Author: Thomas Hale
Publisher: William Carey Publishing
ISBN: 1645085023
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Adjusting to a New World Missionaries must adjust to new cultures, learn languages, work as a team, maintain healthy relationships, and discern best ministry practices. Nothing can fully prepare a person for life as a missionary. However, for almost thirty years, Thomas Hale’s On Being a Missionary has helped to equip cross-cultural workers to not only survive but thrive in their calling. This abridged version of On Being a Missionary remains practical and accessible. It addresses the new realities of the changing missionary force. It also looks at the challenges of bonding with a new culture in an increasingly globalized and technologically connected world. The book is written for everyone with an interest in missions, whether the missionary on the field or the supporter at home. It is written by learners for learners. Drawing from years of experience, the authors provide down-to-earth advice and perspective concerning the problems, struggles, and failures that missionaries often face. At the same time, this book exposes various myths related to missionary life. Find out why a generation of mission workers has benefited from On Being a Missionary.
On Being a Missionary (Abridged)
Author: Thomas Hale
Publisher: William Carey Publishing
ISBN: 1645085023
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Adjusting to a New World Missionaries must adjust to new cultures, learn languages, work as a team, maintain healthy relationships, and discern best ministry practices. Nothing can fully prepare a person for life as a missionary. However, for almost thirty years, Thomas Hale’s On Being a Missionary has helped to equip cross-cultural workers to not only survive but thrive in their calling. This abridged version of On Being a Missionary remains practical and accessible. It addresses the new realities of the changing missionary force. It also looks at the challenges of bonding with a new culture in an increasingly globalized and technologically connected world. The book is written for everyone with an interest in missions, whether the missionary on the field or the supporter at home. It is written by learners for learners. Drawing from years of experience, the authors provide down-to-earth advice and perspective concerning the problems, struggles, and failures that missionaries often face. At the same time, this book exposes various myths related to missionary life. Find out why a generation of mission workers has benefited from On Being a Missionary.
Publisher: William Carey Publishing
ISBN: 1645085023
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
Adjusting to a New World Missionaries must adjust to new cultures, learn languages, work as a team, maintain healthy relationships, and discern best ministry practices. Nothing can fully prepare a person for life as a missionary. However, for almost thirty years, Thomas Hale’s On Being a Missionary has helped to equip cross-cultural workers to not only survive but thrive in their calling. This abridged version of On Being a Missionary remains practical and accessible. It addresses the new realities of the changing missionary force. It also looks at the challenges of bonding with a new culture in an increasingly globalized and technologically connected world. The book is written for everyone with an interest in missions, whether the missionary on the field or the supporter at home. It is written by learners for learners. Drawing from years of experience, the authors provide down-to-earth advice and perspective concerning the problems, struggles, and failures that missionaries often face. At the same time, this book exposes various myths related to missionary life. Find out why a generation of mission workers has benefited from On Being a Missionary.
On Being a Missionary (Revised Edition)
Author: Thomas Hale
Publisher: William Carey Publishing
ISBN: 1645080218
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 737
Book Description
Dr. Hale’s practical wisdom is here freely offered to the missionary-to-be and others interested in missions–wisdom hard-earned in Nepal on everything from calling to raising a missionary family to cross-cultural communication. Now revised to include perspectives on the realities of the changing missionary force and the challenges of bonding with a new culture in an increasingly globalized and technologically connected world, this edition of On Being a Missionary addresses current issues while maintaining the wit and warmth of the man who first challenged us with his perspectives on being a missionary.
Publisher: William Carey Publishing
ISBN: 1645080218
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 737
Book Description
Dr. Hale’s practical wisdom is here freely offered to the missionary-to-be and others interested in missions–wisdom hard-earned in Nepal on everything from calling to raising a missionary family to cross-cultural communication. Now revised to include perspectives on the realities of the changing missionary force and the challenges of bonding with a new culture in an increasingly globalized and technologically connected world, this edition of On Being a Missionary addresses current issues while maintaining the wit and warmth of the man who first challenged us with his perspectives on being a missionary.
The New Testament Order for Church and Missionary
Author: Alex Rattray Hay
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1725228939
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1725228939
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Translating the Message
Author: Lamin Sanneh
Publisher: Orbis Books
ISBN: 1608331482
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Publisher: Orbis Books
ISBN: 1608331482
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Ask a Missionary
Author: John McVay
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830858539
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Ask a Missionary is a practical, comprehensive resource to help you determine if a missions-related ministry would be a place for you.
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830858539
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Ask a Missionary is a practical, comprehensive resource to help you determine if a missions-related ministry would be a place for you.
Sacred Siblings
Author: Sue Eenigenburg
Publisher: William Carey Publishing
ISBN: 1645082199
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
We're In This Together. In Sacred Siblings: Valuing One Another for the Great Commission we learn about how teams come together with varying expectations of what team life should be. The authors offer ideas and positive practices of valuing one another based on a survey from 289 missionaries, representing 12 mission agencies. These practices not only build unity and understanding of each other, but enable greater effectiveness in ministry. Read this and have your agency make moves to be better prepared for the increasingly single next generation of field workers and take action for team effectiveness now. This book: Highlights 16 differences between the perspectives of married and single people. Offers helpful tools to address the challenges and enhance strengths. Asks applicational questions that would initiate dialogue among invested parties. Addresses the necessity of releasing physical family members to follow God’s leading. Points out differences in organizational policies and practices based upon marital status.
Publisher: William Carey Publishing
ISBN: 1645082199
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
We're In This Together. In Sacred Siblings: Valuing One Another for the Great Commission we learn about how teams come together with varying expectations of what team life should be. The authors offer ideas and positive practices of valuing one another based on a survey from 289 missionaries, representing 12 mission agencies. These practices not only build unity and understanding of each other, but enable greater effectiveness in ministry. Read this and have your agency make moves to be better prepared for the increasingly single next generation of field workers and take action for team effectiveness now. This book: Highlights 16 differences between the perspectives of married and single people. Offers helpful tools to address the challenges and enhance strengths. Asks applicational questions that would initiate dialogue among invested parties. Addresses the necessity of releasing physical family members to follow God’s leading. Points out differences in organizational policies and practices based upon marital status.
Encountering Missionary Life and Work (Encountering Mission)
Author: Tom Steffen
Publisher: Baker Academic
ISBN: 1441211276
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
This new volume in the award-winning Encountering Mission series is for current and future missionaries. It provides practical guidance regarding getting ready for the mission field and the realities of life on the field. The authors are well qualified to write such a manual, each having served as a missionary for more than twenty years and each having taught missions in seminary. The authors begin by examining the contemporary context for missions, including the recognition that the world's mission fields are in constant and often rapid change. They then discuss aspects of preparing oneself for the mission field, beginning with home-front preparations and moving to on-the-field preparations. The final section deals with practical issues and challenges of missionary life.
Publisher: Baker Academic
ISBN: 1441211276
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
This new volume in the award-winning Encountering Mission series is for current and future missionaries. It provides practical guidance regarding getting ready for the mission field and the realities of life on the field. The authors are well qualified to write such a manual, each having served as a missionary for more than twenty years and each having taught missions in seminary. The authors begin by examining the contemporary context for missions, including the recognition that the world's mission fields are in constant and often rapid change. They then discuss aspects of preparing oneself for the mission field, beginning with home-front preparations and moving to on-the-field preparations. The final section deals with practical issues and challenges of missionary life.
Message and Mission (Revised Edition)
Author: Eugene A. Nide
Publisher: William Carey Publishing
ISBN: 0878088903
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
How can the church meaningfully and intelligently engage cultures with Christianity? Eugene Nida, a leading scholar and devout Christian, presents a thorough study of the means and methods which best communicate Christianity to people of diverse backgrounds. Dr. Nida is uniquely equipped to write this book. He is a well-known specialist in linguistics, anthropology studies, and the interpretation of the Christian faith, who worked with missionaries on translation problems for over thirty years.
Publisher: William Carey Publishing
ISBN: 0878088903
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
How can the church meaningfully and intelligently engage cultures with Christianity? Eugene Nida, a leading scholar and devout Christian, presents a thorough study of the means and methods which best communicate Christianity to people of diverse backgrounds. Dr. Nida is uniquely equipped to write this book. He is a well-known specialist in linguistics, anthropology studies, and the interpretation of the Christian faith, who worked with missionaries on translation problems for over thirty years.
The Book of a Mormon
Author: Scott D. Miller
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780996662413
Category : Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
A compelling, behind-the-scenes look at the life of a Mormon missionary.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780996662413
Category : Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
A compelling, behind-the-scenes look at the life of a Mormon missionary.
The New Global Mission
Author: Samuel Escobar
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830833013
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Veteran missiologist Samuel Escobar explores the new realities of our globalized world, assesses the context of a changing mission field, sets forth a thoroughly biblical theology of missions, and considers implications for how Christians are to go about the task of global mission.
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830833013
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Veteran missiologist Samuel Escobar explores the new realities of our globalized world, assesses the context of a changing mission field, sets forth a thoroughly biblical theology of missions, and considers implications for how Christians are to go about the task of global mission.