Mission-Minded Families

Mission-Minded Families

Author: Ann Dunagan

Publisher:

Published: 2020-08-20

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781734210712

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"God's mission is for your family to expand His family."In a mission-minded family, there's a God-infused energy. There's a focus on God's worldwide purpose and there's a passion for the lost. There's a spiritual depth and hunger that reaches beyond the maintenance mode of cultural Christianity. A mission-minded family emphasizes leadership, calling and destiny. There's a prevailing attitude of self-sacrifice, an emphasis on submission to God's will and an unmistakable and contagious joy.Jon and Ann Dunagan are passionate for both family discipleship and frontier missions. Since 1987, they have ministered across the globe, while also raising and training their seven children. In this updated two-in-one resource (combining The Mission-Minded Child and The Mission-Minded Family), parents will be encouraged to seek God's potential for their family, and to raise each child to fulfull God's specific mission.PART 1: Discovering the "Why" of world missions, while making disciples at home PART 2: Balancing the "How" of world missions, while prioritizing your familyThis timeless hardcover classic includes: practical teaching ideas, stories, poems, hymns, and excerpts, mini-mission biographies, international holiday ideas, tips for travel and ministry with children, and helpful encouragement from decades of global experience. David Livingstone once said, "This generation can only reach this generation." The Dunagans ask, "Will we raise our children to effectively impact their generation for Jesus Christ?"Recommendations:If you've been wanting to help your family learn toconfidently engage the world around them with the hope of the gospel, Mission-Minded Families is the one resource you can't do without.- Heidi St. John, Author of Becoming MomStrong, MomStrong InternationalWhat you hold in your hand is an incredibly inspirational resource for all families who are mission-minded and want to pass their passion for serving God on to their children. By putting The Mission-Minded Child and The Mission-Minded Family into one updated volume, Jon and Ann Dunagan are giving us a wonderful missions resource. We cannot wait for you to check it out and start your own missions adventure with your family.-David and Leslie Nunnery, Teach Them Diligently and Worldwide Tentmakers


The Mission-minded Child

The Mission-minded Child

Author: Ann Dunagan

Publisher: Authentic

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781932805888

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David Livingstone, once said, "This generation can only reach this generation." But will we raise our children to effectively impact their generation for Jesus Christ? The Mission-Minded Child is a practical book to encourage Christian parents and teachers placed in the strategic position of impacting the next generation. As a guide to world missions, The Mission-Minded Child is filled with facts, information and tools for teaching. It focuses on the "why" of missions —including our Biblical basis, historical heritage and the world 's need —and contains over 25 mini-missionary biographies, motivational mission stories, classic poems, hymns and hundreds of easy-to-use ideas. The Mission-Minded Child will inspire teachers and parents to look for God 's potential in their child, "release" their little one to God for His purposes and "raise" their child to fulFill God 's speciFic mission. As a resource tool, this book will be referred to again and again.


The Mission-Minded Guide to Church and School Partnerships

The Mission-Minded Guide to Church and School Partnerships

Author: Jake McGlothin

Publisher: Abingdon Press

Published: 2017-04-04

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 1501841378

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Partnering your church family with a public school can be a rewarding experience, but also presents some unique challenges. The Mission-Minded Guide to Church and School Partnerships offers practical steps that congregations can take to make a difference with the children in their community. From basic organization, training, safety, and planning helps leaders will learn how to share the vision and effectively recruit and train volunteers. Most importantly, leaders will discover practical steps they can take to begin a two way, trusting relationship with a school, principal and teachers. In addition, there are suggestions for sharing information through newsletters, presentations, and special Sundays for welcoming the schools, teachers, and principals, and more. Inspire your church family to embrace the power they have to change lives and make a difference in their community.


Missionary Mom

Missionary Mom

Author: Shontelle Brewer

Publisher: Kregel Publications

Published: 2018-10-23

Total Pages: 173

ISBN-13: 0825445388

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Mission work is not for the faint of heart. We admire those brave souls who leave behind the comforts of home and go to foreign fields to bring the love of Christ to people in need. And sometimes it feels uninspiring to be stuck at home in the day-to-day of parenting when others are out there changing the world, soul by soul. Shontell Brewer has a message to renew the spirits of everyday moms: they too have a critical calling as the very first missionaries their children meet. In her informal, funny voice, Brewer points out the many unexpected parallels: A missionary may need to learn a foreign language and new customs to understand and communicate with those around her. A missionary has to follow the path God puts before her, sacrificing sleep, comfort, time, and toilets. Sound like any moms you know? Brewer tackles common challenges from mom-guilt to the temptation to be a martyr to those days when it feels like only a box of cookies and a Netflix binge can restore a sense of peace. But through it all, she shares the truth that there's more to parenting than potty training and orthodontist appointments. Mothers make the love of Christ tangible and understandable to their children. With determination and a few purposeful steps, moms can embrace their own mission field, leading their families--heart, soul, mind, and strength--to Christ.


Love Where You Live

Love Where You Live

Author: Shauna Pilgreen

Publisher: Revell

Published: 2019-01-22

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 1493416529

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Despite being part of one of the most mobile societies in history, it's easy for us to feel stuck where we are. Whether because of a recent move or because we're still in the exact same place we've been for years, many of us just aren't where we thought we'd be or doing what we thought we'd be doing. Sometimes we may wonder if God knows what he's doing. How can this be part of his plan? With enthusiasm and contagious joy, Shauna Pilgreen assures readers that, yes, God does have a plan and a purpose for them--right where they are. In fact, he sent them there. She invites readers to "live sent," showing them how to see their surroundings with fresh eyes and renewed energy. Weaving her own remarkable story with biblical habits readers can incorporate into their daily routines, Pilgreen equips us to reach out into our communities with God's love, knowing that our efforts are never in vain.


Troubled Minds

Troubled Minds

Author: Amy Simpson

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2013-04-03

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0830843043

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Reflecting on the confusion, shame and grief brought on by her mother's schizophrenia, Amy Simpson provides a bracing look at the social and physical realities of mental illness. Reminding us that people with mental illness are our neighbors and our brothers and sisters in Christ, she explores new possibilities for the church to minister to this stigmatized group.


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.


The Leader in Me

The Leader in Me

Author: Stephen R. Covey

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2012-12-11

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 147110446X

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Children in today's world are inundated with information about who to be, what to do and how to live. But what if there was a way to teach children how to manage priorities, focus on goals and be a positive influence on the world around them? The Leader in Meis that programme. It's based on a hugely successful initiative carried out at the A.B. Combs Elementary School in North Carolina. To hear the parents of A. B Combs talk about the school is to be amazed. In 1999, the school debuted a programme that taught The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Peopleto a pilot group of students. The parents reported an incredible change in their children, who blossomed under the programme. By the end of the following year the average end-of-grade scores had leapt from 84 to 94. This book will launch the message onto a much larger platform. Stephen R. Covey takes the 7 Habits, that have already changed the lives of millions of people, and shows how children can use them as they develop. Those habits -- be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think win-win, seek to understand and then to be understood, synergize, and sharpen the saw -- are critical skills to learn at a young age and bring incredible results, proving that it's never too early to teach someone how to live well.


The Mind of a Missionary

The Mind of a Missionary

Author: David Joannes

Publisher:

Published: 2018-07-27

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9780998061177

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The Mind of a Missionary is your ammunition in the war against inaction. It is gasoline to set ablaze your missional zeal. Do you need an effective weapon to overcome the status quo? This is it. We all know that God fashioned you for greatness. He formed you for a purpose. God created you to know Him and to make Him known.


Joining Jesus on His Mission

Joining Jesus on His Mission

Author: Greg Finke

Publisher:

Published: 2014-01-20

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9781938840029

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Joining Jesus on His Mission will alter the way you see your life as a follower of Jesus and take you beyond living your life for Jesus to living life with Jesus. Simple, powerful and applicable insights show you how to be on mission and recognize where Jesus is already at work in your neighborhoods, workplaces and schools. You will feel both relief and hope. You may even hear yourself say, "I can do this " as you start responding to the everyday opportunities Jesus is placing in your path.