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A Reader's guide to transforming missions |
| Stan Nussbaum |
| A concise, easy to understand companion to David Bosch’s classic book Transforming Mission, challenges the reader to evaluate and reflect on it for the furtherance of mission studies and missions itself. |
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All That You Can’t Leave Behind : A Rookie Missionary’s Life in Africa |
| Ryan Murphy |
| Do all missionaries live in grass huts, wear taped glasses, have 13 children, and stutter?” Through personal stories, cultural insights, and perspectives on the mission movement in Africa, Ryan Murphy shares what the missionary life looks like in the 21st century. All That You Can’t Leave Behind offers an entertaining bridge into the unknown lands of missions work and challenges you to make a difference in your world for God’s glory. Leave the ordinary. Live the extraordinary. |
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$14.25 |
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ETERNITY IN THEIR HEARTS |
| Don Richardson |
| Twenty-five
incredible-but-true stories that prove the truth of the words
in Ecclesiastes: “He (God) has also set eternity in the
hearts of men.” Stories of how the world is prepared for
the Gospel and how natives around the world are waiting for
someone to bring the news that was foretold to them. |
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Finding Strength
for the Journey |
| Janice Lemke |
| A Bible study
companion guide to Five Loaves and Two Bowls of Borscht. Each
study includes a quote from the book, Scriptures, and questions
designed to help Christians to fulfill God’s calling for
them. |
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$7.95 |
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Five Loaves and
Two Bowls of Borscht |
| Janice Lemke |
| Every worthwhile
venture has a cost. The temptation is to give up too soon. Through
captivating and humorous stories from the Ukraine, the author
portrays what it means to give oneself in service to Christ,
especially outside one’ s comfort zone. |
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$13.95 |
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FROM JERUSALEM TO IRIAN JAYA |
| Ruth A Tucker |
| A biographical
history of Christian missions, this book is a fascinating story
of Christian advance around the world – recorded in the
lives of men and women who made it possible. This highly readable
account compresses a whole shelf full of Christian biographies
into a single volume. |
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funding your ministry:
whether you're gifted or not |
| Scott Morton |
| This an in-depth, Biblical guide for successfully raising personal support for missionaries and mission leaders. It addresses the obstacles for those who raise personal support and those who send them. |
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$17.95 |
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god's call to the single adult |
| Michael P. Cavanaugh |
You can be all that God intends you to be. God wants to use your singleness to bring you closer to Him. Discover how you can get rid of rejection, receive a personal vision for your life, understand God’s dealings in your life and comprehend your completeness in Christ. |
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$11.95 |
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god's global Mosaic |
| Paul-Gordon Chandler |
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remarkable combination of personal story, historical allusion,
cultural reflection and biblical exposition. The author is committed
to the unity of the gospel and describes the diversity of the
church. He emphasizes reverence in Eastern Orthodoxy, perseverance
in the Middle East, celebration in Latin America and liberation
in Africa, the centrality of Christ in South Asia and the unpredictability
of God in East Asia. It is informed, thoughtful, devotional,
humorous, always serious, and challenging. |
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$15.00 |
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I Think God Wants Me to Be A Missionary |
Neal Pirolo |
| Issues to deal with long before you say goodbye are dealt with in this book. Through the story of four individuals who are considering missions, the author helps to put into perspective the different aspects of missions and what it involves. |
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$8.95 |
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in the presence of my enemies |
| Gracia Burnham |
| For American missionaries,
Martin and Gracia Burnham, what started out as a relaxing, once-in-a-lifetime
anniversary getaway at an exotic island resort turned into one
of the most horrific nightmares imaginable. Kidnapped by a terrorist
group, they spent a year in captivity in the Philippine jungle.
Whatever the struggles of your life, you’ll find encouragement
and hope in this refreshing honest story. |
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$7.99 |
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Let The Nations
Be Glad |
| John Piper |
| Drawing on
key biblical texts to show that worship is the ultimate goal
of the church, and that proper worship fuels missions, he addresses
the role of prayer, universalism and annihilationism, the incentives
of sovereign grace for world evangelization, and the task of
reaching unreached peoples. |
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$14.99 |
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Lords of the Earth |
| Don Richardson |
Engulfed in the darkness of Irian Jaya's Snow Mountains live the Yali- cannibals who call themselves "lords of the earth". Yet in terror and bondage they serve women-hating, child-despising gods. Missionary Stan Dale dared to enter their domain. This is the story of Dale, his wife, his companions, and thousands of Yali tribesmen-all swept together in a maelstrom of agony and blood that climaxes in a dramatic, unexpected ending. |
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Missionary Discipleship |
| R.E. & Ella Thompson |
| R.E. Thompson,
the founder of Missionary Internship (now Mission Training International)
shares his early ministry in the 1920’s and 1930’s
in China, and his vision for an interdenominational missionary
training program for missionary candidates. |
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$3.95 |
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My Hands Came Away Red |
| Lisa McKay |
Cori signs up to take a mission trip to Indonesia during the summer. Five weeks after their arrival, a religious conflict flames to life with deadly results. Within days, the church building the team constructed is in ashes, its pastor and 50 villagers are dead, and the six terrified teenagers are stranded in the mountainous jungle. |
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$12.99 |
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no graven image |
| Elisabeth Elliot |
Full of South American color, personal reflections, and human pathos, this is the only novel of prolific author Elisabeth Elliot. This novel of a dedicated single missionary woman is based in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador. |
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$12.99 |
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On Being A Missionary |
| Thomas Hale |
| Drawing on
his own years of experience as well as the input of many others,
Dr. Hale deals with the problems, struggles and failures that
missionaries often face. The goal is to teach the reader how
to avoid many of the problems that have plagued others while
on the field. |
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$21.99 |
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parents of missionaries |
| Cheryl Savageau & Diane Stortz |
| Parents of Missionaries is a valuable tool for parents of missionaries, missions mobilizers and educators. It presents a comprehensive plan for understanding missionary life, navigating the holidays, grandparenting long-distance, and saying good-bye well. It equips you with the understanding, attitudes, and skills you need to forge a vibrant new identity as a Parent of a Missionary. |
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Peace Child |
| Don Richardson |
This new edition contains an Epilogue bringing readers up to date with the Sawi people of Irian Jaya, New Guinea. In 1962, the author and his wife brought the message of the Gospel to head-hunting cannibals in the area. |
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people raising |
| William Dillon |
| The author's goal is to help the missionary, prospective missionary, and mission organization raise prayer and financial support with as little effort as possible, in as short a time as possible, while solidifying friendships with partners. |
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Reaching the World in Our Own Backyard: A Guide to Building Relationships with People of Other Faiths and Cultures |
Rajendra Pillai |
| A guidebook for believers to better understand and engage people from other countries by both region and religion, Pillai explains cultural considerations and common points of reference for readers eager to share the good news of Jesus Christ with foreign-born individuals. |
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14.99
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safely home |
| Randy Alcorn |
| A novel dedicated to the persecuted church in memory of the many Christian martyrs around the world. It was inspired by the painting “Safely Home” by Ron DiCianni, and the songs by Steve Green, “Safely Home” and “The Faithful”. This novel, which takes place in China, shows us what it could be like to live and die for a faith that will last for eternity. It combines truth and hope in the drama of human situations. |
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Send Me! Your Journey
to the Nations |
| Steve Hoke & Bill
Taylor |
| A step-by-step
plan to the mission field with guidance about the maximum role
God has for you. Includes a Missionary Profile, Decision Points
Checklist, Missionary Preparation Matrix, and other worksheets
and helps. |
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$12.99 |
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through gates of splendor |
| Elizabeth Elliot |
| After several preliminary overtures of friendship, five young missionary men set out on a crucial January day in 1956 for a meeting with the Auca tribesmen who had reacted with apparent tolerance to earlier gifts and messages. This is the poignant story of their martyrdom told by the widow of one of the slain members of the group. |
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Voices of the Faithful |
| Beth Moore |
"A willingness to go is all they have in common," exclaims Beth Moore, speaking of her friends on the front lines who are spreading the gospel around the world and with whom she collaborated to create this book. This brilliant 365-day devotional features incredible stories of God's faithfulness in the face of uncertainty and danger, written by hundreds of missionaries worldwide. |
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$18.99 |
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