On Being a Missionary (Abridged)
On Being a Missionary (Abridged)

Author: Thomas Hale

Publisher: William Carey Publishing

Published: 2023-07-11

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 1645085023

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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)
On Being a Missionary (Revised Edition)

Author: Thomas Hale

Publisher: William Carey Publishing

Published: 2012-06-01

Total Pages: 737

ISBN-13: 1645080218

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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.

Ask a Missionary
Ask a Missionary

Author: John McVay

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2012-01-04

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 0830858539

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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
Sacred Siblings

Author: Sue Eenigenburg

Publisher: William Carey Publishing

Published: 2019-09-01

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 1645082199

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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)
Encountering Missionary Life and Work (Encountering Mission)

Author: Tom Steffen

Publisher: Baker Academic

Published: 2008-06-01

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1441211276

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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)
Message and Mission (Revised Edition)

Author: Eugene A. Nide

Publisher: William Carey Publishing

Published: 1990-12-17

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 0878088903

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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
The Book of a Mormon

Author: Scott D. Miller

Publisher:

Published: 2015-08-04

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 9780996662413

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A compelling, behind-the-scenes look at the life of a Mormon missionary.

The New Global Mission
The New Global Mission

Author: Samuel Escobar

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2003-11-11

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 0830833013

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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.