denomination. His radio, TV and internet programs reach millions around the world. Other outreaches include pastors and ministers conferences and the renowned Anagkazo Bible and Ministry Training Center. Dag Heward-Mills lives in Accra, Ghana with his wife Adelaide and their four children: David, Joshua, Daniella and Paula.

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Translating Christ : The Memoirs Of Herman Peter Aschmann Wycliff Bible Tra
$17.99

Told through private conversations and personal correspondence between Herman Aschmann and the author, with additional insight from Aschmann’s family and friends, Translating Christ pieces together the life of Herman Aschmann, Wycliffe Bible translator, and his wife as they lived and worked among the Totonac people of Mexico. Aschmann’s abundance of physical and intellectual energy, linked with a passionate curiosity and empathetic concern for the language and culture of the Totonac people, enabled him to translate three distinct Totonac New Testaments. his became the foundation for the remarkable growth of the Totonac church in Mexico.

Hugh Steven is a historical biographer, author, and photographer with Wycliffe Bible Translators. He has published over thirty books and hundreds of articles on the work and ministry of Wycliffe, many of which have given readers dramatic insights into the high adventure and transforming power of the translated scriptures. Now retired, Hugh and his wife Norma reside in Santa Ana, California. They have four married children, eleven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

There is a tendency to accept academic training as a criterion of expertness in translating, since people think of translators as language professionals and professionalism is usually judged in terms of years of study. On the other hand, one of the most creative translators I have ever known was Herman Aschmann, a person of limited academic training, but one who became entranced by the cultural content and literary potential of Totonac, an Indian language of Mexico. Instead of submitting one possible rendering of a biblical expression, he usually had a half dozen different ways of representing the meaning of the Greek text. Not only did he produce three exceptional New Testaments in Totonac, but he inspired local people to imitate his skill in discovering more and more meaningful ways of communicating a message into an entirely different language-culture.
-Dr. Eugene Nida, premier linguist, Bible Translation theoretician, and Herman’s former linguistics teacher

Herman Aschmann was a kindly man without pretense. His work was always more of the heart than of the head. He was plainspoken, a bit nervous, tolerant of others and always the best kind of company.
-Felipe Ramos, Totonac pastor and radio voice of the Totonac Cultural Hour

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Empowering Children : Principles, Strategies, And Techniques For Mobilizing
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Empowering Children is especially designed for field practitioners seeking ways to encourage young people-particularly the marginalized-to become more involved in changing their circumstances. Through dozens of exercises and lessons, the book presents a variety of practical methods for engaging children in the development process-from assessments to evaluations. Discussions on issues such as personal empowerment, self-esteem, problem analysis, and child protection can equip leaders to help children serve as agents of change who understand how valuable they are. The book concludes with preparations for a community child participation plan.

From a Christian perspective, the realization that all children have dignity and are created in the image of God helps us to see that every child’s input is valuable. The Bible’s concepts of community, church, and mission further help us to see that God not only uses kids in his wonderful plan, but that he also wants all of his children-male, female, young, and old-to participate in his work in the world.

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Graceful Evangelism : Christian Witness In A Complex World
$26.00

Introduction: What This Book Is About
Part 1: Where Did We Come From?
1. What Is Evangelism? Perspectives And Problems
2. What Does The Bible Say? Biblical Models Of Evangelism
3. Patterns Of Evangelism Through The Ages
4. The Western Missionary Movement In The 19th Century: An American Perspective
Part 2: Where Are We Now?
5. The Situation For Evangelism In The 21st Century: Two Sides Of A Coin
6. Today’s Mission Trends
7. Contemporary Theologies Of Evangelism
Part 3: Where Are We Going?
8. Abundant Life
9. A Mission Statement For Evangelism
10. Changing Context: Transforming Mission
Part 4: Can We Craft A Graceful Evangelism?
11. Insights From Contemporary Theologies Of Evangelism
12. Challenges To Crafting A Graceful Evangelism
13. Changes: New Movements And Institutional Re-visionings
14. Seeding Through Their Eyes: A Spiral Of Knowledge Acquisition
15. Radical Habits: Practices For Evangelism Today
Appendix: Constructing A Congregational Timeline
Indexes

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The word evangelism evokes strong reactions among Christians. Conflict about what it is, whether to do it, how to go about it, and the desired results divides churches, demonstrating the need for new theologies and methods that address today’s religiously pluralistic and secular contexts. This book offers a comprehensive treatment of evangelism, from biblical models to contemporary practice. Frances Adeney shows that understanding different contexts and approaches to evangelism and accepting the views of others on this crucial topic can help replace the “evangelism wars” (social action vs. proclamation) with a more graceful approach to sharing God’s good news with the world.

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Global Church Planting (Reprinted)
$38.00

Prologue: The Parable Of The Apple Trees
Part 1: Biblical Foundation
Part 2: Strategic Considerations
Part 3: Development Phases
Part 4: Critical Factors

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With over forty years combined global church-planting experience, Craig Ott and Gene Wilson are well qualified to write a comprehensive, up-to-date guide for cross-cultural church planting. Combining substantive biblical principles and missiological understanding with practical insights, this book walks readers through the various models and development phases of church planting. Advocating methods that lead to church multiplication, the authors emphasize the role of the missionary church planter. They offer helpful reflection on current trends and provide best practices gathered from research and empirical findings around the globe. The book takes up a number of special issues not addressed in most church planting books, such as use of short-term teams, partnerships, and wise use of resources. Full of case studies and real examples from around the world, this practical text will benefit students, church planters, missionaries, and missional church readers.

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Sacrifice Of Africa
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Displays the power of Christianity to unleash true political transformation in Africa

Christianity is rapidly expanding in Africa – but so also are the vexing realities of war, civil unrest, corruption and violence. What are the connections between these two faces of Africa? Can Christianity become the much-needed social force for a new future in Africa? How would such a future come about, and what would it look like?

These questions lie at the heart of The Sacrifice of Africa by Emmanuel Katongole. A Catholic priest from Uganda, born in 1960, who lived through the reign of Idi Amin and who has seen firsthand the problems that ravage his home country and its neighbors, Katonogole argues that recurring civil war, violence, corruption and instability are wired within the imaginative landscape of modern Africa, are set within the founding narratives of Africa’s inception into the modern world through colonialism and its successor institution, nation-state politics.

In the face of these entrenched political imaginations, the most critical social challenge is one of “daring to invent” the future through new foundational narratives that reflect and nurture a fresh, different vision for African politics and social life. This is the primary political difference that Christianity can make in Africa.

The stories of three African Christian leaders and their work – Bishop Paride Taban and the Holy Trinity Peace Village in Southern Sudan; Angelina Atyam in Uganda and the Concerned Parents Association in Uganda; and Maggie Barankitse and Maison Shalom in Burundi – cap off Katongole’s inspiring vision of hope for Africa.

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Living Mission : The Vision And Voices Of New Friars
$24.00

There is a new trend afoot, one that goes against the prevailing Western model, influenced by the values and principles of international commerce. Presented here are five “signs of life,” showcased by this network of movements best referred to as “new friars.” God’s kingdom in the hands of the people of God, the contributors to this book show us, is first and foremost incarnational, which leads necessarily to gospel witness that is devotional, communal, missional and marginal. With a survey of the history of new friar movements and commentary by forerunner, this seminal book, edited by Scott A. Bessenecker, paints a picture of mission that is new only because it has been neglected for so long, a mission that is truly good news to the people in its path.

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Holiness And Mission
$28.99

Mission is one of the key subjects for the church today. What does it mean to live the Christian faith in a world of many faiths and none? In this book, two leading scholars explore what mission and discipleship meant for some of the earliest Christian communities. Morna Hooker and Frances Young outline the nature of mission for the earliest Christian communities (in the New Testament and beyond) and relate this to the context of the mission and discipleship today, thereby engaging with and challenging some common assumptions made about mission today.Originally presented as the Hugh Price Hughes Lectures in the West London Mission, the book will be of interest not only to students of theology but to all interested in the life and ministry of the church today.

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Urban Ministry : The Kingdom The City And The People Of God
$45.00

In this book Harvie M. Conn and Manuel Ortiz address the vital work of the urban church as they trace the history of the city around the world, examine the biblical basis for urban mission, unpack the multifaceted identity of the city and discuss particular issues and needs of urban leadership. Now in paperback!

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Haiti Past Present Future
$12.00

When I think about what could be in the future for Haiti, my heart beats with hope. I have seen firsthand children who were born into poverty grow up through our mission and become leaders. I believe the future of Haiti is wrapped up in three specific objectives.

This first of these is its infrastructure. The country of Haiti has nothing to rebuild. We must build a new Haiti. From airports, to railroad systems, to roads and ports for shipping-Haiti must pioneer a future of mobility and commerce.

The second objective is education. More than 50% of the children in Haiti never attend school. There is no greater poverty than not knowing how to read or write. That is slavery…and it must stop! The children of Haiti deserve an education to help make a better future.

Last, but not least is the establishment of churches. Why? The church promotes values of family, community, and trust in God. With God all things are possible and there is no greater hope.

I invite you to read my blog at www.timdetellis.com where I share more long-term ideas for helping Haiti be a country of opportunity.

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Detour : An Off Road Safari
$17.49

This book opens a window into the heart of a loving missionary wife and mother dealing with the challenges of ministering in a different land. Refreshingly transparent in expressing her feelings, Patricia McGregor, with beautiful simplicity, tells it like it is, the joys as well as the sorrows. On occasion, too, her husband, Bishop Todd McGregor, as well as her daughters, Corbi and Charese (ages 15 and 16 at the time) share their thoughts.

It is a moving saga, filled with adventure and surprise. The author has remarkable ability of seeing spiritual applications in the common things that happen every day. Life for her is a journey of obedience in the bonds of Christ. The road has many twists and turns, but even detours along the way serve to enlarge experiences of God’s faithfulness. To be sure, keeping the priorities of the Kingdom in order is not easy. There is a cross in it. Yet, however difficult the task, the love of Jesus shines through, and she makes you want to follow Him.

Reading this book can be a tonic for your soul.

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Miracles In The Jungle
$12.49

Has God called you to something that seems frightening or insurmountable? It is definitely the right choice to obey Him and then hang on for the ride! The ride for the Rogne family during their first term overseas included many miracles for which they give all praise to God.

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Divine Assignment : The Missiology Of Wendell Clay Somerville
$14.99

Lucas Park Books
The Divine Assignment: The Missiology of Wendell Clay Somerville is an analysis of the life, work, philosophy, and theology of Wendell Somerville. Somerville, an African American who made a substantial impact during a time of racial tension in the United States, led the work of the Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Convention for over fifty years and strove for a great global missions ministry. Learn and be enlightened as author and Executive Secretary-Treasurer for Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Convention, David Emmanuel Goatley, takes you into the insights Wendell Somerville had about the missional church, his understanding of the missional life, and his missional strategy for the world. Read about the changing nature of global mission theory and practice from the beginning of WWII to the twenty-first century.

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TransforMission
$24.99

Remarkably, thirty percent of North American teenagers-millions of people between the ages of 13 and 17-have engaged in religious missions or service projects. Building on this statistic, the authors of TransforMission believe that short-term mission is one way God is taking the gospel to the nations and, concurrently, transforming the lives of these student participants.

Writing to youth ministers, missiologists, church leaders, adult volunteers, and post-high school students, they assess strategies for further promoting this kind of involvement by exploring several questions:

* What mechanisms is God employing to achieve this advance in mission?
* What is taking place in the lives of believers who are obediently participating in the fulfillment of the Great Commision?
* What are the theological and theoretical foundations for the life transformation that is occurring?
* What is the most effective means of conducting short-term mission experiences?

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Full Life
$24.95

“I have come that they may have life and have it to the full” – Jesus (John 10:10)

I have witnessed much suffering in my work as a World Vision aid worker but I have been greatly blessed by seeing wonderful results of people’s lives being transformed by the love and practical aid they have received.

Each country I have worked in has special memories for me including my time in remote Aboriginal communities of Australia. Ethiopia was a place of wailing and sadness where mass starvation confronted me everyday.

Kenya was a contrast of laughter and colour where I spent 3.5 years with Youth With A Mission getting spiritually recharged.

Mozambique was a huge challenge as a health officer responsible for a mind-boggling forty thousand people in 11 villages.

In 1994, after the genocide I worked with World Vision in Rwanda leaving me with a greater understanding of the need for love and forgiveness.

Although the country was still at war, Liberia was a place of reaping the fruits of my labour, seeing the health message effectively reach the village level.

As you read the pages of this book be encouraged to step out for God for your own amazing adventure.

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Mustard Seed Church
$20.99

The Christian church has fallen away from Christ’s New Testament model of faith. The church desperately needs change and reform today. This generation has several objections to Christianity. It perceives the church as hypocritical, judgmental, delusional, pushy, bigoted, and overly political. Younger church members also recognize Christendom’s image problem today. Fulfillment of church mission and destiny requires the church to remove obstacles and dispel objections hindering completion of the Great Commission these latter days. What is happening to the church today? Why are so many people abandoning Christianity or reluctant to embrace the faith? What kind of spiritual attack is hindering Christian mission and destiny? Where is the church going prophetically? What can change Christianity’s image?

The Church is under malevolent attack that continually hinders Christian mission and destiny. Church reform begins within each member of the church. Church attrition and backsliding are evidence of the expanding apostasy within Christendom. False doctrine and systemic bondage are destroying the spiritual fiber of the church. We must also recognize the moral failure reflecting Christendom’s overall inadequacy. The church must repent before able to reach the present generation with the gospel of Jesus Christ. This book is a call to church mission and reform. Church repentance will initiate a new wave of change, reform, and evangelism throughout Christendom.

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Miracles Missions And American Pentecostalism
$35.00

Miracles, Missions & American Pentecostalism examines the historical, theological, and missiological context and development of American Pentecostal missions, including the expectation of miracles and how this fits into the mission scene of the twentieth century. Gary McGee shows this movement emerging from the ranks of nineteenth-century radical evangelicalism as a renewal movement that achieved a global impact.

The first five chapters move historically from the expectation of miracles from the time of the ancient church to the nineteenth century and into the twentieth. The next five chapters provide a superb analysis of the theological underpinnings of Pentecostalism. Though alienated from other Christians by their insistence on glossolalia, Pentecostals carried the gospel in a supernaturally-wrapped package that fit well with the worldviews of peoples outside North Atlantic countries and helped this charismatically-inclined spirituality become predominant today among “MajorityWorld Christianity.”

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I Declare War
$16.49

From I Declare War…
“Deliverance Ministry is a very complex ministry and one that it is very real. The world has
led even the Church into the mindset that deliverance is about theatrics and gimmicks. The
image of a monstrous, behorned, red-eyed animal figure attacking Christians is not
consistent with the clear teachings of the Bible. This book (based on the author’s research)
will serve as a reference that reveals the truth against various myths about deliverance that
are widespread in the Church. It will help those who are called to Deliverance Ministry
understand what can be done to stop the activities of the devil in the lives of God’s people.
This work is not hypothetical in its nature; it is actuality confirmed by the truth of the Word
of God. Scripture contains many references to deliverance.
“The Church must be open to discussing these passages and applying their truth. There is
no excuse for ignorance in the Body of Christ concerning spiritual matters. One of the gains
and benefits of this research is to free the mind of preconceived notions about the spirit
realm and encourage the Church to seek ‘freedom’ for the people of God. Legitimate
Deliverance Ministry has been harmed by many who have intentionally incited fear and
paranoia in people to render the Church powerless. Knowledge is power, however, and
spiritual truths should be taught and practiced from the inception of Jesus Christ as Lord and
Savior in the Church. This gives the Body of Christ an accurate picture of the victory that
Jesus won on the cross.”

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Mission After Christendom
$37.00

In 1910 Protestant missionaries from around the world gathered to explore the role of Christian missions in the twentieth century. In this collection, leading missiologists use the one hundred year anniversary of the Edinburgh conference as an occasion to reflect on the practice of Christian mission in today’s context: a context marked by globalization, migration, ecological crisis, and religiously motivated violence. The contributors explore the meaning of Christian mission, the contemporary context for mission work, and new forms in which the church has engaged–and should engage–in its missionary task. From these essays, a vision of twenty first-century mission begins to emerge–one that is aware of issues of race, gender, border spaces, migration, and ecology. This renewed vision gives strength to the future of shared Christian ministry across nations and traditions.

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Family And Faith In Asia
$24.99

If Christian mission in Asia and most of the non-Western world is ever to advance, it must seriously consider the importance of family networks. Far too long the strategy of a “one by one” approach has stifled the spread of the gospel, reinforced a highly individualized unbiblical theology and destroyed social relationships that might lead to conversation, conversion and social transformation. With this concern in mind, SEANET is proud to present another volume in its series addressing critical missiological issues relevant to the practice of mission in Buddhist, Asian and many other contexts. Our title, Family and Faith in Asia: The Missional Impact of Extended Networks, attempts to issue a wake-up call to serious reflection on a highly ignored social reality in Buddhist and many other social contexts. The book is a resource useful for anyone wishing to study practical approaches to issues related to family and faith in Asia, particularly in Buddhist contexts for mission.

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Recovering From Traumatic Stress
$12.99

Experiencing symptoms of traumatic stress can be debilitating. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a normal reaction to an abnormal event. Recovering from Traumatic Stress: A Guide for Missionaries provides information and resources for support that can lead to comfort and healing. This book teaches about the symptoms experienced after a traumatic incident and how to recognize them. It offers strength and ways to talk to children and others about traumatic experiences. With God’s help, readers who have experienced traumatic situations can begin to regain a sense of peace for themselves and their families.

Stephanie Laite Lanham and Joyce Hartwell Pelletier are presenters with Sunrise Seminars, a Christian association of mental health professionals based in Maine. The group is dedicated to improving the lives of people through education, insight, and change.

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Leading Across Cultures
$28.00

Missiologist James E. Plueddemann presents a roadmap for crosscultural leadership development in the global church. With keen understanding of current research on cultural dynamics, he integrates theology with leadership theory to apply biblical insights to practical issues in world mission.

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No Turning Back
$9.99

Herbert Grings was an ordinary man but he accomplished extraordinary things. Read the compelling, true drama of a man who dedicated his life to spreading Gods Word throughout the Belgian Congo of Africa. Youll learn of Grings hardships and fearsfrom loneliness and despair to wild animals and shipwrecksand youll be moved by his unwavering faith in the Lord. You will discover how God blessed His faithful servant, always putting Grings in the right place at the right time. An old minister once told Grings, We have to suffer persecution if we serve the Lord Jesus. Those words ring true, time and again. And yet, despite it all, the missionary remains faithful. There is no turning back! Whether you are struggling with your faith, have fully dedicated yourself to the Lord or are somewhere in between, the story of Herbert Grings is one that you must read!

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Go To Jail
$15.99

Go to Jail! is a call for Christians worldwide to take the mission of Christ outside the walls of the church.

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Christianity In Action
$30.99

This meticulously researched yet engaging book traces The Salvation Army’s history of service from its beginnings in Victorian England to its present-day mission in all parts of the world. / A phenomenal religious movement, acclaimed for its compassionate service, The Salvation Army now works in no fewer than 118 countries, yet no contemporary book has chronicled this high-profile organization – until now. Henry Gariepy’s well-written, comprehensive account effectively fills that gap.

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Delicious On My Ears
$16.49

For nearly two decades, newspapers and TV newscasts around the world were filled with disturbing images from the Vietnam War. During those turbulent years from 1958 to 1974, John and Jo Newman served as missionaries in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Despite wartime dangers, natural disasters, and political turmoil, they persevered in their work of sharing the good news of Jesus Christ which the mountain people said was “delicious on their ears.” This is the extraordinary story of how the Newmans’ love for the mountain people would propel them into a lifetime of dedication to the people of Vietnam-a story of adventure, sacrifice, heartbreak, and courage.

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Into Africa : Adventures Of A Missionary Kid Crocodile In The River
$12.00

Dave Rager and his family arrive in Mattru Jong, Sierra Leone, to start their first term as missionaries. They get settled into their new home and Dave meets Jeff, another missionary kid. The two become fast friends and begin a ‘Good News Club’ to introduce Jesus to the local Mattru kids. But Tom Berkey, a bully at the MK School, teases them from the beginning of school. Dave has to learn how to deal with the bullying, and he hears about a terrible event in the past that made Tom turn mean. Tom dares them to swim in the Jong River, where he says crocodiles are. Dave and Jeff, disregarding Tom’s attempt to scare them, proceed with their plan to float down the river. But, it is dangerous, and someone’s life is at risk! Dave must have great courage and test skills he has never used. Crocodile in the River continues the saga of the Rager family as they make friends in their new African home. Tragic events could turn anyone into an enemy of the Lord. Gentleness, prayer and forgiveness are necessary to understand and help restore those alienated from God because of losses that could happen on the mission field.

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Gospel In Human Contexts
$26.00

While the gospel is timeless truth, it enters into ever-changing and widely varied human contexts. The missionary who desires to meaningfully communicate the gospel to particular humans needs to understand people and the particular influences–social, cultural, psychological, and ecological–that shape them. Further, we must understand ourselves and the influences that have shaped us, since our own contexts influence how we understand and transmit the gospel message. Therefore, we must master not only the skill of biblical exegesis but also the skill of human exegesis. That task is the topic of this book, the summation of a lifetime of experience and thinking by a world-renowned missiologist and anthropologist, the late Paul Hiebert.

As he develops what he terms a “missional theology,” Hiebert discusses differing views of contextualization, social identity and how we view “others,” developments in anthropological thinking through the years, and the impact of postmodernism and globalization. Seeking to equip the reader for the task of human exegesis, he introduces a systems approach to the task of understanding cultural contexts, discusses practical and helpful research methods, and proposes the paradigm of mission as cultural mediation. Here is valuable insight for students preparing for the mission field.

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Growing Up Yanomamo
$19.95

Three generations of the same family working with this Venezuelan tribe and now a new film coming out from the tribal leaders themselves to refute the secular anthropologists by showing how walking with Christ has transformed their culture. The Dawson’s went out with New Tribes Mission in ’53 and the film has been reviewed by New Tribes as well to ensure accuracy.

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Landmark Essays In Mission And World Christianity
$37.00

Ideal for study or reference, this volume collects classic essays from the past century on the most pressing questions in mission studies.

This anthology offers an invaluable entree into the best thinking on the nature of mission and the emergence of world Christianity.With selections from authors as diverse as Karl Barth, Kwame Bediako, Paul Hiebert, Daisy Machado, Lesslie Newbigin, David Bosch, and Peter Phan the reader finds insights that illuminate the essential patterns in mission thinking and provide a horizon on what is important, a guide to how the Spirit is empowering what Pope John Paul II calls a new “springtime of mission.”

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Where The Earth Ends
$17.99

Stone Age People Tell Their Story This book is a collection of six first-person true stories. They take you into the world of individuals emerging from the Stone Age who live on the island of New Guinea. A boy, the only son of a war-chief, refuses his heritage. He meets a strange being who bursts into his world, a missionary, and begins to follow Jesus. In midlife our hero becomes the church leader of thousands of people, a chief far greater than his father. A six-year old girl is the only child of her parents when they become missionaries to a distant tribe. Rebels capture them, forcing them to walk three days into the jungle where there is no food. God delivers them in an amazing fashion. The book is ideal for adults and for use in home and Christian school curricula. Heroes emerge from a foreign culture. Anthropology, history and geography unfold with the telling of these captivating stories. Each chapter concludes with a Bible lesson and devotional thought. Families with children may choose to read the book together at the story hour. Adults may enjoy reading one chapter each day. Ever wondered if your involvement in world missions is worth the effort? This book provides an answer to this question you will never forget!

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Christianity Encountering World Religions
$34.00

Given the unique religious climate of the twenty-first century and the challenges to Christian mission it poses, Christianity Encountering World Religions proposes a new, albeit very biblical, model for mission. Specifically, it is a model for interacting with people of other faiths. The authors term this model giftive mission, as it is based on the metaphor of free gift. They suggest that seeing mission activity through the lens of giving the greatest gift possible–the gospel message–not only has the potential for greater missionary success but also enables us to more closely imitate God’s gracious activity in the world.

The book begins by addressing preliminary matters: the current state of religion, the biblical material, and the presuppositions readers bring to the subject. Part 2 explores eleven practices that constitute giftive mission. Each practice is illustrated through the story of a figure from mission history who embodied that practice. Part 3 addresses method: how to apply the eleven practices in specific cultural and religious settings. The concluding section of the book ties all the prior discussion together and presents a compelling case and vision for giftive mission. Mission scholars, students, and practitioners will benefit greatly from this probing study.

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To Timbuktu And Beyond
$14.99

Timbuktu has become a metaphor for remote and inaccessible locations. However, it is a real place with real people. Like much of the world’s population, few of Timbuktu’s residents have had the opportunity to hear the Gospel. While the task may seem daunting, the Church is not sitting still! Each year hundreds of Christians are joining the vast force of cross-cultural missionaries flung around the globe. To Timbuktu and Beyond serves as a practical, step-by-step guide for those getting ready to go into missions. It begins with the basic question of knowing and confirming your calling, working through the various steps of preparation, training and logistics, and carrying you through your first few months on the field. Each chapter has a series of tasks for you to prayerfully complete. Missions is the most fulfilling career path you could possibly embark on-not to mention an incredible adventure! To Timbuktu and Beyond will help you in preparation for your journey, because what you do before you go will have a significant impact on your future success.

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Into Africa : Adventures Of A Missionary Kid Monkey Hunting
$12.00

Dave Rager and his family are headed to Sierra Leone in West Africa for their first term as missionaries. As they start there orientation, they meet Miss Maida Green, who is viewed with doubt by the other missionaries because of her strange behaviors. Dave determines that he will avoid Miss Maida, but she surprises him by inviting him to go monkey hunting. This is something he can’t pass up! As the hunt progresses, danger lurks unseen and Dave’s life is in peril. The missionaries, new and old, must trust God to help them as never before. Into Africa is a wonderful story about adjusting to missionary life in a third world African country. Being a Missionary has its ups and downs, as well as dangers. Trusting the Lord through these dangers becomes essential for survival and success on the mission field. Accepting differences in others and loving them is a lesson all must learn.

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Apostolic Function In 21st Century Missions
$21.99

In the past we have focused on the “why” of missions in terms of motives, the “what” of missions in terms of the content of the message, and the “how” of missions in terms of methodologies and strategies, but the “where” question, in terms of where we send cross-cultural workers, has simply been assumed; it has meant crossing a geographic boundary.
In Apostolic Function in 21st Century Missions, Alan R. Johnson introduces the idea of apostolic function as the paradigm of missionary self-identity that reminds us to focus our efforts on where Christ is not named. He then examines in detail the “where” paradigm in missions, frontier mission missiology, with a sympathetic critique and a review of the major contributions of unreached people group thinking. Johnson concludes by illustrating his notion of seeking to integrate missions paradigms and discussing of issues that relate specifically to the “where” questions of missions today.

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Perspectives On The World Christian Movement A Reader 4th Edition
$59.99

New 2009 Edition! Perspectives on the World Christian Movement presents a multi-faceted collection of readings exploring the biblical, historical, cultural, and strategic dimensions of world evangelization. Writings from more than 150 mission scholars and practitioners (over 60 of them new in this edition) portray the history and anticipate the potential of the global Christian movement. Every one of the 170 articles are side bars offers practical wisdom enabling Christians to labor together in bold, biblical hope to finish the task of seeing that Christ is named and followed among all hte peoples of the earth. The Fourth Edition contains over 60 articles and sidebars that are new to this edition. Many articles have been updated and revised.

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MissionShift
$26.99

Veteran missionary David Hesselgrave and rising missional expert Ed Stetzer (Breaking the Missional Code) have compiled and edited this engrossing textbook of new essays on missions and missiology suitable for course work as well as vocational and volunteer Christian workers. Major sections include The Mission, Indigeneity and Contextualization, and Issues and Strategies in Mission with chapters on “The Mission Situation at the Start of the Third Millennium,” “Understanding and Exegeting Culture,” “Implications of Globalization,” “Church Planting and Movements,” “The Islamic Challenge,” and more.

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African Creeks Ive Been Up
$14.99

In African Creeks I’ve Been Up the author brings together a composite of everyday experiences of a long-term career missionary. Some are hilarious. Some are quite serious. Some are miraculous. But the intent of all is to show accurately how diversified missionary life actually can be.

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Parents Of Missionaries
$25.00

As a parent of a missionary you may feel that missing your child and your grandchildren signals a lack of faith. Please realize your conflicting emotions have real causes that can and should be talked about. It is possible to stay connected with your missionary and your grandchildren in meaningful ways and you can sustain and build those relationships despite the miles that separate. Not only can you survive as a POM-you can thrive. Whether you’re the parent of a missionary recruit or a parent of an experienced missionary, you’ll benefit from the authors’ research and personal experience as they present a comprehensive plan for understanding missionary life, navigating the holidays, grandparenting long-distance and saying good-bye well. Parents of Missionaries equips you with the understanding, attitudes and skills you need to forge a vibrant new identity as a POM.

Combining a counselor’s professional insight and a parent’s personal journey, plus ideas and stories from dozens of missionaries and POMs, Parents of Missionaries is a valuable tool for missions mobilizers and educators as well as parents. The authors contend that proclaiming the gospel and making disciples was not meant to eclipse the loving family bonds God ordained.The POM experience amounts to a journey through change, pain and adjustment. Wherever you are on that journey, Parents of Missionaries will encourage you and help you thrive and stay connected with your children and grandchildren serving cross-culturally.

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4 Aliens And A Giant In A Forbidden World
$23.99

One day a metal craft descended upon the earth, traveling at a speed approaching the soundbarrier. Like an exciting dream come true, the aliens had arrived in another world that was quite different from their own. This book will bring the light of the gospel into a land where it is forbidden.

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4 Aliens And A Giant In A Forbidden World
$15.49

One day a metal craft descended upon the earth, traveling at a speed approaching the soundbarrier. Like an exciting dream come true, the aliens had arrived in another world that was quite different from their own. This book will bring the light of the gospel into a land where it is forbidden.

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Cry Of The Harvest
$14.99

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The great labor of love that Jesus called ‘Harvest’ is still defined by this statement, “The laborers are few.” There must be a generation that leaps the hurdle of this self-fulfilling prophecy and redefines history. Is it you? 2006 the earth population reached 6.5 billion It is projected to reach 8 billion by 2020 9 billion by 2042 doubling the world population Is the modern church in position to answer this epic challenge? Can our present efforts keep up with this population quantum leap? Chad Taylor takes you past current rhetoric and reveals that the coming of Christ is not an unpredictable event but rather a moment hinged on world harvest. Chad confronts the seemingly insurmountable obstacles that face the church today and puts the mission field within reach. Breaking from the Christian mainstream Chad challenges the church to “launch out into the deep” and invites us all to go with him. The adventure begins now! “Chad Taylor addresses the greatest issue on the heart of God right now – the harvest. He does so with profound insight, and prophetic stirring. I highly recommend this evangelistic gem.” – Bill Johnson Pastor of Bethel Church Redding, CA. Chad Taylor currently resides in Yakima, Washington with his wife and children. Chad has traveled the length and breadth of America with a clarion call for a modern reformation. Chad is also the author of numerous prophetic words and articles that have been read around the world and the critically acclaimed book, “Why Revival Still Tarries.” Please visit www.consumingfire.com for more information.

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God Said Leave July 15
$13.49

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This is the story of a missionary that heard God speak and moved his family to Europe. With a one-way ticket, no foreign contacts and no guarantee of support, Ralph was able in two years to establish a church with building and local pastor. God rewarded this obedience and sacrifice with outstanding miracles of healing. Twice this family had money just appear when food was needed. This book will build your faith to trust God. Ralph Roberts grew up in a Christian family and came to Christ about age 5. His church stressed foreign missions and he began supporting missionaries very young. In high school at times he went without food to give his lunch money for missions. Doors began to open when he was called to preach at age 16 and he began saving for Bible school. He attended Southeastern Bible College and Central Bible College as well as the Alliance Francais in Lausanne, Switzerland where he learned French. He has spoken in over 500 churches in 20 nations and established many foreign churches. He has taught courses in several Bible schools and lectured in universities including the Sorbonne in Paris, France and the University of Moscow philosophy students. He has been a successful evangelist, taught marriage seminaries and spoken in many conferences. Ralph plays a guitar and sings in English, French and Russian. He is in the US several months each year and can be contacted for invitations at: Ralph Roberts Missions, Inc., P.O. Box 462, Milton, FL 32572.

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Mission In The 21st Century
$28.00

A provocative, international collection of essays that challenges current thinking on mission and the world Christian movement.

Aimed at practitioners, church leaders, academics, and students of mission and world Christianity, Mission in the Twenty-First Century offers insights on the theology and practice of mission in our age. It brings together authors from around the world and a variety of social locations to offer both practical and scholarly reflection on practice, case studies and stories, and pressing contemporary questions. Addressing the “five marks of mission” identified by the Anglican communion – evangelism and proclamation; discipleship; social service; social transformation; and ecological concern – chapters examine these touchstones of authenticity in the context of such intercultural processes as globalization, migration, Islam, “old Christendom,” peacebuilding, and reconciliation. Contributors include Desmond Tutu, Jehu Hanciles, Anne Marie Kool, David Zac Nirigiye,Tony Gittins, Lamin Sanneh, Ashish Crispal, Melba Maggay, Hami Tutu Chapman, Gerald Pilay, Kwame Bediako, and Moonjang Lee.

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Re Mission
$19.99

In this innovative and radical book, postmodern mission and New Testament studies collide. Andrew Perriman examines the mission ofthe earliest church in its historical context and argues that our context is very different and so our mission cannot simply be a matter of doingexactly what the earliest church did. The key question at the heart of the book is, How do we shape a biblical theology of mission for apostbiblical church?Controversially, Perriman maintains that the eschatological crisis faced by the early church the coming judgment on the enemies that opposed Gods people has now passed with the collapse of the Roman Empire.Eschatology, says Perriman, is about temporary transitions from oppression to deliverance in the history of the people of God.However, creational disorder is with us all the time. The postmodern church does not face an eschatological crisis but a creational crisis. Amissiology that is oriented towards a new creation is far more relevant to us now than a missiology oriented, as it was in most of the New Testament, towards rescue from opposition and persecution.

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Converting Colonialism : Vision And Realities In Mission History 1706-1914
$48.99

Elucidates the real-life struggle that missionaries had with European colonialism

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